TORT & INSURANCE PRACTICE SECTION
WOMEN & MINORITY INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE'S
2001-2002 WOMEN AND MINORITY SPEAKERS DIRECTORY
Revised October 8, 2001
Lisa M. Agrimonti Patrica O'Connell Alvarez* Katherine Tess Argent*
Doherty, Rumble & Butler Alvarez & Notza The Argent Law Firm
2800 World Trade Center Suite 380 1804 Central Street
30 East 7th Street 5219 McPherson Kansas City, MO 64108-2011
St. Paul, MN 55101 Laredo, TX 78041 Phone: 816/472-5297 Fax: 816/471-5277
Phone: 612/291-9421 Fax: 612/291-9313 Phone: 956/717-8880 Fax: 956/717-8877 E-mail: argentk@swbell.net
E-mail: agriml@drblaw.com E-mail: poa@netscorp.net Juris Admission: KS/1997
Juris Admission: KS/1996; MN/1997 Juris Admission: TX/1987 TIPS Member: Yes
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Litigation, Tort &
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Litigation, Product Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Managing Partner,
Liability Law Law, Transportation Law Other
Publications: Authorized two law articles:”The Limitations Publications: “Special Problems when Defending Under a Publications:
of Daubert and it's Misapplication to Quasi-Scientific Reservation of Rights,” DRI Bad Faith Seminar, Orlando, Courses Taught: “Preparing for Your Divorce,” seminar
Experts, 1993 Florida (1995); “Expert Witnesses Used in Investigation of (office) (1997); “Your Insurance Needs,” in-house seminar
Courses Taught: Taught three sections of Business and Trucking Accidents,” American Bar Assn Transportation (1998)
Society as adjunct at Wichita State Megaconference III, New Orleans, LA (1996)
Courses Taught: “Voir Dire: A Defendant‟s Prespective,” Barbara L. Arras
Andrea M. Alonso* Texas Bar Assn Advanced Civil Evidence and Discovery Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P.
Morris, Duffy Alonso & Farley Course Seminar, Houston, Texas (1998) 30th Floor
170 Broadway 400 Poydras Street
New York, NY 10038 Stacy M. Andreas New Orleans, LA 70130-3245
Phone: 212/266-1888 Fax: 212/266-3252 Lathrop & Gage, L.C. Phone: 504/566-1311 Fax: 504/568-9130
E-mail: Suite 2500 E-mail: arrasb@phelps.com
Juris Admission: NY/1981 2345 Grand Boulevard Juris Admission: IL/1977; LA/1987; TX/1997
TIPS Member: Yes Kansas City, MO 64108 TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Construction Law, Phone: 816/460-5531 Fax: 816/292-2001 Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law, E-mail: sandreas@lathropgage.com Law, Other
Tort & Personal Injury Law Juris Admission: MO/1989; KS/1990 Publications:
Publications: “Hi-low Agreements,” 1998; “Offer of TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught: “Causation and Damages in Toxic Tort
Judgments,” 1998 Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Litigation,” Texas Assn of Railroad Trail Counsel, San
Courses Taught: NVS Bar - premises/construction liability Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other Antonio, Texas, (1992); “The Role of the Epidemiologist in
Publications: the Chemical Case,” Defense Research Institute, Chemical
Courses Taught: “Supreme Court Ruling Likey to Increase Exporsure Seminar, New York City, New York (1993);
Workers‟ Claims, Kansas Business Journal (1997); :Expired “Handling Plaintiff‟s Experts and Questions of Disease at
Policies May Cover Environmental Claims,” Kansas City Deposition and Trial: Tehniques and Strategies,” Defense
Business Journal Research Institute Asbestos Personal Injury Seminar,
Scottdale, Arizona (1995)
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2001-2002 WOMEN AND MINORITY SPEAKERS DIRECTORY
Revised October 8, 2001
Kathleen E. Bailey Susan M. Barilich
Baker & Hostetler Andrea I. Balsamo Rohde Thomason, L.L.P.
10th Floor Arkwright Mutual Suite 630
600 Wilshire Boulevard 225 Wyman Street 900 Jackson Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017 P.O. Box 9198 Dallas, TX 75202
Phone: 213/975-1807 Fax: 213/975-1740 Waltham, MA 02554-9198 Phone: 214/741-2711 Fax: 214/630-6331
E-mail: kbailey@ex.baker-hostetler.com Phone: 781/890-9300 x2465 Fax: 781/890-5005 E-mail: sbarilich@rohde_thomason.com
Juris Admission: CA/1992 E-mail: Andrea_Balsamo@Arkwright.com Juris Admission: TX/1981; CA/1992
TIPS Member: Yes Juris Admission: NY/1989; MA/1998 TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Government -
Publications: Areas of Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Federal/State, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Courses Taught: CLE in-house at firm-qualified as MCLE Insurance Coverage Litigation, Property Insurance Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
provider Other Publications: “Real Property Descriptions: A Practical
Publications: Throwing Caution to the Wind? The Hidden Review,” Texas Bar Journal, (1987); “Dealing with
Jeanne Louise Bakker Cost of Waiving the Right to Recover Damages, Office of Renters,” A Guide for Nonresident Owners and
Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, L.L.P. Industrial Properties, (Feb. 1998). Associations. (1994)
123 South Broad Street Courses Taught: Y2K Conference, NYC; Adjuster Courses Taught: “Lawsuit Damages (IRS Considerations),”
Philadelphia, PA 19109 Training Y2K; Risk Managers (RMAC) Y2K; Subrogation American Women‟s Society of CPAs, Dallas Chapter,
Phone: 215/772-7521 Fax: 215/772-7620 & Y2K (1993); “Eminent Domain Practice,” Tarrant County Bar
E-mail: jbakker@mmwr.com Assn Real Estate Section (1987)
Juris Admission: TX/1990; DC/1992; PA/1997 Donna Zils Banfield
TIPS Member: Yes Law Office of Donna Zils Banfield Patrice M. Barron
Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Litigation Suite 26 Suite 1200
Publications: The Defense of Obedience to Superior Orders 150 Westford Road 3730 Kirby Street
- The Mens Rea Requirement, 17 Am. J. Crim. L. 55 (1989) Tyngsboro, MA 01879-2511 Houston, TX 77098
Courses Taught: Phone: 978/649-9880 Fax: 978/649-6558 Phone: 713/871-2027 Fax: 713/771-5631
E-mail: dzbanfield@msn.com E-mail:
Deborah S. Ballati Juris Admission: MA/1994 Juris Admission: TX/1982
Farella, Braun & Martel, L.L.P. TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes
235 Montgomery Street Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice - Civil, Other
San Francisco, CA 94127 Law, Other Publications:
Phone: 415/954-4426 Fax: 415/954-4480 Publications: Courses Taught: " Was Really - Duties to Third Parties:
E-mail: ballatid@fbm.com Courses Taught: Past adjunct faculty North Shore Am I My Brother's Keeper?" (1997)
Juris Admission: CA/1975 Community College, taught litigation
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Dispute Resolution,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
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Revised October 8, 2001
Marjie D. Barrows Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Insurance Law, College of Insurance
Rudloff wood & Barrows LLP Litigation, Other 4th Floor
101 California St., Suite 2200 Publications: “Exclusions Exclude: Let the Pollution 101 Murray Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111 Exclusion Mean What it Says” New York, NY 10017
Phone: 4105/733-7800 Fax: 415/733-7801 Courses Taught: Ins. coverage for construction II, 1988 Phone: 212/815-9267 Fax: 516/379-3103
E-mail: mbarrows@rwblaw.com E-mail: jebelkin@aol.com
Juris Admission: CA/1985 Debra S. Belaga Juris Admission: NY/1979
TIPS Member: Yes Jackson Tufts Cole & Black, L.L.P. TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Coverage Litigation, 650 California Street Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
Property Insurance Law San Francisco, CA 94108 Publications: International Column for A.M. Best (“Global
Publications: “Protections Afforded to Mortgagees Under Phone: 415/433-1950 Fax: 415/392-3494 Outlook”); Manual for Insurance Regulation in Developing
the Standard Mortgage Clause Against Uninterded E-mail: dbelaga@jtcb.com Countries
Cancellation or Nonrenewal of Insurance Coverage”; Juris Admission: CA/1978 Courses Taught: Presented at International Insurance and
“Reverse Bad Faith: Is The Duty Of Good Faith And Fair TIPS Member: Yes Legal Meetings in Philippines, Australia, Europe, Latin
Dealing Really A Two-Way Street” Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Intellectual America and Asia
Courses Taught: Property Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Private Practice-Partner
Ellen L. Barton Publications: Katherine Benesch
AON Risk Services of Maryland, Inc. Courses Taught: PLI Program/deposition training, Law Offices of Katherine Benesch
111 Market Place early/mid 1980's Suite 200
Baltimore, MD 21202 993 Lenox Drive
Phone: 410/547-2800 Fax: 410/547-2914 Christina H. Belew Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
E-mail: elbarton@aol.com Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn Phone: 609/844-7590 Fax: 609/844-7562
Juris Admission: OH/1978; PA/1985; MD/1989 30th Floor E-mail: kbenes@aosi.com
TIPS Member: Yes 1100 Poydras Juris Admission: PA/1980; NJ/1980; DC/1980
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Health & New Orleans, LA 70163 TIPS Member: Yes
Hospital, Insurance Law, Worker's Compensation, Other Phone: 504/569-2030 Fax: 504/569-2999 Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Tort &
Publications: E-mail: tinab@spsr-law.com Personal Injury Law, Other
Courses Taught: Juris Admission: LA/1982; TX/1992 Publications:
TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught:
Jacquelyn A. Beatty Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Product
Karr Tuttle Campbell Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice- Andrea R. Bennett
Suite 2900 Partner Bennett & Associates
1201 Third Avenue Publications: Co-author: LA Civil Practice Forms 1997 3223 Paces Ferry Place, Northwest
Seattle, WA 98101 Courses Taught: “Bad Faith Claims-First and Third Atlanta, GA 30305
Phone: 206/224-8090 Fax: 206/682-7100 Parties,” 1997 Phone: 404/816-6500 Fax: 404/816-6048
E-mail: jbeatty@karrtuttle.com E-mail: andrea@bennettlaw.net
Juris Admission: WA/1988 Janet E. Belkin Juris Admission: GA/1976
TIPS Member: Yes Center for International Insurance TIPS Member: Yes
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Revised October 8, 2001
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Phone: 504/581-5141 Fax: 504/566-1201 Suite 200
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private E-mail: mberkett@dkslaw 400 Lafayette Street
Practice-Managing Partner, Private Practice-Partner Juris Admission: LA New Orleans, LA 70130
Publications: TIPS Member: Yes Phone: 504/568-9393 Fax: 504/524-1933
Courses Taught: Lectured at 20-30 seminars over the years Areas of Expertise: E-mail: theta89@aol.com
Publications: Juris Admission: LA/1992
Sandra Harlen Benzer Courses Taught: TIPS Member: Yes
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P. Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Defense,
Suite 1400 Debbie L. Berman Environmental Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort
7 St. Paul Street Jenner & Block & Personal Injury Law, Other
Baltimore, MD 21202-1626 One IBM Plaza Publications: Commercial Mayhem on the (Trans-) Orient
Phone: 410/347-9434 Fax: 410/752-7092 Chicago, IL 60611 Express: Trans-Orient Marine Corp. v. Star Trading &
E-mail: sbenzer@wtplaw.com Phone: 312/923-2764 Fax: 312/840-7764 Marine, Inc., 16 Tul. Mra. L.J. 203 (1991).
Juris Admission: MD/1990 E-mail: dberman@jenner.com Courses Taught: Presentations made as Secretary of the
TIPS Member: Yes Juris Admission: IL/1990 Young Lawyers' Counsil of the Louisiana State Bar
Areas of Expertise: Defense, General Practice, Insurance TIPS Member: Yes Association
Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Areas of Expertise: Appellate Advocacy, Business Torts,
Injury Law Civil Procedure and Evidence, Employer-Employee Noel C. Birle
Publications: Relations, Intellectual Property Law, Media Law and Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P.
Courses Taught: Legal research and writing, 1989-1990 Defamation Torts 3000 Two Logan Square
Publications: Philadelphia, PA 19103
Laurie Berke-Weiss Courses Taught: Phone: 215/981-4176 Fax: 215/981-4750
Berke-Weiss & Pechman, L.L.P. E-mail: birlen@pepperlaw.com
488 Madison Avenue Jean L. Bertrano Juris Admission: PA/1993; NJ/1993
New York, NY 10022 Morgenstein & Jubelirer TIPS Member: Yes
Phone: 212/583-9500 Fax: 212/308-8582 32nd Floor Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Product Liability
E-mail: One Market Law
Juris Admission: NY/1984 San Francisco, CA 94105 Publications:
TIPS Member: Yes Phone: 415/896-0666 Fax: 415/896-5592 Courses Taught: ABA Meeting, “Hot Topics in
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Other E-mail: jlbertrano@mj-sflaw.com Environmental Law,” 1998
Publications: “Changes of Pregnancy Discrimination: The Juris Admission: CA/1978
Net of Statutory Safeguards,” 1998 TIPS Member: Yes Kathleen A. Birrane
Courses Taught: “Defining Disability” under the ADA Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Litigation, Product Kiramon & Graham, P.A.
Law, 1998 Liability Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other Suite 2600
Publications: Several articles One South Street
Marian Mayer Berkett Courses Taught: Extensive experience Baltimore, MD 21202
Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, L.L.P. Phone: 410/752-6030 Fax: 410/539-1269
755 Magazine Street Anne P. Birdsong E-mail: kbirrane@kg-law.com
New Orleans, LA 70130 Abbott, Simses, Knister & Kuchler Juris Admission: MD/1986
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2001-2002 WOMEN AND MINORITY SPEAKERS DIRECTORY
Revised October 8, 2001
TIPS Member: Yes Carla J. Bishop Louise Dovre Bjorkman
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Employee Haynes & Boone Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, L.L.P.
Benefits, Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Suite 4300 2000 Metropolitan Centre
Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other 1000 Louisiana 333 South Seventh Street
Publications: Houston, TX 77002 Minneapolis, MN 55402
Courses Taught: Teach professionalism one day seminar to Phone: 713/547-2063 Fax: 713/236-5542 Phone: 612/340-7975 Fax: 612/340-7900
incoming members of the Maryland Bar,two per year E-mail: bishopc@hayboo.com E-mail: ldbjorkm@riderlaw.com
Juris Admission: TX/1976 Juris Admission: MN/1995; US Dist. Court - MN/1985
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal Areas of Expertise: Appellate practice, Insurance Law, Tort
Injury Law & Personal Injury Law
Publications: Publications: Numerous articles on various aspects of trial
Courses Taught: Panelist, Nuts and Bolts of Environmental aellate practice
Law , “Toxic Tort Issues,” Houston Bar Assn (1996); “How Courses Taught: CLE seminars at the local, state and
to Select and Manage Outside Counsel,” CPCU Society national level; speaker, ABA Appellate Advocacy Annual
Annual Seminar, Houston, Texas (1995);lecturer, “The Meeting program (1996); ABA Appellate Advocacy Spring
Corporate Defendant; Watching Out for Mine Fields,” South Program (1998)
Texas College of Law Advanced Civil Trial Law Institute,
Houston, Texas (1994) Carrie L. Blackburn
Kerr McDonald, L.L.P.
Olivia O. Bissell Suite 400
Bissell & Associates 31 Light Street
Suite 385 Baltimore, MD 21202
100 Corporate Pointe Phone: 410/539-2908 Fax: 410/539-2956
Culver City, CA 90280 E-mail: blackburnc@aol.com
Phone: 310/670-2522 Fax: 310/607-2539 Juris Admission: MD/1993; DC/1995
E-mail: bissello@earthlink.net TIPS Member: Yes
Juris Admission: CA/1995 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
TIPS Member: Yes Tort & Personal Injury Law
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Other Publications:
Publications: Courses Taught:
Courses Taught: Insurance Seminars continuously from
1993 to present
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WOMEN & MINORITY INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE'S
2001-2002 WOMEN AND MINORITY SPEAKERS DIRECTORY
Revised October 8, 2001
Janine Dawn Bloch Mary Anne Bobinski Clarke M.B. Bogda
Preston Gates & Ellis University of Houston Law Center International Fidelity Insurance Company
Suite 2400 4800 Calhoun Road One North Center
One Maritime Plaza Houston, TX 77204-6381 Newark, NJ 07102
San Francisco, CA 94111 Phone: 713/743-2227 Fax: 713/742-2122 Phone: 973/624-7200 Fax: 973/623-8006
Phone: 415/733-8306 Fax: 415/788-8819 E-mail: mabob@uh.edu E-mail: clark@ific.com
E-mail: jbloch@prestongates.com Juris Admission: NY/1988 Juris Admission: NJ/1976; NY/1983
Juris Admission: CA/1990 TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes
TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Product Liability Areas of Expertise: Construction Law; Insurance Law
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Insurance Law Publications: “Anatomy of a Workout Agreement: Extensio
Law, Litigation, Other Publications: Various Health Law Casebook articles on of Surety Credit to the Troubled Contractor”
Publications: health law subjects Courses Taught: ABA Tort TIPS Fidelity and Surety Law
Courses Taught: Deposition Skills, Local Court Rules Courses Taught: Torts, Health Law, various specialized Committee Midyear Meeting (1997)
academic and CLE presentations
Denise Savoie Blocker Paula Bonnell
McCutchen, Doyle et al. Mary Elizabeth Bogan PBPC
3150 Porter Drive Margolis Edelstein Suite 840
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1212 4th Floor 50 Congress Street
Phone: 650/849-4890 Fax: 650/849-4800 The Curtis Center Boston, MA 02109
E-mail: dblocker@mdbe.com Philadelphia, PA 19106 Phone: 617/367-5990 Fax: 617/227-0079
Juris Admission: CA/1986 Phone: 215/931-5884 Fax: 215/922-1772 E-mail:
TIPS Member: Yes E-mail: Juris Admission: MA/1977
Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Employee Juris Admission: PA/1989; U.S. Supreme Court/1997; TIPS Member: Yes
Benefits, Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury U.S. Court of Appeals (Third)/1990; U.S. District Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Construction Law,
Law Court/1990 Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Other
Publications: TIPS Member: Yes Publications: “The Domestic Partnership Act,” 1979
Courses Taught: Presentations made to TIPS Section of Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law, Courses Taught:
the ABA; the Litigation Section; the Pacific Admiralty Litigation, Product Liability Law
Seminar and the Maritime Law Association Publications: Authored manuals concerning products Cynthia J. Borrelli
liability law and recent developments in bad faith litigation Bressler, Amery & Ross
Courses Taught: Various seminars in local region to 325 Columbia Turnpike
prominent insurance representatives Florham Park, NJ 07923
Phone: 973/514-1200 Fax: 973/514-1660
E-mail: cborrelli@bressler.com
Juris Admission: NJ/1985; PA/1985; DC/1994; NY/1998
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law
Publications: ABA TIPS News articles (1990-present)
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Revised October 8, 2001
Courses Taught: Insurer insolvency life insurance sales Deborah S. Braden Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Plaintiff,
practices & agent issues for ABA/ALI ABA Olschner & Hart, P.C. Tort & Personal Injury Law, Transportation Law, Other
Suite 1 Publications: GA Law Review, Spring 1991, What It
Carole D. Bos #8 Office Park Circle Means To Be A Good Lawyer
Bos & Glazier Birmingham, AL 35253 Courses Taught:
Suite 800 Phone: 205/879-9905 Fax: 205/879-9912
300 Ottawa, N.W. E-mail: dsbraden@olschnerhart.com Joy G. Braun
Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Juris Admission: AL/1983 Sessions & Fishman
Phone: 616/458-6814 Fax: 616/458-0608 TIPS Member: Yes Suite 3500
E-mail: cbos@bosglazier.com Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Insurance 201 St. Charles Avenue
Juris Admission: MI/1981 Law, Intellectual Property Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law New Orleans, LA 70170
TIPS Member: No Publications: Has Time Come for Apportionment of Phone: 504/582-1548 Fax: 504/582-1555
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Environmental Law, Punitive Damages - Cumberland Law Review, Vol. 28, No. E-mail: jbraun@sessions-law.com
Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Law 1, 1997-98 Juris Admission: LA/1981
Publications: Courses Taught: Computer Litigation, Oct. 1997; TIPS Member: Yes
Courses Taught: Uninsured Motorist Coverage, Sept. 1997 Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Product
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Hildy Bowbeer William E. Bradley Publications:
3M Law Office of William E. Bradley Courses Taught: Tulane University - Trial Advocate
Building 220-12E-02 120 Long Lane Adjunct Faculty, 1994-present; Louisiana State Bar
3M Center Mandeville, LA 70448 Association Summer School in Sandestin, FL, 1993, “My
St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 Phone: 504/674-0270 Fax: Orthopaedist is Right-Dueling Doctors”; Nursing Law
Phone: 612/737-3194 Fax: 612/736-9469 E-mail: Seminar in New Orleans, 1998
E-mail: hbowbeer@mmm.com Juris Admission: LA/1993
Juris Admission: MN/1979 TIPS Member: No Pamela A. Bresnahan
TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Insurance Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Litigation, Product Law, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law Suite 1111
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law Publications: 7828 L Street Northwest
Publications: Courses Taught: Washington, DC 20036
Courses Taught: Numerous seminars on product liability Phone: 202/467-8861 Fax: 202/467-8900
and trial practice Emily J. Brantley E-mail: pabresnahan@vssp.com
Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler Juris Admission: MD/1980; NY/1988
999 Peachtree Street N.E. TIPS Member: Yes
Suite 2700 Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Intellectual Property
Atlanta, GA 30309 Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Phone: 404/876-2700 Fax: 404/875-9433 Publications: Two articles in the ABA Journal in the last
E-mail: ebrantley@lwaw.com four years on professional liability issues
Juris Admission: GA/1991 Courses Taught: Numerous speeches on professional
TIPS Member: Yes liability issues and discipline
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Revised October 8, 2001
Julie C. Bretz Shannon J. Briglia Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Insurance Law,
U.S. EEOC Wickwire Gavin, P.C. Litigation
Suite 800 Suite 700 Publications: Book chapter on Fiduciary Insurance (1997);
310 West Wisconsin Avenue 8100 Boone Boulevard articles, ERISA Ficudicary Law in ABA/TIPS/Directors &
Milwaukee, WI 53203 Vienna, VA 22182 Officers Liability Committee Newsletter (1997), IADC
Phone: 414/297-1276 Fax: 414/297-3146 Phone: 703/790-8750 Fax: 703/448-1801 Newsletters, Northwestern Journal of International Law &
E-mail: jbretz@execpc.com E-mail: sbriglia@wickwire.com Business
Juris Admission: OH/1993 Juris Admission: VA/1987; DC/1988; MD/1994 Courses Taught: Have spoken at various CBA Committee
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes luncheons, ISBA seminars
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Government Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
Federal/State, Litigation, Other Publications: “Contractor Bankruptcy-The Surety's Lisa M. Bromberg
Publications: Perspective, Payment Bond Manual, ABA 1995 Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C.
Courses Taught: ABA Labor & Employment Section: Courses Taught: The Gray Areas of Default, August 1995 163 Madison Avenue
Milwaukee, “Representing Clients in Mediation”; Morristown, NJ 07962
Milwaukee Bar Association: Labor Law Update 1995, Charlsa D. Broadus* Phone: 973/538-4006 Fax: 973/538-5146
1996, 1997; EEOC TAPs Program: 1995-1998, Law re: Coale, Cooley, Lietz, McInerny & Broadus, P.C. E-mail: lmbromberg@pbnlaw.com
Hiring & Firing & ADR Workshop Negotiation Skills Class Suite 857 Juris Admission: NJ/1983; NY/1985
818 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest TIPS Member: No
Lee M. Brewer Washington, DC 20006 Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law
Brewer, McGraw & Associates Phone: 202/887-4770 Fax: 202/887-4778 Publications:
Suite 109 E-mail: Courses Taught:
635 Park Meadow Road Juris Admission: DC/1992; US District Court/1995
Westerville, OH 43081 TIPS Member: Yes Janet L. Brown
Phone: 614/890-5632 Fax: 614/890-5638 Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Boehm, Brown, Seacrest, Fischer & LeFever, P.A.
E-mail: Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Transportation Law, Suite 375
Juris Admission: OH/1990 Private Practice-Managing Partner, Other 101 Southhall Lane
TIPS Member: Yes Publications: Maitland, FL 32751
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other Courses Taught: Georgetown Univ. Law Center Clinical Phone: 407/660-0990 Fax: 407/660-5052
Publications: Instructor, 1993-94; Minority Roadshow, 1995 E-mail: jbrownbbsfllawfirm.com
Courses Taught: Juris Admission: FL/1977; U.S. Dist Courts in
Lisa S. Brogan Florida/1977; 5th Cir. Court of Appeals/1977; 11th Circuit
Baker & McKenzie Court of Appeals/1981; U.S. Supreme Court/1980
Suite 3500 TIPS Member: Yes
130 East Randolph Drive Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law
Chicago, IL 60601 Publications: “Is the One-Year Contract Limitation a Valid
Phone: 312/865-3070 Fax: 312/861-2899 Defense tothe Claims of the Insured?,” Property Loss
E-mail: lisa.s.borgan@bakernet.com Research Bureau (1985); “The Status of Punitive Damages
Juris Admission: IL/1987 in Third Party Tort Liability Problems,” Defense Research
TIPS Member: Yes Institute (1989);
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Revised October 8, 2001
Courses Taught: “The Sick Building Syndrome,” ABA Kathy Bryant Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Insurance Law,
Tort & Insurance Practice Section Property Insurance American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Other
Committee (1989) P.O. Box 96920 Publications:
Washington, DC 20090-6920 Courses Taught:
Virginia S. Brown Phone: 202/863-2511 Fax: 202/488-3985
Doepken Keevican & Weiss, P.C. E-mail: kbryant@acog.org Deborah S. Bussert
26th Floor Juris Admission: IA/1980; IL/1983; DC/1984 Much Shelist Freed et al
BP Tower TIPS Member: Yes Suite 2100
200 Public Square Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Health & Hospital, 200 North LaSalle Street
Cleveland, OH 44114-2301 Insurance Law Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 216/875-4868 Fax: 216/875-4809 Publications: Phone: 312/621-1495 Fax: 312/621-1750
E-mail: vbrown@dkwlaw.com Courses Taught: Topics include: how to influence E-mail: dbussert@muchlaw.com
Juris Admission: OH/1981 legislations, managed care legislations, healthcare Juris Admission: IL
TIPS Member: Yes legislations TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Consumer Law,
Publications: Bonnie A. Bulla Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability
Courses Taught: Broening Oberg Woods Wilson & Cass, P.C. Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Suite 200 Publications: Environmental Claims Journal, 1996
Bettina Ellen Brownstein 3930 Howard Hughes Parkway Courses Taught: Chicago Bar Association, 1996;
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings Las Vegas, NV 89109 Mealey's, 1996
#2200 Phone: 702/893-3383 Fax: 702/893-3789
200 W. Capitol Avenue E-mail: Edna Ramon Butts*
Little Rock, AR 72205 Juris Admission: NV/1987 Hughes & Luce
Phone: 501/212-1288 Fax: 501-376-9442 TIPS Member: Yes Suite 900
E-mail: bbrownstein@wlj.com Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, 111 Congress
Juris Admission: TX/1982; AR/1985 Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other Austin, TX 78701
TIPS Member: Publications: Phone: 512/482-6877 Fax: 512/482-6859
Areas of Expertise: Courses Taught: E-mail: buttse@hughesluce.com
Publications: Juris Admission: TX/1979
Courses Taught: Ellen K. Burrows TIPS Member: Yes
White and Williams, L.L.P. Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Insurance Law,
Suite 1800 Other
One Liberty Place Publications:
Philadelphia, PA 19103 Courses Taught: “Managed Care Contracting: What Should
Phone: 215/864-7011 Fax: 215/864-7123 You Do?,” Texas Medical Assn Fall Leadership Conference
E-mail: burrowse@whitewms.com (1998); “Current Regulatory Issues Relation to HMOs,”
Juris Admission: PA/1983 University of Texas School of Law Health Law Conference,
TIPS Member: Yes Houston, Texas (1997)
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Cathlynn H. Cannon
Fanning, Harper & Martinson
8117 Preston Road
300 Preston Commons West
Dallas, TX 75225
Phone: 214/369-1300 Fax: 214/987-9649
E-mail:
Juris Admission: TX/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Insurance
Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Amendments to the Texas Deceptive
Trade Practices Act,1997
Sheila Kathleen Carmody
Lewis and Roca
40 North Central
Phoenix, AZ 85023
Phone: 602/262-0897 Fax: 602/262-5747
E-mail: svc@lrlaw.com
Juris Admission: AZ/1981
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Product Liability Law,
Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Winifred Y. Carson Publications: Varies of Articles; Ana Model Practice Act
American Nurses Association with Commentary; Legal Aspects of Standards and
600 Maryland Ave, SW, Ste 100W Guidelines for Clinical Nursing Practice; Chapter on Legal
Washington, DC 20024 Issues and Advanced Nursing Practice in Nurses, Nurses
Phone: 202/651-7061 Fax: 202/554-3262 Practitioners: Evolution to Advanced Practice
E-mail: wcarson@ana.org Courses Taught:
Juris Admission: PA/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Government Federal/State, Health &
Hospital
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Angela Carter TIPS Member: Yes
Babin, Seeger, Crow & Manwell Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Private Practice-
Suite 400 Partner, Other
111 Santa Rosa Avenue Publications: Contributing author, Employee Benefits Law,
Santa Rosa, CA 95404 ABA/BNA (1991); The Application of ERISA and the ADA
Phone: 707/526-7370 Fax: 707/526-0307 to Disability Based Distinctions in Health Insurance, 30 Tort
E-mail: becinao@netdex.com & Insurance Practice Journal 1045 (1995)
Juris Admission: CA/1994 Courses Taught:
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, General Practice, Insurance Kelly Centofanti
Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law Aiken & Scoptur, S.C.
Publications: Suite 700
Courses Taught: 260 East Highland Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
M. Patricia Casey Phone: 414/225-0260 Fax: 414/225-9666
American Re-Insurance Company E-mail: centofan@execpc.com
555 College Road East Juris Admission: WI/1990
Princeton, NJ 08543 TIPS Member: Yes
Phone: 609/243-4595 Fax: 609/243-4992 Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Litigation,
E-mail: pcasey@amre.com Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Juris Admission: NY/1979 Private Practice-Partner
TIPS Member: Yes Publications:
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Tort & Personal Injury Courses Taught:
Law
Publications: Diane Cernivivo
Courses Taught: ABA, 1997 - “Examining the Diane Cernivivo & Associates
Relationship Between Alternative Markets & Reinsurers: Suite 2301
The Reinsurance Perspective” 20 South Clark
Chicago, IL 60603
Roxella T. Cavazos* Phone: 312/263-9788 Fax: 312/977-9009
Thompson & Knight, P.C. E-mail:
Suite 1700 Juris Admission: IL/1983
600 Travis TIPS Member: Yes
Houston, TX 77002 Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Tort &
Phone: 713/217-2864 Fax: 713/217-2828 Personal Injury Law
E-mail: Publications:
Juris Admission: TX/1983 Courses Taught:
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Linda M. Chambers Debra A. Chong* Courses Taught: “Insurance Coverage for Environmental
Chambers & Associates, P.C. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, L.L.P. Liabilities: The United States Experience,” Toxic Torts and
1644 East High Street Suite 200 Environmental Claims, The Canadian Institute Conference,
Waynesburg, PA 15370 121 Spear Street Vancouver, British Columbia (1994); “Strategies for
Phone: 724/627-9118 Fax: 724/627-3067 San Francisco, CA 94105 Organizing and Managing the Large Commercial Litigation
E-mail: winbuck@aol.com Phone: 415/356-4600 Fax: 415/356-4610 Case,” How to Manage and Survive the Big Case,
Juris Admission: PA/1989 E-mail: dchong@luce.com Washington State Bar Assn CLE, Seattle, Washington
TIPS Member: No Juris Admission: CA/1981; DC/1978 (1995)
Areas of Expertise: Defense, General Practice, Litigation, TIPS Member: Yes
Natural Resources, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Health & Hospital, Kirsten L. Christophe
Private Practice-Managing Partner, Other Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, Other AON
Publications: Publications: “Strategic Alliances of the '90s -- Banks 11th Floor
Courses Taught: Taught safety courses to coal mine Selling Insurance Products,” FORC Quarterly Journal of 1 Whitehall Street
management (1985-1988); numerous political speaking Insurance Law and Regulation (12/95); co-author, New York, NY 10004
engagements as a judicial candidate (1997); featured “Comment - Annuity Decision Leaves Big Questions,” Phone: 800/645-6092 Fax: 800/688-3204
speaker, Coal Employment Project 20th Annual Meeting American Banker, (5/90) E-mail: riskbuster@aol.com
(1998) Courses Taught: “Commercial Property & Casualty Juris Admission: IL/1986; NY/1994
Insurance in Transition -- New Regulatory Approaches -- TIPS Member: Yes
BethAnn Boudah Chapman Proposal & Consequences” (1997); “A is for Antitrust” Areas of Expertise: Professional Liability & Risk
Faulkner Banfielo (1997) Management
302 Gold Street Publications: The Contract Lawyer and Client Confidences
Juneau, AK 99801 Colleen A. Christensen (1999); The Contract Lawyer and Imputed Disqualification
Phone: 907/586-2210 Fax: 907/586-8090 Bogle & Gates, P.L.L.C. (1999)
E-mail: Bchapman@faulknerbanfielo.com 601 Union Street Courses Taught: ABA Annual Meetings in Hawaii &
Juris Admission: AK/1988; Ninth Cir. Court of Two Union Square Chicago; ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers
Appeals/1996 Seattle, WA 98101-2346 Professional Liability
TIPS Member: Yes Phone: 206/682-5151 Fax: 206/621-2660
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Employee Benefits, Insurance E-mail: cchristensen@bogle.com Tracy A. Cinocca
Law, Litigation, Worker's Compensation Law, Private Juris Admission: WA/1990; U.S. District Court for the Lawter & Pitts
Practice-Managing Partner, Private Practice-Partner Western District of Washington/1990 3313 North Classen Boulevard
Publications: TIPS Member: Yes Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Courses Taught: Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Phone: 405/525-4131 Fax: 405/525-7855
Private Practice-Partner, Other E-mail: trannette@aol.com
Publications: Co-Author: “Litigating the Duty to Juris Admission: OK/1998
Defend:The Policyholder‟s Perspective,” Symposium on TIPS Member: No
Insurance Coverage for Pollution Liability, Gonzaga Law Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort
Review (1992-93) & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
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Sandra F. Clark Frances S. Cohen Publications: “Eleven Commandments of Jury Selection,”
Mehaffy & Weber, P.C. Hill & Barlow 1996; “Hot Tips from the Experts,” 1996
2615 Calder Avenue 100 Oliver Street Courses Taught: "Jury Selection," 1996; "Asbestos
Beaumont, TX 77702 Boston, MA 02110 Medicine," 1994
Phone: 409/835-5011 Fax: 409/835-5177 Phone: 617/428-3267 Fax: 617/428-3500
E-mail: E-mail: fcohen@hillbarlow.com Martha C. Coleman
Juris Admission: TX/1980 Juris Admission: NY/1981; MA/1984 Strasburger & Price, L.L.P.
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes 4300 NationsBank Plaza
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other 901 Main Street
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law Publications: Dallas, TX 75202
Publications: Courses Taught: MCLE Trial Advocacy; BBA SLAPP Phone: 214/651-4547 Fax: 214/651-4330
Courses Taught: Ethical Considerations in Mass Tort Litigation E-mail: colemanm@strasburger.com
Settlements and DRI Asbestos Seminar; Defending the Juris Admission: TX/1982
Punitive Damage Case in San Francisco and Chicago, Nancy Sher Cohen TIPS Member: Yes
National Institute for Corporate Counsel Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
40th Floor Publications:
Bogda M. B. Clarke 601 South Figueroa Courses Taught:
International FID Insurance Company Los Angeles, CA 90017
1 Newark Center Phone: 213/689-7689 Fax: 213/614-1868 Susan K.H. Conley
Newark, NJ 07102 E-mail: ncohen@hewa.com Conley & Borgeson
Phone: 973/624-7200 Fax: 973/623-8006 Juris Admission: CA/1978; Suite 250
E-mail: BClarke@IFIC.com TIPS Member: Yes 1660 South Highway 100
Juris Admission: NJ/1976; NY/1982 Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Tort & Personal Injury Minneapolis, MN 55416
TIPS Member: Yes Law Phone: 612/546-7640 Fax: 612/546-9103
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Insurance Law, Publications: E-mail:
Other Courses Taught: Juris Admission: MN/1984
Publications: “Anatomy of a Workout Agreement: TIPS Member: Yes
Extension of Surety Credit to the Troubled Contractor -- Susan J. Cole Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal
Financing Considerations, Strategies and Marketing Blaire & Cole, P.A. Injury Law, Worker's Compensation Law, Other
Agreements,” 1994 Annual Meeting, Surety Claims Institute Suite 550 Publications: Thermography: Medical and Legal Aspects,
Courses Taught: Fidelity & Surety Law Committee (1997); 2801 Ponce de Leon Boulevard MTLA 1984
Surety Claims Institute (1994) Coral Gables, Fl 33134 Courses Taught: Managed Care - Workers' Compensation
Phone: 305/444-2400 Fax: 305/446-1598 (1993); Understanding the Procedural Maze - Workers'
E-mail: scole@netrox.net Compensation in Minnesota (1995); Reversal of Fortune -
Juris Admission: FL/1979 Keys to Successful Appellate Practice (1997)
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Product
Liability Law
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Ann Maloney Conway Diana L. Courteau Dina Cox
Huffaker & Conway Courteau & Associates Lew & Wagner
P.O. Box 1190 Suite 246 Suite 200
Albuquerque, NM 87120 880 Apollo Street 501 Indiana Avenue
Phone: 505/244-0021 Fax: El Segundo, CA 90245-0916 Indianapolis, IN 46202
E-mail: aconway@sisna.com Phone: 310/647-2844 Fax: 310/647-2842 Phone: 317/237-0500 Fax: 317/630-2790
Juris Admission: NM Supreme Court/1984; NM Federal E-mail: E-mail: dcox@iquest.net
Court/1985; NM Court of Appeals 10th Circuit/1984; U.S. Juris Admission: CA Juris Admission: IN/1995
Supreme TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
TIPS Member: Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Areas of Expertise: Other Publications:
Publications: Publications: Courses Taught:
Courses Taught: Courses Taught:
Guylyn Cummins
Christine Godsil Cooper Deborah S. Cousins Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, L.L.P.
Loyola University of Chicago School of Law Calfee Halter & Griswald, L.L.P. Suite 1700
1 East Pearson Suite 1400 401 B Street
Chicago, IL 60611 800 Superior Avenue San Diego, CA 92101-4297
Phone: 312/915-7140 Fax: 312/915-7201 Cleveland, OH 44114 Phone: 619/699-3610 Fax: 619/236-1049
E-mail: ccooper@luc.edu Phone: 216/622-8514 Fax: 216/241-0816 E-mail: gcummins@gcwf.com
Juris Admission: E-mail: dcousins@calfee.com Juris Admission: CA/1985
TIPS Member: No Juris Admission: OH/1994 TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Intellectual Property Law, Litigation,
Publications: Areas of Expertise: Defense, Employee Benefits, Other
Courses Taught: Loyola Law School: Alternative Dispute Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other Publications:
Resolutions; Employment Law Contracts Publications: Business First, Columbus, OH - various Courses Taught: Mena Law, CA Western School of Law;
articles re: IRS; Editor, Capital University Law Review, CEB Depo Seminars
Kathleen Coughenour 1993-1994
Kathleen Coughenour Law Office Courses Taught: Capital University Law School - Legal Cheryl V. Cunningham
Suite 115 Writing Teaching Assistant, 1992-1994 Liskow & Lewis
4220 W. Northern Suite 5000
Phoenix, AZ 85051-5757 701 Poydras Street
Phone: 602/934-6563 Fax: 602/934-3950 New Orleans, LA 70139
E-mail: kedela@doitnow.com Phone: 504/556-4118 Fax: 504/556-4108
Juris Admission: AZ/1989; U.S. Supreme Ct./1998 E-mail: cvcunningham.ll@mcimail.com
TIPS Member: Juris Admission: LA/1988
Areas of Expertise: TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law,
Courses Taught: Other
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Publications: Loyola Law Review, Fifth Circuit Diane V. D'Aiutolo Dianne K. Dailey
Symposium, Recent Development in Oil and Gas, 1994 Tydings & Rosenberg, L.L.P. Bullivant Houser Bailey
Courses Taught: Assist in teaching Trial Advocacy, spring 100 East Pratt Street #300
semesters Baltimore, MD 21202 888 S.W. 5th
Phone: 410/752-9700 Fax: 410/752-0029 Portland, OR 97204
Christine H. Curash E-mail: ddaiutolo@tydingslaw.com Phone: 503/499-4430 Fax: 503/245-0915
Beckman Kelly & Smith Juris Admission: MD/1983; DC/1988 E-mail: dianne.dailey@bullivant.com
5920 Hohman Avenue TIPS Member: Yes Juris Admission: OR/1982; WA/1984
Hammond, IN 46520 Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Product TIPS Member: Yes
Phone: 219/933-6200 Fax: 219/933-6201 Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Environmental
E-mail: ccurash@bkslegal.com Publications: Editor, The Defense Line (publication of MD Law, Insurance Law
Juris Admission: IN/1993 Association of Defense Trial Counsel) Publications: Environmental Audits, Declaratory
TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught: Legislative and Judicial Selection Judgment: Is it a Real or Illusory Solution?, Insurance Law
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Transportation Committees in State Organizations (1998); Training the (1988, 1990), Insurance and Trial Seminars
Law Associate (1996); Confident Closing Arguments (1996) Courses Taught:
Publications:
Courses Taught: Eileen M. Dacey Andrew A. Darvas
71 Park Avenue Heller & Darvas
Carol N. Cure New York, NY 10016-2507 860 S.W. 143rd Street
The Cure Law Firm Phone: 212/889-1196 Fax: 212/447-1807 Seattle, WA 98166-1558
Suite 1020 E-mail: bizzell@ix.netcom.com Phone: 206/243-7300 Fax:
2020 North Central Juris Admission: NY/1976 E-mail: heldar@ix.netcom.com
Phoenix, AZ 85004-4511 TIPS Member: Yes Juris Admission: WA/1982
Phone: 602/258-5711 Fax: 602/258-5712 Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other TIPS Member: Yes
E-mail: ccure@curelaw.com Publications: Recission As Remedy; Kluwer's Insurance Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff,
Juris Admission: CA/1979; AZ/1979 Briefing (1998); Preparing the Corporate Witness for Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
TIPS Member: Yes Deposition; Corporate Counsel's Quarterly, 1995; Publications:
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health, Insurance Law, Understanding Lloyd's The Brief (ABA-TIPS) (1994) Courses Taught: Presented numerous seminars
Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Courses Taught: ALI-ABA, Coverage for Employment
Practice-Managing Partner, Other Disputes (1997); PLI Annual Insurance Seminar (1997, Dawn Davenport
Publications: 1998) Suite 278, LB264
Courses Taught: 5960 West Park Road
Dallas, TX 75093
Phone: 972/758-9729 Fax: 972/758-9730
E-mail: ddaven@gte.net
Juris Admission: TX/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Environmental
Law, Natural Resources, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
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Publications: Katherine D. Dixon Publications:
Courses Taught: Adjunct professor for Env. Law course at Drew, Eckl & Farnham Courses Taught: Seminars on employment related topics
SMU School of Law 880 West Peachtree Street for client
Atlanta, GA 30309
Leslie J. Davis Phone: 404/885-6412 Fax: 404/876-0992 Martica S. Douglas
General Reinsurance Corp. E-mail: kdixon@deflaw.com Douglas, Denham Rogers & Hood
695 E. Main Street Juris Admission: GA/1990 10 S. Exchange Street
Stamford, CT 06870 TIPS Member: Yes P.O. Box 7108
Phone: 203/328-5583 Fax: 203/328-5877 Areas of Expertise: Workers Compensation Law Portland, ME 04112
E-mail: ldavis@genre.com Publications: Mercer Law Review, 1997; Annual Survey Phone: 207/774-1486 Fax: 207/774-3147
Juris Admission: NY/1977; CT/1990; CA/1997 on Workers‟ Compensation, 1997 & 1998 E-mail: mdouglas@dougden.com
TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught: Numerous client and CLE seminars Juris Admission: ME/1977
Areas of Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil TIPS Member: Yes
Procedure and Evidence, Corporate Counsel, Other Doreen D. Dodson Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Publications: 26 Sur.L.Rev. 730 (1975); 30 Tort & Ins. L.J. The Stolar Partnership Private Practice-Partner, Other
677 (1995) 7th Floor Publications:
Courses Taught: Business courses whlie in law school.; 911 Washington Avenue, Lammert Building Courses Taught: various speaking engagements on
Speaker for ABA/TIPS (1994 Ann. Mtg.), PLI. St. Louis, MO 63101 insurance coverage issues
Phone: 314/231-2800 Fax: 314/436-8400
Elena DiIorio E-mail: ddd@stolarlaw.com Dina M. Dox
Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. Juris Admission: MO/1974 Lewis & Wagner
Suite 2523 TIPS Member: Yes Suite 200
1001 Fannin Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Private Practice-Managing 501 Indiana Avenue
Houston, TX 77002-6760 Partner, Other Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 713/758-2936 Fax: 713/615-5692 Publications: Joint Custody, 31 St. Louis University Law Phone: 317/237-0500 Fax: 317/630-2790
E-mail: Journal 1, 1986 E-mail: dcox@iquest.net
Juris Admission: TX/1983 Courses Taught: Civil Practice and Civil Clinic, 1983- Juris Admission: IN/1995
TIPS Member: 1986 TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Environmental Law, Health Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
& Hospital, Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Liability Tamra S. Domeyer Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Drug and Medical Device
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law Fox and Grove Defense Litigation
Publications: Tort & Insurance Law: Defense Deposition Suite #200 Publications:
of Economists 311 South Wacker Drive Courses Taught:
Courses Taught: Course Instructor at Advocacy Program, Chicago, IL 60606-6622
University of Houston, South Texas College of Law; Phone: 312/876-0500 Fax: 312/362-0700 Deborah C. Drosser
Speaker TADC, ABA Advocacy GRHSIT, State Bar of E-mail: tdomeyer@foxandgrove.com Thomas, Hort, Prosser & Knudsen
Texas Juris Admission: IL/1992 Suite 300
TIPS Member: Yes 3403 10th Street
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other Riverside, CA 92501
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Phone: 909/788-0100 Fax: 909/788-5785 Dyan J. Ebert Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense,
E-mail: dprosser@tmpklaw.com Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A. Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Litigation, Product
Juris Admission: NJ/1981; CA/1983 Suite 600 Liability, Tort & Person Injury Law
TIPS Member: Yes 400 South First Street Publications: “The Deliberate Indiffence Test...,” Temple
Areas of Expertise: Environmentall Law, Litigation, St. Cloud, MN 56302 Political & Civil Rights Law Review, Vol. 5-1, 1996.
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law Phone: 320/251-1414 Fax: 320/251-1415 Courses Taught: Legal Research and Writing, Temple Law,
Publications: E-mail: 1994-1996, Teaching Assistant
Courses Taught: University of CA, Environmental Law & Juris Admission: MN/1993; SD/1994; U.S. Dist Ct
International Law Program, 1995 and 1996 (MN/1994) Kellie Payne Esposito
TIPS Member: Yes Cory, Watson, Crowder & DeGaris
Sherryll Dunaj Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Insurance 2131 Magnolia Avenue
Martens Dunaj Marlowe Davis & Marlowe Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Birmingham, AL 35242
Suite 880 Practice-Partner Phone: 205/328-2200 Fax: 205/324-7896
201 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami Center Publications: E-mail:
Miami, FL 33131 Courses Taught: Juris Admission: AL/1995
Phone: 305/373-9977 Fax: 305/373-8877 TIPS Member: Yes
E-mail: dunaj@manilaw.net Susan K. Eggum Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Litigation,
Juris Admission: FL/1971; DC/1980 Susan K. Eggum, P.C. Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
TIPS Member: Yes Suite 600 Other
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, 621, Southwest. Alder Street Publications:
Other Portland, OR 97205 Courses Taught:
Publications: “How to Win Yor Case with Depositions” Phone: 503/228-9607 Fax: 503/228-5790
Courses Taught: Pretrial Practice Civil - 1992-1997 E-mail: susan@eggum.com Barbara Ryniker Evans
Juris Admission: OR/1982 Evans, Schnabel & Associates
Holly K. Dustin TIPS Member: No Suite 2405
Wilson Powell & Lang Areas of Expertise: Defense, Plaintiff, Other 201 St. Charles Avenue
148 College Street Publications: New Orleans, LA 70170
P.O. Box 567 Courses Taught: Phone: 504/528-9279 Fax: 504/528-9219
Burlington, VT 05402-0567 E-mail: brevansassoc@compuserve
Phone: 802/658-4300 Fax: 802/658-0019 Heather M. Eichenbaum Juris Admission: NY/1977; LA/1982
E-mail: hdustin@wpl-law.com Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C. TIPS Member: Yes
Juris Admission: CT/1984; VT/1998 7th Floor Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Other
TIPS Member: Yes 1635 Market Street Publications: “Impact of the Americans with Disabilities
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Insurance Philadelphia, PA 19103 Act on Employee Selection and Hiring,” US Arbitration and
Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Phone: 215/241-8888 Fax: 215/241-8844 Mediation, New Orleans (1994);numerous materials for
Personal Injury Law Juris Admission: PA/1996; NJ/1996; EDPA/1996; presentations
Publications: Vermont Bar Journal DNJ/1996 Courses Taught: Speaker, “Employers‟ Obligations Under
Courses Taught: TIPS Member: Yes the Americans with Disabilities Act,” New Orleans Board of
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Trade, New Orleans, LA (1993); “The Future of Wrongful Laura L. Farley Amy M. Fauver
Termination in Louisiana,” numerous presentations Legros, Buchanan & Paul Halloran & Sage, L.L.P.
Suite 601 225 Asylum Street
Harry Aaron Ezratty 510 L Street One Goodwin Square
306 Ponce de Leon Anchorage, AK 99501 Hartford, CT 06103-4303
Suite 201 Phone: 907/277-5500 Fax: 907/274-9649 Phone: 860/522-6103 Fax: 860/548-0006
San Juan, PR 00906 E-mail: lfarley@legros.com E-mail: fauver@halloran-sage.com
Phone: 787/723-8460 Fax: 787/723-7101 Juris Admission: AK/1992 Juris Admission: CT/1994
E-mail: TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes
Juris Admission: NY/1958; PR/1970; DC/1972; MD/1987 Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Defense, Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
TIPS Member: Yes Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Publications:
Areas of Expertise: Admiral & Maritime Law, Corporate Private Practice-Partner, Other Courses Taught: Sepaker-Construction Surety; Bonds in
General Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law Publications: “Walt-zing Through an Employment Connecticut-Lorman Educational Services, 1996
Publications: Termination: Is there a Duty to Investigate Before
Courses Taught: Admiralty (Tort Seminars) - San Juan Discharging in Alaska?,” Alaska Law Review (1994) Patricia A. Felch
P.R.; Admiralty (Pilotage) San Juan, P.R. Courses Taught: Emloyment Law in Alaska (1996); Peterson & Ross
“Pecularities in Alaska” (1998) #7300
Sherry Ruggiero Fallon 200 East Randolph Drive
Tybout Redfearn & Pell Renee A. Faught Chicago, IL 60601-6969
Suite 1100 Laudig George Rutherford & Sipes Phone: 312/946-4652 Fax: 312/946-4106
300 Delaware Avenue #600 E-mail: pfelch@petersonross.com
Wilmington, DE 19801 156 East Market Juris Admission: IL/1987
Phone: 302/658-6901 Fax: 302/658-4018 Indianapolis, IN 46204 TIPS Member: Yes
E-mail: sfallon@TRP.com Phone: 317/637-6071 Fax: 317/685-6505 Areas of Expertise: Entertainment & Sports Law,
Juris Admission: DE/1986; NJ/1986 E-mail: Rrren@aol.com Intellectual Property Law, Other
TIPS Member: Yes Juris Admission: IL/1994; IN/1994 Publications: “The Effectiveness of Hidden Contracts in
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, TIPS Member: Yes the U.S.,” 26 Japanese Institute of International Business
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Litigation, 434 and ISBA Intellectual Property Newsletter, March 1998
Publications: Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Courses Taught: Entertainment & Sports Law, 1993;
Courses Taught: various local bar CLEs; National Worker's Compensation Law numerous seminar presentations for ABA, ISBA and LBA,
Business Institute Seminar, “Insurance Coverage Law in Publications: and non-profits
Delaware” (1996) Courses Taught:
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Kathryn R. Fenderson Molly A. Ferrante Publications: Have written 85+ articles, all dealing with
Scott & Fenderson, P.A. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company some aspect of recreational and animal-related liability;
4554 Central Avenue 175 Berkeley Street Have written book called “Equine Law & Horse Sense,”
St. Petersburg, FL 33711 Boston, MA 02117 1996
Phone: 813/321-0099 Fax: 813/321-4499 Phone: 617/574-5822 Fax: 617/426-7125 Courses Taught: National Conference on Equine Law,
E-mail: E-mail: 1994/1995 and Recreational Sporting Liability, 1996
Juris Admission: FL/1995 Juris Admission: WA/1992; MA/1994
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes Victoria E. Finea
Areas of Expertise: Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law Kroll, Rubin & Fiorella, L.L.P.
Private Practice-Partner Publications: #2000
Publications: Courses Taught: 6500 Wilshire Boulevard
Courses Taught: Some public speaking Los Angeles, CA 90048-4920
Donna Ferrara Phone: 213/857-5080 Fax: 213/857-5090
Lisa Hill Fenning Shearman & Sterling E-mail:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court #574 Juris Admission: AZ/1988; CA/1997; DC/1989
Suite 1682 599 Lexington Avenue TIPS Member: Yes
255 East Temple Street New York, NY 10022 Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Defense,
Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: 212/848-4813 Fax: 212/848-7179 Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
Phone: 213/894-2553 Fax: 213/894-3731 E-mail: dferrara@sherman.com Publications:
E-mail: Juris Admission: NJ/1983; NY/1983 Courses Taught: ACLI Legal Section seminar, 1986;
Juris Admission: IL/1975; CA/1979 TIPS Member: Yes Comdex in New York and Las Vegas, 1988/89
TIPS Member: No. Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
Areas of Expertise: Other Publications: Karen K. Fitzgerald
Publications: “Report of the Bankruptcy Foreclosure Scam Courses Taught: Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox
Task Force,” U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of Suite 440
California (1998); “Solving the Mysterious Case of Chapter Julie I. Fershtman 1717 Main Street
11,” Los Angeles County Bar Association Commercial Law Law Offices of Julie I. Fershtman Dallas, TX 75201
& Bankruptcy Section Newsletter, Vol. 4 #3475 Phone: 214/712-4432 Fax: 214/712-4402
Courses Taught: The State of the Federal Judiciary: Doing 30700 Telegraph Road E-mail: kkf@vialaw.com
More with Less (1997); Diversity, U.S. Trustee Program Bingham Farms, MI 48025-4527 Juris Admission: TX/1989
Manager's Conference (1997); Judicial Variance Study, Los Phone: 248/644-8645 Fax: 248/644-8344 TIPS Member: Yes
Angeles Bankruptcy Forum; Panelist, “Lawyers as E-mail: fershtman@aol.com Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Insurance Law,
Employers: The Myth of Professionalism and Realities of Juris Admission: MI/1986; U.S. District Court, E.D. & Litigation, Other
Discrimination, ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section W.D., MI/1986 & 1993 Publications: “The Loan Exclusion: The Predominant Risk
Annual Meeting (1994) TIPS Member: Yes Allocator” (1994); “Making The Case to Recovery Under a
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Entertainment & Sports Law, Financial Institution Bond” (1998) “The Loan Exclusion:
Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Allocating Business Risks to the Banker” (1998)
Other Courses Taught: ABA Mid-Winter Meeting (1998);
National Institute on Financial Institution Bonds, (1998)
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Wendy Fleishman TIPS Member: Yes Anne M. Fulton*
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Dispute Resolution, Cavett & Kaucher
919 Third Avenue Insurance Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Managing Suite 100
New York, NY 10022 Partner, Private Practice-Partner, Other 1860 East River Road
Phone: 212/735-2303 Fax: 212/735-2000 Publications: Tucson, AZ 85718
E-mail: wfleishm@skadden.com Courses Taught: Numerous speeches & presentations Phone: 520/577-0402 Fax: 520/299-2983
Juris Admission: PA/1977; NY/1992 before various industry gorups, insurance companies and the E-mail: afulton@dakotacom.net
TIPS Member: Yes Fid & Surety Committee Juris Admission: AZ/1995
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Plaintiff, Product TIPS Member: Yes
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other Helen E. Freedman Areas of Expertise: Elder Law, Insurance Law, Tort &
Publications: New York State Supreme Personal Injury Law, Other
Courses Taught: 60 Centre Street Publications: Defense Research Institute for the Defense,
New York, NY 10007 1998, “The Finer Points of the Practice of Obsequiousness
Abbe F. Fletman Phone: 212/374-8387 Fax: 212/374-3326 or How to Succeed as an Associate”
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen, L.L.P. E-mail: Courses Taught:
111 South 15th Street Juris Admission: NY/1967
Philadelphia, PA 19102 TIPS Member: Yes Susan W. Furr
Phone: 215/977-2478 Fax: 215/977-2740 Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Phelps Dunbar
E-mail: AFletman@Wolfblock.com Law, Other Suite 701
Juris Admission: PA/1988 Publications: Class actions for mass torts in state courts, 445 North Boulevard
TIPS Member: Yes NY litigative, 1998 Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Intellectual Courses Taught: Mass torts - New York Law School Phone: 504/346-0285 Fax: 504/381-9197
Property Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Other E-mail: furrs@phelps.com
Publications: Financial Institution Bonds, Handling Susan J. French Juris Admission: LA/1989
Fidelity, Surety and Financial Risk Claims (2d Ed. 1990) Wolf, Block, Schurrand, Solis & Cohen, L.L.P. TIPS Member:
Courses Taught: Protecting Confidential Information, 4th 12th Floor Areas of Expertise: Defense, Other
Annual Employment Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar 111 South 15th Street Publications: Co-Author: “Discrimination in Employer-
Institute (1998) Philadelphia, PA 19102 Sponsored Benefit Plans,” The Law Journal (A Supplement
Phone: 215/977-2276 Fax: 215/977-2334 to Baton Rouge Business Report.); Co-Author: “Juggling the
Jane L. Foster E-mail: sfrench@wolfblock.com ADA and Workers‟ Compensation Law,s,”The Law Journal
Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young Juris Admission: PA/1987 (A Supplement to Baton Rouge Busines Report.)
2600 One Commerce Square TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught:
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7098 Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort &
Phone: 215/564-8056 Fax: 215/564-8120 Personal Injury Law, Other
E-mail: jfoster@stradley.com Publications:
Juris Admission: PA Supreme Court/1978; U.S. District Courses Taught:
Court E.D. of PA/1979; U.S. Court of Appeals for Third
Circuit/1980; U.S. District Court Middle District of
PA/1992
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Revised October 8, 2002
Deborah J. Gander Robyn Anuttea Gembenini* Gregory A. Gena
Robles & Gonzalez, P.A. Kauff, McClain & McGuire Jack Lynon & Jones
Suite 900 #2100 3400 TCBY Tower
100 S. Biscayne Boulevard 88 Kearny Street Little Rock, AR 72201
Miami, FL 33131 San Francisco, CA 94108 Phone: 501/375-1122 Fax: 501/375-1027
Phone: 305/371-5944 Fax: 305/372-9138 Phone: 415/421-3111 Fax: 415/421-0938 E-mail: ghg@jlj.com
E-mail: E-mail: semgenini@kmm.com Juris Admission: AR/1990
Juris Admission: FL/1994 Juris Admission: CA/1991 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other Practice-Partner, Other
Injury Law, Other Publications: Publications:
Publications: Innocence of Death: A Habeas Petitioner's Courses Taught: Sexual Harassment Training for Courses Taught: Stanley Kaplan LSAT Training Course
Last Chance, Univ. of Miami Law Review, Spring 1993 Managers, U.S. Postal Service, 1998 (1987, 1988)
Courses Taught: Adjunct Profession in Legal Research &
Writing, Univ. of Miami School of Law Jean F. Gerbini Elizabeth Sarah Gere
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna Ross Dixon & Masback, L.L.P.
Kelly Dunn Gelof One Commerce Plaza 601 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Tunnell & Raylor, P.A. Albany, NY 12054 North Building
Pine and Race Streets Phone: 518/487-7600 Fax: 518/487-7777 Washington, DC 20004
P.O. Box 151 E-mail: Phone: 202/662-2043 Fax: 202/662-2190
Georgetown, DE 19947 Juris Admission: NY/1986; U.S. District Court, N.D.N.Y, E-mail: egere@rdmlaw.com
Phone: 302/856-7313 Fax: 302/856-7329 S.D.N.Y, E.D.N.Y., W.D.N.Y/1986; Federal Court of Juris Admission: MD/1973; DC/1973; OH/1980
E-mail: 19947 Appeals, 2d Circuit/1993 TIPS Member: Yes
Juris Admission: PA/1994; DE/1996 TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other Other
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Publications: Publications:
Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Courses Taught: NYSBA panelist: “Insurance Coverage Courses Taught: Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Univesity
School Law Issues & Applications” (1994, 1997); speaker at 1996 Law Center (1992-present)
Publications: Insurance Information Counsel Meeting and 1996 Central
Courses Taught: Intensive Trial Advocacy - Widener Ontario Business & Industrial Show; seminars on Robert L. Gibbs*
University School of Law (1997); Criminal Law - Cape international business and insurance law Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, P.L.L.C.
Henlopen High School; Civil Law - Delaware Technical 1400 Trustmark Building
College 248 East Capitol Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Phone: 601/948-3101 Fax: 601/960-6902
E-mail: rgibbs@brunini.com
Juris Admission: MS/1979
TIPS Member: No
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Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolution, Courses Taught: “Preparing Your Witness; Disputes Beverly Bell Godbey
Litigation, Private Practice-Partner Among Insurers; How to Write Coverage Opinions,” Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P.
Publications: “On Faculty Excellence in Judicial University of Houston Law Foundation Suite 3000
Education,” National Council on Juvenile & Family Court 1601 Elm Street
Judges, 1996 Marcy G. Glenn Dallas, TX 75201
Courses Taught: National Judicial College Faculty Holland & Hart, L.L.P. Phone: 214/999-4855 Fax: 214/999-4667
Member, 1993 Suite 3200 E-mail: godbe@gardere.com
555 17th Street Juris Admission: TX/1982; GA/1984
Karen M. Gilmartin Denver, CO 80202-3979 TIPS Member: Yes
KKKG&F Phone: 303/295-8000 Fax: 303/295-8261 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Product
#204 E-mail: mglenn@hollandhart.com Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
15600 Northwest 67th Avenue Juris Admission: CO/1982 Publications:
Miami Lakes, FL 33014 TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught: Initial Discovery, Retention and Use of
Phone: 305/826-7260 Fax: 305/826-0936 Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other Experts (1996); Enforcing Settlement Agreements (1995)
E-mail: Publications: “Conflict Issues When Attorneys Switch
Juris Admission: FL/1986 Jobs,” 27 The Colorado Lawyer 49 (May 1988) Mary K. Gogoel
TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught: Hudgins Law Firm
Areas of Expertise: Workers‟ Compensation Law Suite 340
Publications: Karen R. Glickstein 515 King Street
Courses Taught: Various courses on Worker's Foland & Wickens Alexandria, VA 22314
Compensation Suite 1522 Phone: 703/739-3300 Fax: 703/684-3445
1222 Main Street E-mail:
Rachelle Hoffman Glazer Kansas City, MO 64105 Juris Admission: IL/1985
Thompson & Knight Phone: 816/472-7474 Fax: 816/472-6262 TIPS Member: Yes
Suite 3300 E-mail: kglickstein @fwplaw.com Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
1200 Pacific Avenue Juris Admission: MS/1987; KS/1989 Publications:
Dallas, TX 75201 TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught:
Phone: 214/969-1236 Fax: 214/969-1751 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal
E-mail: glazerr@tklaw.com Injury Law, Private Practice Law-Partner, Other Jill Susan Goldsmith
Juris Admission: TX/1983 Publications: “Evidentiary Issues in Sexual Harrassment Bowman and Brooke
TIPS Member: Yes Litigation”; DRI's for the Defense, Dec 1996; various short Suite 1700
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, newsletter articles for DRI Employment Law Newsletter 2929 North Central
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner Courses Taught: Phoenix, AZ 85021
Publications: “Preparing Your Witness”; “Disputes Among Phone: 602/248-0899 Fax: 602/248-0947
Insurers”; “How to Write Coverage Opinions”; articles in E-mail: JGoldsmi@Bowman-Brooke.com
Thompson & Knight's handout for Texas Tort Liability & Juris Admission: AZ/1987
Coverage Seminar TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Law
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Publications: “Admissibility of Testing Evidence to Teresa L. Graham Courses Taught: “Anatomy of a Lawsuit & Professional
Demonstrate Scientific Principles,” Product Safety & Rosenman & Colin, L.L.P. Negligence,” 1997
Liability Reporter (1994); “The Medication Succeeds, The 585 Madison Avenue
Mediation Fails,” Family Advocate (1987); “Ethical New York, NY 10583 Lori E. Grifa
Considerations of Internet E-mail Communications” Phone: 212/940-8956 Fax: 212/940-8776 Wolff & Samson
Courses Taught: Four Annual Product Liability “Hot E-mail: tlgraham@rosenman.com 2nd Floor
Topics” Seminar (1997) Juris Admission: IL/1986; England & Wales/1991; 5 Bernee Farm Road
NY/1995 Roseland, NJ 07068
Y. Gail Goode* TIPS Member: Yes Phone: 973/533-6570 Fax: 973/740-1407
NYC Transit Authority Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology, E-mail: lgrifa@wolfsamson.com
130 Livingston Street Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation Juris Admission: NJ/1989; NY/1989; MA/1989; DC/1991
Brooklyn, NY 11201 Publications: TIPS Member: Yes
Phone: 718/694-3831 Fax: 718/694-1023 Courses Taught: Aviation Insurance, 1989-1992 Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
E-mail: Publications:
Juris Admission: NY/1987 Andra Greene Courses Taught:
TIPS Member: Irell & Manella
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal 4th Floor Carol A. Griffin
Injury Law, Other 840 Newport Center Drive Morrison, Mahoney & Miller
Publications: Newport Beach, CA 92660 250 Summer Street
Courses Taught: Have spoken to law students at Phone: 949/760-0991 Fax: 949/760-5200 Boston, MA 02210
Bridgeport and lectured high school students; Substitute E-mail: agreeneirell.com Phone: 617/439-7500 Fax: 617/439-7590
teaching for college students Juris Admission: E-mail:
TIPS Member: No Juris Admission: MA/1977; NY/1977
Corbett Gordon Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Private Practice-Partner TIPS Member: Yes
Corbett Gordon & Associates, P.C. Publications: Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Consumer Law,
Suite 1600 Courses Taught: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
1001 Southwest. Fifth Avenue Law
Portland, OR 97214 Terri Gregori Publications:
Phone: 503/242-4262 Fax: 503/242-4263 Issac Brant Ledman & Tector Courses Taught:
E-mail: gordon@aracnet.com Suite 900
Juris Admission: OR/1982 250 East Broad Street Deborah S. Griffin
TIPS Member: Yes Columbus, OH 43215 Peabody & Arnold, L.L.P.
Areas of Expertise: Other Phone: 614/221-2121 Fax: 614/365-9516 50 Rowes Wharf
Publications: E-mail: Boston, MA 02110
Courses Taught: Juris Admission: OH/1993; IN/1994 Phone: 617/951-2004 Fax: 617/951-2125
TIPS Member: Yes E-mail: dsg@p-a.com
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Juris Admission: MA/1974
Personal Injury Law, Other TIPS Member: Yes
Publications:
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Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Insurance Law, Margaret Jean Grover Publications: Numerous articles in Canadian Lawyer's
Litigation Fox and Grove, Chartered Weekly, Canadaina Employment Law Today, Corporate
Publications: Suite 900 Counsel Magazine
Courses Taught: “Managing and Litigating the Complex 240 Stockton Street Courses Taught: Human Rights Queen's University,
Surety Case Program: Organizing and Controlling the San Francisco, CA 94108 1994/95
Massive Document/Deposition Case,” ABA Tort & Phone: 415/956-1360 Fax: 415/956-6342
Insurance Practice Section Fidelity & Surety Law Committee E-mail: mgrover@foxandgrove.com Nina M. Gussack
(1998); “Bond Default Program: Completion by Owner,” Juris Admission: CA/1984 Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P.
ABA Tort & Insurance Practice Section Fidelity & Surety TIPS Member: Yes 3000 Two Logan Square
Law Committee (1997, 1996); extensive speaking Areas of Expertise: Other 18th & Arch Streets
experience Publications: Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
Courses Taught: Phone: 215/981-4950 Fax: 215/981-4750
Theresa L. Groh E-mail: gussackn@pepperlaw.com
Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Company L.P.A. Kitty G. Grubb Juris Admission: PA/1979
1513 Fourth & Vine Tower Grubb Law Firm TIPS Member: Yes
Cincinnati, OH 45202 #301 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Phone: 513/621-0267 Fax: 513/381-2375 5902 Mt. Eagle Drive Law
E-mail: Alexandria, VA 22303-2515 Publications: “Scrutiny of Scientific Evidence from
Juris Admission: OH/1985 Phone: 703/329-0467 Fax: 703/329-0932 Daubert to Joiner,” to be published in the 1998 DRI Drug
TIPS Member: Yes E-mail: pvtlines@cx.net and Medical Device Monograph
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Juris Admission: AL/1977; TN/1981 Courses Taught: Multiple ALI-ABA and Defense Research
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other TIPS Member: Yes Institute presentations
Publications: Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Corporate Law
Courses Taught: General, Dispute Resolution, Employee Benefits, Nancy L. Hann
Government Federal, Insurance Law, Litigation, Other Gibson & Hann
Laura Geringer Gross, Esq. Publications: Three time chairperson, Formal Ethics P.O. Box 3213
Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. Opinion Panel, Three articles for the Advocate, etc. Fayetteville, AR 72702
P.O. Box 3037 Courses Taught: Extensive experience 400+ lectures Phone: 501/444-0500 Fax: 501/582-3983
One Commercial Place E-mail: GibosnHann@aol.com
Norfolk, VA 23510 Neena Gupta* Juris Admission: AR/1986
Phone: 757/624-3308 Fax: 757/624-3169 Goodman and Carr TIPS Member: No
E-mail: lggross@kaufcan.com Suite 2300 Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense,
Juris Admission: VA/1992; WA/1987 200 King Street West Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private
TIPS Member: Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M6P 2P6 Practice-Partner, Other
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Other Phone: 416/595-2480 Fax: 416/595-0567 Publications:
Publications: E-mail: ngupta@goodmancarr.com Courses Taught: Legal Writing, University of Arkansas
Courses Taught: Local seminars and full day Employment Juris Admission: Sask CDA/1988; Ont CDA/1989
Law seminar TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Litigation; Other
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Lorrie L. Hargrove Shannon B. Hartsfield Kathleen E. Hegen
Maynard, Cooper & Gale Holland & Knight, L.L.P. Boornazian, Jensen & Garthe
Suite 2400 Suite 600 25th Floor
1901 6th Avenue 315 South Calhoun Street 1800 Harrison
Birmingham, AL 35203 Tallahassee, FL 32301 Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 205/254-1054 Fax: 205/254-1999 Phone: 850/224-7000, ext. 5642 Fax: 850/224-8832 Phone: 510/523-0387 Fax: 510/839-1897
E-mail: hargrl@mcglaw.com E-mail: shartsfi@hklaw.com E-mail: bjg@bjg.com
Juris Admission: AL/1993 Juris Admission: FL/1995 Juris Admission: CA/1982
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Other Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Construction Law,
Personal Injury Law Publications: Insurance Law, Other
Publications: Courses Taught: “Fundamentals of Telemedicine” (1998) Publications: Numerous articles written on insurance
Courses Taught: coverage for clients
Vilia B. Hayes Courses Taught: Numerous guest speaker on group
Honey C. Hastings Hughes Hubbard & Reed, L.L.P. request, Assn Defense Council, 1996; Speaker on insurance
Room 212 One Battery Park Plaza coverage, 1998; Construction Coverage
142 Main Street New York, NY 10004
Nashua, NH 03060 Phone: 212/837-6839 Fax: 212/837-6291 Colleen M. Hegge
Phone: 603/882-0991 Fax: 603/882-7572 E-mail: hayes@hugheshubbard.com Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley
603/882-8756 Juris Admission: NY/1981; USDC (Southern & Eastern 1513 Central Trust Center
E-mail: hhastings@nhdivorce.com Districts)/1981 and 1987; Court of Appeals, Second Cincinnati, OH 45202
Juris Admission: NH/1980 Circuit/1992 Phone: 513/621-0267 Fax: 513/381-2375
TIPS Member: No TIPS Member: E-mail:
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Employee Juris Admission: OH/1987; KY/1988
Publications:”Maritial Property Division in New Benefits, Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law, TIPS Member: Yes
Hampshire: recent Developments,” New Hampshire Bar Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort &
Journal, Spring 1995; “Tips for a Successful Solo Practice,” Publications: Lecturer, “The New Americans with Personal Injury Law
New Hampshire Bar Journal, Summer 1992. Disabilities Act,” 1992; Multiparty Cooperation Strategies Publications:
Courses Taught: Presenter, “What Mediators Need to for Collaboratoin Among Co-Parties in Multiparty Disputes, Courses Taught: Various tort and personal injury
Know About Retirement Benefits, A Gathering of Family 1989 presentations
Mediators in New England,” New Hampshire Mediators Courses Taught: Legal writing teaching assistant, 1979-
Assn., 1996, 1998; and numerous presentations. 1980 Katherine Hendricks
Hendricks & Lewis
Suite 2675
999 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206/624-1933 Fax: 206/583-2716
E-mail: kh@hllaw.com
Juris Admission: WA/1984; CO/1982; MA/1975
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TIPS Member: No Fran C. Hickman Juris Admission: CO/1979; TX/1980
Areas of Expertise: Entertainment & Sports Law, Friday, Eldredge & Clark TIPS Member: Yes
Intellectual Property Law, Litigation 400 West Capitol Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space
Publications: 2000 1st Commercial Building TechnologyInsurance Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Courses Taught: Little Rock, AR 72201 Transportation Law, Worker's Compensation Law
Phone: 501/370-1587 Fax: 501/370-1587 Publications:
Katherine J. Henry E-mail: wickman@fec.net Courses Taught: Various speeches at ABA sponsored
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, L.L.P. Juris Admission: AR/1993; U.S. District Court/1993; U.S. seminars
2101 “L” Street Northwest Court of Appeals/1993
Washington, DC 20037 TIPS Member: Yes Sharon Holahan
Phone: 202/775-4758 Fax: 202/887-6720 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Associated Aviation Underwriters
E-mail: henryk@dsmo.com Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other 51 JFK Parkway
Juris Admission: DC/1992; PA/1990 Publications: Short Hills, NJ 07078
TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught: Phone: 973/379-0942 Fax: 973/379-0923
Areas of Expertise: E-mail: holahan@aau.com
Publications: Josephine E. Hicks Juris Admission: NJ/1982; NY/1985
Courses Taught: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein TIPS Member: Yes
2500 Charlotte Place Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology,
Alice Herrington Charlotte, SC 28244 Litigation, Product Liability Law
Woodward Hobson & Fulton Phone: 704/372-9000 Fax: 704/334-4706 Publications:
2500 National City Tower E-mail: Courses Taught: Aviation Space Law Section Meeting
Louisville, KY 40202 Juris Admission: NC/1986
Phone: 502/581-8011 Fax: 502/581-8123 TIPS Member: Yes Ann L. Hoover
E-mail: aherrington@whf-law.com Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law, Clutter, Hinkel & Aadalen
Juris Admission: KY/1982 Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury P.O. Box 5514
TIPS Member: Yes Law, Other 2201 S.W. 29th Street
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Publications: The Constitutionality of Statutes of Repose, Topeka, KS 66605-0514
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice- 1985; Trigger of Coverage for Environmental Insurance Phone: 785/266-5121 Fax: 785/266-2116
Partner Claims, 1996; Choice of Law in Environmental Insurance E-mail:
Publications: Bad faith litigation; insurance coverage; Coverage, 1996 Juris Admission: KS/1977; MO/1993
Daubert; ethics and marketing Courses Taught: TIPS Member: Yes
Courses Taught: numerous for NBI; ABA; Lorman; SMU Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, General
Christa Hinckley Practice, Health & Hospital, Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort
American Airline, Inc. & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner
MD 5658 HDQ Publications: Local Bar Journals
4333 Amon Carter Boulevard Courses Taught: Courses for Kansas Bar, Practical
Fort Worth, TX 76155 Institute, Law Schools
Phone: 817/967-1112 Fax: 817/931-5524
E-mail: christahinckley@amrcorp.com
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Revised October 8, 2002
Linda J. Hoover Wendy S. Howarter Publications:
McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P. Williams & McCarthy Courses Taught: “The Family Medical Leave Act,”
Suite 3300 607 Washington American Medical Institute, Dallas, Texas (1998);
750 B Street P.O. Box 339 “Workers‟ Compensation in Texas,” National Business
San Diego, CA 92101 Oregon, IL 61061 Institute, Dallas (1998); “Status of Bad Faith and Settling
Phone: 619/595-5443 Fax: 619/595-5450 Phone: 815/732-2101 Fax: 815/732-2289 Auto Collision Cases,” State Bar of Texas, Dallas and
E-mail: linda_hoover@mckennacuneo.com E-mail: Houston, Texas (1996); “Trying a Truck Accident Case in
Juris Admission: CA/1989 Juris Admission: IL/1991 Texas,” Dallas Bar Assn, Dallas, Texas (1997)
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Litigation, Tort & Carol A. Humiston
Publications: Manuals for National Business Institute, Personal Injury Law, Other Morris, Polich & Purdy, L.L.P.
1998 & 1996, eight-ten articles in various newspapers & Publications: 24th Floor
journals Courses Taught: 1055 West Seventh Street
Courses Taught: Seminars for Fortune 500 companies on Los Angeles, CA 90017
Insurance for Financial Institutions; Insurance Coverage Law Kelleen Kristina Huang Phone: 213/891-9100 Fax: 213/488-1178
for National Business Institute Drew, Eckl & Farnham, L.L.P. E-mail:
880 West Peachtree Street Juris Admission: CA/1984
Janine Hornicke Atlanta, GA 30357 TIPS Member: Yes
87 Wilkenes Drive Phone: 404/885-1400 Fax: 404/876-0992 Areas of Expertise:
Dumont, NJ 07628-1131 E-mail: khuang@deflaw.com Publications:
Phone: 201/384-0401 Fax: Juris Admission: GA/1995; CA/1992 Courses Taught:
E-mail: TIPS Member: Yes
Juris Admission: NY/1979; NJ/1979; DC/1980 Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law Renee A. Infante
TIPS Member: Yes Publications: Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Company, L.P.A.
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Government Courses Taught: Employee Dishonesty Seminar (1998 & 1513 Central Trust Tower
Federal/State, Other 1997) 4th and Vine Streets
Publications: Student publications Federal Labor Relations Cincinnati, OH 45202
Authority practice Melinda S. Huff Phone: 513/612-0267 Fax: 513/381-2375
Courses Taught: Basic Federal Labor Relations Authority Huff and Associates E-Mail:
Practice, 1998 Suite 1330 Juris Admission: OH/1991; KY/1997
750 North St. Paul TIPS Member: Yes
Dallas, TX 75201 Areas of Expertise: Litigation; Plaintiff; Product Liability
Phone: 214/754-4733 Fax: 214/754-4732 Law; Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
E-mail: melinda@huff-assoc.com Publications: “Ex Parte Communications with Defendant‟s
Juris Admission: TX/1984 Employees and Ex-Employees,” Ohio Trial Magazine,
TIPS Member: Yes (1997)
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal Courses Taught: “Finding the Best Expert for Your Case”
Injury Law, Transportation Law, Workers Compensation (1998)
Law, Private Practice-Managing Partner
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Revised October 8, 2002
Niki Ingram* Publications: “Unraveling the Mysteries of the Famil and Derrick K. Jones*
Marshall Dennehey et al Medical Leave Act,” 1996 McCoy, Wilkins, Stephens & Tipton
1845 Walnut Street Courses Taught: P.O. Box 13429
Philadelphia, PA 19103 Jackson, MI 39236-3429
Phone: 215/575-2704 Fax: 215/575-0856 Jennifer Jerit Johnson Phone: 601/981-2495 Fax: 601/981-7608
E-mail: Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess E-mail: mwst@misnet.com
Juris Admission: PA/1980 22nd Floor Juris Admission: MS/1995
TIPS Member: Yes 233 South Wacker TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Worker's Compensation Law, Chicago, IL 60606 Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Defense,
Private Practice-Partner Phone: 312/627-4107 Fax: 312/627-1717 General Practice, Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal
Publications: Torts and Insurance Practice Journal, 1997 E-mail: jjohnson@mail.temp.com Injury Law, Other
Update in Worker's Comp-Managed Care Integrated with Juris Admission: Publications: Poetry for law school paper, 1993-1995
Worker's Compensation, 1996 TIPS Member: Courses Taught: Helped teach a communication & law
Courses Taught: Repetitive Stress - ABA, 1997 Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Litigation, seminar
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Anjali Jesseramsing* Transportation Law Leeann Jones
Association of Trial Lawyers of America Publications: “Spoliation of Evident: Anticipating its Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy
1050 31st Street Northwest Application in Drug and Medical Device Cases,” Rx for the 16th Floor
Washington, DC 20007 Defnse, Defense Research Institute (1997); Chapter Two: 191 Peachtree, N.E.
Phone: 202/944-2812 Fax: 202/625-7084 “How to Destroy the Plaintiff‟s Case Where the Plaintiff Has Atlanta, GA 30303
E-mail: anjali.jesseramsing@atlahq.org Destroyed the Evidence -- An Update of Recent Case Law,” Phone: 404/572-6659 Fax: 404/572-6999
Juris Admission: PA/1989 IDC Quarterly, Fourth Quarter (1996) ; numerous E-mail: ljones@pgfm.com
TIPS Member: Yes publicatiosn Juris Admission: GA/1986
Areas of Expertise: Tort & Personal Injury Law Courses Taught:Numerous seminars TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: Areas of Expertise: Defense, Environmental Law,
Courses Taught: Christy D. Jones Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury
Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, P.L..LC. Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Gloria Loretta Johnson* 17th Floor Publications: “The Practical Real Estate Lawyer,” 1998;
Bell South Cellular Care 210 East Capitol Street Legal trends, Indoor Air Quality, Fulton County Daily
9th Fl Jackson, MS 39225-2567 Report, 1996/97
1110 Peachtree Street Phone: 601/948-5711 Fax: 601/949-4555 Courses Taught: Panelist, environmental issues in the new
Atlanta, GA 30309 E-mail: christyjones@bsosc.com millenium, 1997
Phone: 404/249-0925 Fax: 404/249-0922 Juris Admission: MS/1977
E-mail: gloria_johnsonbscc.com TIPS Member: Meg L. Jones
Juris Admission: FL/1988; GA/1992 Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law Providence Health System
TIPS Member: Yes Publications: 520 Pike Tower
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Courses Taught: Seattle, WA 98111
Law, Worker's Compensation Law Phone: 206/464-4608 Fax: 206/464-5034
E-mail: mjones@providence.org
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Revised October 8, 2002
Juris Admission: WA/1982 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Wheeling, WV 26003
TIPS Member: Yes Tort & Personal Law Phone: 304/233-0000 Fax: 304/233-0014
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Health & Publications: E-mail: kahleke@steptoe-johnson.com
Hospital, Insurance Law, Litigation Courses Taught: Auto Law: Strategies to Win, 1997 Juris Admission: WVA/1990; OH/1997
Publications: TIPS Member: Yes
Courses Taught: Pacific Lutheran University: adjunct Susan P. Jordan Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital,
professor, poli sci and state and local government; numerous Lord Bissell & Brook Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-
professional engagements re: risk management and litigation 115 South LaSalle Street Partner, Other
in health care Chicago, IL 60603 Publications:
Phone: Fax: Courses Taught: Taught a three credit hour course on
Anne H. Jordan E-mail: pharmacy law for five years; practice of medicine course,
Norman, Hanson & DeTroy Juris Admission: NY/1985; IL/1987 1990-present
P.O. Box 4600 TIPS Member: Yes
415 Congress Street Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Other Laurie A. Kamaiko
Portland, ME 04112-4600 Publications: Note, Limiting Provider Participation in Newman & Company, P.C.
Phone: 207/774-7000 Fax: 207/775-0806 Health Insurer Reimbursement Decisions, 72 Geo. L.J. 1b1 6th Floor
E-mail: ajordan@nhdlaw.com (1983) 830 Third Avenue
Juris Admission: ME/1984; U.S. District Court-ME/1984; Courses Taught: Various “in-house” presentations New York, NY 10022
U.S. Supreme Court/1993 Phone: 212/317-3300 Fax: 212/317-3399
TIPS Member: Yes Janet Patricia Judge E-mail: newmanco@ix.netcom.com
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Verrill & Dana, L.L.P. Juris Admission: NY/1981
Tort & Personal Injury Law One Portland Square TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: Informants, Snitches, Surveillance and Portland, ME 04112-0586 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Rewards, Staying Clean When Playing With Dirt- Phone: 207/774-4000 Fax: 207/774-7499 Other
ABA/TIPS, 1993; Law Court Update-All Points Bulletin E-mail: jpj@verdan.com Publications:
Quarterly Column, 1987-90 Juris Admission: ME/1993; MA/1993 Courses Taught: Insurance Coverage Issues &
Courses Taught: Criminal Law Univesity of Southern TIPS Member: Yes Applications (1994); Reinsurance Litigation & Arbitration
Maine, 1987-1993 Areas of Expertise: Entertainment & Sports Law, Other (1996); Defense Research Institute Excess and Reinsurance
Publications: Seminar (1998)
Maureen A. Jordan Courses Taught: Internal Investigation in the Workplace
Tallman, Huddes & Sorrentino (1998); Sexual Harassment Awareness Training (1998); Karen Kaplowitz
Suite 300 COEM Seminar on Perceived Disabilities under ADA Reed Smith
1611 Pond Road (1998); Labor Seminar regarding Psychiatric Disabilities and Suite 250
The Paragon Centre the ADA (1998) 136 Main Street
Allentown, PA 18104 Princeton, NJ 08543
Phone: 610/341-1800 Fax: 610/391-1805 Karen E. Kahle Phone: 609/514-5986 Fax: 609/951-0824
E-mail: info@thslaw.com Steptoe & Johnson E-mail: kkaplowi@rssm.com
Juris Admission: PA/1988; CT/1989 14th & Chapline Streets Juris Admission: CA/1972
TIPS Member: Yes P.O. Box 150 TIPS Member: Yes
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Revised October 8, 2002
Areas of Expertise: Other Sheila Doyle Kelley Publications: Jury Selection Techniques, 1995;
Publications: Numerous, including several in employment Preuss Walker & Shanagher, L.L.P. Professionalism in Client Relations, 1994, Organization of a
law 16th Floor Litigation File from the Plaintiff's Perspective
Courses Taught: Dozens of panels, programs 595 Maket Street Courses Taught: National Center for Paralegal Training,
San Francisco, CA 94105 1985
KellyfA. Katzman Phone: 415/978-2600 Fax: 415/978-2613
Strasburger & Price, L.L.P. E-mail: sdk@pwsllp.com Marilyn S. Klinger
Suite 4300 Juris Admission: CA/1985 Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
901 Main Street TIPS Member: Yes Suite 1800
Dallas, TX 75202 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Law, Other 801 South Figueroa Street
Phone: 214/651-4732 Fax: 214/651-4330 Publications: Los Angeles, CA 90017
E-mail: katzman@strasburger.com Courses Taught: Phone: 213/426-6900 Fax: 213/426-6921
Juris Admission: TX/1984 E-mail: Marilyn.S.Klinger@sdma.com
TIPS Member: Yes Susan E. Kirkgaard Juris Admission: CA/1978
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Insurance Law, Freeman & D'Aiuto TIPS Member: Yes
Litigation, Other Suite 4 Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Insurance
Publications: Associate editor/co-author-Payment Bond 1818 Grand Canal Boulevard Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Manual, TIPS-ABA, 1995 Stockton, CA 95207 Publications:
Courses Taught: numerous state and local bar sponsored Phone: 209/474-1818 Fax: 209/474-1245 Courses Taught: Numerous presentations at ABA, Bar &
seminars E-mail: Industry Association meetings and seminars; guest lecturer
Juris Admission: CA/1988 at Stanford Graduate School of Engineering
Kerry A. Kearney TIPS Member: Yes
Reed Smith Shaw & McClay Areas of Expertise: Litigation Janet S. Kloenhamer
P.O. Box 2009 Publications: California Regulatory Law Reporter - USD Firemans Fund Insurance
Pittsburgh, PA 15230 (1984-86) 777 San Marin Drive
Phone: 412/288-3046 Fax: 412/288-3246 Courses Taught: Novato, CA 94998
E-mail: kakearne@rssm.com Phone: 415/899-3203 Fax: 415/899-2852
Juris Admission: PA/1974 Linda A. Klein E-mail: janet_s._kloenhamer@ffic.com
TIPS Member: Yes Gambrell & Stolz, L.L.P. Juris Admission: CA/1981
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Product Suite 4300 TIPS Member: Yes
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other 303 Peachtree Street Northeast Areas of Expertise: Corporate General Law, Dispute
Publications: articles in ABA Health Law on Attorney Atlanta, GA 30308 Resolution, Insurance Law, Litigation
Client Privilege, Year 2000, Telemedicine - Nurse on Call Phone: 404/221-6530 Fax: 404/221-6501 Publications:
Centers; TIPS Medicine Newsletter on telemedicine; E-mail: lklein@gambrell.com Courses Taught: numerous programs for ABA TIPS,
Defense Magazine (BRI) - Protective Orders Juris Admission: GA/1983; DC/1984 Litigation Section; DRI; PLI; San Francisco Bar
Courses Taught: Year 2000, Telemedicine, Trial Tactics, TIPS Member: Yes Association; Business Strategies Network
Daubert, Attorney Client Privilege (15 CLEs and/or speeches Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Dispute Resolution,
in the past 6 months) Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
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2001-2002 WOMEN AND MINORITY SPEAKERS DIRECTORY
Revised October 8, 2002
M. Kathryn Knight LaDonna Koebel Susan B. Kohn
Vickers, Riis, Murray and Currany, L.L.C. Walther, Roark, Gay & Todd, P.L.C. Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn
Suite 800 Suite 300 30th Floor
106 St. Francis Street 167 E. Main Street 1100 Poydras Street
Mobile, AL 86602 Lexington, KY 40507 New Orleans, LA 70163-3000
Phone: 334/432-9772 Fax: 334/432-9781 Phone: 606/225-4724 Fax: 606/225-2493 Phone: 504/569-2030 Fax: 504/569-2999
E-mail: E-mail: lkoebel@wrgt.com E-mail: suekohn@spsr-law.com
Juris Admission: AL/1982 Juris Admission: KT/1994 Juris Admission: LA/1984
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Government Federal/State, Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Tughtort & Areas of Expertise:
Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice- Personal Injury Law, Other Publications:
Partner, Other Publications: Updates in Kentucky Employment Law, Courses Taught:
Publications: Defending Sewer Back Up Claims, Alabama Maintaining a Class Action, 1998
Municipal Law Journal (1994); Court Sanctions Courses Taught: Updates in Kentucky Employment Law, Janet S. Kole
Prosecutorial Appeals of Sentences: U.S. v. DiFrancesco, 1998 The Law Offices of Janet S. Kole, P.C.
Univ. of Alabama Law Review (1982) Suite 412
Courses Taught: Sexual Harassment (1996); Use of Elizabeth J. Kohn 900 Haddon Avenue
Deadly Force & Qualified Immunity (1994); Emergency Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. Cellingswood, NJ 08108
Communication District Liability (1996, 1997) Suite 2200 Phone: 609/869-8000 Fax: 609/869-8822
201 Main Street E-mail: jkole@koleslaw.com
Elizabeth C. Koch Fort Worth, TX 76102 Juris Admission: NJ/1994; PA/1980
Levine, Pierson, Sullivan & Koch, L.L.P. Phone: 817/346-6645 Fax: 816/347-6650 TIPS Member: No
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. E-mail: kohne@hayboo.com Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Litigation
Washington, DC 20036 TIPS Member: Yes Publications:
Phone: 202/508-1128 Fax: 202/861-9888 Juris Admission: GA/1981, CA/1982, TX/1988 Courses Taught:
E-mail: bkoch@lpsk.com Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law
Juris Admission: MD/1987; DC/1988 Publications: “Use of Mediation to Resolve Envornmental Lindy Korn
TIPS Member: Yes Disputes,” Independent Bankers Assn, Agricultural Lenders Diversity Training Workplace Solutions, Inc.
Areas of Expertise: Intellectual Property Law, Other Section (1992); “Active Role of State Laws in superfund 300 International Drive
Publications: Editor, ABA Form Communication Law's Cleanups,” Remediation Magazine, Fall, 1991 Williamsville, NY 14221
Communication Lawyer Courses Taught: Presentation: “Use of Mediation to Phone: 716/626-3422 Fax: 716/626-3001
Courses Taught: Guest lecturer Georgetown University Resolve Envornmental Disputes,” Independent Bankers E-mail: lkorn@diversitytraining.com
Media Law Seminar; Speaker, Newsletter Publishers Assn Assn, Agricultural Lenders Section (1992); “Everything You Juris Admission: NY/1979; U.S. Federal Court/1979
Annual Conferences; speaker, Womens Bar Assn program Wanted to Know About Superfund (and Some Things You TIPS Member: No
on Intellectual Property Law; speaker, student Press Law Didn‟t),” Environmental regulation Seminar, Executive Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Worker's
Center program for student journalists Enterprises, Inc. (1991) Compensation Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Business Law, 1980; Ethics Lecturer at
Worker's Comp Board, 1995-1997
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Jennifer S. Kornblum Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit/1976; U.S. District Court Sowell Todd Laffitte Beard & Watson, L.L.C.
McCarthy and Kornblum Southern NY/1994; U.S. Distict Court Northern NY/1997 Suite 401
2963 Grand Avenue TIPS Member: Yes 1301 Gewat Street
P.O. Box 809 Areas of Expertise: Other Columbia, SC 29201
Los Olivos, CA 93441-0809 Publications: Phone: 803/929-1400 Fax: 803/929-0300
Phone: 805/688-4550 Fax: 805/688-5140 Courses Taught: DRI Seminars E-mail: rlaffitte@sowell.com
E-mail: mandklaw@silcom.com Juris Admission: SC/1983
Juris Admission: CA/1992 Caroline C. Kresky TIPS Member: Yes
TIPS Member: Yes Holland & Knight, L.L.P. Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Litigation,
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Insurance Law, Suite 2000 Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Other One Atlantic Center Publications:
Publications: 1201 West Peachtree Street Courses Taught:
Courses Taught: “What To Do When The Insurance Atlanta, GA 30309-3400
Company Says No” (1997); “Avoiding Harassment and Phone: 404/898-8116 Fax: 404/898-8002 Patricia McHugh Lambert
Discrimination Claims” (1996-1997) E-mail: ckresky@liclaw.com Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz, P.A.
Juris Admission: GA/1983; DC/1984 Suite 400
Sallie B. Kraus TIPS Member: 901 Dulaney Valley Road
General Reinsurance Corporation Areas of Expertise: Towson, MD 21204
D-4 Publications: Phone: 401/938-8800 Fax: 401/823-6017
695 East Main Street Courses Taught: E-mail: hupk@hupk.com
Stanford, CT 06902 Juris Admission: MD/1982
Phone: 203/328-6420 Fax: Rosemary Krimbel TIPS Member: Yes
E-mail: skraus@genre.com@internet Schiff Hardin & Waite Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Insurance
Juris Admission: CT/1991; NY/1991 6600 Sears Tower Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
TIPS Member: Yes Chicago, IL 60606 Publications: “Lessening the Pain of Withdrawal: Preparing
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Phone: 312/258-5672 Fax: 312/258-5600 to Withdraw from Personal Automobile Lines Insurance,” 11
Litigation, Other E-mail: rkrimbel@schiffhardin.com Journal of Insurance Regulation 252, Winter 1992;
Publications: Juris Admission: IL/1990 “Employee recovery for Emotional Distress: Where the
Courses Taught: Many client/internal presentations TIPS Member: Yes Realm of Common Law Outrageousness Has Become
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Intellectual Elusive for Claimants, Will Workers‟ Complensation Take
Susan K. Krell Property Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other Them In?,” Maryland Bar Journal, May 1993
Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman Publications: Rehearing Sua Sponte in the U.S. Supreme Courses Taught: Frequent speaker on insurance issues,
Suite 1200 Court: a Procedure for Judicial Policymaking, 65 Chi.-Kent. includig presentations in the last year on “Expanding HMO
55 Farmington Avenue L. Rev. 919 (1989) Liability,” The DC Bar and the ABA Tort & Insurance
Hartford, CT 06105 Courses Taught: Practice Section Public Regulation of Insurance Law
Phone: 860/522-0404 Fax: 860/247-1330 Committee program, “Error & Omission Claims Against
E-mail: krells@jacksonlewis.com Agents and Brokers,” Ohio; “The Role of Accountatns in the
Juris Admission: CT-U.S. District/1975; U.S. Supreme Sale of Insurnce,” Towson, MD
Court/1981; U.S. District Court Western NY/1997; U.S. Rebecca Laffitte Kathleen A. Lang
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Revised October 8, 2002
Dickinson Wright Nancy L. LaVista TIPS Member: Yes
Suite 4000 Lytal & Reiter et al Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
500 Woodward 10th Floor Publications: Currently working on an article regarding
Detroit, MI 48226 515 North Flagler Drive insurance coverage and Year 2000 issues
Phone: 313/223-3771 Fax: 313/223-3598 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Courses Taught: Various presentations to executive
E-mail: klang@dickinson-wright.com Phone: 561/820-2260 Fax: 561/832-2932 management made as part of management at an insurance
Juris Admission: MI/1982 E-mail: Website: www.palmbeachlaw.com company -- many awards for best speaker
TIPS Member: Yes Juris Admission: FL/1990
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, TIPS Member: Yes Linda M. Lawson
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Product Liability Meserve, Mumper & Hughes
Publications: ICLE of Michigan - Chapter Author in Causes Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other 18th Floor
of Action Formbook (1996-present); Status of Limitations in Publications: outlines for AFTZ 555 S. Flower Street
Michigan (1996-present); currently an editor and author for Courses Taught: Collateral Source Seminar, “Toto, We're Los Angeles, CA 90071
Michigan Civil Procedure (1998) Not in Kansas Anymore,” Subrogation Rights, AFTZ (192- Phone: 213/620-0300 Fax: 213/625-1930
Courses Taught: Trial Advocacy (1995-1998); Civil 1995; Mild Brain Injury-Workhorse Seminar, AFTZ (1996) E-mail:
Procedure Workshop (1998); Statute of Limitations (1996) Juris Admission: CA/1977
Computer Animation in Court (1995) Susan J. Lawshe TIPS Member: Yes
Executive Risk, Inc. Areas of Expertise: Defense, Employment Law, Insurance
Linda M. Lasley 82 Hopmeadow Street Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Managing Partner, Other
Reinsurance Counsel Simsbury, CT 06070 Publications:
Suite 201 Phone: 860/408-2489 Fax: 860/408-2206 Courses Taught: Processing ERISA benefit claims, Eastern
4 East Holly Street E-mail: lawshes@execrisk.com Claims Conference, 1995
Pasadena, CA 91103 Juris Admission: CT/1990
Phone: 626/304-7880 Fax: 626/585-8222 TIPS Member: Yes Gloria Leal*
E-mail: reinsurance@earthlink.net Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other Texas Department of Insurance
Juris Admission: CA/1977 Publications: Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, “Rule Suite 1040B
TIPS Member: Yes 11," Lawyer to Lawyer In-House Counsel Risks and 333 Guadalupe
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other Exposures, 1995; various loss prevention articles Austin, TX 78714
Publications: Courses Taught: Various presentations regarding Phone: 512/463-6331 Fax: 512/475-1772
Courses Taught: Extensive experience on insurance topics. professional liability expsoures and isnurance for in-house E-mail: gloria_leal@tdi.state.tx.us
“Insolvency and Solidity of Insurance Companies,” counsel and law firms Juris Admission: TX/1982
Executive Enterprises; Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes TIPS Member: Yes
in the Property-Casualty Industry” and “Recent Heidi A. Lawson Areas of Expertise: Government Federal/State, Insurance
Developments in Insurance and Reinsance Disputes White & Case Law, Transportation Law, Other
1155 Avenue of the Americas Publications:
New York, NY 10036 Courses Taught: Career Exploration (1998); Getting Into
Phone: 212/819-8498 Fax: 212/354-8113 Law School: Knowing the Rules, Playing the Game (1998);
E-mail: lawsohe@newyork.whitecase.com Pregunta a un Abogado (Ask an Attorney), “Auto Insurance
Juris Admission: NY/1997 Issues” (1998)
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Jeannine L. Lee Juris Admission: CA/1976 Misrepresentation in the Sale of Health Insurance, Agent
Cosgrove, Flynn & Gaskins, P.L.L.P. TIPS Member: Yes Misconduct and Illegal or Improper Premium Increases,”
2900 Metropolitan Centre Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California (1997);
333 South 7th Street Publications: numerous presentiations and papers
Minneapolis, MN 55402 Courses Taught: “Delivering the Goods,” Annual Mtg,
Phone: 612/333-9500 Fax: 612/333-9579 1996; Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1995 Lynne Liberato
E-mail: jlee@cfg-lawyers.com Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.
Juris Admission: MN/1981; U.S. District Court, District of Lynn G. Levy Suite 4300
Minnesota/1981; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company 1000 Lousiana
(1984); U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit (1992) 600 Dresher Road Houston, TX 77002
TIPS Member: Yes Horsham, PA 19044 Phone: 713/547-2017 Fax: 713/547-2600
Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Phone: 215/956-7759 Fax: 215/956-7750 E-mail: liberatl@hayboo.com
Injury Law, Other E-mail: levy.lynn@pmlmail.com Juris Admission: TX/1981
Publications: Comment, Establishing an Objective Intent; Juris Admission: NY/1985; PA/1996 TIPS Member: No
Standard for the Labor Antitrust Exemption, 64 Minn. L. TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Litigation
Rev. 1275 (1980) Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Defense, Publications:
Courses Taught: Products Liability Seminar (1998); Civil Insurance Law, Litigation Courses Taught:
Trial/Pretrial Practice Seminar (1994-Present) Publications:
Courses Taught: Kathryn Spruill Lingle
Laurie J. Levin Brenner, Dohnal, Evans & Yoffy
Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P. Margaret Levy Suite 200
Suite 230 Mannatt, Phelps & Phillips, L.L.P. 411 East Franklin Street
200 South Orange Avenue 11355 West Olympic Boulevard Richmond, VA 23218
Orlando, FL 32801 Los Angeles, CA 90064 Phone: 804/644-1300 Fax: 804/644-1354
Phone: 407/649-4076 Fax: 407/841-0168 Phone: 310/312-4000 Fax: 310/312-4224 E-mail: kslingle@hotmail.com
E-mail: LLEVIN@Baker-Hostetler.com E-mail: mlevy@manatt.com Juris Admission: VA/1991
Juris Admission: FL/1995; MA/1985; DC/1982; WI/1981 Juris Admission: CA/1975 TIPS Member: Yes
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Worker's Compensation Law
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Lititgation, Publications: Advanced Worker's Compensation, NBI,
Publications: Private Practice-Partner December 1997
Courses Taught: Publications: “Current Coverage Issues in Health Insurance Courses Taught: Advanced Worker's Compensation Law
Law: Is There Coverage When There Is No Coverage?” 26 (1997)
Pamela Levin Tort & Insurance Law Journal 621 (1991); “ Converasations
Thornton, Taylor et al with Justice Stanley Most,” California Supreme Court Dorothy M. Linsner
Suite 1600 Historical Society Yearbook, 1996-97 (1998) Uehlein, Cunningham & Machanic
505 Sansome Street Courses Taught: “New Strategies for Defending Life, 220 North Main Street
San Francisco, CA 94111 Health and Disability Insurance Claims Litigation,” ALI- Natick, MA 01760
Phone: 415/421-8890 Fax: 415/421-0688 ABA Conference on Life Insurance Litigation, New York, Phone: 781/237-7030 Fax: 508/653-0119
E-mail: plevin@thornton_taylor.com New York (1998); “Defending Lawsuits Alleging Fraud or E-mail: dlinsner@ucm-law.com
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Revised October 8, 2002
Juris Admission: DC/1976; NY/1978; MA/1981; RI/1995 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal Juris Admission: KY/1993
TIPS Member: Yes Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Worker's Publications: Various: Civil Trial procedure in Ohio, 1992 Areas of Expertise: Defense, General Practice, Insurance
Compensation Law, Other Courses Taught: Various speaking engagements on a Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: “The Growing Storm: The Role of Second variety of topics, including litigation & evidence topics Publications:
Injury Funds in the Wake of the ADA,” MSL Law Review Courses Taught: Course to KATA; Course to Fayette
Vol. 4, No. 2, Fall 1997 Deborah J. Long County Bar
Courses Taught: Legal Research & Writing at the Protective Life Corporation
Massachusetts School of Law since 1992; speaker on second 7801 Highway 280 South Juanita B. Luis
injury funds at ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section Birmingham, AL 35223 Luis Legal Services
Spring Meeting (1997) and Risk & Management Society Phone: 205/868-3885 Fax: 205/868-3597 Suite 201
Conference (1997) E-mail: debbie_long@protective.com 175 County Road B2 East
Juris Admission: AL/1980 Little Canada, MN 55117
Paula E. Litt TIPS Member: Yes Phone: 651/483-2583 Fax: 651/415-0577
Schopf & Weiss Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Insurance E-mail: luislegal@usa.net
304 West Randolph Street Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law Juris Admission: MN/1977
Chicago, IL 60606-1764 Publications: (Joint) Life Insurance Law of Alabama, 1997 TIPS Member: Yes
Phone: 312/701-9317 Fax: 312/701-9338 Courses Taught: Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Dispute
E-mail: litt@sw.com Resolution, Health & Hospital, Insurance Law, Other
Juris Admission: IL/1984 Karen Anne Lorenzen Publications:
TIPS Member: Yes Meardon, Sveppel, Downer & Hayes Courses Taught: Mainly internal client compliance
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation 122 South Linn Street presentations
Publications: With William Schopf, “Liquid Air v. Iowa City, IA 52240
Bridges: A Plaintiff's Perspective on a Civil RICO Jury Phone: 319/338-9222 Fax: Margaret C. Lumsden
Trial,” RICO Law Reporter (1986) E-mail: Unti Lumsden & Smith, L.L.P.
Courses Taught: “What every In-House lawyer should Juris Admission: IA/1998; FL/1993 Suite 390
know about Insurance when the Corporation is Sued,” TIPS Member: Yes 4020 Westchase Boulevard
Corporate Counsel Committee, Business Law Section of Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Raleigh, NC 27607
ABA (1998) Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law Phone: 919/828-3966 Fax: 919/828-3927
Publications: E-mail: mclumsden@ulslaw.com
Virginia E. Lohmann Courses Taught: Interviewing Skills; How to be a Juris Admission: NC/1988
Shayne & Greenwald Successful Summer Associate TIPS Member: Yes
221 South High Street Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Private Practice-Managing
Columbus, OH 43215 Cynthia K. Lowe Partner, Other
Phone: 614/221-1111 Fax: 614/221-4070 Fowler Measge & Bell, L.L.P. Publications:
E-mail: gini@greenwald.usa.com 300 West Vine Street Courses Taught:
Juris Admission: OH/1987 Lexington, KY 40507
TIPS Member: Yes Phone: 606/252-6700 Fax: 606/255-3735
E-mail: fmb@mis.net
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Revised October 8, 2002
Pat Lundvall Areas of Expertise: Defense, General Practice, Tort & E-mail:
McDonald Carano Wilson McCune, et al Personal Injury Law, Other Juris Admission: TX/1990
4th Floor Publications: TIPS Member: Yes
241 Ridge Street Courses Taught: Areas of Expertise: Defense, Environmental Law,
Reno, NV 89501 Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury
Phone: 702/322-0635 Fax: 702/786-9532 Christina M. Magee Law
E-mail: lundvall@mcdonaldcarano.usa.com Niewald Deck & Brown Publications:
Juris Admission: NV/1989 Suite 1300 Courses Taught:
TIPS Member: Yes 120 W 12th St
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Employee Benefits, Kansas City, MO 64105 Jean Maneke
Litigation, Other Phone: 816/471-7000 Fax: 816/474-0872 Lamfers & Maneke, L.C.
Publications: “The Rise and Fall of the Antitrust Exemption E-mail: Suite 620
for the Business of Insurancek” John Stauffer Memorial; Juris Admission: NY/1990; MO/1996; DC/1991; KS/1996 4435 Main Street
McGeorge School of Law, 1989 Area of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Kansas City, MO 64111
Courses Taught: Other Phone: 816/753-6500 Fax: 816/753-7337
Publications: NBI Seminar Manuals for two conferences E-mail: lmlaw@unicom.net
Eleanor E. Lynn Courses Taught: Insurance Overage - Third Party Claims Juris Admission: MS/1980; US Supreme Court/1989
Willingham & Cote, P.C. (NBI); Insurance Coveragion for Year 2000 Claims, New TIPS Member: Yes
Suite 500 York, NY (1998) Areas of Expertise: Other
333 Albert Street Publications: Monthly column for Missouri Press
East Lansing, MI 48826 Ruth G. Malinas Association membes on open record/open meeting and
Phone: 517/351-6200 Fax: 517/351-1195 Ball & Weed, P.C. defamation issues, chapter on privacy issues for MO Bar
E-mail: willingham.cote@acd.net Suite 500 CLE materials
Juris Admission: IA/1983/MI/1991 745 E. Mulberry Courses Taught: In-house counsel on defamation/privacy
TIPS Member: Yes San Antonio, TX 78212 copyright risks
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Private Practice- Phone: 210/731-6300 Fax: 210/731-6499
Managing Partner, Other E-mail: rgm@ball-weed.com Lenore S. Marema
Publications: Juris Admission: TX/1987 Alliance of American Insurers
Courses Taught: Trial skills workshop, 1992-93, several TIPS Member: Suite 800
seminars Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice 3025 Highland Parkway
Publications: Downers Grove, IL 60515-1289
Laila Maalouf Courses Taught: Phone: 630/724-2143 Fax: 630/724-2190
Law Offices of Twenty Whitney Road E-mail: lmarema@alliance1.org
20 Whitney Road Ellen B. Malow Juris Admission: IL/1979
Quieg, MA 02169 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, L.L.P. TIPS Member: Yes
Phone: 617/689-0000 Fax: 617/984-1885 Suite 2200 Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Government
E-mail: 700 Louisiana Federal/State, Insurance Law, Worker's Compensation Law
Juris Admission: MA/1990; RI/1991 Houston, TX 77002 Publications:
TIPS Member: No Phone: 713/220-8800 Fax: 713/222-0843 Courses Taught:
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Ana M. Marin* Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other Susan E. Mason
Thornton, Davis & Murray, P.A. Publications: “Defending Against Coach Assignment and General Motors
Suite #2900 Compensation Claims un Title IX,” NACUA Compendium 3031 Grand Boulevard
80 S.W. 8th Street on Title IX, Spring 1995; “Efective Releases: Void or Detroit, MI 98202
Miami, FL 33130 Voidable?,” Employee Benefits Law Journal, August 1994, Phone: 313/974-1710 Fax: 313/974-0211
Phone: 305/446-2646 Fax: 305/441-2374 numerounder publications E-mail:
E-mail: tdm@tdmlaw.com Courses Taught: Juris Admission: MI/1982; U.S. Fed Court/1982
Juris Admission: FL/1989; DC/1991 TIPS Member:
TIPS Member: Yes Chrys A. Martin Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law,
Areas of Expertise: Aviation and Space Technology, Bullivant Houser Bailey Other
Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law Suite 300 Publications:
Publications: 888 Southwest Fifth Avenue Courses Taught: Various: PLAC, ABA, I, ICLE
Courses Taught: SMU 31st Annual Air Law Symposium, Portland, OR 97204
1997 Phone: 503/228-6351 Fax: 503/295-0915 Lorelie S. Masters
E-mail: chrys.martin@bullivant.com Anderson Kill & Olick, L.L.P.
Kim V. Marrkand Juris Admission: OR/1981; U.S. District Court/1981 Suite 7500
Mintz, Levin, Cohn et al TIPS Member: Yes 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
One Financial Center Areas of Expertise: Defense, Employee Benefits, Health & Washington, DC 20006
Boston, MA 02111 Hospital, Insurance Law, Litigation Phone: 202/728-3106 Fax: 202/728-3199
Phone: 617/348-1807 Fax: 617/542-2241 Publications: E-mail: lmasters@andersonkill.com
E-mail: kmarrkand@mintz.com Courses Taught: Juris Admission: DC/1981
Juris Admission: MA/1985 TIPS Member: No
TIPS Member: Yes Judy Martinez Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, General Practice,
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Environmental Law, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, L.L.P. Insurance Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Managing
Insurance Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Partner 30th Floor Partner, Other
Publications: Numerous, ie. Defense Research Institute 1100 Poydras Street Publications: Co-author of 2-volume treatise, “Insurance
Courses Taught: “Emerging Toxic Torts: Sick Building New Orleans, LA 70163 Coverage Litigation,1997
and Electro-Magnetic Fields”: Defense Research Institute, Phone: 504/569-2030 Fax: 504/569-2999 Courses Taught: Mealey's Year 2000 Conference, 1998;
1997 E-mail: martinez@spsr-law.com ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation- Midyear Meeting,
Juris Admission: LA/1982 1997
Alison B. Marshall TIPS Member: Yes
Jones Day Reavis & Pogue Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Edith R. Matthai
6th Floor Other Robie & Matthai
1450 G Street Northwest Publications: 500 S. Grand Avenue, #1500
Washington, DC 20005 Courses Taught: Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: 202/879-7611 Fax: 202/737-2832 Phone: 213/624-3062 Fax: 213/624-2563
E-mail: abmarshall@jonesday.com E-mail:
Juris Admission: DC/1990; PA/1984; MI/1986 Juris Admission: CA/1975
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes
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Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Private Practice- Bonnie L. Mayfield* Courses Taught: Government contracts; Federal
Managing Partner, Other Dykema Gossett, P.L.L.C. publications seminars
Publications: CEB Cal. Disc. Practice, Co-author, Chapter 400 Renaissance Center
on Requests for Admissions Detroit, MI 48243-1668 Dionne C. McCoy
Courses Taught: Trial Advocacy, Hastings College of Phone: 313/568-6539 Fax: 313/568-6658 Locke Reynolds Boyd & Weisell
Advocacy; seminars on trial and pretrial practice. E-mail: 201 N. Illinois Street
Juris Admission: 1000 Capital Center South
Kathleen J. Maus TIPS Member: Yes Indianapolis, IN 46204
Butler, Burnette & Pappas Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law Phone: 317/237-3800 Fax: 317/237-3900
Suite 102 Publications: E-mail: dmmcoy@locke.com
3520 Thomasville Road Courses Taught: Spoken for State Bar of Michigan Juris Admission: IN/1995
Tallahassee, FL 32308 TIPS Member: Yes
Phone: 850/894-4111 Fax: 850/894-4999 Lisa Pierobon Mays Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law
E-mail: kmaus@bbplaw.com Lawton & Cates, S.C. Publications:
Juris Admission: FL Supreme Ct/1991; USDC 214 W. Mifflin Street Courses Taught:
Southern/1998; USDC Northern/1998; USDC Middle/1992 P.O. Box 2965
TIPS Member: No Madison, WI 53701-2965 Kathie McDonald
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Insurance Phone: 608/282-6258 Fax: 608/282-6252 Vencor, Inc.
Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Private Practice- E-mail: lawcates@aol.com Suite 3300
Partner Juris Admission: WI/1995 400 West Market Street
Publications: TIPS Member: Yes Louisville, KY 40202
Courses Taught: “Introduction to Law,” 1992-1994 Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Phone: 502/596-7363 Fax: 502/596-4158
Tort & Personal Injury Law E-mail: kathiemcdonald@vencor.com
S. Beville May Publications: Juris Admission: KY/1985
Law Office of S. Beville May Courses Taught: TIPS Member:
Suite 200 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Elder Law, Health &
7 Harvard Street Donna McCaffrey Hospital, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Brookline, MA Watt Tieder Hoffer & Fitzgerald, L.L.P. Publications:
Phone: 617/566-3100 Fax: 617/566-5379 #400 Courses Taught:
E-mail: sbmay@tiac.net 7929 Westpark Drive
Juris Admission: MA/1980; U.S. District Court (D. McLean, VA 22102 Helen T. McFadden
Mass.)/1981; U.S. Supreme Court/1986 Phone: 703/749-1000 Fax: 703/893-8029 411 MLK Boulevard
TIPS Member: Yes E-mail: dmcaffr@wthf.com P.O. Box 1114
Areas of Expertise: Private Practice-Managing Partner, Juris Admission: VA/1984 Kingstree, SC 29556
Other TIPS Member: Yes Phone: 843/354-5200 Fax: 843/354-7658
Publications: Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Insurance Law, E-mail:
Courses Taught: National Practice Institute Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Other Juris Admission: SC/1982
Publications: TIPS Member: Yes
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Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Consumer Law, Maureen M. McGuirl E-mail: jmcmillan@omm.com
General Practice, Litigation, Plaintiff, Worker's Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May Juris Admission: CA/1984; NY/1990
Compensation Law, Other 22nd Floor TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: Editor, Parliamentary Journal (1988-90) 700 South Flower Street Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Energy Law,
Courses Taught: Election Law, Voting Rights, Los Angeles, CA 90017 Insurance Law, Litigation
Parliamentary Law for SC Bar CLE; annual training in Phone: 213/896-8059 Fax: 213/896-8080 Publications:
Parliamentary Procedure for S.C. County Association E-mail: mmcguirl@chrm.com Courses Taught: DRI/Insurance Coverage for
Juris Admission: NY/1979; CA/1982 Environmenal Claims (1994); Fulerum Information Services
Brigid M. McGrath TIPS Member: No - Effective Discovery Strategies in Manufacturerd Gas Plant
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd Areas of Expertise: Energy Law, Intellectual Property Law, Insurance Coverage Cases (1996)
Suite 3000 Litigation, Other
70 West Madison Publications: Antitrust Laws and Trade Regulation (2d Susan Meek
Chicago, IL 60602 edition); “Antitrust Compliance Programs,” in Antitrust Susan B. Meek
Phone: 312/807-4357 Fax: 312/372-2098 Counseling and Litigation Techniques; 1995 Annual Review Suite 355
E-mail: bmcgrath@bellboyd.com of Antitrust Law Developments (contributor), ABA, 3000 Weslayan
Juris Admission: MN/1984; IL/1985 Antitrust Section Houston, TX 77027
TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught: Presented numerous courses Phone: 713/877-8112 Fax: 713/877-1314
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law, E-mail:
Other Elizabeth M. McMillan Juris Admission: IL/1984; TX/1988
Publications: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough TIPS Member: Yes
Courses Taught: 24th Floor Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolution, Health &
301 North Main Street Hospital, Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Susan McGreevy Greenville, SC 29601 Publications:
Husch & Eppenberger Phone: 864/250-2300 Fax: 864/232-2925 Courses Taught: Mediation/Legal Negotiations University
Suite 1700 E-mail: emm@nmrs.com of Houston
1200 Main Juris Admission: SC/1990
Kansas City, MO 64105 TIPS Member: Enid Duany Mendoza*
Phone: 816/421-4800 Fax: 816/421-0596 Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Insurance Law, Tort Colson Hicks Eidson
E-mail: slmcgreevy@kc.husch.com & Personal Injury Law, Workmens Compensation Law, Suite 4700
Juris Admission: Washington DC Court of Appeals/1975; Other 200 S. Biscayne Boulevard
Supreme Court of Missouri/1978; U.S. District Court Publications: Miami, FL 33131
WDMO/1978; U.S. District Court, NDTX/1984; Supreme Courses Taught: Phone: 305/373-5400 Fax: 305/374-4796
Court of Kansas/1992 E-mail: enid@colson.com
TIPS Member: Yes Julie A. McMillan Juris Admission: FL/1991; DC/1991
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other O'Melveny & Myers TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: Suite 2600 Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology,
Courses Taught: 275 Battery Street Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal
San Francisco, CA 94111 Injury Law, Other
Phone: 415/984-8709 Fax: 415/984-8701
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Publications: Worked as a reporter for years before Deborah J. Michelson Publications:
studying law Olmer & Berne, L.L.P. Courses Taught: AIFA Transportation Conference (1998);
Courses Taught: “The Court Room of the 21st Century,” Suite 900 ABA Transportation Megaconference (1997)
ABA Litigation Section Trial Practice Committee (1997) 1300 East 9th Street
Cleveland, OH 44118 Kara M. Miller
Angela A. Meyer Phone: 216/902-8920 Fax: 216/621-7488 Semmes, Bowen & Semmes
Exponent Failure Analysis E-mail: 231 West Main Street
149 Commonwealth Drive Juris Admission: OH/1992; NY/1988 Salisbury, MD 21801
Menlo Park, CA 94025 TIPS Member: Yes Phone: 410/749-1710 Fax: 410/860-2856
Phone: 650/688-6951 Fax: 650/528-2996 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation E-mail: kmiller@semmes.com
E-mail: ameyer@exponent.com Publications: Editor-in-Chief, National Society of Juris Admission: MD/1989
Juris Admission: Professional Insurance Investigators Newsletter TIPS Member: Yes
TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught: First Party Insurance Claims; “Bad Faith” Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology, Litigation Tort & Personal Injury Law, Transportation Law, Worker's
Product Liability Law Compensation Law
Publications: Amee Ann Mikacich Publications:
Courses Taught: Hardin, Cok Courses Taught: Speak to transportation/trucking
1999 Harrison Street companies re: accidents, claims, litigation process & safety
Tammy J. Meyer Suite 1800
Lewis & Wagner Oakland, CA 94612 Susan Tillotson Mills
#200 Phone: 510/444-3131 Fax: 510/839-7940 Holland & Knight, L.L.P.
501 Indiana Avenue E-mail: aam@hardincook.com Suite 2300
Indianapolis, IN 46202 Juris Admission: CA/1990 400 North Ashley Drive
Phone: 317/237-0500 Fax: 317/630-2790 TIPS Member: Yes Tampa, FL 33602
E-mail: Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability Phone: 813/227-8500 Fax: 813/229-0134
Juris Admission: IN/1989 Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other E-mail: smills@hklaw.com
TIPS Member: Yes Publications: Juris Admission: FL/1990; MI/1992
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Environmental Law, General Courses Taught: TIPS Member: Yes
Practice, Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other Josephine S. Miller* Intellectual Property Law, Other
Publications: Published for the DRI in “For the Defense” Praxair, Inc. Publications: Reporter's Guide to a Civil Lawsuit,
twice, the Indiana Law Review twice & several seminar 39 Old Ridgebury Road, M1545 Reporter's Handbook, Fla Bar Media and Communications
papers Danbury, CT 06813 Law Committees
Courses Taught: Spoke for DRI, IDLA, ICLEF, etc. Phone: 203/837-2198 Fax: 203/837-2545 Courses Taught: Media Law-Graduate Journalists, 1997
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MI/1980; GA/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal
Injury Law, Transportation Law, Other
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Lora E. Minichillo Terry L. Mock Publications:
Schwartz & Freeman 401 N. Main Street Courses Taught:
Suite 1905 P.O. Box 740
401 North Michigan Avenue Tuscumba, AL 35674 Patricia A. Moores
Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: 256/386-7090 Fax: 256/386-7063 Biedermann, Hoenig, Massanillo & Ruff, P.C.
Phone: 312/222-0800 Fax: 312/222-0818 E-mail: 52196Andy@aol.com 90 Park Avenue
E-mail: lminichillo@s-f-law.com Juris Admission: AL/1984 New York, NY 10016
Juris Admission: IL/1986 TIPS Member: No Phone: 212/634-5030 Fax: 212/986-3509
TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Plaintiff, Tort & E-mail: pmoores@bhmr.com
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolution, Personal Injury Law, Other Juris Admission: NY/1988; NJ/1988
Employee Benefits, Health & Hospital, Insurance Law, Publications: TIPS Member: Yes
Litigation, Product Liability Law, Private Practice-Partner, Courses Taught: Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology,
Other Defense, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal
Publications: DRI articles, various, Manufacturers Risk Maureen K. Molloy Injury Law
Control Subcommittee Newsletter; Schwartz & Freeman Law Office of Maureen K. Molloy, M.D., J.D. Publications:
newsletter, articles on various tort, insurance, product 5935 Dorset Street Courses Taught:
liability and litigation related topics Shelburne, VT 05482
Courses Taught: Successful Defense of Product Liability Phone: 802/985-8541 Fax: 802/985-9855 Anne E. Moran
Lawsuit, Univ. of Wisconsin College of Engineering; E-mail: mkmolloy@together.net Steptoe & Johnson
various client and firm seminars and training sessions Juris Admission: NY/1991; VT/1992 1330 Connecticut Avenue
TIPS Member: Yes Washington, DC 20036-1795
Marilyn Ann Moberg Areas of Expertise: Product Liability; Tort & Personal Phone: 202/429-6449 Fax: 202/429-3902
Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May Injury Law E-mail: amoran@steptoe.com
Suite 2200 Publications: Clin. Assoc. Professor, orthopedic surgery, Juris Admission: DC/1978
700 South Flower Street Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine. Numerous TIPS Member:
Los Angeles, CA 90017 presentations Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Other
Phone: 213/896-8035 Fax: 213/896-8080 Courses Taught: Numerouse legal and medical publications Publications: Proposed Regulations Require; Journal of
E-mail: mmoberg Taxation, 1991, Fringe Benefits; 34 Catholic Lawyer 407,
Juris Admission: CA/1986; Federal Courts, Eastern, Kim E. Moore 1992; Plan Loans (ACI/ABA 1997); IRS Audit Issues;
Southern, Northern, Central Districts/1986 Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz Independent Contractor Status (Law and Education Institute,
TIPS Member: Yes Suite 3206 1996-97
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Product Liability Law, 100 Poydras Street Courses Taught: ERISA Basics: A Primer on ERISA
Tort & Personal Injury Law New Orleans, LA 70163 Issues (1992-98); Plan Loans (ACI/ABA 1997); IRS Audit
Publications: Phone: 504/585-3200 Fax: 504/585-7688 Issues; Independent Contractor Status (Law and Education
Courses Taught: E-mail: kmoore@monbar.com Institute, 1996-97)
Juris Admission: LA/1988
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Other
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Angelicque M. Moreno* Courses Taught: HR Roundtable -- The EEOC, The INS Debra V. Murphy
Rubenstein & Rynecki and Your Business (1998); Using the Internet in Your Law Office of Debra Vierra Murphy
16 Court Street Practice (1996); Effective Media Use for State and Local #5
Brooklyn, NY 11201 Bar Associations, (1996). 310 Wilbur Avenue
Phone: 718/522-1020 Fax: 718/522-3804 Swansea, MA 02777
E-mail: Diana Y. Morrissey Phone: 508/679-9100 Fax: 508/679-1177
Juris Admission: NY/1994 Faegre & Benson E-mail: doglawer@aol.com
TIPS Member: Yes 2200 Norwest Center Juris Admission: MA/1994; Federal District Court/1995;
Areas of Expertise: Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other 90 South Seventh Street First Circuit Court of Appeals/1995
Publications: Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901 TIPS Member: No
Courses Taught: Defending a Plaintiff Deposition,1998 Phone: 612/336-3291 Fax: 612/336-3026 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolution,
E-mail: Employee Benefits, General Practice, Other
Linda L. Morkan Juris Admission: MN/1983 Publications:
Robinson & Cole, L.L.P. TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught:
280 Trumbull Street Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolution,
Hartford, CT 06103-3597 Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law Sharon Murphy
Phone: 860/275-8219 Fax: 860/275-8299 Publications: Lewis & Wagner
E-mail: lmorkan@rc.com Courses Taught: Seminar presentations: insurance Suite 200
Juris Admission: CT/1987 coverage,1997 and 1998 501 Indiana Avenue
TIPS Member: Indianapolis, IN 46202-3196
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law, Debra J. Moulton Phone: 317/237-0500 Fax: 317/630-2790
Litigation Kennedy, Moulton & Wells, P.C. E-mail:
Publications: Ste 210 Juris Admission: IN/1982
Courses Taught: 2201 San Pedro NE TIPS Member: Yes
Albuquerque, NM 87110 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Product
Diana L. Moro Phone: 505/884-7887 Fax: 505/884-7123 Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Workers
Policy Professionals, Inc. E-mail: Compensation Law, Private Practice-Partner
25 Bartram Avenue Juris Admission: NM/1990 Publications:
Glenolden, PA 19036 TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught: Taught trial techniques at Indiana State
Phone: 610/586-5590 Fax: 610-586-5591 Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Tort & Personal University, 1991-92
E-mail: drmoro@PolicyProfessionals.com Injury Law
Juris Admission: NJ/1989; PA/1989 Publications: Susanne Mast Murray
TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught: Employment seminars Willis Corroon
Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits Law, Employer- 7 Hanover Square
Employee Relations, Health and Disaiblity Insurance Law, New York, NY 10004
Other Phone: 212/804-0518 Fax: 212/344-2780
Publications: When No Comment is a Comment or How to E-mail: murray_sm@williscorroon.com
Deal with the Press, Contributing Editor, Young Lawyer‟s Juris Admission: NJ/1987; NY/1988
Division, (1994) TIPS Member: Yes
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Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other Narda M. Newby* Adele E. O'Conner
Publications: We're Not That Kind of Company Risk Jack H. Olender & Associates., P.C. Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur
Business (1997); Preface - Employment Practices Liability 4th Floor 41 South High Street
Book National Underwriter (1998) 888 17th Street, N.W. Columbus, OH 43215
Courses Taught: Risk & Insurance Management Annual Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 614/227-1951 Fax: 614/227-2100
Conference; Employment Practices County Commissioners Phone: 202/879-7777 Fax: 202-393-2245 E-mail: aoconner@porterwright.com
Association of PA; Directors and Officers and the Year 2000 E-mail: Juris Admission: OH/1976
Juris Admission: MD/1995; DC/1996 TIPS Member: Yes
Tracy L. Nation TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Worker's Compensation
Gray Cary Wave & Freidenrich Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
#1700 Law, Other Publications:
401 B Street Publications: Author, Chapter 1 on “Policy Courses Taught: Various seminars
San Diego, CA 92122 Construction/Intepretation,” for forthcoming West Group
Phone: 619/699-4766 Fax: 619/236-1048 two-volumn treatise on Insurance Coverage Litigation; Barbara A. O'Donnell
E-mail: TNation@GCWF.com Author, “Environmental Insurance Coverage: Limiting the Robinson & Cole LLP
Juris Admission: State/1990 Owned Property Exclusion,” Boston Bar Journal 1 Boston Place
TIPS Member: Yes (January/February 1998) ; numerous articles Boston, MA 02108
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability Courses Taught: Guest speaker at various schools in Phone: 617/557-5945 Fax: 617/557-5999
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other Washington D.C. and various Law Day activities E-mail: bodonnell@bost.rc.com
Publications: Juris Admission: MA/1985; U.S. District Court, District of
Courses Taught: Fern P. O'Brian MA/1985; First Circuit Court of Appeals/1985
Arnold & Porter TIPS Member: Yes
Brenda Neel 555 12th Street Northwest Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Employer-
McManemin & Smith, P.C. Washington, DC 20004 Employee Relations, Other
Suite 1600 Phone: 202/942-5028 Fax: 202/942-5999 Publications: An Overview of Insurance Agent Broker
1600 North Pearl Street E-mail: obriafe@aporter.com Liability (1995); Insurance Policy Interpretation, Chapter 1.
Dallas, TX 75201 Juris Admission: VA/1984;DC/1985 Courses Taught: Insurance Agent Broker Liability;
Phone: 214/953-1321 Fax: 214/953-0695 TIPS Member: Yes Declaratory Judgments and Alternatives; Employment
E-mail: bhight@mspc.com Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability Practices Liability
Juris Admission: TX/1976 Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner,
TIPS Member: Other Jennifer K. Oetter
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Insurance Publications: Handling product liability problems Hoffman Hart & Wagner
Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law successfully, United States Litigation Yearbook, 1997 20th Floor
Publications: Courses Taught: ABA Class Action Institute 1000 Southwest Broadway
Courses Taught: Portland, OR 97225
Phone: 503/222-4499 Fax: 503/222-2301
E-mail: jko@hhw.com
Juris Admission: OR/1995; WA/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
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Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Joseph J. Ortego* Juris Admission: AZ/1992
Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law Nixon Peabody LLP TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: 990 Stewart Avenue Areas of Expertise: Other
Courses Taught: Garden City, NY 11530 Publications: Arizona and Federal Employment Law: An
Phone: 516/832-7564 Fax: 516/832-7555 Employer's Guide, Co-editor (1997); Arizona's New Law on
Kristine Louise Olsen E-mail: JOrtego@nixonpeabody.com Constructive Discharge, Arizona State Bar Employment Law
Kiesel & Larson Juris Admission: NY/1980 Handbook (1997)
Suite 300 TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught: INS and I-9 Forms, Arizona Public
8501 Wilshire Boulevard Areas of Expertise: Business Torts, Civil Procedure and Service (1997); Recent Developments in Emloyment Law
Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Evidence, Intellectual Property Law, Professionals‟, and Employment Law Audit (1997); Recent Developments
Phone: 310/854-4444 Fax: 310/854-0812 Officers‟ & Directors‟ Liability, Products, General Liability in Sexual Harassment and OSHA Inspections (1997)
E-mail: Website: www.kiesel@kiesellaw.com & Consumer Law, Trial Techniques
Juris Admission: CA/1995 Publications: Reconstructions, Re-Enactments and Stephanie Sue Padilla*
TIPS Member: Yes Demonstrations From a Defendant‟s Perspective (1999); Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Consumer Law, Trial Considreations In The Age of Daubert (1999) Suite 1100
Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Courses Taught: Reconstructions, Re-Enactments and 303 East Seventeenth Avenue
Publications: Demonstrative Evidence from Defendant‟s Perspective Denver, CO 80203
Courses Taught: (1999); Ethics Problems in Products Liability Cases (1999) Phone: 303/764-4037 Fax: 303/861-7805
E-mail: spadilla@baker-hostetler.com
Sarah L. Olson Catherine M. Ovsak Juris Admission: CO/1994
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon Leonard Street Deinard TIPS Member: Yes
225 West Wacker Drive Suite 2300 Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Chicago, IL 60606 150 South Fifth Street Law, Other
Phone: 312/201-2000 Fax: 312/201-2555 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Publications:
E-mail: olson@whad.com Phone: 612/783-1934 Fax: 612/335-1657 Courses Taught:
Juris Admission: IL/1986 E-mail: cmo1479@email.leonard.com
TIPS Member: Yes Juris Admission: MN/1996 Stacy M. Parker
Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Law, Other TIPS Member: Yes AON Fiancial Services
Publications: “Jurisdiction at Warp Speed: Alien Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law 100th
Corporations and Cyberspace Torts,” DRI seminar o Publications: 2 World Trade Center
Business Law (1997); Chapter Seven: Specific Defenses,” in Courses Taught: New York, NY 10048
Medical Malpractice Handbook (1987, 1989), Illinois Phone: 212/441-2484 Fax: 212/441-1929
Institute for Continuing Legal Education Julie A. Pace E-mail: stacy-parker@afs.aon.com
Courses Taught: “Guilt by Association: Trade Association Quarles & Brady Juris Admission: NY/1988; CT/1987
Liability,” (1997); “Responding to Electric and Magnetic Suite 400 TIPS Member: Yes
Field Litigation in the Electronic Consumer Products One East Camelback Road Areas of Expertise: Corporate General Law, Insurance
Industry,” (1997) Phoenix, AZ 85012-1649 Law, Other
Phone: 602/230-5560 Fax: 602/230-5598 Publications:
E-mail: Courses Taught:
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Noreen J. Parrett Fredi L. Pearlmutter Allyson Pharr
Lafollette & Smykin Cooper, Rose & English, L.L.P. Trans Costal Marine Services, Inc.
Suite 500 480 Morris Avenue Suite 930
One East Main Street Summit, NJ 07901 2929 Briarpark
Madison, WI 53703 Phone: 908/273-1212 Fax: 908/273-8922 Houston, TX 77042
Phone: 608/257-3911 Fax: 608/257-0609 E-mail: FPearlmutter@CRELAW.COM Phone: 713/784-7429 Fax: 713/781-6364
E-mail: NParrett@lafollettesmykin.com Juris Admission: NY/1972; S.D.N.Y./1972; NJ/1987; E-mail: allysonfox@msn.com
Juris Admission: WI/1988 D.N.J./1987 Juris Admission: LA/1993; TX/1994
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Insurance Law Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Defense,
Publications: “Recent Developments in Public Regulation Publications: Dispute Resolution, Environmental Law, Litigation, Tort &
of Insurance Law,” Tort and Insurance Law Journal (Winter Courses Taught: Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall Law Personal Injury Law
1997) School, New Jersey Environmental Law; numerous seminars Publications:
Courses Taught: “Insurance Law” course at U.W. Law on environmental regulatory issues, environmental insurance Courses Taught:
School; numerous presentations to various organizations and Brownfields
Sandra L. Phillips*
Geralyn M. Passaro Molly Peckman Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.
Peters Robertson et al Kolsby Gordon 600 Travis
Suite 405 22nd Floor Suite 1600
600 South Andrews Avenue 1650 Market Street Houston, TX 77002
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33319 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Phone: 713/227-8008 Fax: 713/227-9508
Phone: 954/761-8999 Fax: 954/761-8990 Phone: 215/851-9700 Fax: 215/851-9701 E-mail: sphillips@shb.com
E-mail: E-mail: molpeck@aol.com Juris Admission: TX/1991
Juris Admission: FL/1986 Juris Admission: PA/1992; NJ/1992 TIPS Member: Yes
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law, Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Law, Other
Litigation Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Publications: “Will the Proposed Section 8 of the
Publications: “Sanctuary,” Inter American Law Review Other Restatemnt (Third) of Torts Eliminate the Exemption from
(1987) Publications: Living Wills; Giving Depositions for Liability for Design Defects for Manufacturers of
Courses Taught: Miscellaneous seminars sponsored by my Advance for Occupational Therapists „Unavoidably Unsafe‟ Non-Medical Products?” ABA Tort &
law firm and other local insurance associations Courses Taught: Paralegal trial prep course, coordinating a Insurance Practice Section Products, General Liability and
young lawyers trial prep course Consumer Law Committee Newsletter, 1997; “The
Sophisticated Purchaser - The Employer‟s Role,” ABA
Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee
Megaconference II, Boston Massachusetts, 1998
Courses Taught:
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Susan Alexander Philpott Diane L. Polscer TIPS Member: Yes
Kravit, Gass, Hovel & Leitner, S.C. Gordon & Polscer, L.L.P. Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law,
Suite 500 Suite 1200 Litigation
825 North Jefferson 121 S.W. Morrison Publications:
Milwaukee, WI 53202 Portland, OR 97204 Courses Taught:
Phone: 414/271-7100 Fax: 414/271-8135 Phone: 503/242-2922 Fax: 503/242-1264
E-mail: sap@kravit-cass.com E-mail: gplaw@teleport.com Susan R. Poulter
Juris Admission: WI/1996 Juris Admission: OR/1987; WA/1984 University of Utah
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Phone: 801/581-6545 Fax: 801/581-6897
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other Litigation E-mail: poulters@law.utah.edu
Publications: Publications: “Investigation by the Insurer” ABA TIPS- Juris Admission: UT/1983
Courses Taught: West Group Insurance Coverage Publication, 1998 TIPS Member: Yes
Courses Taught: DRI Excess & Reinsurance Seminar, Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Intellectual
Holly M. Polglase 1998; DRI Environmental Seminar, 1997 Property Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Campbell Campbell & Edwards Publications:
Third Floor Susan M. Ponce* Courses Taught: Teach at the U of Utah College of Law
One Constitution Plaza Halliburton
Boston, MA 02129 Building 01-601A Mary K. Powers
Phone: 617/241-3000 Fax: 617/241-5115 4100 Clinton Drive Greentree Financial Corporation
E-mail: Houston, TX 77020 Suite 300
Juris Admission: NH/1989; ME/1989; MA/1988; Phone: 713/676-5209 Fax: 713/676-5221 345 St. Peter Street
CT/1996; RI/1997; VT/1997 E-mail: susan.ponce@halliburton.com St. Paul, MN 55102
TIPS Member: Yes Juris Admission: PA/1988 Phone: 612/293-3651 Fax: 612/293-5818
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort TIPS Member: Yes E-mail: mpowers@gtfc.com
& Personal Injury Law, Other Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Other Juris Admission: MN/1996
Publications: Handling Home Improvement Contractor Publications: TIPS Member: Yes
Claims from the Plaintiff's Perspective, MCLE Home Courses Taught: Panelist, Environmental Justice; Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Corporate Law
Improvement Contractor Claims (Feb. 26, 1998); Environmental Law Legislation;Technology and the Law General, Other
Employment Torts, Defense Research Institute Employment Publications:
Law Basics (B. Neff, ed. 1997) co-author Susan Popik Courses Taught:
Courses Taught: Cross Examination of a Plaintiff's Chapman, Popik & White
Economist in a Personal Injury Case (1998); Chair, 19th Floor Gene E.K. Pratter
Emerging Issues in Automobile Product Liability Litigation, 650 California Street Duane, Morris & Heckscher, L.L.P.
TIPS (1998) San Francisco, CA 94108 One Liberty Place
Phone: 415/352-3000 Fax: 415/352-3030 Philadelphia, PA 19103-7396
E-mail: spopik@chapop.com Phone: 215/979-1170 Fax: 215/979-1020
Juris Admission: CA/1975; Federal Courts in CA; 6th E-mail: gpratter@duanemorris.com
District U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Courts Juris Admission: PA/1975
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TIPS Member: Yes Publications: “Samaritan Foundation v. Superior Court: A Anandhi S. Rajan*
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Litigation, New Breed of Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege in Long, Weinberg
Product Liability Law, Other Arizona,” 25 Ariz. St. L.J. 461 (1993). Suite 2700
Publications: “Bankruptcy Court Application of Ethics Courses Taught: Confidentiality of Medical Records - Feb. 999 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Rules and Standards of Conduct,” ABA Bankruptcy and 98 Phx; 7198 Tucson Atlanta, GA 30309
Insolvency Committee Newsletter (10/95); “Professional Phone: 404/876-2700 Fax: 404/875-9433
Ethics in the Bankruptcy Context,” ABA Bankruptcy and Denise C. Puente* E-mail: arajan@lwaw.com
Insolvency Committee Newsletter (10/94) Simon, Peragine, Smith & Red Fearn Juris Admission: GA/1992
Courses Taught: “Accountants' Liability/Malpractice” Suite 3000 TIPS Member: Yes
(1997); “Litigation Ethics” (1997); “Litigating a Legal 1100 Poydras Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Product Liability Law,
Malpractice Case” (1997); The Practice of Law and New Orleans, LA 70163 Tort & Personal Injury Law
Professional Responsibility: Issues in the 21st Century” Phone: 504/569-2030 Fax: 504/569-2999 Publications:
(1997) E-mail: depuente@spsr-law.com Courses Taught:
Juris Admission: LA/1987
Frances E. Prell TIPS Member: Yes Janice A. Ramsay
Burke, Weaver & Prell Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Intellectual Ramsay & Johnson
Suite 800 Property Law #750
55 West Monroe Publications: 19800 McArthur Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60603 Courses Taught: Irvine, CA 92612-9697
Phone: 312/263-3600 Fax: 312/578-6666 Phone: 949/476-5070 Fax: 949/851-8659
E-mail: fep@burke-weaver-prell.com Karen M. Raby E-mail:
Juris Admission: IL/1978; FL/1985 Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks Juris Admission: CA/1970
TIPS Member: Yes 10th Floor TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability 2200 Century Parkway, NE Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolutoin,
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner Atlanta, GA 30345 Insurance Law
Publications: Phone: 404/248-2887 Fax: 404/325-0596 Publications: Several publications for seminars
Courses Taught: Client in-house speaking; PLAC Speaker E-mail: karaby1@aol.com Courses Taught: Extensive speaking experience since the
Juris Admission: GA/1993 1970s; panelist and speaker for PLBR Annual Conference
Mary G. Pryor TIPS Member: Yes (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998); panelist for Rutter
O'Connor Cavanagh Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Group on insurance law topics (1991, 1992 and 1994)
Suite 1101 Tort & Personal Injury Law
One East Camelback Publications: Janice A. Ramsay
Phoenix, AZ 85044 Courses Taught: Ramsay & Johnson
Phone: 602/263-2524 Fax: 602/263-2900 Suite #750
E-mail: MPryor@Arizlaw.com 19800 McArthur Boulevard
Juris Admission: AZ/1995 Irvine, CA 92612-9676
TIPS Member: Yes Phone: 949/476-5070 Fax: 949/851-8659
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Other E-mail:
Juris Admission: CA/1970
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TIPS Member: Yes Terri S. Reiskin Publications:
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolution, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P. Courses Taught: Presentations as an employee of AT&T
Insurance Law, 555 13th Street, N.W. Bell Labs
Publications: Washington, DC 20004
Courses Taught: Phone: 202/637-8279 Fax: 202/637-5910 Mary Kay Reynolds
E-mail: tas@dc3.hhlaw.com Law Offices of Mary Kay Reynolds
Toree S. Randall Juris Admission: DC/1984; MD/1995 Suite 205
Foster Swift Collins & Smith TIPS Member: Yes 9696 Culver Boulevard
313 South Washington Square Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability Culver City, CA 90232
Lansing, MI Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other Phone: 310/845-1545 Fax: 310/845-1950
Phone: 517/371-8230 Fax: 517/371-8200 Publications: E-mail: reynoldsmk@aol.com
E-mail: trandall@fosterswift.com Courses Taught: Panel on Litigation, ABA Meeting Juris Admission: CA/1979; Federal Bar in CA/1980, 1983;
Juris Admission: MI/1996 (1997); presentations at Auto Industry Meetings U.S. Supreme Court/1989
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Worker Carol Reisman Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Appellate
Compensation Law Liskow & Lewis Practice, Entertainment & Sports Law, Litigation,
Publications: 50th Fl Transportation Law, Private Practice-Managing Partner
Courses Taught: One Shell Square Publications:
New Orleans, LA 70139 Courses Taught:
Ellen Relkin Phone: 504/556-4193 Fax: 504/556-4108
Weitz & Luxenberg E-mail: cwreisman.ll@mcimail.com Elaine M. Rinaldi
180 Maiden Lane Juris Admission: LA/1990 Cozen and O'Connor
New York, NY 10038 TIPS Member: Yes 3rd Floor
Phone: 212/558-5715 Fax: Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law 1900 Market Street
E-mail: Publications: Philadelphia, PA 19103
Juris Admission: NY/1985; NJ/1986; DC/1985 Courses Taught: Offshore Indemnity and Insurance Phone: 215/665-2096 Fax: 215/665-2013
TIPS Member: Yes Seminar E-mail: erinaldi@cozen.com
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Plaintiff, Juris Admission: PA/1982
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other Sheryl R. Rentz TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: “The Sword of the Shield: Use of Werner, Rentz, Schwartz & Rocca, P.C. Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Product
Governmental Regulations, Exposure Standards and Suite 20 Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Property
Toxicological Data in Toxic Tort Litigation,” 6-1 Dickinson 300 East Lancaster Avenue Subrogation
Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, Winter 1997; Wynnewood, PA 19096 Publications:
“Some Implications of Daubert and Its Potential for Misuse: Phone: 610/645-0100 Fax: 610/645-0111 Courses Taught:
Misapplication to Environmental Tort Cases and Abuse of E-mail: RentzLaw@BellAtlantic.net
Rule 706(a) Court-Appointed Expert,” 6-7 Cardozo L Rev. Juris Admission: PA/1992
255, 1994; several publications TIPS Member: No
Courses Taught: Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
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Catherine L. Rivard Publications: Courses Taught: Jurisdiction in maritime law, 1995;
Troop Maisinger Stauber Pasich Reddick & Tobey, Courses Taught: Adjunct Faculty, Products Liability Choice of Law, 1993
L.L.P. Seminar (1992-present); seminar presentations for Judicial
Suite 2400 Institute of Maryland and Maryland State Bar Association Lolita G. Romanick
2029 Century Park East American West Insurance Company
Los Angeles, CA 90067 Helle Rode 2100 Library Circle
Phone: 310/728-2308 Fax: 310/728-3308 Bullard, Korshoj, Smith & Jernstedt Grand Forks, ND 58201
E-mail: clrivard@trouplaw.com #1900 Phone: 701/775-4226, ext. 338 Fax: 800/781-1364
Juris Admission: CA/1986; FL/1993 1000 Southwest. Broadway E-mail:
TIPS Member: Yes Portland, OR 97205 Juris Admission: ND/1984
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law, Phone: 503/248-1134 Fax: 503/224-8851 TIPS Member: Yes
Litigation E-mail: Hrode@bksjlaw.com Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Insurance
Publications: Juris Admission: OR/1980 Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Courses Taught: TIPS Member: Yes Publications:
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Other Courses Taught: ND State Bar - Estate/Medicaid Planning
Rachel Rivlin Publications: (early 1990s); Estate Planning Seminars to General Public
Lexington Insurance Company Courses Taught: Navigating the Currents of Employment (1993-1994)
200 State Streewt Law, “Little Known Discrimination Laws,” OSB Continuing
Boston, MA 02109 Legal Education (1993); “Uniformed Services Employment Susan G. Rosmarin
Phone: 617/330-8436 Fax: 617/772-4588 and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994,” Oregon Law Stryker Tams & Dill, L.L.P.
E-mail: rachel.rivlin@aig.com Institute (1994); and several other publications Two Penn Plaza East
Juris Admission: MA/1977; U.S. District Court, MA/1978; Newark, NJ 07105
U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit/1983; U.S. Supreme Blanca I. Rodriguez* Phone: 973/491-9500 Fax: 973/491-9692
Court/1985 Kreindler & Kreindler E-mail: srosmarin@stryker.com
TIPS Member: Yes 18th Floor Juris Admission: NY/1981; NJ/
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Insurance Law 100 Park Avenue TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: New York, NY 10017 Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Environmental Law
Courses Taught: Various ABA meetings, 1998 Phone: 212/687-8181 Fax: Publications:
E-mail: Courses Taught: Instructor-NYU Real Estate Institute
Deborah L. Robinson Juris Admission: NJ/1981; NY/1982
Robinson Woolson O'Connell,L.L.P. TIPS Member: Yes Maureen L. Rowland
Suite 1500 Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Appellate Law Office of Michael Burgoyne
217 East Redwood Street Practice, Aviation & Space Technology, General Practice, 305 Washington Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21202 Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Towson, MD 21204
Phone: 410/625-0000 Fax: 410/625-0201 Injury Law, Other Phone: 410/847-9600 Fax: 410/847-9689
E-mail: DeborahRobinson@juno.com Publications: Editor/Co-Author New York Law of Torts, E-mail: mrowland@crosslink.net
Juris Admission: MD/1980 West 1997; Revision editor and contributing author- Juris Admission: MD/1989
TIPS Member: Yes Aviation Accident Law TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
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Publications: 1997 District Court Practice - Criminal; Publications: Class action litigation,FICC Winter Meeting Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana (1993); numerous
Maryland practice forms - Criminal Chapter; 1996 DWI (1997); Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, National Business presentations
Manua 1988; numerous articles for YLD and ABA/YLD Institute
publications Courses Taught: Ins. coverage for ERISA liabilty claims Luanne R. Sacks
Courses Taught: Overview Judicial System, Paralegal Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson
Studies Presented: Criminal Justice System (NILE) 1993-96; Laurie Anne Rush-Masuret Suite 2900
Professionalism Faculty,arguments at YLD Assembly; Laurie Rush-Masuret, P.A. 101 California Street
various trial advocacy presentations 75 Claremont Road San Francisco, CA 94111-5858
Bernardsville, NJ 07924 Phone: 415/397-2823 Fax: 415/397-8549
Susan P. Roy Phone: 908/953-0042 Fax: 908/953-0087 E-mail: sackslu@sf.seyfarth.com
Garlington Lohn & Robinson E-mail: Juris Admission: CA/1985
199 West Pine Juris Admission: NJ/1986; PA/1986 TIPS Member: Yes
Missoula, MT 59802 TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Product
Phone: 406/523-2500 Fax: 406/523-2595 Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, General Practice, Liability Law, Other
E-mail: Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Other Publications: Implications of California's Proposition 103
Juris Admission: MT/1979; Federal District Court- Publications: for Antitrust Compliance - Should Life/Health Insurers Be
Montana/1979; Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Courses Taught: Concerned? Tort & Ins Practice Journal, 1991
Supreme Court Courses Taught: Legal practice in a large firm at Hastings
TIPS Member: Yes Elizabeth Ryan Law School, 1997
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Insurance Montgomery, Barnett, Braun, Reed et al
Law, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law Ste 3200 Kathleen H. Sanberg
Publications: Energy Centre Faegre & Benson
Courses Taught: Visiting Professor, University of 1100 Poydras Street 90 South Seventh Street
Montana School of Law; Torts and legal writing New Orleans, LA 70163-3200 2200 Norwest Center
presentations at CLEs on insurance coverage Phone: 504/585-7658 Fax: 504/585-7688 Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901
E-mail: eryan@monbar.com Phone: 612/336-3426 Fax: 612/336-3026
Amy S. Rubin Juris Admission: LA/1980; TX/1992; DC/1991 E-mail:
Ruden, McCloskey, Smith, Shuster & Russell TIPS Member: Yes Juris Admission: MN/1982; CA/1986
Suite 800 Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Dispute TIPS Member: Yes
222 Lakeview Avenue Resolution, Environmental Law, Product Liability Law, Tort Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
West Palm Beach, FL 33401 & Personal Injury Law Publications:
Phone: 561/838-4500 Fax: 561/832-3036 Publications: “Jones Act Seaman and the Award for Loss Courses Taught: Seminars on insurance, Minnesota
E-mail: asr@ruben.com Society: A Post-Higginbotham Analysis - Ivy v. Security Bankers Assn (1992 to present); Elimination of Bias in the
Juris Admission: FL/1985; IL/1978; MO/1977 Barge Lines, Inc.,” Vol IV, No. 1, The Maritime Lawyer; co- Legal Profession, MSBA (1997) (1998)
TIPS Member: Yes author, “Women Rainmakers - When it Rains, it Pours,”
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Insurance Law, Louisiana State Bar Journal, February 1998
Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Courses Taught: Interpretation of Pollution Exclusion
Law,Other Provisions at Envirnmental Expo, New Orleans, Louisiana
(1992); Air Pollution Control for Government Institutes,
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Millicent N. Sanchez* Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology, Women As Trial Adovacates Seminar (1998); “Full
Swerdlow Florence Sanchez & Rathbun Defense, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Disclosure: Approaches to Handling Abusive Discovery
#828 Injury Law Reuqests without Breaking the Bank,” DRI Fourth Annual
9401 Wilshire Boulevard Publications: 30 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 249 - National Women Defense Attorneys Seminar (1997);
Beverly Hills, CA 90212 “Recent Developments in Aviation and Space Law” numerus publications
Phone: 310/201-4700 Fax: 310/273-8680 Courses Taught: Courses Taught: Updates: “Recent Case Developments in
E-mail: millicentsanchez@compuserve.com Toxic Torts,” DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law
Juris Admission: HI/1981; CA/1983 Jill A. Schaar (1998); “Cross-Examination of Experts - Featuring Trial
TIPS Member: No Liddell Sapp Zirley Hill & LaBoon, L.L.P. Strategies and Techniques,” Massachusetts Academy of
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other Suite 3300 Trial Attorneys Seventh Annual Convention (1997;
Publications: “Hiring, Disciplining, and Firing Employees 600 Travis Street extensive amount of presentations
Covering Your Assets,” Fall 1997 Houston, TX 77002 Lee A. Schott
Courses Taught: Phone: 713/226-1367 Fax: 713/223-3717 AmerUS Life Insurance Company
E-mail: schaarj@liddellsapp.com 611 Fifth Avenue
Elisabeth R. Sauer Juris Admission: TX/1986 Des Moines, IA 50309
Elisabeth R. Sauer, P.C. TIPS Member: Yes Phone: 515/557-3944 Fax: 515/557-3950
2nd Floor Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Defense, E-mail: ulas@amerus.com
802 Broadway Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Juris Admission: OH/88; IA/95
Kansas City, MO 64105 Private Practice-Partner, Other TIPS Member: Yes
Phone: 816/221-9056 Fax: 816/221-4203 Publications: Seminar papers on maritime jurisdiction and Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Insurance Law,
E-mail: limitation of liability proceedings Litigation
Juris Admission: MO/1975 Courses Taught: Univ of Texas Admiralty Seminar, 1994 Publications: various for the Business Law Section (1993-
TIPS Member: Yes &1996 1997)
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Dispute Courses Taught:
Resolution, Insurance Law, Litigation, Private Practice- Michelle I. Schaffer
Managing Partner, Other Campbell Campbell & Edwards Amy Schulman
Publications: Partnership Agreements, The Missouri 1 Constitution Plaza Piper & Marbury
Corporate & Partnership Handbook, 1991 Boston, MA 02129 29th Floor
Courses Taught: Phone: 617/241-3000 Fax: 617/241-5115 1231 Avenue of the Americas
E-mail: mschaffer@campbell-trial-lawyers.com New York, NY 10020-1109
Lisa J. Savitt Juris Admission: MA/1988; ME/1989; CT/1996; D.C. Phone: 212/835-6108 Fax: 212/835-6001
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, L.L.P. Court of Appeals/1991; U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Cir/1993; E-mail: aschulman@pipermar.com
330 Madison Avenue U.S. Supreme Court/1993 Juris Admission: NY/1990
New York, NY 10017 TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: No
Phone: 212/973-8030 Fax: 212/972-8798 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law,
E-mail: Lisa=Savitt@shsl.com Injury Law Other
Juris Admission: NY/1982; PA/1984; DC/1992 Publications: “Updates: Recent Case Developments in Publications: “Recent Developments in ADEA,” NYLJ;
TIPS Member: Yes Toxic Torts,” DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law “Second Circuit Roundup,” 1996, “Recent Developments in
Seminar (1998); “The Assertion of the Privleges,” ABA Self-Insured and Risk Managers, 1996
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Courses Taught: Linda C. Severin Carol Shepherd
Bogle & Gates, P.L.L.C. Feldman, Shepherd & Wohlgelernter
Francine L. Semaya Two Union Square 25th Floor
Werner & Kennedy Seattle, WA 98101 1845 Walnut Street
1633 Broadway, 46th Floor Phone: 206/621-2690 Fax: 206/621-2660 Philadelphia, PA 19103
New York, NY 10019 E-mail: lseverin@bogle.com Phone: 215/567-8300 Fax: 215/567-8333
Phone: 212/408-6915 Fax: 212/408-6950 Juris Admission: NY/1982; WA/1992 E-mail: cns4030@aol.com
E-mail: flsemaya@mcimail.com TIPS Member: No Juris Admission: PA/1978
Juris Admission: NY/1983 Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation TIPS Member: Yes
TIPS Member: Yes Publications: Trial Advocacy & Professional Ethics, Areas of Expertise: Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law numerous CLE meeting-related materials Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications: “Current Trends in the Regulation Courses Taught: Numerous CLE presentations Publications:
Reinsurance Insolvencies”; Public Regulation of Insurance Courses Taught:
Law Development”; Reference Handbook on Insurance Norma L. Shapiro
Insolvency U.S. District Judge Cynthia Shoss
Courses Taught: U.S. Courthouse LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
601 Market Street, Room 10614 125 West 55th Street
Robyn Anuhea Sembenini* Philadelphia, PA 19106 New York, NY 10019
TAS Consulting Phone: 215/597-9141 Fax: 215/580-2146 Phone: 212/424-8129 Fax: 212/424-8500
195 Tamal Road, Box 632 E-mail: Judge_Norma_Shapiro@paed.uscourts.gov E-mail: cshoss@llgm.com
Forest Knolls, CA 94933 Juris Admission: PA/1952; ED PA/1957; Supreme Ct. Juris Admission: LA/1974; IL/1978; MI/1977; NY/1980
Phone: 415/488-4170 Fax: 415/488-4721 USA/1978 TIPS Member: No
E-mail: R_Sembenini@yahoo.com TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law
Juris Admission: CA/1991 Areas of Expertise: Litigation; Other Publications:
TIPS Member: Yes Publications: Courses Taught: EEI, IASA, ITPA, others
Areas of Expertise: Employer-Employee Relations, Courses Taught:
Governmental Liability, Medicine and Law, Other Darcee S. Siegel
Publications: 1999 The ADA an Overview CEM; 1999 Deborah A. Sheffield City of North Miami Beach
Workers Comp Newsletter CEM; 1999 Topics in Personnel Grier Law Firm, L.L.C. 17011 Northeast 19th Avenue
Law Update; 1999 Public Sector Investigations CEM Suite 103 North Miami Beach, FL 33162-3111
Courses Taught: 1995 Careers in the reinvented 810 Dutch Square Boulevard Phone: 305/948-2939 Fax: 305/787-6004
government; 1999 Names Show Las Vegas; 1999 EM Columbia, SC 29210 E-mail: aaadie@aol.com
Supervisors & THELA Sexual Harassment - Ethics; Phone: 803/731-0030 Fax: 803/731-4059 Juris Admission: FL/1987; Fed. Bar/1990
Employment Law for Medical Providers E-mail: grierlawfirm@city-online.com TIPS Member: Yes
Juris Admission: SC/1984 Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense,
TIPS Member: Yes Government Federal/State, Litigation,Tort & Personal Injury
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law Law, Other
Publications: Publications:
Courses Taught:
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Courses Taught: ABA Annual Meeting, Orlando (1996); TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught:
Paralegal Courses taught at Broward Community College Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, General Practice,
and Florida International University Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Robyn L. Sondak
Practice-Partner, Other Skelley Rottner, P.C.
Robin Joy Siegel Publications: 433 S. Main Street
Gordon, Feinblatt et al. Courses Taught: Trial Advocacy I & II, U of AL Law Suite 305
233 East Redwood Street School, 1990-1993 West Hartford, CT 06110
Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: 860/561-7077 Fax: 860/561-7088
Phone: 410/576-4166 Fax: 410/576-4246 Lisa L. Smith E-mail:
E-mail: rsiegel@gfrlaw.com Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber,L.L.P. Juris Admission: CT/1991; CT U.S. District Court/1992
Juris Admission: VA/1991; MD/1996 3400 Marine Midland Center TIPS Member: Yes
TIPS Member: Yes Buffalo, NY 14203 Areas of Expertise: Appellate Advocacy, Insurance
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital Phone: 716/847-8336 Fax: 716/852-6100 Coverage Litigation, Property Insurance Law, Other
Publications: E-mail: lsmith@phillipslytle.com Publications: Routine publications in firm newsletter
Courses Taught: CLE at the Young Lawyers Juris Admission: NY/1990; DC/1991 regarding emerging issues of insurance defense and
Division/TIPS Joint Meeting, May 1998, “Fundamentals of TIPS Member: Yes insurance fraud.
Health Law,” panel participant Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability Courses Taught: Appellate Advocacy and Lawyering
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other Process, University of Connecticut Law School
Ellen Thorne Skrak Publications: Co-author, Mandatory Disclosure: Federal
Rodey Law Firm Rule 26(a)(1) Sharon S. Spungen
P.O. Box 1888 Courses Taught: Panelist: “Federal Rule 26: What's It To Dykema Gossett, P.L.L.C.
Albuquerque, NM 87103 You?,” First Circuit Judicial Conference, Rhode Island Suite 700
Phone: 505/768-7232 Fax: 505/768-7395 (1997);speaker, “Ethics Under the New Discovery Rules,” 300 Ottowa Northwest
E-mail: Kansas Assn of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, Kansas Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Juris Admission: NM/1982 (1996); panelist, “The Mandotory Discovery Rules Phone: 616/776-7512 Fax: 616/776-7573
TIPS Member: Yes Working? The Results So Far,” ABA Litigation Section E-mail:
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Tort & Annual Meeting, Flordia (1996) Juris Admission: CT/1994; MI/1998; Mashentucket
Personal Injury Law Pequot Trial Court/1996
Publications: Theda C. Snyder TIPS Member: Yes
Courses Taught: Farmers Insurance Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
#211 Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Donna Wesson Smalley 980 Enchanted Way Publications: Connecticut's courts consider spoliation
Donna Wesson Smalley, P.C. Simi Valley, CA 93065 issues, The Defense (Journal of the Connecticut Defense
Suite 1A Phone: 805/579-7208 Fax: 805/579-7206 Lawyers Association, 1997
601 Greensboro Avenue E-mail: snydert@juno.com Courses Taught:
Tuscabose, AL 35401 Juris Admission: IL/1977; CA/1991
Phone: 205/758-5576 Fax: 203/758-7359 TIPS Member: Yes
E-mail: Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
Juris Admission: AL/1979 Publications:
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Cynthia M. Stamer P.O. Box 2231
Locke Purnell Rain Harrell Rebecca Harrison Steele 305 S. Grand
Suite 220 Holland & Knight, L.L.P. Cherokee, OK 73728
2200 Ross Avenue Suite 2300 Phone: 580/596-3000 Fax: 580/596-3004
Dallas, TX 75201 400 N. Ashley Drive E-mail: sstein@jamerica.net
Phone: 214/740-8534 Fax: 214/740-8800 P.O. Box 128 Juris Admission: OK/1987; TX/1988
E-mail: cmstamer@lprh.com Tampa, FL 33601-1288 TIPS Member: No
Juris Admission: AZ/1988 Phone: 813/227-6401 Fax: 813/229-0134 Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Insurance Law,
TIPS Member: Yes E-mail: rsteele@hklaw.com Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Health & Hospital, Juris Admission: FL/1995 Publications:
Insurance Law, Workers Compensation Law, Other TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught:
Publications: Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Employee Benefits
Courses Taught: Speech: “Supreme Court Rules Same Sex Publications: Standards of Lawyer Conduct in Employee Carol Stewart
Harrassment May Give Rise to Sexual Harassment Claim,” Benefits Practice (1998); Ethical Considerations in ERISA Burr & Forman, L.L.P.
(1998); “The People Practicalities of Structuring Provider Litigation (1998); Employee Benefits and Contingent Work Suite #3100
Organizations,” Dallas Bar Association Health Law Section; the Federal Way (1998) 420 North 20th Street
written numeous speeches and delivered numerous Courses Taught: Employee Benefits (1998); ERISA Birmingham, AL 35203
presentations Litigation (1998) Phone: 205/458-5219 Fax: 205/458-5100
E-mail: cstewart@burr.com
Elizabeth A. Starrs Debbe Stein Juris Admission: AL/1982; FL/1983; FA/1982
Kennedy & Christopher, P.C. Doyle & Stein TIPS Member: Yes
Suite 900 Suite 3 Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
1660 Wynkoop Street 410 East Ellendale Publications:
Denver, CO 80202-1197 P.O. Box 1045 Courses Taught: Alternative Work Arrangements, 1998;
Phone: 303/825-2700 Fax: 303/825-0434 Dallas, OR 97338 Condominium Law, 1993
E-mail: Phone: 503/623-0828 Fax: 503/623-1012
Juris Admission: MA/1980; CO/1983; U.S. Dist. Ct., Dist. E-mail: marshall@viser.net Carolyn House Stewart*
of CO/1983; U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circ./1983 Juris Admission: OR/1997 Macfarlane Ferguson McMullen
TIPS Member: Yes TIPS Member: Yes Suite 2300
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Insurance Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Defense, Dispute 400 North Tampa Street
Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Managing Partner, Other Resolution, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Workers Tampa, FL 33602
Publications: “Family Law - Standard of Proof - Compensation Law, Private Practice-Partner Phone: 813/273-4200 Fax: 813/273-4596
Massachusetts Replaces Clear and Convincing Standard Publications: E-mail: chs@macfar.com
with 'Utmost Care', Requirement in Proceedings to Courses Taught: Juris Admission: FL/1978
Terminate Parental Custody.” Custody of a Minor, 377 TIPS Member: Yes
Mass.876, 389 N.E.2d 68 (1979), XIV Suffolk Univ. Law Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Rev. 95 Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Courses Taught: “Succeeding as a Woman Advocate” Sam L. Stein
(1998); Trial Tactics That Work (1997) Garner & Stein, L.L.P.
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Publications: Legal Writing Instructor at Univ of South Jennifer L. Stoner Courses Taught: Presentation for Metropolitan
Carolina, 1977; Sexual Harassment, Ebonyman Magazine, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Washington Employment Lawyers Assn, 1997
1997 4500 San Pablo Road
Courses Taught: Sexual Harassment, 1997, Sexual Jacksonville, FL 32224 Cindy H. Strickland
Harassment Mock Trial/National Bar Meeting, 1997; Trial Phone: 904/953-2812 Fax: 904/953-2972 Treon, Strick, Lucia & Aguirre
Advocacy, 1994/1995; Discovery, 1978/1992 E-mail: Stoner.Jennifer@mayo.edu Suite 1400
Juris Admission: FL/1994 2700 N. Central
Sarah Stewart TIPS Member: Phoenix, AZ 85004
The Stewart Law Firm, L.L.C. Areas of Expertise: Phone: 602/285-4400 Fax: 602/285-4483
Suite 1508 Publications: E-mail:
107 Saint Francis Street Courses Taught: Juris Admission: AZ/1984
Mobile, AL 36602 TIPS Member: Yes
Phone: 334/438-2700 Fax: 334/438-2705 Sue Stott Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Plaintiff, Tort &
E-mail: shspc@aol.com Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson Personal Injury Law
Juris Admission: AL/1992 Suite 2900 Publications:
TIPS Member: Yes 101 California Street Courses Taught:
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, General Practice, San Francisco, CA 94111
Litigation, Plaintiff, Private Practice-Managing Partner, Phone: 415/397-2823 Fax: 415/397-8549 Pamela B. Stuart
Other E-mail: stottsu@sf.seyfarth.com Attorney & Counsellor at Law
Publications: Juris Admission: CA/1979 888 16th Street Northwest
Courses Taught: Taught basic communication course at TIPS Member: Yes Washington, DC 20006
the Univ of Arkansas, 1984-86 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Law, Other Phone: 202/835-2200 Fax: 202/835-2202
Publications: Articles in Firm's Law Updates for E-mail: pamstuart@aol.com
Tracey J. Stokes workshops/seminars Juris Admission: NY/1974; DC/1975; MD/1992;
James M. Hoffman & Associates Courses Taught: Workshops and seminars for Northern VA/1993; FL/1994
S-470 CA Human Resource Counsel TIPS Member: Yes
70 West Madison Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Elder Law,
Chicago, IL 60602 Rebecca Strandberg General Practice, Health & Hospital, Litigation, Plaintiff,
Phone: 312/629-8866 Fax: 312/629-0359 Rebecca Strandberg & Associates Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
E-mail: tstokes@amfam.com Suite 402 Publications:
Juris Admission: IL/1985 4405 East West Highway Courses Taught:
TIPS Member: Yes Bethesda, MD 20814
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Phone: 301/656-9547 Fax: 301/656-5875 Mary E. Stumo
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law E-mail: Faegre & Burison
Publications: In-house legal review- founder and editor Juris Admission: DC/1983; TX/1976; MD/1981 90 South Seventh Street
Courses Taught: Inservice law to corporation presentations TIPS Member: 2200 Norwest Center
through women's bar Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901
Publications: Phone: 612/336-3297 Fax: 612/336-3026
E-mail:
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Juris Admission: MN/1980
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: “How to Conduct Purposeful and Stretgic
Depositions,” Minnesota Law Center, MN CLE; “Evaluating
Scientitic Evidence - Daubert and the Expert Witness,” 24th
Annual Labor and Employment Law Institute; MN CLE
Conference Center; and numerous speeches
Karen M. Suddath
Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P.
18th & Arch Streets
3000 Two Logan Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
Phone: 215/981-4605 Fax: 215/981-4750
E-mail: suddath@peppernet.com
Juris Admission: PA/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Catalina J. Sugayan*
Lord, Bissell & Brock
115 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312/443-1839 Fax: 312/443-0336
E-mail: csugayan@lordbissell.com
Juris Admission: IL/1985; N District IL/1985; 7th Circuit
CT App/1989; 9th Circuit CT App/1996; N Dist Cal/1993;
U.S. Supreme Ct/1989; N Dist Ill Trial Bar/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
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Sheila A. Sunovall Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Law Offices of Frank Herrera, Inc.
Sidley & Austin Litigation Suite 250
4th Floor Publications: 175 East Houston
One First National Plaza Courses Taught: San Antonio, TX 78205
Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 210/224-1054 Fax: 210/228-0887
Phone: 312/853-2237 Fax: 312/853-7036 Linda C. Takayama* E-mail:
E-mail: ssunoval@sidley.com Chlin Chirchase Takayama Nagatani Juris Admission: TX/1995
Juris Admission: IL/1988 #4-500 TIPS Member: Yes
TIPS Member: Yes 500 Ala Moana Boulevard Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability
Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology, Honolulu, HI 96813 Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Litigation, Product Liability Law Phone: 808/522-7400 Fax: 808/522-7414 Publications:
Publications: “Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress in E-mail: cctn@hula.net Courses Taught:
Illinois: A Forseeability Proposal,” 11 Southern Illinois Law Juris Admission: HI/1991; PA/1990
Journal 263, Winter (1987), co-author TIPS Member: Yes B. Cheryl Terio
Courses Taught: “Defending the Future Loss of Income Areas of Expertise: Government Federal/State, Insurance Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
Claim” (1995), Illinois Bar Association Law Ed Series Law 1000 South
Publications: 601 18th Street, N.W.
Candace L. Sutcliffe Courses Taught: Washington, DC 20005-3807
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Phone: 202/661-2238 Fax: 202/661-2299
175 Berkeley Street Lisa M.M. Takeuchi* E-mail: terio@ballardspahr.com
Boston, MA 02181 Fahl & Takeuchi, P.C. Juris Admission: VA/1984
Phone: 617/357-9500 Fax: 617/574-5974 #950 TIPS Member: Yes
E-mail: One Greenway Plaza Areas of Expertise: Construction Law
Juris Admission: MA/1981 Houston, TX 77046 Publications:
TIPS Member: Yes Phone: 713/627-7800 Fax: 713/627-7804 Courses Taught:
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Insurance Law, E-mail:
Litigation Juris Admission: TX/1987 Anne E. Thar
Publications: TIPS Member: Yes Illinois State Bar Association Mutual Insurance Co.
Courses Taught: Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Suite 910
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Transportation Law, Private 20 South Clark Street
Candace L. Sutcliffe Practice-Managing Partner, Private Practice-Partner Chicago, IL 60603
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Publications: ABA mega conference: presenting corp rep Phone: 312/726-4226 Fax: 312/920-6775
175 Berkeley Street for depo E-mail:
Boston, MA 02181 Courses Taught: ABA mega conference: Presenting Corp Juris Admission: IL/1983
Phone: 617/357-9500 Fax: 617/574-5974 Rep for Depo; trucking industry defense associations TIPS Member: Yes
E-mail: Areas of Expertise: Other
Juris Admission: MA/1981 Publications:
TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught:
Laura G. Tamez*
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Mary C. Thompson Suite 1070 TIPS Member: Yes
Hohmann & Taube, L.L.P. 3575 Piedmont Road Northeast Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, LitigationTort &
Suite 700 15 Piedmont Center Personal Injury Law
1300 Post Oak Boulevard Atlanta, GA 30305 Publications:
Houston, TX 77056 Phone: 404/841-9000 Fax: 404/841-6677 Courses Taught:
Phone: 713/961-3541 Fax: 713/961-3542 E-mail: tibbspv@aol.com
E-mail: maryt@nt-law.com Juris Admission: OK/1988; GA/1993 Stephanie E. Trudeau
Juris Admission: TX/1988 TIPS Member: Yes Ulmer & Berne
TIPS Member: Yes Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Defense, Suite 900
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Environmental Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, 1300 East 9th Street
Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner Cleveland, OH 44114
Publications: Role of Women & Minorities in the HBA; Publications: As ABA/Young Lawyers Division Phone: 216/621-8400 Fax: 216/621-7488
Attorney Client Privilege & In-house Counsel; Third Party Communications Chair, I wrote four issues of YLD At a E-mail: strudeau@ulmer.com
Crimes & Liability; Recent Changes in Rules and Civil Glance, 1996/97 Juris Admission: OH/1982; Northern District of OH/1983;
Procedures (TIPS) Courses Taught: Taught business law, educ and Southern District of OH/1991; U.S. Supreme Court/1988;
Courses Taught: University of TX, Houston Bar psychology courses, 1990-92 6th Circuit Court of Appeals/1985
Association TIPS Member: Yes
Patricia Wanden Treanor Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Private Practice-Partner,
Patricia H. Thompson Law Offices of Wanden Treanor Other
Carlton Fields 1744 Lincoln Avenue Publications:
100 S.E. 2nd Street San Rafael, CA 94901 Courses Taught:
4000 International Plaza Phone: 415/258-0686 Fax: 415/258-9248
Miami, FL 33131 E-mail: Suzanne M. Tsintolas
Phone: 305/530-0050 Fax: 305/530-0055 Juris Admission: CA/1985 The Law Office of Suzanne M. Tsintolas
E-mail: ThompsonP@carltonfields.com TIPS Member: No 16519 Harbour Town Drive
Juris Admission: FL/1976 Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other Silver Spring, MD 20905
TIPS Member: Yes Publications: Phone: 301/421-0980 Fax: 301/421-1431
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Dispute Courses Taught: Multiple presentations - California E-mail: smtesq@aol.com
Resolution, Insurance Law, Litigation, Private Practice- Women in Law Conference Juris Admission: MD/1996
Partner, Other TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: “Preparing and Presenting the Complex Merle M. Troeger Areas of Expertise: Defense, Plaintiff,Other
Construction Surety Case in Arbitration, Managing and Zupkus & Ayd, P.C. Publications:
Litigating the Complex Surety Case,” American Bar Assn 555 E. 8th Avenue Courses Taught: Lecturer at Columbia Union College
(1998); Consumer or Customer Disputes with Goods or Denver, CO 80203 (1990-93); community colleges in Maryland and Virginia
Service Providers, The Advocates ADR Handbook, Phone: 303/894-8948 Fax: 303/894-0051 (1988-1990)
American Bar Assn E-mail: zupayd@ixnetcom.com
Courses Taught: Numerous national seminars Juris Admission: USDC, NY, Northern District/1976; NY
Victoria Tibbs* Courts/1976; USDC, NY, Western District/1978; CO
Gortz, Tibbs & Zahler Courts/1995; USDC, District/Colorado/1996
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Susan Tukel Juris Admission: CA/1981 Goodman, West & Filletti
Morrison, Mahoney & Miller TIPS Member: Yes 215 Brooke Avenue
Suite 900 Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Tort & Harbor Place
25800 Northwestern Highway Personal Injury Law, Other Norfolk, VA 23510
Southfield, MI 48075 Publications: Phone: 757/625-1400 Fax: 757/625-7701
Phone: 248/353-9500 Fax: 248/353-9524 Courses Taught: Several CEB courses on trial and E-mail: vvanvalkenburg@gowestlaw.com
E-mail: stukel@mail.mm-m.com preparing for trial; several client seminars one various topics Juris Admission: VA/1991
Juris Admission: MI/1980 TIPS Member: Yes
TIPS Member: Yes Susan R. Tyndall Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation Hinshaw & Culbertson Publications: Articles for ATLA v. VTLA re:
Publications: Co-Editor, Property Insurance Committee Suite 2600 Demonstrative Evidence
Newsletter, ABA (1997); Regional Editor, American Bar 100 East Wisconsin Avenue Courses Taught: ATLA Convention, Boston, MA, August
Association Bad Faith and Punitive Damages Reporter, Milwaukee, WI 53202 1996 - Demonstrative Evidence; ATLA Convention, San
Second Supplement (1993) Phone: 414/276-6464 Fax: 414/276-9220 Diego, CA, January 1996 - Demonstrative Evidence;
Courses Taught: Recent Developments in Property Policy E-mail: STyndall@Hinshawculbertson.com Medpro Seminars to Doctors re: lawsuits, January 1998,
(1995); Elements of a Civil Arson Case, (1994) Juris Admission: WI/1985 June 1998
TIPS Member: No
Suzanne I. Turpin Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law, Lisa A. Vance
Medical Inter Insurance Exchange Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other Jenkens & Gilchrist
2 Princess Road Publications: Chapter: Law of Damages in Wisconsin Suite 1800
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 (State Bar); currently authoring another chapter in new State 100 West Houston Street
Phone: 800/267-5391, ext. 2392 Fax: 609-896-3512 Bar book San Antonio, TX 78205
E-mail: Courses Taught: “Following An Appeal,” State Bar Phone: 210/246-5609 Fax: 210/246-5999
Juris Admission: NJ/1992 Convention (1998) E-mail: lisavan@glhlaw.com
TIPS Member: Yes Juris Admission: TX/1981
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital Jeanne H. Unger TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Corporate Law
Courses Taught: Presentations given locally to physician 333 South 7th Street General, Health & Hospital, Insurance Law, Intellectual
groups on an ongoing basis as well as claim seminars on Minneapolis, MN 55402 Property Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort &
topics such as Managed Care (1997), Emergency Medicine Phone: 612/340-8967 Fax: 612/340-7900 Personal Injury Law, Other
(1997), Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer (1998) E-mail: jhunger@riderlaw.com Publications: Providers, Managed Care Firms Face
Juris Admission: MN/1981 Assorted Liaibility Issues, San Antonio Bar Journal, April 3,
Patricia S. Tweedy TIPS Member: Yes 1998
Law Offices of Patricia Tweedy Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law Courses Taught:
#130 Publications:
740 University Avenue Courses Taught: DRI Insurance Coverage Seminar, (1995,
Sacramento, CA 95825 1996, 1997, 1998); DRI Insurance Claims Seminar (1993)
Phone: 916/646-1000 Fax: 916/646-1161
E-mail: pattweedy@msn.com Virginia L. Van Valkenberg
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Angela D. Vitali Courses Taught: CLE courses, workers comp and Soha & Lang, P.S.
Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl, L.L.P. paralegal Suite 1210
1211 Avenue of the Americas 801 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10510 Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 212/704-6462 Fax: 212/704-6288 Joyce C. Wang* Phone: 206/624-1800 Fax: 206/624-3585
E-mail: vitalia@pcfk.com Long & Levit, L.L.P. E-mail: weaver@sohalang.com
Juris Admission: NY/1984 Suite 2300 Juris Admission: WA/1981; U.S. District Court, Western
TIPS Member: No 101 California Street District of WA/1981; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals/1986
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability San Francisco, CA 94111 TIPS Member: Yes
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner Phone: 415/397-2222 Fax: 415/397-6392 Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense,
Publications: E-mail: jwang@longlevit.com Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Litigation, Private
Courses Taught: Juris Admission: CA/1985 Practice-Partner
TIPS Member: Yes Publications: Washington Accident Insurance Deskbook,
Cora T. Walker* Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Private 1984 & 1989, co-author
Walker & Bailey Practice-Partner Courses Taught: Univ. of Washington School of Law,
270 Lenox Avenue Publications: 1993 to present; extensive CLE lecturing, 1984 to present
New York, NY 10027 Courses Taught:
Phone: 212/534-6300 Fax: 212/860-8064 Lorraine Murphy Weil
E-mail: Irene C. Warshauer Hebb & Gitlin, P.C.
Juris Admission: NY/1946; DC/1990 Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. One State Street
TIPS Member: Yes 1251 Avenue of the Americas Hartford, CT 06103
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Litigation, Private New York, NY 10020-1182 Phone: 860/240-2749 Fax: 860/278-8968
Practice-PartnerOther Phone: 212/278-1757 Fax: 212/278-1733 E-mail: 5184264@mcimail.com
Publications: E-mail: iwarshauer@andersonkill.com Juris Admission: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second
Courses Taught: National Bar Association, NY State Bar Juris Admission: NY/1966; EDNY/1969; U.S. Ct. of Circuit/1995; U.S. District Court for the District of
Appeals 3d Cir./1995; U.S. Ct. of Appeals 6th Cir./1998; Connecticut/1984; all courts of the State of
Kathleen G. Walsh U.S. Ct. of Appeals for 11th Cir./1988; U.S. Sup. Ct./1972 Connecticut/1983
Ashcraft & Gerel TIPS Member: TIPS Member: Yes
Suite 650 Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Defense, Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
4900 Seminary Road Dispute Resolution, General Practice, Insurance Law, Publications:
Alexandria, VA 22311 Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Courses Taught:
Phone: 703/931-5500 Fax: 703/820-0636 Injury Law
E-mail: kgwalsh@erols.com Publications: “Insurance Coverage for Employment
Juris Admission: VA/1986; NJ/1989 Disputes” (1998); “There is Insurance Coverage for Product
TIPS Member: Yes Liability Claims” (1998)
Areas of Expertise: Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Courses Taught: CPR/IDLI ADR lecturer (1998); ADR &
Other Insurance Coverage at Policyholders Conference (1998)
Publications:
Karen S. Weaver
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Marie Weiner TIPS Member: Yes Susan Z. Whitney
Cotchett, Pitre & Simon Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation Stewart Sokol & Gray, L.L.C.
Suite 200 Publications: “Bad Faith During Coverage Litigation”; Bad Suite 1500
840 Malcolm Road Faith Claims: Trends & Successful Litigation Strategies, 1 Southwest Colombia
Burlingame, CA 94010 10/94, 4/95 and 4/96 Portland, OR 97258
Phone: 650/697-6000 Fax: 650/697-0577 Courses Taught: “Litigation Prevention & Management,” Phone: 503/221-0699 Fax: 503/227-5028
E-mail: 5/95; Presentation on Allocation Among Insurers, TIPS E-mail:
Juris Admission: CA/1983 seminar on Insurance Coverage for Defective Construction, Juris Admission: NV/1978; OR/1979; WA/1997
TIPS Member: Yes 6/98 TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Insurance Law, Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Private Pamela J. White Publications: Articles for Oregon State Bar Construction
Practice-PartnerOther Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver Section Newsletter
Publications: 120 East Baltimore Street Courses Taught: Various continuing legal education
Courses Taught: Baltimore, MD 21202-1643 programs sponsored by Oregon State Bar Sections, 10-12
Phone: 410/685-1120 Fax: 410/547-0699 programs over past 10 years
Barbara Malik Weller E-mail: pjwhite@ober.com
Preaus, Roddy & Krebs Juris Admission: MD/1977; U.S. District-MD/1979; U.S. D. Kimberly Brown Whittle
Suite 1650 Supreme Court/1981; DC/1981; U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Brown Rudnick
650 Poydras Cir./1979; U.S. Claims Courts; Southern District of 19th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70130 NY/1981 One Financial Center
Phone: 504/523-2111 Fax: 504/523-1458 TIPS Member: Yes Boston, MA 02111
E-mail: Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other Phone: 617/856-8245 Fax: 617/856-8200
Juris Admission: LA/1990 Publications: E-mail: kbrown@brfg
TIPS Member: Yes Courses Taught: Juris Admission: MD/1991; IL/1992; MA/1998
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Other Kathryn S. Whitlock TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: currently co-authoring the Surety Law Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, L.L.P. Areas of Expertise: Entertainment & Sports Law,
Update for the 1998 ABA Annual Surety Law Update Suite 2700 Litigation, Public Liability Law
Courses Taught: Employee Dishonesty Presentation, 999 Peachtree Street Northeast Publications:
November 1996, Philadelphia Ritz-Carlton; Fidelity Law Atlanta, GA 30309 Courses Taught:
Update, April 1998, Atlanta, GA; Southern Surety Claims Phone: 404/876-2700 Fax: 404/875-9433
Conference. E-mail: Whitlock@LWAW.com Ann Wightman
Juris Admission: GA/1986 Faruki Gilliam & Ireland, P.L.L.
Terry M. Weyna TIPS Member: Yes 600 Courthouse Plaza Southwest
CalFarm Insurance Company Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Insurance Dayton, OH 45402
1601 Exposition Boulevard, CL-1 Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Phone: 937/227-3707 Fax: 937/227-3717
Sacramento, CA 95815 Practice-Partner E-mail: awc@fgilaw.com
Phone: 916/924-5748 Fax: Publications: Articles to accompany speeches Juris Admission: OH/1984
E-mail: tweynann@counsel.com or tweyna@calfarm.com Courses Taught: TIPS Member: Yes
Juris Admission: IL/1981; NE/1994; CA/1994
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Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Environmental Faith M. Williams Juris Admission: WA/1993
Law, Litigation Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P. TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: 100 South Third Street Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff,
Courses Taught: University of Dayton School of Law, Columbus, OH 43215 Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner
several years; Negotiation and Mediation; numerous Phone: 614/227-2374 Fax: 614/227-2390 Publications: Chapter titled, “PIP Litigation - Getting the
seminars regarding environmental litigation and contract E-mail: fwill@be.bricker.com Bills Paid” for Washington State Trial Lawyers‟ Automobile
disputes Juris Admission: MD/1993; OH/1996 Accident Desk Book; monthly column on CLE for
TIPS Member: Yes Washington State Trial Lawyers Newspaper
Karen Wildau Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other Courses Taught:
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, L.L.P. Publications:
Sixteenth Floor Courses Taught: Speeches and panel presentations to Kimberly E. Winter
191 Peachtree Street insurance industry groups, primarily regarding legislative Sugarman and Sugarman, P.C.
Atlanta, GA 30303 and regulatory developments One Beacon Street
Phone: 404/572-6962 Fax: 404/572-6999 Boston, MA 02108
E-mail: kwildau@pgfm.com Jene Pamela Williams* Phone: 617/542-1000 Fax: 617/542-1359
Juris Admission: GA/1975 Liggio, Benrubi & Williams, P.A. E-mail: sands@tx.netcom.com
TIPS Member: Yes 1615 Forum Place, 3-B Juris Admission: MA/1993; U.S. District Court, D
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Dispute West Palm Beach, FL 33401 MA/1994; U.S. Supreme Court/1998
Resolution, Litigation, Other Phone: 561/616-3333 Fax: 561/616-3266 TIPS Member: Yes
Publications: Various fidelity publications E-mail: Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability
Courses Taught: Various fidelity and surety conferences Juris Admission: FL/1995 (State and Federal Court) Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
TIPS Member: Yes Publications: Numerous articles for TIPS Civil Procedure
Cherry D. Williams Areas of Expertise: Health and Disability Insurance Law, & Evidence Committee Newsletter, MA Bar Assn
Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge Insurance Coverage Litigation, Life Insurance Law, Publication
127 Woodmont Boulevard Products, General Liability and Consumer Law, Other Courses Taught: Numerous presentation to hospitals on
Nashville, TN 37205 Publications: aspects of legal/medical ethics
Phone: 615/297-1007 Fax: 615/297-1505 Courses Taught: AFTL - “The New Rules of Civil
E-mail: cdw528@home.com Procedure --How The Changes Affect Your Job” (1997); Amy R. Wolverton
Juris Admission: AFTL - Demand Letters and Negotiating with the Adjuster Alston & Bird L.L.P.
TIPS Member: (1997); Palm Beach County Trial Lawyers Ass., Trial 1201 West Peachtree Street
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Notebook, The Trial Lawyer‟s Bible, Advanced Trial Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
Law, Other Notebook Seminar (1998) Phone: 404/881-7931 Fax: 404/881-7777
Publications: E-mail: awolverton@alston.com
Courses Taught: Deborah Nelson Willis Juris Admission: GA/1995
Suite D TIPS Member: No
405 South Peabody Street Areas of Expertise: Entertainment & Sports
Port Angeles, WA 98362 Law,Environmental Law, Litigation
Phone: 360/417-1655 Fax: 360/452-6970 Publications:
E-mail: dnwlaw@olypen.com Courses Taught: Internal speaking at Alston & Bird
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Suzane L. Woollums Courses Taught: McNeese State University Visiting Prof
AUSCO, Inc. in Paralegal Degee; contracts
Suite 2100
300 South Wacker Drive JoAnne M. Zboyan
Chicago, IL 60606 Roberts & Zboyan, P.C.
Phone: 312/913-5609 Fax: 312/913-5600 #950
E-mail: 1512 Larimer Street
Juris Admission: IA/1992; IL/1995 Denver, CO 80202
TIPS Member: Yes Phone: 303/575-9390 Fax: 303/575-9385
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other E-mail: rz@lawyernet.com
Publications: Juris Admission: CO/1984; U.S. District Court/1985; 10th
Courses Taught: Cir. Court of Appeals/1985; U.S. Supreme Court/1992;
WY/1995
Erica R. Yew* TIPS Member: Yes
Robinson & Wood Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort &
227 North First Street Personal Injury Law, Other
San Jose, CA 95113 Publications: “Physician's Duty to Refer to a Specialist,”
Phone: 408/298-7120 Fax: 408/298-0977 The Colorado Lawyer, 1993
E-mail: ery@r-winc.com Courses Taught: Numerous seminars on insurance
Juris Admission: CA/1985 coverage, bad faith, litigation (NITA: depositions)
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Intellectual Property
Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private
Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught: Taking Depositions, Identifying
Fraudulent Claims
Rebecca Young
Plauche South & Nieset
1123 Pithon Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601
Phone: 318/436-0522 Fax: 318/436-9637
E-mail:
Juris Admission: LA/1985; TX/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Product Liability Law, Workers Compensation
Publications:
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INDEX BY AREA OF EXPERTISE
Admiralty & Maritime Law Ruth G. Malinas, San Antonio, TX Civil Procedure and Evidence Consumer Law
Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA Lorelie S. Masters, Washington, DC Debbie L. Berman, Chicago, IL Kathy Bryant, Washington, DC
Denise Savoie Blocker, Palo Alto, CA Helen T. McFadden, Kingstree, SC Leslie J. Davis, Stamford, CT Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL
William E. Bradley, Mandeville, LA Susan Mills, Tampa, FL Joseph J. Ortego, Garden City, NY Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA
Harry Aaron Ezratty, San Juan, PR Linda L. Morkan, Hartford, CT Karen K. Fitzgerald, Dallas, TX
Laura L. Farley, Anchorage, AK Kristine Louise Olsen, Beverly Hills, CA Construction Law Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA
Carol Reisman, New Orleans, LA Geralyn M. Passaro, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA
Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA Susan M. Popik, San Francisco, CA Deborah S. Ballati, San Francisco, CA Lisa Pierobon Mays, Madison, WI
Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA Jacquelyn A. Beatty, Seattle, WA Helen T. McFadden, Kingstree, SC
Elizabeth Haecker Ryan, New Orleans, LA Catherine L. Rivard, Los Angeles, CA Jean L. Bertrano, San Francisco, CA Kristine Louise Olsen, Beverly Hills, CA
Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY Paula Bonnell, Boston, MA Mary K. Powers, St. Paul, MN
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY Susan P. Roy, Missoula, MT Lee M. Brewer, Westerville, OH Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Elisabeth R. Sauer, Kansas City, MO Shannon J. Briglia, Vienna, VA Sam L. Stein, Cherokee, OK
Alternative Dispute Resolution Deborah A. Sheffield, Columbia, SC Bogda M. B. Clarke, Newark, NJ Sarah Stewart, Mobile, AL
Andrea I. Balsamo, Waltham, MA Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL Susan J. Cole, Coral Gables, Fl Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Leslie J. Davis, Stamford, CT Robyn L. Sondak, West Hartford, CT Martha C. Coleman, Dallas, TX Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA
Rebecca Harrison Steele, Tampa, FL Dianne K. Dailey, Portland, OR Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Appellate Practice Mary C. Thompson, Houston, TX Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT
Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY Susan R. Tyndall, Milwaukee, WI Amy M. Fauver, Hartford, CT Corporate Law General
Patrice M. Barron, Houston, TX Jeanne H. Unger, Minneapolis, MN Jane L. Foster, Philadelphia, PA Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA
Debbie L. Berman, Chicago, IL Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA Lori E. Grifa, Roseland, NJ Leslie J. Davis, Stamford, CT
Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA Deborah S. Griffin, Boston, MA Harry Aaron Ezratty, San Juan, PR
Louise Dovre Bjorkman, Minneapolis, MN Karen Wildau, Atlanta, GA Kathleen E. Hegen, Oakland, CA Victoria E. Finea, Los Angeles, CA
Mary Elizabeth Bogan, Philadelphia, PA Jennifer Johnson, Chicago, IL Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA
Paula Bonnell, Boston, MA Aviation & Space Technology Kelly A. Katzman, Dallas, TX Meg L. Jones, Seattle, WA
Cynthia J. Borelli, Florham Park, NJ Teresa L. Graham, New York, NY Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA Derrick K. Jones, Jackson, MI
Hildy Bowbeer, St. Paul, MN Christa Hinckley, Fort Worth, TX Marilyn S. Klinger, Los Angeles, CA Janet S. Kloenhamer, Novato, CA
Deborah S. Braden, Birmingham, AL Sharon Holahan, Short Hills, NJ Donna McCaffrey, McLean, VA Lynn G. Levy, Horsham, PA
Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL Ana M. Marin, Miami, FL Susan McGreevy, Kansas City, MO Deborah J. Long, Birmingham, AL
Cathlynn H. Cannon, Dallas, TX Enid Duany Mendoza, Miami, FL Gene E.K. Pratter, Philadelphia, PA Juanita B. Luis, Little Canada, MN
Kelly Centofanti, Milwaukee, WI Angela A. Meyer, Menlo Park, CA Denise C. Puente, New Orleans, LA Lenore S. Marema, Downers Grove, IL
Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN Patricia A. Moores, New York, NY Lolita G. Romanick, Grand Forks, ND Stacy M. Parker, New York, NY
Renee A. Faught, Indianapolis, IN Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY Susan G. Rosmarin, Newark, NJ Allyson Pharr, Houston, TX
Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA Lisa J. Savitt, New York, NY Laurie Anne Rush-Masuret, Bernardsville, NJ Mary K. Powers, St. Paul, MN
Nancy L. Hann, Fayetteville, AR Sheila A. Sunovall, Chicago, IL B. Cheryl Terio, Washington, DC Rachel Rivlin, Boston, MA
Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC
Kathleen E. Hegen, Oakland, CA Business Torts Patricia Wanden Treanor, San Rafael, CA Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Josephine E. Hicks, Charlotte, SC Debbie L. Berman, Chicago, IL Susan Z. Whitney, Portland, OR Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS Joseph J. Ortego, Garden City, NY
Lynne Liberato, Houston, TX
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Defense Elizabeth Sarah Gere, Washington, DC Ellen B. Malow, Houston, TX Sharon S. Spungen, Grand Rapids, MI
Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY Robert L. Gibbs, Jackson, MS Ana M. Marin, Miami, FL Elizabeth A. Starrs, Denver, CO
Patricia O'Connell Alvarez, Laredo, TX Rachelle Hoffman Glazer, Dallas, TX Kim V. Marrkand, Boston, MA Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Kathleen E. Bailey, Los Angeles, CA Karen R. Glickstein, Kansas City, MO Chrys A. Martin, Portland, OR Carolyn House Stewart, Tampa, FL
Sandra Harlen Benzer, Baltimore, MD Beverly Bell Godbey, Dallas, TX Edith R. Matthai, Los Angeles, CA Tracey J. Stokes, Chicago, IL
Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA Y. Gail Goode, Brooklyn, NY Kathie McDonald, Louisville, KY Karen M. Suddath, Philadelphia, PA
Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD Teresa L. Graham, New York, NY Susan Meek, Houston, TX Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX
Carla J. Bishop, Houston, TX Terri Gregori, Columbus, OH Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL
Carrie L. Blackburn, Baltimore, MD Gena A. Gregory, Little Rock, AR Deborah J. Michelson, Cleveland, OH Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Janine Dawn Bloch, San Francisco, CA Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA Amee Ann Mikacich, Oakland, CA Suzanne M. Tsintolas, Silver Spring, MD
Carole D. Bos, Grand Rapids, MI Nina M. Gussack, Philadelphia, PA Josephine S. Miller, Danbury, CT Susan Tukel, Southfield, MI
Deborah S. Braden, Birmingham, AL Nancy L. Hann, Fayetteville, AR Kara M. Miller, Salisbury, MD Angela D. Vitali, New York, NY
Emily J. Brantley, Atlanta, GA Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY Susan Mills, Tampa, FL Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY
Janet L. Brown, Maitland, FL Fran C. Hickman, Little Rock, AR Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA
Bonnie A. Bulla, Las Vegas, NV Brenda Neel Hight, Dallas, TX Kim E. Moore, New Orleans, LA Barbara Malik Weller, New Orleans, LA
Cathlynn H. Cannon, Dallas, TX Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS Patricia A. Moores, New York, NY Terry M. Weyna, Sacramento, CA
Angela Carter, Santa Rosa, CA Melinda S. Huff, Dallas, TX Diana Y. Morrissey, Minneapolis, MN Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA
Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA Niki Ingram, Philadelphia, PA Debra V. Murphy, Swansea, MA Rebecca Young, Lake Charles, LA
BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK Jennifer Johnson, Chicago, IL Sharon Murphy, Indianapolis, IN
Sandra F. Clark, Beaumont, TX Derrick K. Jones, Jackson, MI Tracy L. Nation, San Diego, CA Dispute Resolution
Susan J. Cole, Coral Gables, Fl Leeann Jones, Atlanta, GA Fern P. O'Brian, Washington, DC Deborah S. Ballati, San Francisco, CA
Susan K.H. Conley, Minneapolis, MN Maureen A. Jordan, Allentown, PA Jennifer K. Oetter, Portland, OR Ellen L. Barton, Baltimore, MD
Diana L. Courteau, El Segundo, CA Anne H. Jordan, Portland, ME Allyson Pharr, Houston, TX Laurie Berke-Weiss, New York, NY
Deborah S. Cousins, Cleveland, OH Karen E. Kahle, Wheeling, WV Sandra L. Phillips, Houston, TX Julie C. Bretz, Milwaukee, WI
Christine H. Curash, Hammond, IN Laurie A. Kamaiko, New York, NY Susan Alexander Philpott, Milwaukee, WI Janet L. Brown, Maitland, FL
Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ Kerry A. Kearney, Pittsburgh, PA Gene E.K. Pratter, Philadelphia, PA Ellen K. Burrows, Philadelphia, PA
Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX Marilyn S. Klinger, Los Angeles, CA Frances E. Prell, Chicago, IL Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL
Martica S. Douglas, Portland, ME M. Kathryn Knight, Mobile, AL Karen M. Raby, Atlanta, GA Dawn Davenport, Dallas, TX
Dina M. Dox, Indianapolis, IN Christine M. Magee, Kansas City, MO Janice A. Ramsay, Irvine, CA Laura Geringer Gross, Norfolk, VA
Sherryll Dunaj, Miami, FL Patricia McHugh Lambert, Towson, MD Toree S. Randall, Lansing, MI Jane L. Foster, Philadelphia, PA
Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT Kathleen A. Lang, Detroit, MI Terri S. Reiskin, Washington, DC Kelly Dunn Gelof, Georgetown, DE
Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN Linda M. Lawson, Los Angeles, CA Helle Rode, Portland, OR Robert L. Gibbs, Jackson, MS
Susan K. Eggum, Portland, OR Pamela Levin, San Francisco, CA Lolita G. Romanick, Grand Forks, ND Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA
Barbara Ryniker Evans, New Orleans, LA Lynn G. Levy, Horsham, PA Susan P. Roy, Missoula, MT Janine Hornicke, Dumont, NJ
Sherry Ruggiero Fallon, Wilmington, DE Margaret Levy, Los Angeles, CA Lisa J. Savitt, New York, NY Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA
Laura L. Farley, Anchorage, AK Virginia E. Lohmann, Columbus, OH Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX Janet S. Kloenhamer, Novato, CA
Julie I. Fershtman, Bingham Farms, MI Cynthia K. Lowe, Lexington, KY Linda C. Severin, Seattle, WA Lindy Korn, Williamsville, NY
Victoria E. Finea, Los Angeles, CA Pat Lundvall, Reno, NV Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL Rebecca Laffitte, Columbia, SC
Wendy Fleishman, New York, NY Eleanor E. Lynn, East Lansing, MI Ellen Thorne Skrak, Albuquerque, NM Juanita B. Luis, Little Canada, MN
Susan W. Furr, Baton Rouge, LA Laila Maalouf, Quieg, MA Lisa L. Smith, Buffalo, NY Susan Meek, Houston, TX
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Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL Employer-Employee Relations Susan R. Poulter, Salt Lake City, UT Elisabeth R. Sauer, Kansas City, MO
Diana Y. Morrissey, Minneapolis, MN Debbie L. Berman, Chicago, IL Susan G. Rosmarin, Newark, NJ Lisa J. Savitt, New York, NY
Debra V. Murphy, Swansea, MA Diana L. Moro, Glenolden, PA Elizabeth Haecker Ryan, New Orleans, LA Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX
Allyson Pharr, Houston, TX Barbara A. O‟Donnell, Boston, MA Cindy H. Strickland, Phoenix, AZ Michelle I. Schaffer, Boston, MA
Janice A. Ramsay, Irvine, CA Robyn Anuhea Sembenini, Forest Knolls, CA Candace L. Sutcliffe, Boston, MA Amy Schulman, New York, NY
Elizabeth Haecker Ryan, New Orleans, LA Mary C. Thompson, Houston, TX Francine L. Semaya, New York, NY
Elisabeth R.Sauer, Kansas City, MO Entertainment & Sports Law Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA Linda C. Severin, Seattle, WA
Donna Wesson Smalley, Tuscabose, AL Patricia A. Felch, Chicago, IL Ann Wightman, Dayton, OH Deborah A. Sheffield, Columbia, SC
Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR Julie I. Fershtman, Bingham Farms, MI Amy R. Wolverton, Atlanta, GA Carol Nelson Shepherd, Philadelphia, PA
Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL Katherine Hendricks, Seattle, WA Deborah C. Drosser, Riverside, CA Cynthia Shoss, New York, NY
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY Janet Patricia Judge, Portland, ME Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL
Ann Wightman, Dayton, OH Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA Energy Law Robin Joy Siegel, Baltimore, MD
Karen Wildau, Atlanta, GA D. Kimberly Brown Whittle, Boston, MA Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA Ellen Thorne Skrak, Albuquerque, NM
Amy R. Wolverton, Atlanta, GA Maureen M. McGuirl, Los Angeles, CA Donna Wesson Smalley, Tuscabose, AL
Elder Law Julie A. McMillan, San Francisco, CA Lisa L. Smith, Buffalo, NY
Anne M. Fulton, Tucson, AZ Environmental Law Theda C. Snyder, Simi Valley, CA
Kathie McDonald, Louisville, KY Debra S. Belaga, San Francisco, CA General Practice Sharon S. Spungen, Grand Rapids, MI
Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA Katherine Tess Argent, Kansas City, MO Cynthia M. Stamer, Dallas, TX
Noel C. Birle, Philadelphia, PA Sandra Harlen Benzer, Baltimore, MD Elizabeth A. Starrs, Denver, CO
Employee Benefits Carole D. Bos, Grand Rapids, MI Angela Carter, Santa Rosa, CA Rebecca Harrison Steele, Tampa, FL
Jeanne Louise Bakker, Philadelphia, PA Mary K. Braza, Milwaukee, WI Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD Lisa M. Bromberg, Morristown, NJ Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA Sam L. Stein, Cherokiee, OK
Denise Savoie Blocker, Palo Alto, CA Dianne K. Dailey, Portland, OR Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS Carol Stewart, Birmingham, AL
Lisa S. Brogan, Chicago, IL Dawn Davenport, Dallas, TX Wendy S. Howarter, Oregon, IL Carolyn House Stewart, Tampa, FL
Roxella T. Cavazos, Houston, TX Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX Derrick K. Jones, Jackson, MI Sarah Stewart, Mobile, AL
BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK Kellie Payne Esposito, Birmingham, AL Jennifer S. Kornblum, Los Olivos, CA Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC
Deborah S. Cousins, Cleveland, OH Leeann Jones, Atlanta, GA Cynthia K. Lowe, Lexington, KY Tracey J. Stokes, Chicago, IL
Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA Elizabeth J. Kohn, Ft. Worth, TX Laila Maalouf, Quieg, MA Jennifer L. Stoner, Jacksonville, FL
Neena Gupta, Toronto, ON Janet S. Kole, Cellingswood, NJ Lorelie S. Masters, Washington, DC Sue Stott, San Francisco, CA
Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY Sallie B. Kraus, Stanford, CT Helen T. McFadden, Kingstree, SC Rebecca Strandberg, Bethesda, MD
Linda M. Lawson, Los Angeles, CA Rosemary Krimbel, Chicago, IL Elizabeth M. McMillan, Greenville, SC Cindy H. Strickland, Phoenix, AZ
Diana L. Moro, Glenolden, PA Ellen B. Malow, Houston, TX Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN Mary E. Stumo, Minneapolis, MN
Pat Lundvall, Reno, NV Kim V. Marrkand, Boston, MA Terry L. Mock, Tuscumba, AL Karen M. Suddath, Philadelphia, PA
Chrys A. Martin, Portland, OR Julie A. McMillan, San Francisco, CA Debra V. Murphy, Swansea, MA Catalina J. Sugayan, Chicago, IL
Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN Sheryl R. Rentz, Wynnewood, PA Sheila A. Sunovall, Chicago, IL
Anne E. Moran, Washington, DC Joseph J. Ortego, Uniondale, NY Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY Candace L. Sutcliffe, Boston, MA
Debra V. Murphy, Swansea, MA Fredi L. Pearlmutter, Summit, NJ Laurie Anne Rush-Masuret, Bernardsville, NJ Linda C. Takayama, Honolulu, HI
Cynthia M. Stamer, Dallas, TX Allyson Pharr, Houston, TX Luanne R. Sacks, San Francisco, CA Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX
Rebecca Harrison Steele, Tampa, FL Diane L. Polscer, Portland, OR Kathleen H. Sanberg, Minneapolis, MN Laura G. Tamez, San Antonio, TX
Susan M. Ponce, Houston, TX Millicent N. Sanchez, Beverly Hills, CA B. Cheryl Terio, Washington, DC
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Anne E. Thar, Chicago, IL JoAnne M. Zboyan, Denver, CO Karen E. Kahle, Wheeling, WV Olivia O. Bissell, Culver City, CA
Mary C. Thompson, Houston, TX Kerry A. Kearney, Pittsburgh, PA Carrie L. Blackburn, Baltimore, MD
Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL Government Federal/State Patricia McHugh Lambert, Towson, MD Janine Dawn Bloch, San Francisco, CA
Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA Julie C. Bretz, Milwaukee, WI Nancy L. LaVista, West Palm Beach, FL Denise Savoie Blocker, Palo Alto, CA
Cora T. Walker, New York, NY Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA Laurie J. Levin, Orlando, FL Mary Elizabeth Bogan, Philadelphia, PA
Patricia Wanden Treanor, San Rafael, CA Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ Juanita B. Luis, Little Canada, MN Cynthia J. Borelli, Florham Park, NJ
Merle M. Troeger, Denver, CO Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA Chrys A. Martin, Portland, OR Carole D. Bos, Grand Rapids, MI
Stephanie E. Trudeau, Cleveland, OH Janine Hornicke, Dumont, NJ Kathie McDonald, Louisville, KY Deborah S. Braden, Birmingham, AL
Suzanne M. Tsintolas, Silver Spring, MD M. Kathryn Knight, Mobile, AL Susan Meek, Houston, TX William E. Bradley, Mandeville, LA
Susan Tukel, Southfield, MI Gloria Leal, Austin, TX Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL Mary K. Braza, Milwaukee, WI
Suzanne I. Turpin, Lawrenceville, NJ Lenore S. Marema, Downers Grove, IL Jennifer K. Oetter, Portland, OR Pamela A. Bresnahan, Washington, DC
Patricia S. Tweedy, Sacramento, CA Robyn Anuhea Sembenini, Forest Knolls, CA Molly Peckman, Philadelphia, PA Lisa S. Brogan, Chicago, IL
Susan R. Tyndall, Milwaukee, WI Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL Mary G. Pryor, Phoenix, AZ Janet L. Brown, Maitland, FL
Jeanne H. Unger, Minneapolis, MN Linda C. Takayama, Honolulu, HI Ellen Reikin, New York, NY Kathy Bryant, Washington, DC
Virginia L. Van Valkenberg, Norfolk, VA Amy S. Rubin, West Palm Beach, FL Ellen K. Burrows, Philadelphia, PA
Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX Health and Disability Insurance Law Robin Joy Siegel, Baltimore, MD Edna Ramon Butts, Austin, TX
Angela D. Vitali, New York, NY Diana L. Moro, Glenolden, PA Ellen Thorne Skrak, Albuquerque, NM Cathlynn H. Cannon, Dallas, TX
Kathleen G. Walsh, Alex, VA Jene Pamela Williams, West Palm Beach, FL Cynthia M. Stamer, Dallas, TX Sheila Kathleen Carmody, Phoenix, AZ
Joyce C. Wang, San Francisco, CA Elizabeth A. Starrs, Denver, CO Angela Carter, Santa Rosa, CA
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY Health & Hospital Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC M. Patricia Casey, Princeton, NJ
Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA Ellen L. Barton, Baltimore, MD Suzanne I. Turpin, Lawrenceville, NJ BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK
Lorraine Murphy Weil, Hartford, CT Katherine Benesch, Lawrenceville, NJ Patricia S. Tweedy, Sacramento, CA Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA
Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA Janine Dawn Bloch, San Francisco, CA Virginia L. Van Valkenburg, Norfolk, VA Colleen A. Christensen, Seattle, WA
Barbara Malik Weller, New Orleans, LA Mary Anne Bobinski, Houston, TX Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX Bogda M. B. Clarke, Newark, NJ
Terry M. Weyna, Sacramento, CA Emily J. Brantley, Atlanta, GA Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL Nancy Sher Cohen, Los Angeles, CA
Pamela J. White, Baltimore, MD Joy G. Braun, New Orleans, LA Diana L. Courteau, El Segundo, CA
Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA Kathy Bryant, Washington, DC Insurance Law Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ
Susan Z. Whitney, Portland, OR Bonnie A. Bulla, Las Vegas, NV Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY Eileen M. Dacey, New York, NY
D. Kimberly Brown Whittle, Boston, MA Edna Ramon Butts, Austin, TX Stacy M. Andreas, Kansas City, MO Dianne K. Dailey, Portland, OR
Ann Wightman, Dayton, OH Diane Cernivivo, Chicago, IL Kathleen E. Bailey, Los Angeles, CA Andrew A. Darvas, Seattle, WA
Karen Wildau, Atlanta, GA Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA Deborah S. Ballati, San Francisco, CA Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX
Cherry D. Williams, Nashville, TN Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ Andrea I. Balsamo, Waltham, MA Martica S. Douglas, Portland, ME
Faith M. Williams, Columbus, OH Diane V. D'Aiutolo, Baltimore, MD Ellen L. Barton, Baltimore, MD Sherryll Dunaj, Miami, FL
Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX Jacquelyn A. Beatty, Seattle, WA Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT
Deborah Nelson Willis, Port Angeles, WA Abbe F. Fletman, Philadelphia, PA Christina H. Belew, New Orleans, LA Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN
Kimberly E. Winter, Boston, MA Shannon B. Hartsfield, Tallahassee, FL Dr. Janet E. Belkin, New York, NY Sherry Ruggiero Fallon, Wilmington, DE
Amy R. Wolverton, Atlanta, GA Fran C. Hickman, Little Rock, AR Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA Laura L. Farley, Anchorage, AK
Suzane L. Woollums, Chicago, IL Brenda Neel Hight, Dallas, TX Sandra Harlen Benzer, Baltimore, MD Molly A. Ferrante, Boston, MA
Erica R. Yew, San Jose, CA Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS Louise Dovre Bjorkman, Minneapolis, MN Donna Ferrara, New York, NY
Rebecca Young, Lake Charles, LA Meg L. Jones, Seattle, WA Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD Julie I. Fershtman, Bingham Farms, MI
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Victoria E. Finea, Los Angeles, CA Susan J. Lawshe, Simsbury, CT Karen M. Raby, Atlanta, GA Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA
Karen K. Fitzgerald, Dallas, TX Heidi A. Lawson, New York, NY Anandhi S. Rajan, Atlanta, GA Faith M. Williams, Columbus, OH
Jane L. Foster, Philadelphia, PA Linda M. Lawson, Los Angeles, CA Janice A. Ramsay, Irvine, CA Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Susan J. French, Philadelphia, PA Gloria Leal, Austin, TX Elaine M. Rinaldi, Philadelphia, PA Deborah Nelson Willis, Port Angeles, WA
Anne M. Fulton, Turson, AZ Pamela Levin, San Francisco, CA Catherine L. Rivard, Los Angeles, CA Suzane L. Woollums, Chicago, IL
Jean F. Gerbini, Albany, NY Lynn G. Levy, Horsham, PA Rachel Rivlin, Boston, MA Rebecca Young, Lake Charles, LA
Elizabeth Sarah Gere, Washington, DC Margaret Levy, Los Angeles, CA Lolita G. Romanick, Grand Forks, ND JoAnne M. Zboyan, Denver, CO
Rachelle Hoffman Glazer, Dallas, TX Dorothy M. Linsner, Natic, MA Susan P. Roy, Missoula, MT
Beverly Bell Godbey, Dallas, TX Paula E. Litt, Chicago, IL Amy S. Rubin, West Palm Beach, FL Intellectual Property Law
Mary K. Gogoel, Alexandria, VA Deborah J. Long, Birmingham, AL Luanne R. Sacks, San Francisco, CA Debra S. Belaga, San Francisco, CA
Teresa L. Graham, New York, NY Karen Anne Lorenzen, Iowa City, IA Kathleen H. Sanberg, Minneapolis, MN Debbie L. Berman, Chicago, IL
Gena A. Gregory, Little Rock, AR Cynthia K. Lowe, Lexington, KY Elisabeth R. Sauer, Kansas City, MO Paula Bonnell, Boston, MA
Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA Juanita B. Luis, Little Canada, MN Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX Deborah S. Braden, Birmingham, AL
Deborah S. Griffin, Boston, MA Christina M. Magee, Kansas City, MO Deborah A. Sheffield, Columbia, SC Pamela A. Bresnahan, Washington, DC
Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA Alison B. Marshall, Washington, DC Cynthia Shoss, New York, NY Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA
Lorrie L. Hargrove, Birmingham, AL Lenore S. Marema, Downers Grove, IL Theda C. Snyder, Simi Valley, CA Guylyn Cummins, San Diego, CA
Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY Ana M. Marin, Miami, FL Robyn L. Sondak, West Hartford, CT Patricia A. Felch, Chicago, IL
Kathleen E. Hegen, Oakland, CA Kim V. Marrkand, Boston, MA Sharon S. Spungen, Grand Rapids, MI Abbe F. Fletman, Philadelphia, PA
Colleen M. Hegge, Cincinnati, OH Chrys A. Martin, Portland, OR Cynthia M. Stamer, Dallas, TX Katherine Hendricks, Seattle, WA
Alice Herrington, Louisville, KY Lorelie S. Masters, Washington, DC Elizabeth A. Starrs, Denver, CO Elizabeth C. Koch, Washington, DC
Josephine E. Hicks, Charlotte, SC Donna McCaffrey, McLean, VA Sam L. Stein, Cherokiee, OK Jennifer S. Kornblum, Los Olivos, CA
Brenda Neel Hight, Dallas, TX Julie A. McMillan, San Francisco, CA Carolyn House Stewart, Tampa, FL Rosemary Krimbel, Chicago, IL
Christa Hinckley, Fort Worth, TX Elizabeth M. McMillan, Greenville, SC Tracey J. Stokes, Chicago, IL Maureen M. McGuirl, Los Angeles, CA
Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN Catalina J. Sugayan, Chicago, IL Susan Tillston Mills, Tampa, FL
Linda J. Hoover, San Diego, CA Deborah J. Michelson, Cleveland, OH Candace L. Sutcliffe, Boston, MA Joseph J. Ortego, Garden City, NY
Kelleen Kristina Huang, Atlanta, GA Kara M. Miller, Salisbury, MD Linda C. Takayama, Honolulu, HI Susan R. Poulter, Salt Lake City, UT
Derrick K. Jones, Jackson, MI Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX Denise C. Puente, New Orleans, LA
Meg L. Jones, Seattle, WA Marilyn Ann Moberg, Los Angeles, CA Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Maureen A. Jordan, Allentown, PA Linda L. Morkan, Hartford, CT Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA
Anne H. Jordan, Portland, ME Diana Y. Morrissey, Minneapolis, MN Merle M. Troeger, Denver, CO Erica R. Yew, San Jose, CA
Susan P. Jordan, Chicago, IL Sharon Murphy, Indianapolis, IN Susan Tukel, Southfield, MI
Laurie A. Kamaiko, New York, NY Susanne Mast Murray, New York, NY Susan R. Tyndall, Milwaukee, WI Life Insurance Law
Kelly A. Katzman, Dallas, TX Barbara A. O'Donnell, Boston, MA Jeanne H. Unger, Minneapolis, MN Jene Pamela Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA Catherine M. Ovsak, Minneapolis, MN Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Marilyn S. Klinger, Los Angeles, CA Stacy M. Parker, New York, NY Joyce C. Wang, San Francisco, CA Litigation
Janet S. Kloenhamer, Novato, CA Noreen J. Parrett, Madison, WI Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY Lisa M. Agrimonti, St. Paul, MN
LaDonna Koebel, Lexington, KY Geralyn M. Passaro, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY
Jennifer S. Kornblum, Los Olivos, CA Fredi L. Pearlmutter, Summit, NJ Lorraine Murphy Weil, Hartford, CT Emily J. Brantley, Atlanta, GA
Sallie B. Kraus, Stanford, CT Diane L. Polscer, Portland, OR Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA Patricia O"Connell Alvarez, Laredo, TX
Kathleen A. Lang, Detroit, MI Susan M. Popik, San Francisco, CA Terry M. Weyna, Sacramento, CA Stacy M. Andreas, Kansas City, MO
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Katherine Tess Argent, Kansas City, MO Colleen A. Christensen, Seattle, WA Robyn Gembenini, San Francisco, CA Susan P. Jordan, Chicago, IL
Barbara L. Arras, New Orleans, LA Tracy A. Cinocca, Oklahoma City, OK Elizabeth Sarah Gere, Washington, DC Karen E. Kahle, Wheeling, WV
Kathleen E. Bailey, Los Angeles, CA Sandra F. Clark, Beaumont, TX Robert L. Gibbs, Jackson, MS Laurie A. Kamaiko, New York, NY
Jeanne Louise Bakker, Philadelphia, PA Frances S. Cohen, Boston, MA Rachelle Hoffman Glazer, Dallas, TX Kelly A. Katzman, Dallas, TX
Deborah S. Ballati, San Francisco, CA Susan K.H. Conley, Minneapolis, MN Marcy G. Glenn, Denver, CO Susan E. Kirkgaard, Stockton, CA
Donna Zils Banfield, Tyngsboro, MA Diana L. Courteau, El Segundo, CA Karen R. Glickstein, Kansas City, MO Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA
Susan M. Barilich, Dallas, TX Deborah S. Cousins, Cleveland, OH Y. Gail Goode, Brooklyn, NY Marilyn S. Klinger, Los Angeles, CA
Jacquelyn A. Beatty, Seattle, WA Dina M. Cox, Indianapolis, IN Teresa L. Graham, New York, NY Janet S. Kloenhamer, Novato, CA
Debra S. Belaga, San Francisco, CA Guylyn Cummins, San Diego, CA Andra Greene, Newport Beach, CA M. Kathryn Knight, Mobile, AL
Christina H. Belew, New Orleans, LA Cheryl V. Cunningham, New Orleans, LA Terri Gregori, Columbus, OH LaDonna Koebel, Lexington, KY
Katherine Benesch, Lawrenceville, NJ Christine H. Curash, Hammond, IN Gena M. Gregory, Little Rock, AR Janet S. Kole, Cellingswood, NJ
Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ Deborah S. Griffin, Boston, MA Sallie B. Kraus, Stanford, CT
Sandra Harlen Benzer, Baltimore, MD Diane V. D'Aiutolo, Baltimore, MD Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA Rosemary Krimbel, Chicago, IL
Laurie Berke-Weiss, New York, NY Andrew A. Darvas, Seattle, WA Theresa L. Groh, Cincinnati, OH Rebecca Laffitte, Columbia, SC
Jean L. Bertrano, San Francisco, CA Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX Laura Geringer Gross, Norfolk, VA Patricia McHugh Lambert, Towson, MD
Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA Doreen D. Dodson, St. Louis, MO Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA Kathleen A. Lang, Detroit, MI
Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD Tamra S. Domeyer, Chicago, IL Neena Gupta, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Linda M. Lasley, Pasadena, CA
Carla J. Bishop, Houston, TX Martica S. Douglas, Portland, ME Nina M. Gussack, Philadelphia, PA Heidi A. Lawson, New York, NY
Olivia O. Bissell, Culver City, CA Dina M. Dox, Indianapolis, IN Nancy L. Hann, Fayetteville, AR Linda M. Lawson, Los Angeles, CA
Carrie L. Blackburn, Baltimore, MD Deborah C. Drosser, Riverside, CA Lorrie L. Hargrove, Birmingham, AL Lynn G. Levy, Horsham, PA
Janine Dawn Bloch, San Francisco, CA Sherryll Dunaj, Miami, FL Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY Margaret Levy, Los Angeles, CA
Denise Savoie Blocker, Palo Alto, CA Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT Colleen M. Hegge, Cincinnati, OH Lynne Liberato, Houston, TX
Mary Elizabeth Bogan, Philadelphia, PA Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN Katherine Hendricks, Seattle, WA Paula E. Litt, Chicago, IL
Paula Bonnell, Boston, MA Kellie Payne Esposito, Birmingham, AL Alice Herrington, Louisville, KY Virginia E. Lohmann, Columbus, OH
Carole D. Bos, Grand Rapids, MI Laura Geringer Gross, Esq., Norfolk, VA Fran C. Hickman, Little Rock, AR Karen Anne Lorenzen, Iowa City, IA
Hildy Bowbeer, St. Paul, MN Barbara Ryniker Evans, New Orleans, LA Josephine E. Hicks, Charlotte, SC Cynthia K. Lowe, Lexington, KY
Joy G. Braun, New Orleans, LA Harry Aaron Ezratty, San Juan, PR Brenda Neel Hight, Dallas, TX Margaret C. Lumsden, Raleigh, NC
Mary K. Braza, Milwaukee, WI Sherry Ruggiero Fallon, Wilmington, DE Sharon Holahan, Short Hills, NJ Pat Lundvall, Reno, NV
Pamela A. Bresnahan, Washington, DC Laura L. Farley, Anchorage, AK Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS Eleanor E. Lynn, East Lansing, MI
Julie C. Bretz, Milwaukee, WI Renee A. Faught, Indianapolis, IN Wendy S. Howarter, Oregon, IL Christina M. MaGee, Kansas City, MO
Charlsa D. Broadus, Washington, DC Julie I. Fershtman, Bingham Farms, MI Melinda C. Huff, Dallas, TX Ellen B. Malow, Houston, TX
Lisa S. Brogan, Chicago, IL Victoria E. Finea, Los Angeles, CA Renee A. Infante, Cincinnati, OH Ana M. Marin, Miami, FL
Virginia S. Brown, Cleveland, OH Karen K. Fitzgerald, Dallas, TX Gloria Johnson, Atlanta, GA Kim V. Marrkand, Boston, MA
Bonnie A. Bulla, Las Vegas, NV Wendy Fleishman, New York, NY Jennifer Johnson, Chicago, IL Alison B. Marshall, Washington, DC
Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL Abbe F. Fletman, Philadelphia, PA Christy D. Jones, Jackson, MS Chrys A. Martin, Portland, OR
Angela Carter, Santa Rosa, CA Jane L. Foster, Philadelphia, PA Derrick K. Jones, Jackson, MI Judy Martinez, New Orleans, LA
Kelly Centofanti, Milwaukee, WI Helen E. Freedman, New York, NY Leeann Jones, Atlanta, GA Susan E. Mason, Detroit, MI
Diane Cernivivo, Chicago, IL Susan J. French, Philadelphia, PA Meg L. Jones, Seattle, WA Lorelie S. Masters, Washington, DC
Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA Deborah J. Gander, Miami, FL Maureen A. Jordan, Allentown, PA Edith R. Matthai, Los Angeles, CA
BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK Kelly Dunn Gelof, Georgetown, DE Anne H. Jordan, Portland, ME Bonnie L. Mayfield, Detroit, MI
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Lisa Pierobon Mays, Madison, WI Toree S. Randall, Lansing, MI Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX Natural Resources
Donna McCaffrey, McLean, VA Terri S. Reiskin, Washington, DC Laura G. Tamez, San Antonio, TX Charlsa D. Brodus, Washington, DC
Dionne C. McCoy, Indianapolis, IN Ellen Relkin, New York, NY Mary C. Thompson, Houston, TX Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA
Kathie McDonald, Louisville, KY Sheryl R. Rentz, Wynnewood, PA Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL Dawn Davenport, Dallas, TX
Helen T. McFadden, Kingstree, SC Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Brigid M. McGrath, Chicago, IL Elaine M. Rinaldi, Philadelphia, PA Merle M. Troeger, Denver, CO Plaintiff
Maureen M. McGuirl, Los Angeles, CA Catherine L. Rivard, Los Angeles, CA Stephanie E. Trudeau, Cleveland, OH Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA
Julie A. McMillan, San Francisco, CA Deborah L. Robinson, Baltimore, MD Susan Tukel, Southfield, MI Carole D. Bos, Grand Rapids, MI
Susan Meek, Houston, TX Helle Rode, Portland, OR Patricia S. Tweedy, Sacramento, CA William E. Bradley, Mandeville, LA
Enid Duany Mendoza, Miami, FL Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX Emily J. Brantley, Atlanta, GA
Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN Lolita G. Romanick, Grand Forks, ND Angela D. Vitali, New York, NY Charlsa D. Broadus, Washington, DC
Deborah J. Michelson, Cleveland, OH Maureen L. Rowland, Towson, MD Cora T. Walker, New York, NY Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL
Amee Ann Mikacich, Oakland, CA Amy S. Rubin, West Palm Beach, FL Joyce C. Wang, San Francisco, CA Kelly Centofanti, Milwaukee, WI
Josephine S. Miller, Danbury, CT Laurie Anne Rush-Masuret, Bernardsville, NJ Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA
Kara M. Miller, Salisbury, MD Luanne R. Sacks, San Francisco, CA Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA Colleen A. Christensen, Seattle, WA
Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL Millicent N. Sanchez, Beverly Hills, CA Lorraine Murphy Weil, Hartford, CT Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ
Kim E. Moore, New Orleans, LA Elisabeth R. Sauer, Kansas City, MO Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA Andrew A. Darvas, Seattle, WA
Patricia A. Moores, New York, NY Lisa J. Savitt, New York, NY Barbara Malik Weller, New Orleans, LA Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT
Linda L. Morkan, Hartford, CT Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX Terry M. Weyna, Sacramento, CA Susan K. Eggum, Portland, OR
Diana Y. Morrissey, Minneapolis, MN Amy Schulman, New York, NY Pamela J. White, Baltimore, MD Kellie Payne Esposito, Birmingham, AL
Tracy L. Nation, San Diego, CA Linda C. Severin, Seattle, WA Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA Renee A. Faught, Indianapolis, IN
Narda M. Newby, Washington, DC Norma L. Shapiro, Philadelphia, PA D. Kimberly Brown Whittle, Boston, MA Kathryn R. Fenderson, St. Petersburg, FL
Fern P. O'Brian, Washington, DC Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL Ann Wightman, Dayton, OH Wendy Fleishman, New York, NY
Adele E. O'Conner, Columbus, OH Donna Wesson Smalley, Tuscabose, AL Karen Wildau, Atlanta, GA Deborah J. Gander, Miami, FL
Barbara A. O'Donnell, Boston, MA Lisa L. Smith, Buffalo, NY Cherry D. Williams, Nashville, TN Kelly Dunn Gelof, Georgetown, DE
Jennifer K. Oetter, Portland, OR Theda C. Snyder, Simi Valley, CA Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL Terri Gregori, Columbus, OH
Kristine Louise Olsen, Beverly Hills, CA Sharon S. Spungen, Grand Rapids, MI Deborah Nelson Willis, Port Angeles, WA Theresa L. Groh, Cincinnati, OH
Joseph J. Ortego, Uniondale, NY Elizabeth A. Starrs, Denver, CO Kimberly E. Winter, Boston, MA Nancy L. Hann, Fayetteville, AR
Stephanie Sue Padilla, Denver, CO Sam L. Stein, Cherokiee, OK Amy R. Wolverton, Atlanta, GA Renee A. Infante, Cincinnati, OH
Geralyn M. Passaro, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR Erica R. Yew, San Jose, CA Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA
Molly Peckman, Philadelphia, PA Carol Stewart, Birmingham, AL Rebecca Young, Lake Charles, LA Karen Anne Lorenzen, Iowa City, IA
Allyson Pharr, Houston, TX Carolyn House Stewart, Tampa, FL JoAnne M. Zboyan, Denver, CO Lisa Pierobon Mays, Madison, WI
Sandra L. Phillips, Houston, TX Sarah Stewart, Mobile, AL Helen T. McFadden, Kingstree, SC
Susan Alexander Philpott, Milwaukee, WI Tracey J. Stokes, Chicago, IL Media Law and Defamation Torts Susan Meek, Houston, TX
Holly M. Polglase, Boston, MA Rebecca Strandberg, Bethesda, MD Debbie L. Berman, Chicago, IL Enid Duany Mendoza, Miami, FL
Diane L. Polscer, Portland, OR Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC Terry L. Mock, Tuscumba, AL
Susan M. Popik, San Francisco, CA Mary E. Stumo, Minneapolis, MN Medicine and Law Kristine Louise Olsen, Beverly Hills, CA
Gene E.K. Pratter, Philadelphia, PA Karen M. Suddath, Philadelphia, PA Robyn Anuhea Sembenini, Forest Knolls, CA Molly Peckman, Philadelphia, PA
Frances E. Prell, Chicago, IL Sheila A. Sunovall, Chicago, IL Ellen Relkin, New York, NY
Karen M. Raby, Atlanta, GA Candace L. Sutcliffe, Boston, MA Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY
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Carol Nelson Shepherd, Philadelphia, PA Diane V. D'Aiutolo, Baltimore, MD Marilyn Ann Moberg, Los Angeles, CA Jene Pamela Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Donna Wesson Smalley, Tuscabose, AL Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX Kim E. Moore, New Orleans, LA Kimberly E. Winter, Boston, MA
Sarah Stewart, Mobile, AL Dina M. Dox, Indianapolis, IN Patricia A. Moores, New York, NY Rebecca Young, Lake Charles, LA
Cindy H. Strickland, Phoenix, AZ Deborah C. Drosser, Riverside, CA Diana Y. Morrissey, Minneapolis, MN
Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT Sharon Murphy, Indianapolis, IN Professionals’, Officers’ & Directors’
Laura G. Tamez, San Antonio, TX Kellie Payne Esposito, Birmingham, AL Tracy L. Nation, San Diego, CA Liability
Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA Renee A. Faught, Indianapolis, IN Fern P. O'Brian, Washington, DC Joseph J. Ortego, Garden City, NY
Suzanne M. Tsintolas, Silver Spring, MD Wendy Fleishman, New York, NY Sarah L. Olson, Chicago, IL
Kathleen G. Walsh, Alex, VA Kelly Dunn Gelof, Georgetown, DE Joseph J. Ortego, Garden City, NY Property Insurance Law
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY Beverly Bell Godbey, Dallas, TX Molly Peckman, Philadelphia, PA Andrea I. Balsamo, Waltham, MA
Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA Jill Susan Goldsmith, Phoenix, AZ Sandra L. Phillips, Houston, TX Robyn L. Sondak, West Hartford, CT
Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL Gena A. Gregory, Little Rock, AR Susan Alexander Philpott, Milwaukee, WI
Deborah Nelson Willis, Port Angeles, WA Theresa L. Groh, Cincinnati, OH Holly M. Polglase, Boston, MA Tort & Personal Injury Law
Kimberly E. Winter, Boston, MA Nina M. Gussack, Philadelphia, PA Gene E.K. Pratter, Philadelphia, PA Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY
Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY Frances E. Prell, Chicago, IL Emily J. Brantley, Atlanta, GA
Product Liability Law Alice Herrington, Louisville, KY Anandhi S. Rajan, Atlanta, GA Patricia O'Connell Alvarez, Laredo, TX
Lisa M. Agrimonti, St. Paul, MN Josephine E. Hicks, Charlotte, SC Ellen Relkin, New York, NY Stacy M. Andreas, Kansas City, MO
Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY Brenda Neel Hight, Dallas, TX Terri S. Reiskin, Washington, DC Katherine Tess Argent, Kansas City, MO
Patricia O'Connell Alvarez, Laredo, TX Sharon Holahan, Short Hills, NJ Elaine M. Rinaldi, Philadelphia, PA Barbara L. Arras, New Orleans, LA
Christina H. Belew, New Orleans, LA Renee A. Infante, Cincinnati, OH Deborah L. Robinson, Baltimore, MD Donna Zils Banfield, Tyngsboro, MA
Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA Jennifer Johnson, Chicago, IL Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY Susan M. Barilich, Dallas, TX
Sandra Harlen Benzer, Baltimore, MD Leeann Jones, Atlanta, GA Susan P. Roy, Missoula, MT Debra S. Belaga, San Francisco, CA
Jean L. Bertrano, San Francisco, CA Christy D. Jones, Jackson, MS Amy S. Rubin, West Palm Beach, FL Christina H. Belew, New Orleans, LA
Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA Kerry A. Kearney, Pittsburgh, PA Elizabeth Haecker Ryan, New Orleans, LA Katherine Benesch, Lawrenceville, NJ
Noel C. Birle, Philadelphia, PA Sheila Doyle Kelley, San Francisco, CA Luanne R. Sacks, San Francisco, CA Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA
Mary Anne Bobinski, Houston, TX Rebecca Laffitte, Columbia, SC Lisa J. Savitt, New York, NY Sandra Harlen Benzer, Baltimore, MD
Mary Elizabeth Bogan, Philadelphia, PA Kathleen A. Lang, Detroit, MI Michelle I. Schaffer, Boston, MA Louis Dovre Bjorkman, Minneapolis, MN
Carole D. Bos, Grand Rapids, MI Nancy L. LaVista, West Palm Beach, FL Amy Schulman, New York, NY Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA
Hildy Bowbeer, St. Paul, MN Jeannine L. Lee, Minneapolis, MN Lisa L. Smith, Buffalo, NY Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD
William E. Bradley, Mandeville, LA Karen Anne Lorenzen, Iowa City, IA Sharon S. Spungen, Grand Rapids, MI Carla J. Bishop, Houston, TX
Joy G. Braun, New Orleans, LA Ellen B. Malow, Houston, TX Tracey J. Stokes, Chicago, IL Carrie L. Blackburn, Baltimore, MD
Charlsa D. Broadus, Washington, DC Ana M. Marin, Miami, FL Sue Stott, San Francisco, CA Denise Savoie Blocker, Palo Alto, CA
Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL Susan E. Mason, Detroit, MI Karen M. Suddath, Philadelphia, PA Hildy Bowbeer, St. Paul, MN
Sheila Kathleen Carmody, Phoenix, AZ Bonnie L. Mayfield, Detroit, MI Sheila A. Sunovall, Chicago, IL Deborah S. Braden, Birmingham, AL
Kelly Centofanti, Milwaukee, WI Brigid M. McGrath, Chicago, IL Laura G. Tamez, San Antonio, TX Joy G. Braun, New Orleans, LA
Tracy A. Cinocca, Oklahoma City, OK Enid Duany Mendoza, Miami, FL Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA Charlsa D. Broadus, Washington, DC
Sandra F. Clark, Beaumont, TX Angela A. Meyer, Menlo Park, CA Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX Bonnie A. Bulla, Las Vegas, NV
Susan J. Cole, Coral Gables, Fl Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN Angela D. Vitali, New York, NY Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL
Dina M. Cox, Indianapolis, IN Amee Ann Mikacich, Oakland, CA Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY Sheila Kathleen Carmody, Phoenix, AZ
Cheryl V. Cunningham, New Orleans, LA Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL D. Kimberly Brown Whittle, Boston, MA Angela Carter, Santa Rosa, CA
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M. Patricia Casey, Princeton, NJ Lorrie L. Hargrove, Birmingham, AL Enid Duany Mendoza, Miami, FL Lisa L. Smith, Buffalo, NY
Kelly Centofanti, Milwaukee, WI Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN Sharon S. Spungen, Grand Rapids, MI
Diane Cernivivo, Chicago, IL Colleen M. Hegge, Cincinnati, OH Amee Ann Mikacich, Oakland, CA Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA Alice Herrington, Louisville, KY Kara M. Miller, Salisbury, MD Sam L. Stein, Cherokiee, OK
Tracy A. Cinocca, Oklahoma City, OK Fran C. Hickman, Little Rock, AR Josephine S. Miller, Danbury, CT Carolyn House Stewart, Tampa, FL
Sandra F. Clark, Beaumont, TX Josephine E. Hicks, Charlotte, SC Marilyn Ann Moberg, Los Angeles, CA Tracey J. Stokes, Chicago, IL
Nancy Sher Cohen, Los Angeles, CA Christa Hinckley, Fort Worth, TX Terry L. Mock, Tuscumba, AL Cindy H. Strickland, Phoenix, AZ
Susan K.H. Conley, Minneapolis, MN Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS Patricia A. Moores, New York, NY Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC
Deborah S. Cousins, Cleveland, OH Wendy S. Howarter, Oregon, IL Angelicque M. Moreno, Brooklyn, NY Catalina J. Sugayan, Chicago, IL
Dina M. Cox, Indianapolis, IN Melinda S. Huff, Dallas, TX Sharon Murphy, Indianapolis, IN Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX
Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ Renee A. Infante, Cincinnati, OH Tracy L. Nation, San Diego, CA Laura G. Tamez, San Antonio, TX
Diane V. D'Aiutolo, Baltimore, MD Anjali Jesseramsing, Washington, DC Narda M. Newby, Washington, DC Mary C. Thompson, Houston, TX
Andrew A. Darvas, Seattle, WA Gloria Johnson, Atlanta, GA Fern P. O'Brian, Washington, DC Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Dawn Davenport, Dallas, TX Jennifer Johnson, Chicago, IL Jennifer K. Oetter, Portland, OR Merle M. Troeger, Denver, CO
Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX Derrick K. Jones, Jackson, MI Kristine Louise Olsen, Beverly Hills, CA Patricia S. Tweedy, Sacramento, CA
Dina M. Dox, Indianapolis, IN Leeann Jones, Atlanta, GA Joseph J. Ortego, Uniondale, NY Susan R. Tyndall, Milwaukee, WI
Deborah C. Drosser, Riverside, CA Anne H. Jordan, Portland, ME Stephanie Sue Padilla, Denver, CO Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT Maureen A. Jordan, Allentown, PA Molly Peckman, Philadelphia, PA Angela D. Vitali, New York, NY
Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN Karen E. Kahle, Wheeling, WV Allyson Pharr, Houston, TX Kathleen G. Walsh, Alex, VA
Kellie Payne Esposito, Birmingham, AL Kerry A. Kearney, Pittsburgh, PA Susan Alexander Philpott, Milwaukee, WI Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY
Harry Aaron Ezratty, San Juan, PR Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA Holly M. Polglase, Boston, MA Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA
Sherry Ruggiero Fallon, Wilmington, DE M. Kathryn Knight, Mobile, AL Susan R. Poulter, Salt Lake City, UT Cherry D. Williams, Nashville, TN
Laura L. Farley, Anchorage, AK LaDonna Koebel, Lexington, KY Frances E. Prell, Chicago, IL Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Renee A. Faught, Indianapolis, IN Rosemary Krimbel, Chicago, IL Karen M. Raby, Atlanta, GA Deborah Nelson Willis, Port Angeles, WA
Kathryn R. Fenderson, St. Petersburg, FL Rebecca Laffitte, Columbia, SC Anandhi S. Rajan, Atlanta, GA Kimberly E. Winter, Boston, MA
Julie I. Fershtman, Bingham Farms, MI Patricia McHugh Lambert, Towson, MD Ellen Relkin, New York, NY Erica R. Yew, San Jose, CA
Wendy Fleishman, New York, NY Kathleen A. Lang, Detroit, MI Sheryl R. Rentz, Wynnewood, PA JoAnne M. Zboyan, Denver, CO
Helen E. Freedman, New York, NY Nancy L. LaVista, West Palm Beach, FL Elaine M. Rinaldi, Philadelphia, PA
Susan J. French, Philadelphia, PA Jeannine L. Lee, Minneapolis, MN Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY Transportation Law
Anne M. Fulton, Turson, AZ Virginia E. Lohmann, Columbus, OH Lolita G. Romanick, Grand Forks, ND Patricia O'Connell Alvarez, Laredo, TX
Deborah J. Gander, Miami, FL Deborah J. Long, Birmingham, AL Susan P. Roy, Missoula, MT Emily J. Brantley, Atlanta, GA
Kelly Dunn Gelof, Georgetown, DE Karen Anne Lorenzen, Iowa City, IA Amy S. Rubin, West Palm Beach, FL Charlsa D. Broadus, Washington, DC
Rachelle Hoffman Glazer, Dallas, TX Cynthia K. Lowe, Lexington, KY Elizabeth Haecker Ryan, New Orleans, LA Christine H. Curash, Hammond, IN
Karen R. Glickstein, Kansas City, MO Laila Maalouf, Quieg, MA Lisa J. Savitt, New York, NY Christa Hinckley, Fort Worth, TX
Beverly Bell Godbey, Dallas, TX Ellen B. Malow, Houston, TX Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX Melinda C. Huff, Dallas, TX
Y. Gail Goode, Brooklyn, NY Lisa Pierobon Mays, Madison, WI Michelle I. Schaffer, Boston, MA Jennifer Johnson, Chicago, IL
Terri Gregori, Columbus, OH Dionne C. McCoy, Indianapolis, IN Carol Nelson Shepherd, Philadelphia, PA Gloria Leal, Austin, TX
Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA Kathie McDonald, Louisville, KY Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL Josephine S. Miller, Danbury, CT
Theresa L. Groh, Cincinnati, OH Elizabeth M. McMillan, Greenville, SC Ellen Thorne Skrak, Albuquerque, NM Kara M. Miller, Salisbury, MD
Nancy L. Hann, Fayetteville, AR Susan Meek, Houston, TX Donna Wesson Smalley, Tuscabose, AL Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA
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Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX Lorelie S. Masters, Washington, DC Niki Ingram, Philadelphia, PA
Edith R. Matthai, Los Angeles, CA Leeann Jones, Atlanta, GA
Trial Techniques S. Beville May, Brookline, MA Karen E. Kahle, Wheeling, WV
Joseph J. Ortego, Garden City, NY Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA
Elisabeth R. Sauer, Kansas City, MO Marilyn S. Klinger, Los Angeles, CA
Worker's Compensation Law Elizabeth A. Starrs, Denver, CO M. Kathryn Knight, Mobile, AL
BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK Sarah Stewart, Mobile, AL Jennifer S. Kornblum, Los Olivos, CA
Susan K.H. Conley, Minneapolis, MN Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX Margaret Levy, Los Angeles, CA
Renee A. Faught, Indianapolis, IN Virginia E. Lohmann, Columbus, OH
Karen M. Gilmartin, Miami Lakes, FL Private Practice-Partner Kim V. Marrkand, Boston, MA
Christa Hinckley, Fort Worth, TX Stacy M. Andreas, Kansas City, MO Judy Martinez, New Orleans, LA
Niki Ingram, Philadelphia, PA Susan M. Barilich, Dallas, TX Donna McCaffrey, McLean, VA
Gloria Johnson, Atlanta, GA Debra S. Belaga, San Francisco, CA Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL
Lindy Korn, Williamsville, NY Christina H. Belew, New Orleans, LA Sharon Murphy, Indianapolis, IN
Kathryn Spruill Lingle, Richmond, VA Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA Fern P. O'Brian, Washington, DC
Dorothy M. Linsner, Natick, MA Jean L. Bertrano, San Francisco, CA Frances E. Prell, Chicago, IL
Lenore S. Marema, Downers Grove, IL Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD Terri S. Reiskin, Washington, DC
Helen T. McFadden, Kingstree, SC Pamela A. Bresnahan, Washington, DC Laurie Anne Rush-Masuret, Bernardsville, NJ
Kara M. Miller, Salisbury, MD Roxella T. Cavazos, Houston, TX Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX
Adele E. O'Conner, Columbus, OH Kelly Centofanti, Milwaukee, WI Carol Shepherd, Philadelphia, PA
Katherine D. Dixon, Atlanta, GA BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK Donna Wesson Smalley, Tuscabose, AL
Melinda S. Huff, Dallas, TX Debra Chong, San Francisco, CA Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Sharon Murphy, Indianapolis, IN Colleen A. Christensen, Seattle, WA Carolyn House Stewart, Tampa, FL
Cynthia M. Stamer, Dallas, TX Andrew A. Darvas, Seattle, WA Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX
Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR Doreen D. Dodson, St. Louis, MO Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL
Rebecca Young, Lake Charles, LA Martica S. Douglas, Portland, ME Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Elizabeth M. McMillan, Greenville, SC Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN Stephanie E. Trudeau, Cleveland, OH
Sherry Ruggiero Fallon, Wilmington, DE Angela D. Vitali, New York, NY
Private Practice-Managing Partner Laura L. Farley, Anchorage, AK Cora T. Walker, New York, NY
Katherine Tess Argent, Kansas City, MO Kathryn R. Fenderson, St. Petersburg, FL Joyce C. Wang, San Francisco, CA
Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA Abbe F. Fletman, Philadelphia, PA Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA
Charlsa D. Broadus, Washington, DC Jane L. Foster, Philadelphia, PA Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA
Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA Robert L. Gibbs, Jackson, MS Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA
BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK Gena A. Gregory, Little Rock, AR Deborah Nelson Willis, Port Angeles, WA
Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ Rachelle Hoffman Glazer, Dallas, TX Erica R. Yew, San Jose, CA
Jane L. Foster, Philadelphia, PA Karen R. Glickstein, Kansas City, MO
Melinda S. Huff, Dallas, TX Andra Greene, Newport Beach, CA
Linda M. Lawson, Los Angeles, CA Nancy L. Hann, Fayetteville, AR
Margaret C. Lumsden, Raleigh, NC Alice Herrington, Louisville, KY
Eleanor E. Lynn, East Lansing, MI Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS
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Table of Contents
Speakers Directory ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1
Index by Area of Expertise 62
Admiralty & Maritime Law .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 62
Alternative Dispute Resolution ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Appellate Practice ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 62
Aviation & Space Technology ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Business Torts ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Civil Procedure and Evidence ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Construction Law ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Consumer Law .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Corporate Law General ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Defense ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 63
Dispute Resolution .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 63
Elder Law ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 64
Employee Benefits .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 64
Entertainment & Sports Law ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 64
Environmental Law ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 64
Energy Law ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 64
General Practice ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 64
Government Federal/State ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 65
Health & Disability Insurance Law .................................................................................................................................................................................. 65
Health & Hospital............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Insurance Law .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Intellectual Property Law .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 62
Life Insurance ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 66
Litigation ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 66
Media Law and Defamation Torts .................................................................................................................................................................................... 68
Medicine and Law .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 68
Natural Resources .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 68
Plaintiff ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 68
Product Liability Law ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 69
Professionals’, Officers’ & Directors’ Liability ............................................................................................................................................................... 69
Property Insurance Law .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Tort & Personal Injury Law ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 69
Transportation Law ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Trial Techniques ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 71
Workers' Compensation Law ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 71
Private Practice-Managing Partner.................................................................................................................................................................................. 71
Private Practice-Partner .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 71