Legal Task Force Members

Legal Task Force Committee

Steering Committee
		CHAIRMAN Mark S. Granger Morrison Mahoney LLP 250 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210-1134 617.439.7518 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Toxic Tort Environment Defense Regulatory Compliance Product Design Design of Warnings and Instructions mgranger@morrisonmahoney.com www.morrisonmahoney.com
		CO-CHAIRMAN Bruce Cranner Frilot, LLC 1100 Poydras Street Suite 3700 New Orleans, LA 70163-3600 504.599.8069 Areas of Expertise: Commercial Litigation Medical Malpractice & Healthcare Products Liability BCranner@frilot.com www.frilot.com
		CO-CHAIRMAN Kevin Mayer Crowell & Moring LLP 515 South Flower Street 40th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 213.443.5544 Areas of Expertise: Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation Torts Litigation Construction Product Risk Management Class Actions Torts Class Actions kmayer@crowell.com www.crowell.com
		Paul Rosenlund Duane Morris LLP One Market, Spear Tower Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94105-1104 415.957.3178 Areas of Expertise: Business Litigation Products Liability Litigation & Risk Management Unfair Competition Trade Secrets Trademark, Copyright & Patent Litigation Prosecution & Defense of Class Actions Unfair Lending & Debt Collection Practices Real Estate Litigation Negotiation & Termination of Hotel Management Agreements Privacy Rights of Artists & Art Owners Trade Regulation & Distribution Issues for Importers & Manufacturers Product Recalls & Compliance Issues Involving the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission PRosenlund@DuaneMorris.com www.duanemorris.com
		Peter Pliszka Fasken Martineau LLP 333 Bay Street, Suite 2400 Bay Adelaide Centre, Box 20 Toronto, Ontario M5H-2T6 Canada 416.868.3336 Areas of Expertise: Litigation & Dispute Resolution Product Liability Class Actions Risk Management Product Regulatory Compliance Product Warnings Product Recalls Commercial Litigation Insurance Health ppliszka@fasken.com www.fasken.com
		Stacey Vernallis Goehring Rutter & Boehm 437 Grant Street 14th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219-6107 412.281.0587 Areas of Expertise: Trial and Risk Management Products Liability Claims svernallis@grblaw.com www.grblaw.com
		Elizabeth McNulty Hewitt Wolensky, LLP 4041 MacArthur Boulevard Suite 300 Newport Beach, CA 92660 949.783.5047 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Commercial Litigation Regulatory Compliance emcnulty@hewittwolensky.com www.hewittwolensky.com/
		Gary Wolensky Hewitt Wolensky, LLP 4041 MacArthur Boulevard Suite 300 Newport Beach, CA 92660 949.783.5045 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Litigation & Risk Management Product Design Product Warnings & Instructions Product Regulatory Issues Involving the CPSC Trade Regulation Toxic Tort Litigation Mass Tort Litigation Commercial Litigation Trademark, Copyright, & Intellectual Property Litigation gwolensky@hewittwolensky.com www.hewittwolensky.com
		Robert Kelly Littleton Joyce Ughetta Park & Kelly LLP 141 West Front Street Suite 120 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732.530.9101 Areas of Expertise: Complex Tort Litigation Commercial Litigation Alternate Dispute Resolution robertkelly@littletonjoyce.com www.littletonjoyce.com
		William Staar Morrison Mahoney LLP 250 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210-1134 617.737.8870 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Litigation (Design, Manufacture, Warnings, Intstructions, Class Actions) Product Regulatory Compliance General Business/ Commercial Litigation Construction Litigation wstaar@morrisonmahoney.com www.morrisonmahoney.com
		Kimberly D. Baker Williams Kastner Two Union Square 301 Union Street Suite 4100 Seattle, WA 98101-2380 206.628.6606 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Commercial and Business Litigation Employment Counseling and Litigation Trade Secret Litigation Class Action Litigation Intellectual Property Litigation Risk Management kbaker@williamskastner.com www.williamskastner.com
		Arissa M. Peterson Williams Kastner Two Union Square 601 Union Street Suite 4100 Seattle, WA 98101 206.233.2984 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Commercial and Business Litigaiton Trade Secret Litigation Class Action Litigation Intellectual Property Litigation apeterson@willamskastner.com www.williamskastner.com
Task Force Members (Listed out in alphabetical order by firm)
		K. Alex Khoury Balch & Bingham LLP 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., N.W. Suite 700 Atlanta, GA 30308 404.962.3575 Areas of Expertise: Trade Secret Litigation Restrictive Covenants Commercial Litigation Employment Litigation Wage and Hour Disputes akhoury@balch.com www.balch.com
		Paul Cereghini Bowman and Brooke LLP 2901 N. Central Ave. Suite 1600 Phoenix, AZ 85012 602.643.2400 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Litigation Product Regulation, Safety, Recalls & Compliance Involving the CPSC, CPSIA Product Design, Warnings & Instructions Recreational Sports Equipment Defense (including helmets) Has tried over three dozen cases to verdict involving claims of Personal Injury, Wrongful Death & Catasrophic Injury Transportation & Personal Injury Defense Mass Tort Litigation paul.cereghini@bowmanandbrooke.com www.bowmanandbrooke.com
		Kevin Curry Bowman and Brooke LLP 150 South Fifth Street Suite 3000 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612.672.3243 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Litigation Product Design, Warnings & Instructions Product Regulation, Safety, Recalls & Compliance Involving the CPSC, CPSIA Personal Injury, Warranty, Wrongful Death and Catastrophic Injury Defense Recreational Sports Equipment Defense (including exercise equipment, helmets) Mass Tort Litigation kevin.curry@bowmanandbrooke.com www.bowmanandbrooke.com
		Jim Cleland Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione 524 South Main Street Suite 200 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734.302.6034 Areas of Expertise: Appellate Chemical Copyright Litigation Patent Prosecution Trademarks & Unfair Competition jcleland@brinkshofer.com www.brinkshofer.com
		Gary Pappas Carlton Fields 4000 International Place 100 S.E. Second Street Miami, FL 33131-2114 305.530.0050 Areas of Expertise: Commercial Litigation Product Liability Class Actions gpappas@carltonfields.com www.carltonfields.com
		Joshua E. Roberts Carlton Fields 100 S.E. Second Street, Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131-2114 305.530.0050 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability General Civil Litigation jroberts@carltonfields.com www.carltonfields.com
		Laurent Ruessmann Crowell & Moring LLP 71 Rue Royale B-1000 Brussels, Belgium +32.2.214.2866 Areas of Expertise: EU Anti-Dumping Anti-Subsidy and Safeguards Procedures & Litigation Other Various EU, WCO, and WTO Trade and Custom Matters LRuessmann@crowell.com www.crowell.com
		John McDonough Cozen O'Connor 45 Broadway Atrium New York, NY 10006 212.908.1226 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Product Recalls Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation Construction Law & Litigation Mass Tort Litigation Commercial Litigation General Litigation Class Action & Multidistrict Litigation jmcdonough@cozen.com www.cozen.com
		Paul Zola Cozen O'Connor 45 Broadway Atrium New York, NY 10006 212.908.1247 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Product Recalls Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation Construction Law & Litigation Mass Tort Litigation Commercial Litigation General Litigation Class Action & Multidistrict Litigation pzola@cozen.com www.cozen.com
		Wayne Mack Duane Morris LLP 30 South 17th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 215.979.1152 Areas of Expertise: Antitrust and Competition Trademark Protection and Anti-Counterfeiting Franchising and Distribution Securities and Financial Transactions Class Actions Contracts Constitutional Law wamack@duanemorris.com www.duanemorris.com
		Jaime Doherty Goehring Rutter & Boehm 437 Grant Street 14th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219-6107 412.281.0587 Areas of Expertise: Product Liablity Toxic Tort Construction Claims jdoherty@grblaw.com www.grblaw.com
		Michael Shalhoub Goldberg Segalla LLP 11 Martine Avenue Suite 750 White Plains, NY 10606-1934 914.798.5471 Areas of Expertise: Business and Commercial Life Sciences Product Liability Professional Liability Toxic Tort and Environmental mshalhoub@goldbergsegalla.com www.goldbergsegalla.com
		Darin Lang Hall & Evans 1125 17th Street Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202-2052 303.262.3300 Areas of Expertise: Commercial Litigation Product Liability General Tort Litigation Insurance Law langd@hallevans.com www.hallevans.com
		Geron Bird Hinkle Law Firm LLC 301 North Main Street, Suite 2000 Wichita, KS 67202-4820 316.631.3137 Areas of Expertise Aviation & Aerospace Civil Litigation Commercial & Complex Litigation Employment Law & Litigation Product Liability Transportation & Motor Carrier Litigation gbird@hinklaw.com www.hinklaw.com
		Patrick Strubel Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP 3 Protective Center, Suite 200 2801 Highway 280 South Birmingham, AL 35223 205.297.8881 Areas of Expertise Products Liability Defense Medical Malpractice Defense Transportation & Personal Injury Defense jps@hfsllp.com www.hfsllp.com
		John W. Knottnerus Martin Bischoff Templeton Langslet & Hoffman LLP 900 Pioneer Tower 888 SW 5th Avenue Portland, OR 97204 503.224.3113 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Defense Insurance Coverage and Defense Complex Litigation jknottnerus@martinbischoff.com www.martinbischoff.com
		Scott E. Baxendale Miller, Matthias & Hull, LLP One North Franklin Suite 2350 Chicago, IL 60606 312.977.9969 Areas of Expertise: U.S. & Foreign Patent Prosecution Developing Invention Disclosure Preparing & Prosecuting Patent Applications sbaxendale@millermatthiashull.com www.millermatthiashull.com
		Nicholas Alexander Morrison Mahoney LLP 250 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210-1134 617.737.8863 Areas of Expertise: Commercial Business nalexander@morrisonmahoney.com www.morrisonmahoney.com
		Brian Heermance Morrison Mahoney LLP 17 State Street, Suite 1110 New York, NY 10004 212.428.2484 Areas of Expertise: Commercial & Business Environmental & Toxic Torts Products Liability Professional Liability Tort & Liability Defense bheermance@morrisonmahoney.com www.morrisonmahoney.com
		John Kuppens Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP Meridian, 17th Floor 1320 Main Street Columbia, SC 29201 803.255.9482 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Litigation Product Recalls & Compliance Issues Involving the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Counseling Regarding Product Warnings and Instructions Product Liability Risk Management Class Action & Mass Tort Litigation Business Litigation john.kuppens@nelsonmullins.com www.nelsonmullins.com
		Brian Johnson Nilan Johnson Lewis 400 One Financial Plaza 120 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 612.305.7505 Areas of Expertise Products Liability Medical Malpractice Transportation & Personal Injury Defense bjohnson@nilanjohnson.com www.nilanjohnson.com
		Bill Sowders Renaud Cook Drury Mesaros, PA One North Central114 Village Place Suite 900 Phoenix, AZ 85004-4117 602.256.3045 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Medical Malpractice and Healthcare Construction Litigation Transportation Accident and Personal Injury Catastrophic Injury and Wrongful Death Professional Liability wsowders@rcdmlaw.com www.rcdmlaw.com
		Kimberly A. Viergever Rietz Law Firm 114 Village Place Suite 301 Dillon, CO 80435 970.468.0210 Areas of Expertise: Recreation Law Products Liability Litigation kim@rietzlawfirm.com www.rietzlawfirm.com
		Robert P. Andris Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley 1001 Marshall Street Redwood City, CA 94063 650.780.1634 Areas of Expertise: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Litigation Patent Prosecution--Registered Patent Attorney #52,562 Trade Secrets Litigation Products Liability Litigation Randris@RMKB.com www.rmkb.com
		Kelly MacHenry Snell & Wilmer One Arizona Center, 400 East Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 602.382.6370 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Financial Services Business Litigation kmachenry@swlaw.com www.swlaw.com
		Jonathan Menuez Sutter O'Connell Attorneys 3600 Erieview Tower, 1301 East 9th Street Cleveland, OH 44114-1831 216.928.4510 Areas of Expertise: Trucking and Transportation Product Liability Sporting Goods Manufacture jmenuez@sutter-law.com www.sutter-law.com
		Daena Ramsey Vaughan, Ramsey & Walvoord 530 S. Carrier Parkway, Suite 300 Grand Prairie, TX 75051 972.262.0800 Areas of Expertise: Marine/Maritime Premises Liability Products Liability Transportation Commercial Litigation dramsey@vrwlaw.net www.vrwlaw.net
		Jonathan R. Friedman Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC 950 East Paces Ferry Road Suite 3000 Atlanta, GA 30326 404.832.9580 Areas of Expertise: Trial Practice Tort & Product Liability Litigation Risk Management/ Regulatory Compliance Warranty Law Warnings & Instructions Class Actions Commercial Litigation jfriedman@wwhgd.com www.wwhgd.com
		Jason Honeyman Wolf Greenfield 600 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02210-2206 617.646.8222 Areas of Expertise: Patent Prosecution Trademarks Litigation Mechanical jhoneyman@wolfgreenfield.com www.wolfgreenfield.com
		Ed Perlman Wolf Greenfield 600 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02210-2206 617.646.8207 Areas of Expertise: Trademark & Copyright IP Transactions Litigation eperlman@wolfgreenfield.com www.wolfgreenfield.com
		Henry Smythe Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP 5 Exchange Street Charleston, SC 29401 843.720.4607 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability hsmythe@wcsr.com www.wcsr.com
		Stephen Smith Yoka & Smith LLP 777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 4200 Los Angeles, CA 90017 213.427.2300 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Fire Litigation Toxic Torts Class Actions Commercial & Business Litigation shsmith@yokasmith.com www.yokasmith.com
		Thomas Borncamp Yukevich Calfo & Cavanaugh 355 South Grand Avenue, 15th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 213.362.7777 x 239 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability tborncamp@yukelaw.com www.yukelaw.com

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