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TORT & INSURANCE PRACTICE SECTION
WOMEN & MINORITY INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE'S
2001-2002 WOMEN AND MINORITY SPEAKERS DIRECTORY
Revised October 8, 2001
Lisa M. Agrimonti
Doherty, Rumble & Butler
2800 World Trade Center
30 East 7th Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone: 612/291-9421 Fax: 612/291-9313
E-mail: agriml@drblaw.com
Juris Admission: KS/1996; MN/1997
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Litigation, Product
Liability Law
Publications: Authorized two law articles:”The Limitations
of Daubert and it's Misapplication to Quasi-Scientific
Experts, 1993
Courses Taught: Taught three sections of Business and
Society as adjunct at Wichita State
Andrea M. Alonso*
Morris, Duffy Alonso & Farley
170 Broadway
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212/266-1888 Fax: 212/266-3252
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NY/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Construction Law,
Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law,
Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications: “Hi-low Agreements,” 1998; “Offer of
Judgments,” 1998
Courses Taught: NVS Bar - premises/construction liability
Patrica O'Connell Alvarez*
Alvarez & Notza
Suite 380
5219 McPherson
Laredo, TX 78041
Phone: 956/717-8880 Fax: 956/717-8877
E-mail: poa@netscorp.net
Juris Admission: TX/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Transportation Law
Publications: “Special Problems when Defending Under a
Reservation of Rights,” DRI Bad Faith Seminar, Orlando,
Florida (1995); “Expert Witnesses Used in Investigation of
Trucking Accidents,” American Bar Assn Transportation
Megaconference III, New Orleans, LA (1996)
Courses Taught: “Voir Dire: A Defendant’s Prespective,”
Texas Bar Assn Advanced Civil Evidence and Discovery
Course Seminar, Houston, Texas (1998)
Stacy M. Andreas
Lathrop & Gage, L.C.
Suite 2500
2345 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: 816/460-5531 Fax: 816/292-2001
E-mail: sandreas@lathropgage.com
Juris Admission: MO/1989; KS/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: “Supreme Court Ruling Likey to Increase
Workers’ Claims, Kansas Business Journal (1997); :Expired
Policies May Cover Environmental Claims,” Kansas City
Business Journal
Katherine Tess Argent*
The Argent Law Firm
1804 Central Street
Kansas City, MO 64108-2011
Phone: 816/472-5297 Fax: 816/471-5277
E-mail: argentk@swbell.net
Juris Admission: KS/1997
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Managing Partner,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: “Preparing for Your Divorce,” seminar
(office) (1997); “Your Insurance Needs,” in-house seminar
(1998)
Barbara L. Arras
Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P.
30th Floor
400 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70130-3245
Phone: 504/566-1311 Fax: 504/568-9130
E-mail: arrasb@phelps.com
Juris Admission: IL/1977; LA/1987; TX/1997
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: “Causation and Damages in Toxic Tort
Litigation,” Texas Assn of Railroad Trail Counsel, San
Antonio, Texas, (1992); “The Role of the Epidemiologist in
the Chemical Case,” Defense Research Institute, Chemical
Exporsure Seminar, New York City, New York (1993);
“Handling Plaintiff’s Experts and Questions of Disease at
Deposition and Trial: Tehniques and Strategies,” Defense
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
Baker & Hostetler
10th Floor
600 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213/975-1807 Fax: 213/975-1740
E-mail: kbailey@ex.baker-hostetler.com
Juris Admission: CA/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught: CLE in-house at firm-qualified as MCLE
provider
Jeanne Louise Bakker
Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, L.L.P.
123 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19109
Phone: 215/772-7521 Fax: 215/772-7620
E-mail: jbakker@mmwr.com
Juris Admission: TX/1990; DC/1992; PA/1997
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Litigation
Publications: The Defense of Obedience to Superior Orders
- The Mens Rea Requirement, 17 Am. J. Crim. L. 55 (1989)
Courses Taught:
Deborah S. Ballati
Farella, Braun & Martel, L.L.P.
235 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94127
Phone: 415/954-4426 Fax: 415/954-4480
E-mail: ballatid@fbm.com
Juris Admission: CA/1975
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Dispute Resolution,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Andrea I. Balsamo
Arkwright Mutual
225 Wyman Street
P.O. Box 9198
Waltham, MA 02554-9198
Phone: 781/890-9300 x2465 Fax: 781/890-5005
E-mail: Andrea_Balsamo@Arkwright.com
Juris Admission: NY/1989; MA/1998
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution,
Insurance Coverage Litigation, Property Insurance Law,
Other
Publications: Throwing Caution to the Wind? The Hidden
Cost of Waiving the Right to Recover Damages, Office of
Industrial Properties, (Feb. 1998).
Courses Taught: Y2K Conference, NYC; Adjuster
Training Y2K; Risk Managers (RMAC) Y2K; Subrogation
& Y2K
Susan M. Barilich
Rohde Thomason, L.L.P.
Suite 630
900 Jackson Street
Dallas, TX 75202
Phone: 214/741-2711 Fax: 214/630-6331
E-mail: sbarilich@rohde_thomason.com
Juris Admission: TX/1981; CA/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Government Federal/State, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications: “Real Property Descriptions: A Practical
Review,” Texas Bar Journal, (1987); “Dealing with
Renters,” A Guide for Nonresident Owners and
Associations. (1994)
Courses Taught: “Lawsuit Damages (IRS Considerations),”
American Women’s Society of CPAs, Dallas Chapter,
(1993); “Eminent Domain Practice,” Tarrant County Bar
Assn Real Estate Section (1987)
Donna Zils Banfield
Law Office of Donna Zils Banfield
Suite 26
150 Westford Road
Tyngsboro, MA 01879-2511
Phone: 978/649-9880 Fax: 978/649-6558
E-mail: dzbanfield@msn.com
Juris Admission: MA/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Past adjunct faculty North Shore
Community College, taught litigation
Patrice M. Barron
Suite 1200
3730 Kirby Street
Houston, TX 77098
Phone: 713/871-2027 Fax: 713/771-5631
E-mail:
Juris Admission: TX/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice - Civil, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: " Was Really - Duties to Third Parties:
Am I My Brother's Keeper?" (1997)
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Revised October 8, 2001
Marjie D. Barrows
Rudloff wood & Barrows LLP
101 California St., Suite 2200
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 4105/733-7800 Fax: 415/733-7801
E-mail: mbarrows@rwblaw.com
Juris Admission: CA/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Coverage Litigation,
Property Insurance Law
Publications: “Protections Afforded to Mortgagees Under
the Standard Mortgage Clause Against Uninterded
Cancellation or Nonrenewal of Insurance Coverage”;
“Reverse Bad Faith: Is The Duty Of Good Faith And Fair
Dealing Really A Two-Way Street”
Courses Taught:
Ellen L. Barton
AON Risk Services of Maryland, Inc.
111 Market Place
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410/547-2800 Fax: 410/547-2914
E-mail: elbarton@aol.com
Juris Admission: OH/1978; PA/1985; MD/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Health &
Hospital, Insurance Law, Worker's Compensation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Jacquelyn A. Beatty
Karr Tuttle Campbell
Suite 2900
1201 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206/224-8090 Fax: 206/682-7100
E-mail: jbeatty@karrtuttle.com
Juris Admission: WA/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Other
Publications: “Exclusions Exclude: Let the Pollution
Exclusion Mean What it Says”
Courses Taught: Ins. coverage for construction II, 1988
Debra S. Belaga
Jackson Tufts Cole & Black, L.L.P.
650 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 415/433-1950 Fax: 415/392-3494
E-mail: dbelaga@jtcb.com
Juris Admission: CA/1978
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Intellectual
Property Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Private Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught: PLI Program/deposition training,
early/mid 1980's
Christina H. Belew
Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn
30th Floor
1100 Poydras
New Orleans, LA 70163
Phone: 504/569-2030 Fax: 504/569-2999
E-mail: tinab@spsr-law.com
Juris Admission: LA/1982; TX/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Product
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private PracticePartner
Publications: Co-author: LA Civil Practice Forms 1997
Courses Taught: “Bad Faith Claims-First and Third
Parties,” 1997
Janet E. Belkin
Center for International Insurance
College of Insurance
4th Floor
101 Murray Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212/815-9267 Fax: 516/379-3103
E-mail: jebelkin@aol.com
Juris Admission: NY/1979
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
Publications: International Column for A.M. Best (“Global
Outlook”); Manual for Insurance Regulation in Developing
Countries
Courses Taught: Presented at International Insurance and
Legal Meetings in Philippines, Australia, Europe, Latin
America and Asia
Katherine Benesch
Law Offices of Katherine Benesch
Suite 200
993 Lenox Drive
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Phone: 609/844-7590 Fax: 609/844-7562
E-mail: kbenes@aosi.com
Juris Admission: PA/1980; NJ/1980; DC/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Andrea R. Bennett
Bennett & Associates
3223 Paces Ferry Place, Northwest
Atlanta, GA 30305
Phone: 404/816-6500 Fax: 404/816-6048
E-mail: andrea@bennettlaw.net
Juris Admission: GA/1976
TIPS Member: Yes
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WOMEN & MINORITY INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE'S
2001-2002 WOMEN AND MINORITY SPEAKERS DIRECTORY
Revised October 8, 2001
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff,
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private
Practice-Managing Partner, Private Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught: Lectured at 20-30 seminars over the years
Sandra Harlen Benzer
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P.
Suite 1400
7 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202-1626
Phone: 410/347-9434 Fax: 410/752-7092
E-mail: sbenzer@wtplaw.com
Juris Admission: MD/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, General Practice, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal
Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Legal research and writing, 1989-1990
Laurie Berke-Weiss
Berke-Weiss & Pechman, L.L.P.
488 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212/583-9500 Fax: 212/308-8582
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NY/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Other
Publications: “Changes of Pregnancy Discrimination: The
Net of Statutory Safeguards,” 1998
Courses Taught: “Defining Disability” under the ADA
Law, 1998
Marian Mayer Berkett
Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, L.L.P.
755 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: 504/581-5141 Fax: 504/566-1201
E-mail: mberkett@dkslaw
Juris Admission: LA
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise:
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Debbie L. Berman
Jenner & Block
One IBM Plaza
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312/923-2764 Fax: 312/840-7764
E-mail: dberman@jenner.com
Juris Admission: IL/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Advocacy, Business Torts,
Civil Procedure and Evidence, Employer-Employee
Relations, Intellectual Property Law, Media Law and
Defamation Torts
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Jean L. Bertrano
Morgenstein & Jubelirer
32nd Floor
One Market
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415/896-0666 Fax: 415/896-5592
E-mail: jlbertrano@mj-sflaw.com
Juris Admission: CA/1978
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Litigation, Product
Liability Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications: Several articles
Courses Taught: Extensive experience
Anne P. Birdsong
Abbott, Simses, Knister & Kuchler
Suite 200
400 Lafayette Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: 504/568-9393 Fax: 504/524-1933
E-mail: theta89@aol.com
Juris Admission: LA/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Defense,
Environmental Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort
& Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Commercial Mayhem on the (Trans-) Orient
Express: Trans-Orient Marine Corp. v. Star Trading &
Marine, Inc., 16 Tul. Mra. L.J. 203 (1991).
Courses Taught: Presentations made as Secretary of the
Young Lawyers' Counsil of the Louisiana State Bar
Association
Noel C. Birle
Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P.
3000 Two Logan Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215/981-4176 Fax: 215/981-4750
E-mail: birlen@pepperlaw.com
Juris Admission: PA/1993; NJ/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Product Liability
Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: ABA Meeting, “Hot Topics in
Environmental Law,” 1998
Kathleen A. Birrane
Kiramon & Graham, P.A.
Suite 2600
One South Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410/752-6030 Fax: 410/539-1269
E-mail: kbirrane@kg-law.com
Juris Admission: MD/1986
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WOMEN & MINORITY INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE'S
2001-2002 WOMEN AND MINORITY SPEAKERS DIRECTORY
Revised October 8, 2001
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Employee
Benefits, Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Teach professionalism one day seminar to
incoming members of the Maryland Bar,two per year
Carla J. Bishop
Haynes & Boone
Suite 4300
1000 Louisiana
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: 713/547-2063 Fax: 713/236-5542
E-mail: bishopc@hayboo.com
Juris Admission: TX/1976
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal
Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Panelist, Nuts and Bolts of Environmental
Law , “Toxic Tort Issues,” Houston Bar Assn (1996); “How
to Select and Manage Outside Counsel,” CPCU Society
Annual Seminar, Houston, Texas (1995);lecturer, “The
Corporate Defendant; Watching Out for Mine Fields,” South
Texas College of Law Advanced Civil Trial Law Institute,
Houston, Texas (1994)
Olivia O. Bissell
Bissell & Associates
Suite 385
100 Corporate Pointe
Culver City, CA 90280
Phone: 310/670-2522 Fax: 310/607-2539
E-mail: bissello@earthlink.net
Juris Admission: CA/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Insurance Seminars continuously from
1993 to present
Louise Dovre Bjorkman
Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, L.L.P.
2000 Metropolitan Centre
333 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone: 612/340-7975 Fax: 612/340-7900
E-mail: ldbjorkm@riderlaw.com
Juris Admission: MN/1995; US Dist. Court - MN/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate practice, Insurance Law, Tort
& Personal Injury Law
Publications: Numerous articles on various aspects of trial
aellate practice
Courses Taught: CLE seminars at the local, state and
national level; speaker, ABA Appellate Advocacy Annual
Meeting program (1996); ABA Appellate Advocacy Spring
Program (1998)
Carrie L. Blackburn
Kerr McDonald, L.L.P.
Suite 400
31 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410/539-2908 Fax: 410/539-2956
E-mail: blackburnc@aol.com
Juris Admission: MD/1993; DC/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
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WOMEN & MINORITY INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE'S
2001-2002 WOMEN AND MINORITY SPEAKERS DIRECTORY
Revised October 8, 2001
Janine Dawn Bloch
Preston Gates & Ellis
Suite 2400
One Maritime Plaza
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415/733-8306 Fax: 415/788-8819
E-mail: jbloch@prestongates.com
Juris Admission: CA/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Deposition Skills, Local Court Rules
Denise Savoie Blocker
McCutchen, Doyle et al.
3150 Porter Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1212
Phone: 650/849-4890 Fax: 650/849-4800
E-mail: dblocker@mdbe.com
Juris Admission: CA/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Employee
Benefits, Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Presentations made to TIPS Section of
the ABA; the Litigation Section; the Pacific Admiralty
Seminar and the Maritime Law Association
Mary Anne Bobinski
University of Houston Law Center
4800 Calhoun Road
Houston, TX 77204-6381
Phone: 713/743-2227 Fax: 713/742-2122
E-mail: mabob@uh.edu
Juris Admission: NY/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Product Liability
Law
Publications: Various Health Law Casebook articles on
health law subjects
Courses Taught: Torts, Health Law, various specialized
academic and CLE presentations
Mary Elizabeth Bogan
Margolis Edelstein
4th Floor
The Curtis Center
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 215/931-5884 Fax: 215/922-1772
E-mail:
Juris Admission: PA/1989; U.S. Supreme Court/1997;
U.S. Court of Appeals (Third)/1990; U.S. District
Court/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Product Liability Law
Publications: Authored manuals concerning products
liability law and recent developments in bad faith litigation
Courses Taught: Various seminars in local region to
prominent insurance representatives
Clarke M.B. Bogda
International Fidelity Insurance Company
One North Center
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973/624-7200 Fax: 973/623-8006
E-mail: clark@ific.com
Juris Admission: NJ/1976; NY/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law; Insurance Law
Publications: “Anatomy of a Workout Agreement: Extensio
of Surety Credit to the Troubled Contractor”
Courses Taught: ABA Tort TIPS Fidelity and Surety Law
Committee Midyear Meeting (1997)
Paula Bonnell
PBPC
Suite 840
50 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: 617/367-5990 Fax: 617/227-0079
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MA/1977
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Construction Law,
Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Other
Publications: “The Domestic Partnership Act,” 1979
Courses Taught:
Cynthia J. Borrelli
Bressler, Amery & Ross
325 Columbia Turnpike
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
practices & agent issues for ABA/ALI ABA
Carole D. Bos
Bos & Glazier
Suite 800
300 Ottawa, N.W.
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: 616/458-6814 Fax: 616/458-0608
E-mail: cbos@bosglazier.com
Juris Admission: MI/1981
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Environmental Law,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Hildy Bowbeer
3M
Building 220-12E-02
3M Center
St. Paul, MN 55144-1000
Phone: 612/737-3194 Fax: 612/736-9469
E-mail: hbowbeer@mmm.com
Juris Admission: MN/1979
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Litigation, Product
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Numerous seminars on product liability
and trial practice
Deborah S. Braden
Olschner & Hart, P.C.
Suite 1
#8 Office Park Circle
Birmingham, AL 35253
Phone: 205/879-9905 Fax: 205/879-9912
E-mail: dsbraden@olschnerhart.com
Juris Admission: AL/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Insurance
Law, Intellectual Property Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications: Has Time Come for Apportionment of
Punitive Damages - Cumberland Law Review, Vol. 28, No.
1, 1997-98
Courses Taught: Computer Litigation, Oct. 1997;
Uninsured Motorist Coverage, Sept. 1997
William E. Bradley
Law Office of William E. Bradley
120 Long Lane
Mandeville, LA 70448
Phone: 504/674-0270 Fax:
E-mail:
Juris Admission: LA/1993
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Insurance
Law, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Emily J. Brantley
Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler
999 Peachtree Street N.E.
Suite 2700
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: 404/876-2700 Fax: 404/875-9433
E-mail: ebrantley@lwaw.com
Juris Admission: GA/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Plaintiff,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Transportation Law, Other
Publications: GA Law Review, Spring 1991, What It
Means To Be A Good Lawyer
Courses Taught:
Joy G. Braun
Sessions & Fishman
Suite 3500
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70170
Phone: 504/582-1548 Fax: 504/582-1555
E-mail: jbraun@sessions-law.com
Juris Admission: LA/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Product
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Tulane University - Trial Advocate
Adjunct Faculty, 1994-present; Louisiana State Bar
Association Summer School in Sandestin, FL, 1993, “My
Orthopaedist is Right-Dueling Doctors”; Nursing Law
Seminar in New Orleans, 1998
Pamela A. Bresnahan
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
Suite 1111
7828 L Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202/467-8861 Fax: 202/467-8900
E-mail: pabresnahan@vssp.com
Juris Admission: MD/1980; NY/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Intellectual Property
Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications: Two articles in the ABA Journal in the last
four years on professional liability issues
Courses Taught: Numerous speeches on professional
liability issues and discipline
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Julie C. Bretz
U.S. EEOC
Suite 800
310 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53203
Phone: 414/297-1276 Fax: 414/297-3146
E-mail: jbretz@execpc.com
Juris Admission: OH/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Government
Federal/State, Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: ABA Labor & Employment Section:
Milwaukee, “Representing Clients in Mediation”;
Milwaukee Bar Association: Labor Law Update 1995,
1996, 1997; EEOC TAPs Program: 1995-1998, Law re:
Hiring & Firing & ADR Workshop Negotiation Skills Class
Lee M. Brewer
Brewer, McGraw & Associates
Suite 109
635 Park Meadow Road
Westerville, OH 43081
Phone: 614/890-5632 Fax: 614/890-5638
E-mail:
Juris Admission: OH/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Shannon J. Briglia
Wickwire Gavin, P.C.
Suite 700
8100 Boone Boulevard
Vienna, VA 22182
Phone: 703/790-8750 Fax: 703/448-1801
E-mail: sbriglia@wickwire.com
Juris Admission: VA/1987; DC/1988; MD/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
Publications: “Contractor Bankruptcy-The Surety's
Perspective, Payment Bond Manual, ABA 1995
Courses Taught: The Gray Areas of Default, August 1995
Charlsa D. Broadus*
Coale, Cooley, Lietz, McInerny & Broadus, P.C.
Suite 857
818 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202/887-4770 Fax: 202/887-4778
E-mail:
Juris Admission: DC/1992; US District Court/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Transportation Law,
Private Practice-Managing Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Georgetown Univ. Law Center Clinical
Instructor, 1993-94; Minority Roadshow, 1995
Lisa S. Brogan
Baker & McKenzie
Suite 3500
130 East Randolph Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312/865-3070 Fax: 312/861-2899
E-mail: lisa.s.borgan@bakernet.com
Juris Admission: IL/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Insurance Law,
Litigation
Publications: Book chapter on Fiduciary Insurance (1997);
articles, ERISA Ficudicary Law in ABA/TIPS/Directors &
Officers Liability Committee Newsletter (1997), IADC
Newsletters, Northwestern Journal of International Law &
Business
Courses Taught: Have spoken at various CBA Committee
luncheons, ISBA seminars
Lisa M. Bromberg
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C.
163 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07962
Phone: 973/538-4006 Fax: 973/538-5146
E-mail: lmbromberg@pbnlaw.com
Juris Admission: NJ/1983; NY/1985
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Janet L. Brown
Boehm, Brown, Seacrest, Fischer & LeFever, P.A.
Suite 375
101 Southhall Lane
Maitland, FL 32751
Phone: 407/660-0990 Fax: 407/660-5052
E-mail: jbrownbbsfllawfirm.com
Juris Admission: FL/1977; U.S. Dist Courts in
Florida/1977; 5th Cir. Court of Appeals/1977; 11th Circuit
Court of Appeals/1981; U.S. Supreme Court/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law
Publications: “Is the One-Year Contract Limitation a Valid
Defense tothe Claims of the Insured?,” Property Loss
Research Bureau (1985); “The Status of Punitive Damages
in Third Party Tort Liability Problems,” Defense Research
Institute (1989);
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Courses Taught: “The Sick Building Syndrome,” ABA
Tort & Insurance Practice Section Property Insurance
Committee (1989)
Virginia S. Brown
Doepken Keevican & Weiss, P.C.
26th Floor
BP Tower
200 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44114-2301
Phone: 216/875-4868 Fax: 216/875-4809
E-mail: vbrown@dkwlaw.com
Juris Admission: OH/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Bettina Ellen Brownstein
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
#2200
200 W. Capitol Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 501/212-1288 Fax: 501-376-9442
E-mail: bbrownstein@wlj.com
Juris Admission: TX/1982; AR/1985
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise:
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Kathy Bryant
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
P.O. Box 96920
Washington, DC 20090-6920
Phone: 202/863-2511 Fax: 202/488-3985
E-mail: kbryant@acog.org
Juris Admission: IA/1980; IL/1983; DC/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Health & Hospital,
Insurance Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Topics include: how to influence
legislations, managed care legislations, healthcare
legislations
Bonnie A. Bulla
Broening Oberg Woods Wilson & Cass, P.C.
Suite 200
3930 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Phone: 702/893-3383 Fax: 702/893-3789
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NV/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital,
Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Ellen K. Burrows
White and Williams, L.L.P.
Suite 1800
One Liberty Place
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215/864-7011 Fax: 215/864-7123
E-mail: burrowse@whitewms.com
Juris Admission: PA/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Insurance Law,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Deborah S. Bussert
Much Shelist Freed et al
Suite 2100
200 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312/621-1495 Fax: 312/621-1750
E-mail: dbussert@muchlaw.com
Juris Admission: IL
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Consumer Law,
Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Environmental Claims Journal, 1996
Courses Taught: Chicago Bar Association, 1996;
Mealey's, 1996
Edna Ramon Butts*
Hughes & Luce
Suite 900
111 Congress
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512/482-6877 Fax: 512/482-6859
E-mail: buttse@hughesluce.com
Juris Admission: TX/1979
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Insurance Law,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: “Managed Care Contracting: What Should
You Do?,” Texas Medical Assn Fall Leadership Conference
(1998); “Current Regulatory Issues Relation to HMOs,”
University of Texas School of Law Health Law Conference,
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
American Nurses Association
600 Maryland Ave, SW, Ste 100W
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: 202/651-7061 Fax: 202/554-3262
E-mail: wcarson@ana.org
Juris Admission: PA/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Government Federal/State, Health &
Hospital
Publications: Varies of Articles; Ana Model Practice Act
with Commentary; Legal Aspects of Standards and
Guidelines for Clinical Nursing Practice; Chapter on Legal
Issues and Advanced Nursing Practice in Nurses, Nurses
Practitioners: Evolution to Advanced Practice
Courses Taught:
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Angela Carter
Babin, Seeger, Crow & Manwell
Suite 400
111 Santa Rosa Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: 707/526-7370 Fax: 707/526-0307
E-mail: becinao@netdex.com
Juris Admission: CA/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, General Practice, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
M. Patricia Casey
American Re-Insurance Company
555 College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543
Phone: 609/243-4595 Fax: 609/243-4992
E-mail: pcasey@amre.com
Juris Admission: NY/1979
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Tort & Personal Injury
Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: ABA, 1997 - “Examining the
Relationship Between Alternative Markets & Reinsurers:
The Reinsurance Perspective”
Roxella T. Cavazos*
Thompson & Knight, P.C.
Suite 1700
600 Travis
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: 713/217-2864 Fax: 713/217-2828
E-mail:
Juris Admission: TX/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Private PracticePartner, Other
Publications: Contributing author, Employee Benefits Law,
ABA/BNA (1991); The Application of ERISA and the ADA
to Disability Based Distinctions in Health Insurance, 30 Tort
& Insurance Practice Journal 1045 (1995)
Courses Taught:
Kelly Centofanti
Aiken & Scoptur, S.C.
Suite 700
260 East Highland Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414/225-0260 Fax: 414/225-9666
E-mail: centofan@execpc.com
Juris Admission: WI/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Litigation,
Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Private Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Diane Cernivivo
Diane Cernivivo & Associates
Suite 2301
20 South Clark
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312/263-9788 Fax: 312/977-9009
E-mail:
Juris Admission: IL/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
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Linda M. Chambers
Chambers & Associates, P.C.
1644 East High Street
Waynesburg, PA 15370
Phone: 724/627-9118 Fax: 724/627-3067
E-mail: winbuck@aol.com
Juris Admission: PA/1989
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Defense, General Practice, Litigation,
Natural Resources, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Private Practice-Managing Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Taught safety courses to coal mine
management (1985-1988); numerous political speaking
engagements as a judicial candidate (1997); featured
speaker, Coal Employment Project 20th Annual Meeting
(1998)
BethAnn Boudah Chapman
Faulkner Banfielo
302 Gold Street
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: 907/586-2210 Fax: 907/586-8090
E-mail: Bchapman@faulknerbanfielo.com
Juris Admission: AK/1988; Ninth Cir. Court of
Appeals/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Employee Benefits, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Worker's Compensation Law, Private
Practice-Managing Partner, Private Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Debra A. Chong*
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, L.L.P.
Suite 200
121 Spear Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415/356-4600 Fax: 415/356-4610
E-mail: dchong@luce.com
Juris Admission: CA/1981; DC/1978
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Health & Hospital,
Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, Other
Publications: “Strategic Alliances of the '90s -- Banks
Selling Insurance Products,” FORC Quarterly Journal of
Insurance Law and Regulation (12/95); co-author,
“Comment - Annuity Decision Leaves Big Questions,”
American Banker, (5/90)
Courses Taught: “Commercial Property & Casualty
Insurance in Transition -- New Regulatory Approaches -Proposal & Consequences” (1997); “A is for Antitrust”
(1997)
Colleen A. Christensen
Bogle & Gates, P.L.L.C.
601 Union Street
Two Union Square
Seattle, WA 98101-2346
Phone: 206/682-5151 Fax: 206/621-2660
E-mail: cchristensen@bogle.com
Juris Admission: WA/1990; U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Washington/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff,
Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications: Co-Author: “Litigating the Duty to
Defend:The Policyholder’s Perspective,” Symposium on
Insurance Coverage for Pollution Liability, Gonzaga Law
Review (1992-93)
Courses Taught: “Insurance Coverage for Environmental
Liabilities: The United States Experience,” Toxic Torts and
Environmental Claims, The Canadian Institute Conference,
Vancouver, British Columbia (1994); “Strategies for
Organizing and Managing the Large Commercial Litigation
Case,” How to Manage and Survive the Big Case,
Washington State Bar Assn CLE, Seattle, Washington
(1995)
Kirsten L. Christophe
AON
11th Floor
1 Whitehall Street
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 800/645-6092 Fax: 800/688-3204
E-mail: riskbuster@aol.com
Juris Admission: IL/1986; NY/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Professional Liability & Risk
Management
Publications: The Contract Lawyer and Client Confidences
(1999); The Contract Lawyer and Imputed Disqualification
(1999)
Courses Taught: ABA Annual Meetings in Hawaii &
Chicago; ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers
Professional Liability
Tracy A. Cinocca
Lawter & Pitts
3313 North Classen Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Phone: 405/525-4131 Fax: 405/525-7855
E-mail: trannette@aol.com
Juris Admission: OK/1998
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort
& Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
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Sandra F. Clark
Mehaffy & Weber, P.C.
2615 Calder Avenue
Beaumont, TX 77702
Phone: 409/835-5011 Fax: 409/835-5177
E-mail:
Juris Admission: TX/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Ethical Considerations in Mass Tort
Settlements and DRI Asbestos Seminar; Defending the
Punitive Damage Case in San Francisco and Chicago,
National Institute for Corporate Counsel
Bogda M. B. Clarke
International FID Insurance Company
1 Newark Center
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973/624-7200 Fax: 973/623-8006
E-mail: BClarke@IFIC.com
Juris Admission: NJ/1976; NY/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Insurance Law,
Other
Publications: “Anatomy of a Workout Agreement:
Extension of Surety Credit to the Troubled Contractor -Financing Considerations, Strategies and Marketing
Agreements,” 1994 Annual Meeting, Surety Claims Institute
Courses Taught: Fidelity & Surety Law Committee (1997);
Surety Claims Institute (1994)
Frances S. Cohen
Hill & Barlow
100 Oliver Street
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617/428-3267 Fax: 617/428-3500
E-mail: fcohen@hillbarlow.com
Juris Admission: NY/1981; MA/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: MCLE Trial Advocacy; BBA SLAPP
Litigation
Nancy Sher Cohen
Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe
40th Floor
601 South Figueroa
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213/689-7689 Fax: 213/614-1868
E-mail: ncohen@hewa.com
Juris Admission: CA/1978;
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Tort & Personal Injury
Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Susan J. Cole
Blaire & Cole, P.A.
Suite 550
2801 Ponce de Leon Boulevard
Coral Gables, Fl 33134
Phone: 305/444-2400 Fax: 305/446-1598
E-mail: scole@netrox.net
Juris Admission: FL/1979
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Product
Liability Law
Publications: “Eleven Commandments of Jury Selection,”
1996; “Hot Tips from the Experts,” 1996
Courses Taught: "Jury Selection," 1996; "Asbestos
Medicine," 1994
Martha C. Coleman
Strasburger & Price, L.L.P.
4300 NationsBank Plaza
901 Main Street
Dallas, TX 75202
Phone: 214/651-4547 Fax: 214/651-4330
E-mail: colemanm@strasburger.com
Juris Admission: TX/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Susan K.H. Conley
Conley & Borgeson
Suite 250
1660 South Highway 100
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Phone: 612/546-7640 Fax: 612/546-9103
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MN/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal
Injury Law, Worker's Compensation Law, Other
Publications: Thermography: Medical and Legal Aspects,
MTLA 1984
Courses Taught: Managed Care - Workers' Compensation
(1993); Understanding the Procedural Maze - Workers'
Compensation in Minnesota (1995); Reversal of Fortune Keys to Successful Appellate Practice (1997)
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Ann Maloney Conway
Huffaker & Conway
P.O. Box 1190
Albuquerque, NM 87120
Phone: 505/244-0021 Fax:
E-mail: aconway@sisna.com
Juris Admission: NM Supreme Court/1984; NM Federal
Court/1985; NM Court of Appeals 10th Circuit/1984; U.S.
Supreme
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise:
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Diana L. Courteau
Courteau & Associates
Suite 246
880 Apollo Street
El Segundo, CA 90245-0916
Phone: 310/647-2844 Fax: 310/647-2842
E-mail:
Juris Admission: CA
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Christine Godsil Cooper
Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
1 East Pearson
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312/915-7140 Fax: 312/915-7201
E-mail: ccooper@luc.edu
Juris Admission:
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise:
Publications:
Courses Taught: Loyola Law School: Alternative Dispute
Resolutions; Employment Law Contracts
Deborah S. Cousins
Calfee Halter & Griswald, L.L.P.
Suite 1400
800 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: 216/622-8514 Fax: 216/241-0816
E-mail: dcousins@calfee.com
Juris Admission: OH/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Employee Benefits,
Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Business First, Columbus, OH - various
articles re: IRS; Editor, Capital University Law Review,
1993-1994
Courses Taught: Capital University Law School - Legal
Writing Teaching Assistant, 1992-1994
Kathleen Coughenour
Kathleen Coughenour Law Office
Suite 115
4220 W. Northern
Phoenix, AZ 85051-5757
Phone: 602/934-6563 Fax: 602/934-3950
E-mail: kedela@doitnow.com
Juris Admission: AZ/1989; U.S. Supreme Ct./1998
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise:
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Dina Cox
Lew & Wagner
Suite 200
501 Indiana Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317/237-0500 Fax: 317/630-2790
E-mail: dcox@iquest.net
Juris Admission: IN/1995
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Guylyn Cummins
Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, L.L.P.
Suite 1700
401 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101-4297
Phone: 619/699-3610 Fax: 619/236-1049
E-mail: gcummins@gcwf.com
Juris Admission: CA/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Intellectual Property Law, Litigation,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Mena Law, CA Western School of Law;
CEB Depo Seminars
Cheryl V. Cunningham
Liskow & Lewis
Suite 5000
701 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70139
Phone: 504/556-4118 Fax: 504/556-4108
E-mail: cvcunningham.ll@mcimail.com
Juris Admission: LA/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law,
Other
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Publications: Loyola Law Review, Fifth Circuit
Symposium, Recent Development in Oil and Gas, 1994
Courses Taught: Assist in teaching Trial Advocacy, spring
semesters
Christine H. Curash
Beckman Kelly & Smith
5920 Hohman Avenue
Hammond, IN 46520
Phone: 219/933-6200 Fax: 219/933-6201
E-mail: ccurash@bkslegal.com
Juris Admission: IN/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Transportation
Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Carol N. Cure
The Cure Law Firm
Suite 1020
2020 North Central
Phoenix, AZ 85004-4511
Phone: 602/258-5711 Fax: 602/258-5712
E-mail: ccure@curelaw.com
Juris Admission: CA/1979; AZ/1979
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private
Practice-Managing Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Diane V. D'Aiutolo
Tydings & Rosenberg, L.L.P.
100 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410/752-9700 Fax: 410/752-0029
E-mail: ddaiutolo@tydingslaw.com
Juris Admission: MD/1983; DC/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Product
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Editor, The Defense Line (publication of MD
Association of Defense Trial Counsel)
Courses Taught: Legislative and Judicial Selection
Committees in State Organizations (1998); Training the
Associate (1996); Confident Closing Arguments (1996)
Dianne K. Dailey
Bullivant Houser Bailey
#300
888 S.W. 5th
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503/499-4430 Fax: 503/245-0915
E-mail: dianne.dailey@bullivant.com
Juris Admission: OR/1982; WA/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Environmental
Law, Insurance Law
Publications: Environmental Audits, Declaratory
Judgment: Is it a Real or Illusory Solution?, Insurance Law
(1988, 1990), Insurance and Trial Seminars
Courses Taught:
Eileen M. Dacey
71 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016-2507
Phone: 212/889-1196 Fax: 212/447-1807
E-mail: bizzell@ix.netcom.com
Juris Admission: NY/1976
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
Publications: Recission As Remedy; Kluwer's Insurance
Briefing (1998); Preparing the Corporate Witness for
Deposition; Corporate Counsel's Quarterly, 1995;
Understanding Lloyd's The Brief (ABA-TIPS) (1994)
Courses Taught: ALI-ABA, Coverage for Employment
Disputes (1997); PLI Annual Insurance Seminar (1997,
1998)
Andrew A. Darvas
Heller & Darvas
860 S.W. 143rd Street
Seattle, WA 98166-1558
Phone: 206/243-7300 Fax:
E-mail: heldar@ix.netcom.com
Juris Admission: WA/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Presented numerous seminars
Dawn Davenport
Suite 278, LB264
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:
Courses Taught: Adjunct professor for Env. Law course at
SMU School of Law
Leslie J. Davis
General Reinsurance Corp.
695 E. Main Street
Stamford, CT 06870
Phone: 203/328-5583 Fax: 203/328-5877
E-mail: ldavis@genre.com
Juris Admission: NY/1977; CT/1990; CA/1997
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil
Procedure and Evidence, Corporate Counsel, Other
Publications: 26 Sur.L.Rev. 730 (1975); 30 Tort & Ins. L.J.
677 (1995)
Courses Taught: Business courses whlie in law school.;
Speaker for ABA/TIPS (1994 Ann. Mtg.), PLI.
Elena DiIorio
Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P.
Suite 2523
1001 Fannin
Houston, TX 77002-6760
Phone: 713/758-2936 Fax: 713/615-5692
E-mail:
Juris Admission: TX/1983
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Environmental Law, Health
& Hospital, Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications: Tort & Insurance Law: Defense Deposition
of Economists
Courses Taught: Course Instructor at Advocacy Program,
University of Houston, South Texas College of Law;
Speaker TADC, ABA Advocacy GRHSIT, State Bar of
Texas
Katherine D. Dixon
Drew, Eckl & Farnham
880 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: 404/885-6412 Fax: 404/876-0992
E-mail: kdixon@deflaw.com
Juris Admission: GA/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Workers Compensation Law
Publications: Mercer Law Review, 1997; Annual Survey
on Workers’ Compensation, 1997 & 1998
Courses Taught: Numerous client and CLE seminars
Doreen D. Dodson
The Stolar Partnership
7th Floor
911 Washington Avenue, Lammert Building
St. Louis, MO 63101
Phone: 314/231-2800 Fax: 314/436-8400
E-mail: ddd@stolarlaw.com
Juris Admission: MO/1974
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Private Practice-Managing
Partner, Other
Publications: Joint Custody, 31 St. Louis University Law
Journal 1, 1986
Courses Taught: Civil Practice and Civil Clinic, 19831986
Tamra S. Domeyer
Fox and Grove
Suite #200
311 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-6622
Phone: 312/876-0500 Fax: 312/362-0700
E-mail: tdomeyer@foxandgrove.com
Juris Admission: IL/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Seminars on employment related topics
for client
Martica S. Douglas
Douglas, Denham Rogers & Hood
10 S. Exchange Street
P.O. Box 7108
Portland, ME 04112
Phone: 207/774-1486 Fax: 207/774-3147
E-mail: mdouglas@dougden.com
Juris Admission: ME/1977
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: various speaking engagements on
insurance coverage issues
Dina M. Dox
Lewis & Wagner
Suite 200
501 Indiana Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317/237-0500 Fax: 317/630-2790
E-mail: dcox@iquest.net
Juris Admission: IN/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Drug and Medical Device
Defense Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Deborah C. Drosser
Thomas, Hort, Prosser & Knudsen
Suite 300
3403 10th Street
Riverside, CA 92501
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Phone: 909/788-0100 Fax: 909/788-5785
E-mail: dprosser@tmpklaw.com
Juris Admission: NJ/1981; CA/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmentall Law, Litigation,
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: University of CA, Environmental Law &
International Law Program, 1995 and 1996
Sherryll Dunaj
Martens Dunaj Marlowe Davis & Marlowe
Suite 880
201 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami Center
Miami, FL 33131
Phone: 305/373-9977 Fax: 305/373-8877
E-mail: dunaj@manilaw.net
Juris Admission: FL/1971; DC/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Other
Publications: “How to Win Yor Case with Depositions”
Courses Taught: Pretrial Practice Civil - 1992-1997
Holly K. Dustin
Wilson Powell & Lang
148 College Street
P.O. Box 567
Burlington, VT 05402-0567
Phone: 802/658-4300 Fax: 802/658-0019
E-mail: hdustin@wpl-law.com
Juris Admission: CT/1984; VT/1998
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort &
Personal Injury Law
Publications: Vermont Bar Journal
Courses Taught:
Dyan J. Ebert
Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A.
Suite 600
400 South First Street
St. Cloud, MN 56302
Phone: 320/251-1414 Fax: 320/251-1415
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MN/1993; SD/1994; U.S. Dist Ct
(MN/1994)
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private
Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Susan K. Eggum
Susan K. Eggum, P.C.
Suite 600
621, Southwest. Alder Street
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: 503/228-9607 Fax: 503/228-5790
E-mail: susan@eggum.com
Juris Admission: OR/1982
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Plaintiff, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Heather M. Eichenbaum
Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C.
7th Floor
1635 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215/241-8888
Fax: 215/241-8844
Juris Admission: PA/1996; NJ/1996; EDPA/1996;
DNJ/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense,
Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Litigation, Product
Liability, Tort & Person Injury Law
Publications: “The Deliberate Indiffence Test...,” Temple
Political & Civil Rights Law Review, Vol. 5-1, 1996.
Courses Taught: Legal Research and Writing, Temple Law,
1994-1996, Teaching Assistant
Kellie Payne Esposito
Cory, Watson, Crowder & DeGaris
2131 Magnolia Avenue
Birmingham, AL 35242
Phone: 205/328-2200 Fax: 205/324-7896
E-mail:
Juris Admission: AL/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Litigation,
Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Barbara Ryniker Evans
Evans, Schnabel & Associates
Suite 2405
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70170
Phone: 504/528-9279 Fax: 504/528-9219
E-mail: brevansassoc@compuserve
Juris Admission: NY/1977; LA/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Other
Publications: “Impact of the Americans with Disabilities
Act on Employee Selection and Hiring,” US Arbitration and
Mediation, New Orleans (1994);numerous materials for
presentations
Courses Taught: Speaker, “Employers’ Obligations Under
the Americans with Disabilities Act,” New Orleans Board of
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Trade, New Orleans, LA (1993); “The Future of Wrongful
Termination in Louisiana,” numerous presentations
Harry Aaron Ezratty
306 Ponce de Leon
Suite 201
San Juan, PR 00906
Phone: 787/723-8460 Fax: 787/723-7101
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NY/1958; PR/1970; DC/1972; MD/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Admiral & Maritime Law, Corporate
General Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Admiralty (Tort Seminars) - San Juan
P.R.; Admiralty (Pilotage) San Juan, P.R.
Sherry Ruggiero Fallon
Tybout Redfearn & Pell
Suite 1100
300 Delaware Avenue
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302/658-6901 Fax: 302/658-4018
E-mail: sfallon@TRP.com
Juris Admission: DE/1986; NJ/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: various local bar CLEs; National
Business Institute Seminar, “Insurance Coverage Law in
Delaware” (1996)
Laura L. Farley
Legros, Buchanan & Paul
Suite 601
510 L Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907/277-5500 Fax: 907/274-9649
E-mail: lfarley@legros.com
Juris Admission: AK/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Defense,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications: “Walt-zing Through an Employment
Termination: Is there a Duty to Investigate Before
Discharging in Alaska?,” Alaska Law Review (1994)
Courses Taught: Emloyment Law in Alaska (1996);
“Pecularities in Alaska” (1998)
Renee A. Faught
Laudig George Rutherford & Sipes
#600
156 East Market
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317/637-6071 Fax: 317/685-6505
E-mail: Rrren@aol.com
Juris Admission: IL/1994; IN/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Litigation,
Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Worker's Compensation Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Amy M. Fauver
Halloran & Sage, L.L.P.
225 Asylum Street
One Goodwin Square
Hartford, CT 06103-4303
Phone: 860/522-6103 Fax: 860/548-0006
E-mail: fauver@halloran-sage.com
Juris Admission: CT/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Sepaker-Construction Surety; Bonds in
Connecticut-Lorman Educational Services, 1996
Patricia A. Felch
Peterson & Ross
#7300
200 East Randolph Drive
Chicago, IL 60601-6969
Phone: 312/946-4652 Fax: 312/946-4106
E-mail: pfelch@petersonross.com
Juris Admission: IL/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Entertainment & Sports Law,
Intellectual Property Law, Other
Publications: “The Effectiveness of Hidden Contracts in
the U.S.,” 26 Japanese Institute of International Business
434 and ISBA Intellectual Property Newsletter, March 1998
Courses Taught: Entertainment & Sports Law, 1993;
numerous seminar presentations for ABA, ISBA and LBA,
and non-profits
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Kathryn R. Fenderson
Scott & Fenderson, P.A.
4554 Central Avenue
St. Petersburg, FL 33711
Phone: 813/321-0099 Fax: 813/321-4499
E-mail:
Juris Admission: FL/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Private Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught: Some public speaking
Lisa Hill Fenning
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Suite 1682
255 East Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 213/894-2553 Fax: 213/894-3731
E-mail:
Juris Admission: IL/1975; CA/1979
TIPS Member: No.
Areas of Expertise: Other
Publications: “Report of the Bankruptcy Foreclosure Scam
Task Force,” U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of
California (1998); “Solving the Mysterious Case of Chapter
11,” Los Angeles County Bar Association Commercial Law
& Bankruptcy Section Newsletter, Vol. 4
Courses Taught: The State of the Federal Judiciary: Doing
More with Less (1997); Diversity, U.S. Trustee Program
Manager's Conference (1997); Judicial Variance Study, Los
Angeles Bankruptcy Forum; Panelist, “Lawyers as
Employers: The Myth of Professionalism and Realities of
Discrimination, ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section
Annual Meeting (1994)
Molly A. Ferrante
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
175 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02117
Phone: 617/574-5822 Fax: 617/426-7125
E-mail:
Juris Admission: WA/1992; MA/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Donna Ferrara
Shearman & Sterling
#574
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212/848-4813 Fax: 212/848-7179
E-mail: dferrara@sherman.com
Juris Admission: NJ/1983; NY/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Julie I. Fershtman
Law Offices of Julie I. Fershtman
#3475
30700 Telegraph Road
Bingham Farms, MI 48025-4527
Phone: 248/644-8645 Fax: 248/644-8344
E-mail: fershtman@aol.com
Juris Admission: MI/1986; U.S. District Court, E.D. &
W.D., MI/1986 & 1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Entertainment & Sports Law,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Other
Publications: Have written 85+ articles, all dealing with
some aspect of recreational and animal-related liability;
Have written book called “Equine Law & Horse Sense,”
1996
Courses Taught: National Conference on Equine Law,
1994/1995 and Recreational Sporting Liability, 1996
Victoria E. Finea
Kroll, Rubin & Fiorella, L.L.P.
#2000
6500 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048-4920
Phone: 213/857-5080 Fax: 213/857-5090
E-mail:
Juris Admission: AZ/1988; CA/1997; DC/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Defense,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: ACLI Legal Section seminar, 1986;
Comdex in New York and Las Vegas, 1988/89
Karen K. Fitzgerald
Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox
Suite 440
1717 Main Street
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214/712-4432 Fax: 214/712-4402
E-mail: kkf@vialaw.com
Juris Admission: TX/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Other
Publications: “The Loan Exclusion: The Predominant Risk
Allocator” (1994); “Making The Case to Recovery Under a
Financial Institution Bond” (1998) “The Loan Exclusion:
Allocating Business Risks to the Banker” (1998)
Courses Taught: ABA Mid-Winter Meeting (1998);
National Institute on Financial Institution Bonds, (1998)
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Wendy Fleishman
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212/735-2303 Fax: 212/735-2000
E-mail: wfleishm@skadden.com
Juris Admission: PA/1977; NY/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Plaintiff, Product
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Abbe F. Fletman
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen, L.L.P.
111 South 15th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215/977-2478 Fax: 215/977-2740
E-mail: AFletman@Wolfblock.com
Juris Admission: PA/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Intellectual
Property Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications: Financial Institution Bonds, Handling
Fidelity, Surety and Financial Risk Claims (2d Ed. 1990)
Courses Taught: Protecting Confidential Information, 4th
Annual Employment Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar
Institute (1998)
Jane L. Foster
Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young
2600 One Commerce Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7098
Phone: 215/564-8056 Fax: 215/564-8120
E-mail: jfoster@stradley.com
Juris Admission: PA Supreme Court/1978; U.S. District
Court E.D. of PA/1979; U.S. Court of Appeals for Third
Circuit/1980; U.S. District Court Middle District of
PA/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Dispute Resolution,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Managing
Partner, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Numerous speeches & presentations
before various industry gorups, insurance companies and the
Fid & Surety Committee
Helen E. Freedman
New York State Supreme
60 Centre Street
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212/374-8387 Fax: 212/374-3326
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NY/1967
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Other
Publications: Class actions for mass torts in state courts,
NY litigative, 1998
Courses Taught: Mass torts - New York Law School
Susan J. French
Wolf, Block, Schurrand, Solis & Cohen, L.L.P.
12th Floor
111 South 15th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215/977-2276 Fax: 215/977-2334
E-mail: sfrench@wolfblock.com
Juris Admission: PA/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Anne M. Fulton*
Cavett & Kaucher
Suite 100
1860 East River Road
Tucson, AZ 85718
Phone: 520/577-0402 Fax: 520/299-2983
E-mail: afulton@dakotacom.net
Juris Admission: AZ/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Elder Law, Insurance Law, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Defense Research Institute for the Defense,
1998, “The Finer Points of the Practice of Obsequiousness
or How to Succeed as an Associate”
Courses Taught:
Susan W. Furr
Phelps Dunbar
Suite 701
445 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 504/346-0285 Fax: 504/381-9197
E-mail: furrs@phelps.com
Juris Admission: LA/1989
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Other
Publications: Co-Author: “Discrimination in EmployerSponsored Benefit Plans,” The Law Journal (A Supplement
to Baton Rouge Business Report.); Co-Author: “Juggling the
ADA and Workers’ Compensation Law,s,”The Law Journal
(A Supplement to Baton Rouge Busines Report.)
Courses Taught:
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Deborah J. Gander
Robles & Gonzalez, P.A.
Suite 900
100 S. Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33131
Phone: 305/371-5944 Fax: 305/372-9138
E-mail:
Juris Admission: FL/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal
Injury Law, Other
Publications: Innocence of Death: A Habeas Petitioner's
Last Chance, Univ. of Miami Law Review, Spring 1993
Courses Taught: Adjunct Profession in Legal Research &
Writing, Univ. of Miami School of Law
Kelly Dunn Gelof
Tunnell & Raylor, P.A.
Pine and Race Streets
P.O. Box 151
Georgetown, DE 19947
Phone: 302/856-7313 Fax: 302/856-7329
E-mail: 19947
Juris Admission: PA/1994; DE/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Litigation,
Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
School Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Intensive Trial Advocacy - Widener
University School of Law (1997); Criminal Law - Cape
Henlopen High School; Civil Law - Delaware Technical
College
Robyn Anuttea Gembenini*
Kauff, McClain & McGuire
#2100
88 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 415/421-3111 Fax: 415/421-0938
E-mail: semgenini@kmm.com
Juris Admission: CA/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Sexual Harassment Training for
Managers, U.S. Postal Service, 1998
Gregory A. Gena
Jack Lynon & Jones
3400 TCBY Tower
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501/375-1122
Fax: 501/375-1027
E-mail: ghg@jlj.com
Juris Admission: AR/1990
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private
Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Stanley Kaplan LSAT Training Course
(1987, 1988)
Jean F. Gerbini
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna
One Commerce Plaza
Albany, NY 12054
Phone: 518/487-7600 Fax: 518/487-7777
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NY/1986; U.S. District Court, N.D.N.Y,
S.D.N.Y, E.D.N.Y., W.D.N.Y/1986; Federal Court of
Appeals, 2d Circuit/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: NYSBA panelist: “Insurance Coverage
Issues & Applications” (1994, 1997); speaker at 1996
Insurance Information Counsel Meeting and 1996 Central
Ontario Business & Industrial Show; seminars on
international business and insurance law
Elizabeth Sarah Gere
Ross Dixon & Masback, L.L.P.
601 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
North Building
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202/662-2043 Fax: 202/662-2190
E-mail: egere@rdmlaw.com
Juris Admission: MD/1973; DC/1973; OH/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Univesity
Law Center (1992-present)
Robert L. Gibbs*
Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, P.L.L.C.
1400 Trustmark Building
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,
Litigation, Private Practice-Partner
Publications: “On Faculty Excellence in Judicial
Education,” National Council on Juvenile & Family Court
Judges, 1996
Courses Taught: National Judicial College Faculty
Member, 1993
Karen M. Gilmartin
KKKG&F
#204
15600 Northwest 67th Avenue
Miami Lakes, FL 33014
Phone: 305/826-7260 Fax: 305/826-0936
E-mail:
Juris Admission: FL/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Workers’ Compensation Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Various courses on Worker's
Compensation
Rachelle Hoffman Glazer
Thompson & Knight
Suite 3300
1200 Pacific Avenue
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214/969-1236 Fax: 214/969-1751
E-mail: glazerr@tklaw.com
Juris Admission: TX/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner
Publications: “Preparing Your Witness”; “Disputes Among
Insurers”; “How to Write Coverage Opinions”; articles in
Thompson & Knight's handout for Texas Tort Liability &
Coverage Seminar
Courses Taught: “Preparing Your Witness; Disputes
Among Insurers; How to Write Coverage Opinions,”
University of Houston Law Foundation
Marcy G. Glenn
Holland & Hart, L.L.P.
Suite 3200
555 17th Street
Denver, CO 80202-3979
Phone: 303/295-8000 Fax: 303/295-8261
E-mail: mglenn@hollandhart.com
Juris Admission: CO/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
Publications: “Conflict Issues When Attorneys Switch
Jobs,” 27 The Colorado Lawyer 49 (May 1988)
Courses Taught:
Karen R. Glickstein
Foland & Wickens
Suite 1522
1222 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: 816/472-7474 Fax: 816/472-6262
E-mail: kglickstein @fwplaw.com
Juris Admission: MS/1987; KS/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal
Injury Law, Private Practice Law-Partner, Other
Publications: “Evidentiary Issues in Sexual Harrassment
Litigation”; DRI's for the Defense, Dec 1996; various short
newsletter articles for DRI Employment Law Newsletter
Courses Taught:
Beverly Bell Godbey
Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P.
Suite 3000
1601 Elm Street
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214/999-4855 Fax: 214/999-4667
E-mail: godbe@gardere.com
Juris Admission: TX/1982; GA/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Product
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Initial Discovery, Retention and Use of
Experts (1996); Enforcing Settlement Agreements (1995)
Mary K. Gogoel
Hudgins Law Firm
Suite 340
515 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703/739-3300 Fax: 703/684-3445
E-mail:
Juris Admission: IL/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Jill Susan Goldsmith
Bowman and Brooke
Suite 1700
2929 North Central
Phoenix, AZ 85021
Phone: 602/248-0899 Fax: 602/248-0947
E-mail: JGoldsmi@Bowman-Brooke.com
Juris Admission: AZ/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Law
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Publications: “Admissibility of Testing Evidence to
Demonstrate Scientific Principles,” Product Safety &
Liability Reporter (1994); “The Medication Succeeds, The
Mediation Fails,” Family Advocate (1987); “Ethical
Considerations of Internet E-mail Communications”
Courses Taught: Four Annual Product Liability “Hot
Topics” Seminar (1997)
Y. Gail Goode*
NYC Transit Authority
130 Livingston Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718/694-3831 Fax: 718/694-1023
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NY/1987
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal
Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Have spoken to law students at
Bridgeport and lectured high school students; Substitute
teaching for college students
Corbett Gordon
Corbett Gordon & Associates, P.C.
Suite 1600
1001 Southwest. Fifth Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
Phone: 503/242-4262 Fax: 503/242-4263
E-mail: gordon@aracnet.com
Juris Admission: OR/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Teresa L. Graham
Rosenman & Colin, L.L.P.
585 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10583
Phone: 212/940-8956 Fax: 212/940-8776
E-mail: tlgraham@rosenman.com
Juris Admission: IL/1986; England & Wales/1991;
NY/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology,
Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught: Aviation Insurance, 1989-1992
Andra Greene
Irell & Manella
4th Floor
840 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Phone: 949/760-0991 Fax: 949/760-5200
E-mail: agreeneirell.com
Juris Admission:
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Private Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Terri Gregori
Issac Brant Ledman & Tector
Suite 900
250 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614/221-2121 Fax: 614/365-9516
E-mail:
Juris Admission: OH/1993; IN/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: “Anatomy of a Lawsuit & Professional
Negligence,” 1997
Lori E. Grifa
Wolff & Samson
2nd Floor
5 Bernee Farm Road
Roseland, NJ 07068
Phone: 973/533-6570 Fax: 973/740-1407
E-mail: lgrifa@wolfsamson.com
Juris Admission: NJ/1989; NY/1989; MA/1989; DC/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Carol A. Griffin
Morrison, Mahoney & Miller
250 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: 617/439-7500 Fax: 617/439-7590
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MA/1977; NY/1977
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Consumer Law,
Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Deborah S. Griffin
Peabody & Arnold, L.L.P.
50 Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617/951-2004 Fax: 617/951-2125
E-mail: dsg@p-a.com
Juris Admission: MA/1974
TIPS Member: Yes
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Revised October 8, 2002
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Insurance Law,
Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught: “Managing and Litigating the Complex
Surety Case Program: Organizing and Controlling the
Massive Document/Deposition Case,” ABA Tort &
Insurance Practice Section Fidelity & Surety Law Committee
(1998); “Bond Default Program: Completion by Owner,”
ABA Tort & Insurance Practice Section Fidelity & Surety
Law Committee (1997, 1996); extensive speaking
experience
Theresa L. Groh
Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Company L.P.A.
1513 Fourth & Vine Tower
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513/621-0267 Fax: 513/381-2375
E-mail:
Juris Admission: OH/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Laura Geringer Gross, Esq.
Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
P.O. Box 3037
One Commercial Place
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: 757/624-3308 Fax: 757/624-3169
E-mail: lggross@kaufcan.com
Juris Admission: VA/1992; WA/1987
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Local seminars and full day Employment
Law seminar
Margaret Jean Grover
Fox and Grove, Chartered
Suite 900
240 Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 415/956-1360 Fax: 415/956-6342
E-mail: mgrover@foxandgrove.com
Juris Admission: CA/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Kitty G. Grubb
Grubb Law Firm
#301
5902 Mt. Eagle Drive
Alexandria, VA 22303-2515
Phone: 703/329-0467 Fax: 703/329-0932
E-mail: pvtlines@cx.net
Juris Admission: AL/1977; TN/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Corporate Law
General, Dispute Resolution, Employee Benefits,
Government Federal, Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
Publications: Three time chairperson, Formal Ethics
Opinion Panel, Three articles for the Advocate, etc.
Courses Taught: Extensive experience 400+ lectures
Neena Gupta*
Goodman and Carr
Suite 2300
200 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M6P 2P6
Phone: 416/595-2480 Fax: 416/595-0567
E-mail: ngupta@goodmancarr.com
Juris Admission: Sask CDA/1988; Ont CDA/1989
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Litigation; Other
Publications: Numerous articles in Canadian Lawyer's
Weekly, Canadaina Employment Law Today, Corporate
Counsel Magazine
Courses Taught: Human Rights Queen's University,
1994/95
Nina M. Gussack
Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P.
3000 Two Logan Square
18th & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
Phone: 215/981-4950 Fax: 215/981-4750
E-mail: gussackn@pepperlaw.com
Juris Admission: PA/1979
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law
Publications: “Scrutiny of Scientific Evidence from
Daubert to Joiner,” to be published in the 1998 DRI Drug
and Medical Device Monograph
Courses Taught: Multiple ALI-ABA and Defense Research
Institute presentations
Nancy L. Hann
Gibson & Hann
P.O. Box 3213
Fayetteville, AR 72702
Phone: 501/444-0500 Fax: 501/582-3983
E-mail: GibosnHann@aol.com
Juris Admission: AR/1986
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense,
Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private
Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Legal Writing, University of Arkansas
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Lorrie L. Hargrove
Maynard, Cooper & Gale
Suite 2400
1901 6th Avenue
Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: 205/254-1054 Fax: 205/254-1999
E-mail: hargrl@mcglaw.com
Juris Admission: AL/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Honey C. Hastings
Room 212
142 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03060
Phone: 603/882-0991
Fax: 603/882-7572
603/882-8756
E-mail: hhastings@nhdivorce.com
Juris Admission: NH/1980
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice
Publications:”Maritial Property Division in New
Hampshire: recent Developments,” New Hampshire Bar
Journal, Spring 1995; “Tips for a Successful Solo Practice,”
New Hampshire Bar Journal, Summer 1992.
Courses Taught: Presenter, “What Mediators Need to
Know About Retirement Benefits, A Gathering of Family
Mediators in New England,” New Hampshire Mediators
Assn., 1996, 1998; and numerous presentations.
Shannon B. Hartsfield
Holland & Knight, L.L.P.
Suite 600
315 South Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 850/224-7000, ext. 5642 Fax: 850/224-8832
E-mail: shartsfi@hklaw.com
Juris Admission: FL/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: “Fundamentals of Telemedicine” (1998)
Vilia B. Hayes
Hughes Hubbard & Reed, L.L.P.
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212/837-6839 Fax: 212/837-6291
E-mail: hayes@hugheshubbard.com
Juris Admission: NY/1981; USDC (Southern & Eastern
Districts)/1981 and 1987; Court of Appeals, Second
Circuit/1992
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Employee
Benefits, Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Lecturer, “The New Americans with
Disabilities Act,” 1992; Multiparty Cooperation Strategies
for Collaboratoin Among Co-Parties in Multiparty Disputes,
1989
Courses Taught: Legal writing teaching assistant, 19791980
Kathleen E. Hegen
Boornazian, Jensen & Garthe
25th Floor
1800 Harrison
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510/523-0387 Fax: 510/839-1897
E-mail: bjg@bjg.com
Juris Admission: CA/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Construction Law,
Insurance Law, Other
Publications: Numerous articles written on insurance
coverage for clients
Courses Taught: Numerous guest speaker on group
request, Assn Defense Council, 1996; Speaker on insurance
coverage, 1998; Construction Coverage
Colleen M. Hegge
Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley
1513 Central Trust Center
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513/621-0267 Fax: 513/381-2375
E-mail:
Juris Admission: OH/1987; KY/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Various tort and personal injury
presentations
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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Revised October 8, 2002
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Entertainment & Sports Law,
Intellectual Property Law, Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Katherine J. Henry
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, L.L.P.
2101 “L” Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202/775-4758 Fax: 202/887-6720
E-mail: henryk@dsmo.com
Juris Admission: DC/1992; PA/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise:
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Alice Herrington
Woodward Hobson & Fulton
2500 National City Tower
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: 502/581-8011 Fax: 502/581-8123
E-mail: aherrington@whf-law.com
Juris Admission: KY/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Product
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private PracticePartner
Publications: Bad faith litigation; insurance coverage;
Daubert; ethics and marketing
Courses Taught: numerous for NBI; ABA; Lorman; SMU
Fran C. Hickman
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 West Capitol
2000 1st Commercial Building
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501/370-1587 Fax: 501/370-1587
E-mail: wickman@fec.net
Juris Admission: AR/1993; U.S. District Court/1993; U.S.
Court of Appeals/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital,
Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Josephine E. Hicks
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
2500 Charlotte Place
Charlotte, SC 28244
Phone: 704/372-9000 Fax: 704/334-4706
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NC/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Other
Publications: The Constitutionality of Statutes of Repose,
1985; Trigger of Coverage for Environmental Insurance
Claims, 1996; Choice of Law in Environmental Insurance
Coverage, 1996
Courses Taught:
Christa Hinckley
American Airline, Inc.
MD 5658 HDQ
4333 Amon Carter Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76155
Phone: 817/967-1112 Fax: 817/931-5524
E-mail: christahinckley@amrcorp.com
Juris Admission: CO/1979; TX/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space
TechnologyInsurance Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Transportation Law, Worker's Compensation Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Various speeches at ABA sponsored
seminars
Sharon Holahan
Associated Aviation Underwriters
51 JFK Parkway
Short Hills, NJ 07078
Phone: 973/379-0942 Fax: 973/379-0923
E-mail: holahan@aau.com
Juris Admission: NJ/1982; NY/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology,
Litigation, Product Liability Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Aviation Space Law Section Meeting
Ann L. Hoover
Clutter, Hinkel & Aadalen
P.O. Box 5514
2201 S.W. 29th Street
Topeka, KS 66605-0514
Phone: 785/266-5121 Fax: 785/266-2116
E-mail:
Juris Admission: KS/1977; MO/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, General
Practice, Health & Hospital, Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort
& Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner
Publications: Local Bar Journals
Courses Taught: Courses for Kansas Bar, Practical
Institute, Law Schools
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Linda J. Hoover
McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P.
Suite 3300
750 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619/595-5443 Fax: 619/595-5450
E-mail: linda_hoover@mckennacuneo.com
Juris Admission: CA/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law
Publications: Manuals for National Business Institute,
1998 & 1996, eight-ten articles in various newspapers &
journals
Courses Taught: Seminars for Fortune 500 companies on
Insurance for Financial Institutions; Insurance Coverage Law
for National Business Institute
Janine Hornicke
87 Wilkenes Drive
Dumont, NJ 07628-1131
Phone: 201/384-0401 Fax:
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NY/1979; NJ/1979; DC/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Government
Federal/State, Other
Publications: Student publications Federal Labor Relations
Authority practice
Courses Taught: Basic Federal Labor Relations Authority
Practice, 1998
Wendy S. Howarter
Williams & McCarthy
607 Washington
P.O. Box 339
Oregon, IL 61061
Phone: 815/732-2101 Fax: 815/732-2289
E-mail:
Juris Admission: IL/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Kelleen Kristina Huang
Drew, Eckl & Farnham, L.L.P.
880 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30357
Phone: 404/885-1400 Fax: 404/876-0992
E-mail: khuang@deflaw.com
Juris Admission: GA/1995; CA/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Employee Dishonesty Seminar (1998 &
1997)
Melinda S. Huff
Huff and Associates
Suite 1330
750 North St. Paul
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214/754-4733 Fax: 214/754-4732
E-mail: melinda@huff-assoc.com
Juris Admission: TX/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal
Injury Law, Transportation Law, Workers Compensation
Law, Private Practice-Managing Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught: “The Family Medical Leave Act,”
American Medical Institute, Dallas, Texas (1998);
“Workers’ Compensation in Texas,” National Business
Institute, Dallas (1998); “Status of Bad Faith and Settling
Auto Collision Cases,” State Bar of Texas, Dallas and
Houston, Texas (1996); “Trying a Truck Accident Case in
Texas,” Dallas Bar Assn, Dallas, Texas (1997)
Carol A. Humiston
Morris, Polich & Purdy, L.L.P.
24th Floor
1055 West Seventh Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213/891-9100 Fax: 213/488-1178
E-mail:
Juris Admission: CA/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise:
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Renee A. Infante
Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Company, L.P.A.
1513 Central Trust Tower
4th and Vine Streets
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513/612-0267
Fax: 513/381-2375
E-Mail:
Juris Admission: OH/1991; KY/1997
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation; Plaintiff; Product Liability
Law; Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: “Ex Parte Communications with Defendant’s
Employees and Ex-Employees,” Ohio Trial Magazine,
(1997)
Courses Taught: “Finding the Best Expert for Your Case”
(1998)
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Niki Ingram*
Marshall Dennehey et al
1845 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215/575-2704 Fax: 215/575-0856
E-mail:
Juris Admission: PA/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Worker's Compensation Law,
Private Practice-Partner
Publications: Torts and Insurance Practice Journal, 1997
Update in Worker's Comp-Managed Care Integrated with
Worker's Compensation, 1996
Courses Taught: Repetitive Stress - ABA, 1997
Anjali Jesseramsing*
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
1050 31st Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202/944-2812 Fax: 202/625-7084
E-mail: anjali.jesseramsing@atlahq.org
Juris Admission: PA/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Gloria Loretta Johnson*
Bell South Cellular Care
9th Fl
1110 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: 404/249-0925 Fax: 404/249-0922
E-mail: gloria_johnsonbscc.com
Juris Admission: FL/1988; GA/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Worker's Compensation Law
Publications: “Unraveling the Mysteries of the Famil and
Medical Leave Act,” 1996
Courses Taught:
Jennifer Jerit Johnson
Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess
22nd Floor
233 South Wacker
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/627-4107 Fax: 312/627-1717
E-mail: jjohnson@mail.temp.com
Juris Admission:
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Litigation,
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Transportation Law
Publications: “Spoliation of Evident: Anticipating its
Application in Drug and Medical Device Cases,” Rx for the
Defnse, Defense Research Institute (1997); Chapter Two:
“How to Destroy the Plaintiff’s Case Where the Plaintiff Has
Destroyed the Evidence -- An Update of Recent Case Law,”
IDC Quarterly, Fourth Quarter (1996) ; numerous
publicatiosn
Courses Taught:Numerous seminars
Christy D. Jones
Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, P.L..LC.
17th Floor
210 East Capitol Street
Jackson, MS 39225-2567
Phone: 601/948-5711 Fax: 601/949-4555
E-mail: christyjones@bsosc.com
Juris Admission: MS/1977
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Derrick K. Jones*
McCoy, Wilkins, Stephens & Tipton
P.O. Box 13429
Jackson, MI 39236-3429
Phone: 601/981-2495 Fax: 601/981-7608
E-mail: mwst@misnet.com
Juris Admission: MS/1995
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Defense,
General Practice, Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal
Injury Law, Other
Publications: Poetry for law school paper, 1993-1995
Courses Taught: Helped teach a communication & law
seminar
Leeann Jones
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy
16th Floor
191 Peachtree, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404/572-6659 Fax: 404/572-6999
E-mail: ljones@pgfm.com
Juris Admission: GA/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Environmental Law,
Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications: “The Practical Real Estate Lawyer,” 1998;
Legal trends, Indoor Air Quality, Fulton County Daily
Report, 1996/97
Courses Taught: Panelist, environmental issues in the new
millenium, 1997
Meg L. Jones
Providence Health System
520 Pike Tower
Seattle, WA 98111
Phone: 206/464-4608 Fax: 206/464-5034
E-mail: mjones@providence.org
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Juris Admission: WA/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Health &
Hospital, Insurance Law, Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught: Pacific Lutheran University: adjunct
professor, poli sci and state and local government; numerous
professional engagements re: risk management and litigation
in health care
Anne H. Jordan
Norman, Hanson & DeTroy
P.O. Box 4600
415 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04112-4600
Phone: 207/774-7000 Fax: 207/775-0806
E-mail: ajordan@nhdlaw.com
Juris Admission: ME/1984; U.S. District Court-ME/1984;
U.S. Supreme Court/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications: Informants, Snitches, Surveillance and
Rewards, Staying Clean When Playing With DirtABA/TIPS, 1993; Law Court Update-All Points Bulletin
Quarterly Column, 1987-90
Courses Taught: Criminal Law Univesity of Southern
Maine, 1987-1993
Maureen A. Jordan
Tallman, Huddes & Sorrentino
Suite 300
1611 Pond Road
The Paragon Centre
Allentown, PA 18104
Phone: 610/341-1800 Fax: 610/391-1805
E-mail: info@thslaw.com
Juris Admission: PA/1988; CT/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Tort & Personal Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Auto Law: Strategies to Win, 1997
Susan P. Jordan
Lord Bissell & Brook
115 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NY/1985; IL/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
Publications: Note, Limiting Provider Participation in
Health Insurer Reimbursement Decisions, 72 Geo. L.J. 1b1
(1983)
Courses Taught: Various “in-house” presentations
Janet Patricia Judge
Verrill & Dana, L.L.P.
One Portland Square
Portland, ME 04112-0586
Phone: 207/774-4000 Fax: 207/774-7499
E-mail: jpj@verdan.com
Juris Admission: ME/1993; MA/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Entertainment & Sports Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Internal Investigation in the Workplace
(1998); Sexual Harassment Awareness Training (1998);
COEM Seminar on Perceived Disabilities under ADA
(1998); Labor Seminar regarding Psychiatric Disabilities and
the ADA (1998)
Karen E. Kahle
Steptoe & Johnson
14th & Chapline Streets
P.O. Box 150
Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone: 304/233-0000 Fax: 304/233-0014
E-mail: kahleke@steptoe-johnson.com
Juris Admission: WVA/1990; OH/1997
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital,
Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private PracticePartner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Taught a three credit hour course on
pharmacy law for five years; practice of medicine course,
1990-present
Laurie A. Kamaiko
Newman & Company, P.C.
6th Floor
830 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212/317-3300 Fax: 212/317-3399
E-mail: newmanco@ix.netcom.com
Juris Admission: NY/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Insurance Coverage Issues &
Applications (1994); Reinsurance Litigation & Arbitration
(1996); Defense Research Institute Excess and Reinsurance
Seminar (1998)
Karen Kaplowitz
Reed Smith
Suite 250
136 Main Street
Princeton, NJ 08543
Phone: 609/514-5986 Fax: 609/951-0824
E-mail: kkaplowi@rssm.com
Juris Admission: CA/1972
TIPS Member: Yes
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Areas of Expertise: Other
Publications: Numerous, including several in employment
law
Courses Taught: Dozens of panels, programs
KellyfA. Katzman
Strasburger & Price, L.L.P.
Suite 4300
901 Main Street
Dallas, TX 75202
Phone: 214/651-4732 Fax: 214/651-4330
E-mail: katzman@strasburger.com
Juris Admission: TX/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Other
Publications: Associate editor/co-author-Payment Bond
Manual, TIPS-ABA, 1995
Courses Taught: numerous state and local bar sponsored
seminars
Kerry A. Kearney
Reed Smith Shaw & McClay
P.O. Box 2009
Pittsburgh, PA 15230
Phone: 412/288-3046 Fax: 412/288-3246
E-mail: kakearne@rssm.com
Juris Admission: PA/1974
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Product
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: articles in ABA Health Law on Attorney
Client Privilege, Year 2000, Telemedicine - Nurse on Call
Centers; TIPS Medicine Newsletter on telemedicine;
Defense Magazine (BRI) - Protective Orders
Courses Taught: Year 2000, Telemedicine, Trial Tactics,
Daubert, Attorney Client Privilege (15 CLEs and/or speeches
in the past 6 months)
Sheila Doyle Kelley
Preuss Walker & Shanagher, L.L.P.
16th Floor
595 Maket Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415/978-2600 Fax: 415/978-2613
E-mail: sdk@pwsllp.com
Juris Admission: CA/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Susan E. Kirkgaard
Freeman & D'Aiuto
Suite 4
1818 Grand Canal Boulevard
Stockton, CA 95207
Phone: 209/474-1818 Fax: 209/474-1245
E-mail:
Juris Admission: CA/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation
Publications: California Regulatory Law Reporter - USD
(1984-86)
Courses Taught:
Linda A. Klein
Gambrell & Stolz, L.L.P.
Suite 4300
303 Peachtree Street Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: 404/221-6530 Fax: 404/221-6501
E-mail: lklein@gambrell.com
Juris Admission: GA/1983; DC/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Dispute Resolution,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications: Jury Selection Techniques, 1995;
Professionalism in Client Relations, 1994, Organization of a
Litigation File from the Plaintiff's Perspective
Courses Taught: National Center for Paralegal Training,
1985
Marilyn S. Klinger
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
Suite 1800
801 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213/426-6900 Fax: 213/426-6921
E-mail: Marilyn.S.Klinger@sdma.com
Juris Admission: CA/1978
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Numerous presentations at ABA, Bar &
Industry Association meetings and seminars; guest lecturer
at Stanford Graduate School of Engineering
Janet S. Kloenhamer
Firemans Fund Insurance
777 San Marin Drive
Novato, CA 94998
Phone: 415/899-3203 Fax: 415/899-2852
E-mail: janet_s._kloenhamer@ffic.com
Juris Admission: CA/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate General Law, Dispute
Resolution, Insurance Law, Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught: numerous programs for ABA TIPS,
Litigation Section; DRI; PLI; San Francisco Bar
Association; Business Strategies Network
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Revised October 8, 2002
M. Kathryn Knight
Vickers, Riis, Murray and Currany, L.L.C.
Suite 800
106 St. Francis Street
Mobile, AL 86602
Phone: 334/432-9772 Fax: 334/432-9781
E-mail:
Juris Admission: AL/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Government Federal/State,
Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private PracticePartner, Other
Publications: Defending Sewer Back Up Claims, Alabama
Municipal Law Journal (1994); Court Sanctions
Prosecutorial Appeals of Sentences: U.S. v. DiFrancesco,
Univ. of Alabama Law Review (1982)
Courses Taught: Sexual Harassment (1996); Use of
Deadly Force & Qualified Immunity (1994); Emergency
Communication District Liability (1996, 1997)
Elizabeth C. Koch
Levine, Pierson, Sullivan & Koch, L.L.P.
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202/508-1128 Fax: 202/861-9888
E-mail: bkoch@lpsk.com
Juris Admission: MD/1987; DC/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Intellectual Property Law, Other
Publications: Editor, ABA Form Communication Law's
Communication Lawyer
Courses Taught: Guest lecturer Georgetown University
Media Law Seminar; Speaker, Newsletter Publishers Assn
Annual Conferences; speaker, Womens Bar Assn program
on Intellectual Property Law; speaker, student Press Law
Center program for student journalists
LaDonna Koebel
Walther, Roark, Gay & Todd, P.L.C.
Suite 300
167 E. Main Street
Lexington, KY 40507
Phone: 606/225-4724 Fax: 606/225-2493
E-mail: lkoebel@wrgt.com
Juris Admission: KT/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Tughtort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Updates in Kentucky Employment Law,
Maintaining a Class Action, 1998
Courses Taught: Updates in Kentucky Employment Law,
1998
Elizabeth J. Kohn
Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.
Suite 2200
201 Main Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Phone: 817/346-6645 Fax: 816/347-6650
E-mail: kohne@hayboo.com
TIPS Member: Yes
Juris Admission: GA/1981, CA/1982, TX/1988
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law
Publications: “Use of Mediation to Resolve Envornmental
Disputes,” Independent Bankers Assn, Agricultural Lenders
Section (1992); “Active Role of State Laws in superfund
Cleanups,” Remediation Magazine, Fall, 1991
Courses Taught: Presentation: “Use of Mediation to
Resolve Envornmental Disputes,” Independent Bankers
Assn, Agricultural Lenders Section (1992); “Everything You
Wanted to Know About Superfund (and Some Things You
Didn’t),” Environmental regulation Seminar, Executive
Enterprises, Inc. (1991)
Susan B. Kohn
Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn
30th Floor
1100 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70163-3000
Phone: 504/569-2030 Fax: 504/569-2999
E-mail: suekohn@spsr-law.com
Juris Admission: LA/1984
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise:
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Janet S. Kole
The Law Offices of Janet S. Kole, P.C.
Suite 412
900 Haddon Avenue
Cellingswood, NJ 08108
Phone: 609/869-8000 Fax: 609/869-8822
E-mail: jkole@koleslaw.com
Juris Admission: NJ/1994; PA/1980
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Lindy Korn
Diversity Training Workplace Solutions, Inc.
300 International Drive
Williamsville, NY 14221
Phone: 716/626-3422 Fax: 716/626-3001
E-mail: lkorn@diversitytraining.com
Juris Admission: NY/1979; U.S. Federal Court/1979
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Worker's
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
McCarthy and Kornblum
2963 Grand Avenue
P.O. Box 809
Los Olivos, CA 93441-0809
Phone: 805/688-4550 Fax: 805/688-5140
E-mail: mandklaw@silcom.com
Juris Admission: CA/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: “What To Do When The Insurance
Company Says No” (1997); “Avoiding Harassment and
Discrimination Claims” (1996-1997)
Sallie B. Kraus
General Reinsurance Corporation
D-4
695 East Main Street
Stanford, CT 06902
Phone: 203/328-6420 Fax:
E-mail: skraus@genre.com@internet
Juris Admission: CT/1991; NY/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Many client/internal presentations
Susan K. Krell
Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman
Suite 1200
55 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
Phone: 860/522-0404 Fax: 860/247-1330
E-mail: krells@jacksonlewis.com
Juris Admission: CT-U.S. District/1975; U.S. Supreme
Court/1981; U.S. District Court Western NY/1997; U.S.
Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit/1976; U.S. District Court
Southern NY/1994; U.S. Distict Court Northern NY/1997
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: DRI Seminars
Caroline C. Kresky
Holland & Knight, L.L.P.
Suite 2000
One Atlantic Center
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309-3400
Phone: 404/898-8116 Fax: 404/898-8002
E-mail: ckresky@liclaw.com
Juris Admission: GA/1983; DC/1984
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise:
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Rosemary Krimbel
Schiff Hardin & Waite
6600 Sears Tower
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/258-5672 Fax: 312/258-5600
E-mail: rkrimbel@schiffhardin.com
Juris Admission: IL/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Intellectual
Property Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Rehearing Sua Sponte in the U.S. Supreme
Court: a Procedure for Judicial Policymaking, 65 Chi.-Kent.
L. Rev. 919 (1989)
Courses Taught:
Rebecca Laffitte
Sowell Todd Laffitte Beard & Watson, L.L.C.
Suite 401
1301 Gewat Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803/929-1400 Fax: 803/929-0300
E-mail: rlaffitte@sowell.com
Juris Admission: SC/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Litigation,
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Patricia McHugh Lambert
Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz, P.A.
Suite 400
901 Dulaney Valley Road
Towson, MD 21204
Phone: 401/938-8800 Fax: 401/823-6017
E-mail: hupk@hupk.com
Juris Admission: MD/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: “Lessening the Pain of Withdrawal: Preparing
to Withdraw from Personal Automobile Lines Insurance,” 11
Journal of Insurance Regulation 252, Winter 1992;
“Employee recovery for Emotional Distress: Where the
Realm of Common Law Outrageousness Has Become
Elusive for Claimants, Will Workers’ Complensation Take
Them In?,” Maryland Bar Journal, May 1993
Courses Taught: Frequent speaker on insurance issues,
includig presentations in the last year on “Expanding HMO
Liability,” The DC Bar and the ABA Tort & Insurance
Practice Section Public Regulation of Insurance Law
Committee program, “Error & Omission Claims Against
Agents and Brokers,” Ohio; “The Role of Accountatns in the
Sale of Insurnce,” Towson, MD
Kathleen A. Lang
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Revised October 8, 2002
Dickinson Wright
Suite 4000
500 Woodward
Detroit, MI 48226
Phone: 313/223-3771 Fax: 313/223-3598
E-mail: klang@dickinson-wright.com
Juris Admission: MI/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications: ICLE of Michigan - Chapter Author in Causes
of Action Formbook (1996-present); Status of Limitations in
Michigan (1996-present); currently an editor and author for
Michigan Civil Procedure (1998)
Courses Taught: Trial Advocacy (1995-1998); Civil
Procedure Workshop (1998); Statute of Limitations (1996)
Computer Animation in Court (1995)
Linda M. Lasley
Reinsurance Counsel
Suite 201
4 East Holly Street
Pasadena, CA 91103
Phone: 626/304-7880 Fax: 626/585-8222
E-mail: reinsurance@earthlink.net
Juris Admission: CA/1977
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Extensive experience on insurance topics.
“Insolvency and Solidity of Insurance Companies,”
Executive Enterprises; Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes
in the Property-Casualty Industry” and “Recent
Developments in Insurance and Reinsance Disputes
Nancy L. LaVista
Lytal & Reiter et al
10th Floor
515 North Flagler Drive
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: 561/820-2260 Fax: 561/832-2932
E-mail: Website: www.palmbeachlaw.com
Juris Admission: FL/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: outlines for AFTZ
Courses Taught: Collateral Source Seminar, “Toto, We're
Not in Kansas Anymore,” Subrogation Rights, AFTZ (1921995; Mild Brain Injury-Workhorse Seminar, AFTZ (1996)
Susan J. Lawshe
Executive Risk, Inc.
82 Hopmeadow Street
Simsbury, CT 06070
Phone: 860/408-2489 Fax: 860/408-2206
E-mail: lawshes@execrisk.com
Juris Admission: CT/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
Publications: Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, “Rule
11," Lawyer to Lawyer In-House Counsel Risks and
Exposures, 1995; various loss prevention articles
Courses Taught: Various presentations regarding
professional liability expsoures and isnurance for in-house
counsel and law firms
Heidi A. Lawson
White & Case
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212/819-8498 Fax: 212/354-8113
E-mail: lawsohe@newyork.whitecase.com
Juris Admission: NY/1997
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
Publications: Currently working on an article regarding
insurance coverage and Year 2000 issues
Courses Taught: Various presentations to executive
management made as part of management at an insurance
company -- many awards for best speaker
Linda M. Lawson
Meserve, Mumper & Hughes
18th Floor
555 S. Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: 213/620-0300 Fax: 213/625-1930
E-mail:
Juris Admission: CA/1977
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Employment Law, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Managing Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Processing ERISA benefit claims, Eastern
Claims Conference, 1995
Gloria Leal*
Texas Department of Insurance
Suite 1040B
333 Guadalupe
Austin, TX 78714
Phone: 512/463-6331 Fax: 512/475-1772
E-mail: gloria_leal@tdi.state.tx.us
Juris Admission: TX/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Government Federal/State, Insurance
Law, Transportation Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Career Exploration (1998); Getting Into
Law School: Knowing the Rules, Playing the Game (1998);
Pregunta a un Abogado (Ask an Attorney), “Auto Insurance
Issues” (1998)
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Revised October 8, 2002
Jeannine L. Lee
Cosgrove, Flynn & Gaskins, P.L.L.P.
2900 Metropolitan Centre
333 South 7th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone: 612/333-9500 Fax: 612/333-9579
E-mail: jlee@cfg-lawyers.com
Juris Admission: MN/1981; U.S. District Court, District of
Minnesota/1981; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
(1984); U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit (1992)
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal
Injury Law, Other
Publications: Comment, Establishing an Objective Intent;
Standard for the Labor Antitrust Exemption, 64 Minn. L.
Rev. 1275 (1980)
Courses Taught: Products Liability Seminar (1998); Civil
Trial/Pretrial Practice Seminar (1994-Present)
Laurie J. Levin
Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.
Suite 230
200 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801
Phone: 407/649-4076 Fax: 407/841-0168
E-mail: LLEVIN@Baker-Hostetler.com
Juris Admission: FL/1995; MA/1985; DC/1982; WI/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Pamela Levin
Thornton, Taylor et al
Suite 1600
505 Sansome Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415/421-8890 Fax: 415/421-0688
E-mail: plevin@thornton_taylor.com
Juris Admission: CA/1976
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: “Delivering the Goods,” Annual Mtg,
1996; Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1995
Lynn G. Levy
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
600 Dresher Road
Horsham, PA 19044
Phone: 215/956-7759 Fax: 215/956-7750
E-mail: levy.lynn@pmlmail.com
Juris Admission: NY/1985; PA/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Defense,
Insurance Law, Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Margaret Levy
Mannatt, Phelps & Phillips, L.L.P.
11355 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: 310/312-4000 Fax: 310/312-4224
E-mail: mlevy@manatt.com
Juris Admission: CA/1975
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Lititgation,
Private Practice-Partner
Publications: “Current Coverage Issues in Health Insurance
Law: Is There Coverage When There Is No Coverage?” 26
Tort & Insurance Law Journal 621 (1991); “ Converasations
with Justice Stanley Most,” California Supreme Court
Historical Society Yearbook, 1996-97 (1998)
Courses Taught: “New Strategies for Defending Life,
Health and Disability Insurance Claims Litigation,” ALIABA Conference on Life Insurance Litigation, New York,
New York (1998); “Defending Lawsuits Alleging Fraud or
Misrepresentation in the Sale of Health Insurance, Agent
Misconduct and Illegal or Improper Premium Increases,”
ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California (1997);
numerous presentiations and papers
Lynne Liberato
Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.
Suite 4300
1000 Lousiana
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: 713/547-2017 Fax: 713/547-2600
E-mail: liberatl@hayboo.com
Juris Admission: TX/1981
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Kathryn Spruill Lingle
Brenner, Dohnal, Evans & Yoffy
Suite 200
411 East Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23218
Phone: 804/644-1300 Fax: 804/644-1354
E-mail: kslingle@hotmail.com
Juris Admission: VA/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Worker's Compensation Law
Publications: Advanced Worker's Compensation, NBI,
December 1997
Courses Taught: Advanced Worker's Compensation Law
(1997)
Dorothy M. Linsner
Uehlein, Cunningham & Machanic
220 North Main Street
Natick, MA 01760
Phone: 781/237-7030 Fax: 508/653-0119
E-mail: dlinsner@ucm-law.com
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Juris Admission: DC/1976; NY/1978; MA/1981; RI/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Worker's
Compensation Law, Other
Publications: “The Growing Storm: The Role of Second
Injury Funds in the Wake of the ADA,” MSL Law Review
Vol. 4, No. 2, Fall 1997
Courses Taught: Legal Research & Writing at the
Massachusetts School of Law since 1992; speaker on second
injury funds at ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section
Spring Meeting (1997) and Risk & Management Society
Conference (1997)
Paula E. Litt
Schopf & Weiss
304 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60606-1764
Phone: 312/701-9317 Fax: 312/701-9338
E-mail: litt@sw.com
Juris Admission: IL/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation
Publications: With William Schopf, “Liquid Air v.
Bridges: A Plaintiff's Perspective on a Civil RICO Jury
Trial,” RICO Law Reporter (1986)
Courses Taught: “What every In-House lawyer should
know about Insurance when the Corporation is Sued,”
Corporate Counsel Committee, Business Law Section of
ABA (1998)
Virginia E. Lohmann
Shayne & Greenwald
221 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614/221-1111 Fax: 614/221-4070
E-mail: gini@greenwald.usa.com
Juris Admission: OH/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal
Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner
Publications: Various: Civil Trial procedure in Ohio, 1992
Courses Taught: Various speaking engagements on a
variety of topics, including litigation & evidence topics
Deborah J. Long
Protective Life Corporation
7801 Highway 280 South
Birmingham, AL 35223
Phone: 205/868-3885 Fax: 205/868-3597
E-mail: debbie_long@protective.com
Juris Admission: AL/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Insurance
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications: (Joint) Life Insurance Law of Alabama, 1997
Courses Taught:
Karen Anne Lorenzen
Meardon, Sveppel, Downer & Hayes
122 South Linn Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
Phone: 319/338-9222 Fax:
E-mail:
Juris Admission: IA/1998; FL/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff,
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Interviewing Skills; How to be a
Successful Summer Associate
Cynthia K. Lowe
Fowler Measge & Bell, L.L.P.
300 West Vine Street
Lexington, KY 40507
Phone: 606/252-6700 Fax: 606/255-3735
E-mail: fmb@mis.net
Juris Admission: KY/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, General Practice, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Course to KATA; Course to Fayette
County Bar
Juanita B. Luis
Luis Legal Services
Suite 201
175 County Road B2 East
Little Canada, MN 55117
Phone: 651/483-2583 Fax: 651/415-0577
E-mail: luislegal@usa.net
Juris Admission: MN/1977
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Dispute
Resolution, Health & Hospital, Insurance Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Mainly internal client compliance
presentations
Margaret C. Lumsden
Unti Lumsden & Smith, L.L.P.
Suite 390
4020 Westchase Boulevard
Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone: 919/828-3966 Fax: 919/828-3927
E-mail: mclumsden@ulslaw.com
Juris Admission: NC/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Private Practice-Managing
Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
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Pat Lundvall
McDonald Carano Wilson McCune, et al
4th Floor
241 Ridge Street
Reno, NV 89501
Phone: 702/322-0635 Fax: 702/786-9532
E-mail: lundvall@mcdonaldcarano.usa.com
Juris Admission: NV/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Employee Benefits,
Litigation, Other
Publications: “The Rise and Fall of the Antitrust Exemption
for the Business of Insurancek” John Stauffer Memorial;
McGeorge School of Law, 1989
Courses Taught:
Eleanor E. Lynn
Willingham & Cote, P.C.
Suite 500
333 Albert Street
East Lansing, MI 48826
Phone: 517/351-6200 Fax: 517/351-1195
E-mail: willingham.cote@acd.net
Juris Admission: IA/1983/MI/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Private PracticeManaging Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Trial skills workshop, 1992-93, several
seminars
Laila Maalouf
Law Offices of Twenty Whitney Road
20 Whitney Road
Quieg, MA 02169
Phone: 617/689-0000 Fax: 617/984-1885
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MA/1990; RI/1991
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Defense, General Practice, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Christina M. Magee
Niewald Deck & Brown
Suite 1300
120 W 12th St
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: 816/471-7000 Fax: 816/474-0872
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NY/1990; MO/1996; DC/1991; KS/1996
Area of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Other
Publications: NBI Seminar Manuals for two conferences
Courses Taught: Insurance Overage - Third Party Claims
(NBI); Insurance Coveragion for Year 2000 Claims, New
York, NY (1998)
Ruth G. Malinas
Ball & Weed, P.C.
Suite 500
745 E. Mulberry
San Antonio, TX 78212
Phone: 210/731-6300 Fax: 210/731-6499
E-mail: rgm@ball-weed.com
Juris Admission: TX/1987
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Ellen B. Malow
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, L.L.P.
Suite 2200
700 Louisiana
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: 713/220-8800 Fax: 713/222-0843
E-mail:
Juris Admission: TX/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Environmental Law,
Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury
Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Jean Maneke
Lamfers & Maneke, L.C.
Suite 620
4435 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 816/753-6500 Fax: 816/753-7337
E-mail: lmlaw@unicom.net
Juris Admission: MS/1980; US Supreme Court/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Other
Publications: Monthly column for Missouri Press
Association membes on open record/open meeting and
defamation issues, chapter on privacy issues for MO Bar
CLE materials
Courses Taught: In-house counsel on defamation/privacy
copyright risks
Lenore S. Marema
Alliance of American Insurers
Suite 800
3025 Highland Parkway
Downers Grove, IL 60515-1289
Phone: 630/724-2143 Fax: 630/724-2190
E-mail: lmarema@alliance1.org
Juris Admission: IL/1979
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Government
Federal/State, Insurance Law, Worker's Compensation Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
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Ana M. Marin*
Thornton, Davis & Murray, P.A.
Suite #2900
80 S.W. 8th Street
Miami, FL 33130
Phone: 305/446-2646 Fax: 305/441-2374
E-mail: tdm@tdmlaw.com
Juris Admission: FL/1989; DC/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Aviation and Space Technology,
Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: SMU 31st Annual Air Law Symposium,
1997
Kim V. Marrkand
Mintz, Levin, Cohn et al
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617/348-1807 Fax: 617/542-2241
E-mail: kmarrkand@mintz.com
Juris Admission: MA/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Environmental Law,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Partner
Publications: Numerous, ie. Defense Research Institute
Courses Taught: “Emerging Toxic Torts: Sick Building
and Electro-Magnetic Fields”: Defense Research Institute,
1997
Alison B. Marshall
Jones Day Reavis & Pogue
6th Floor
1450 G Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202/879-7611 Fax: 202/737-2832
E-mail: abmarshall@jonesday.com
Juris Admission: DC/1990; PA/1984; MI/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
Publications: “Defending Against Coach Assignment and
Compensation Claims un Title IX,” NACUA Compendium
on Title IX, Spring 1995; “Efective Releases: Void or
Voidable?,” Employee Benefits Law Journal, August 1994,
numerounder publications
Courses Taught:
Chrys A. Martin
Bullivant Houser Bailey
Suite 300
888 Southwest Fifth Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503/228-6351 Fax: 503/295-0915
E-mail: chrys.martin@bullivant.com
Juris Admission: OR/1981; U.S. District Court/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Employee Benefits, Health &
Hospital, Insurance Law, Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Judy Martinez
Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, L.L.P.
30th Floor
1100 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70163
Phone: 504/569-2030 Fax: 504/569-2999
E-mail: martinez@spsr-law.com
Juris Admission: LA/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Private Practice-Partner,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Susan E. Mason
General Motors
3031 Grand Boulevard
Detroit, MI 98202
Phone: 313/974-1710 Fax: 313/974-0211
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MI/1982; U.S. Fed Court/1982
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Various: PLAC, ABA, I, ICLE
Lorelie S. Masters
Anderson Kill & Olick, L.L.P.
Suite 7500
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202/728-3106 Fax: 202/728-3199
E-mail: lmasters@andersonkill.com
Juris Admission: DC/1981
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, General Practice,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Managing
Partner, Other
Publications: Co-author of 2-volume treatise, “Insurance
Coverage Litigation,1997
Courses Taught: Mealey's Year 2000 Conference, 1998;
ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation- Midyear Meeting,
1997
Edith R. Matthai
Robie & Matthai
500 S. Grand Avenue, #1500
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: 213/624-3062 Fax: 213/624-2563
E-mail:
Juris Admission: CA/1975
TIPS Member: Yes
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Revised October 8, 2002
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Private PracticeManaging Partner, Other
Publications: CEB Cal. Disc. Practice, Co-author, Chapter
on Requests for Admissions
Courses Taught: Trial Advocacy, Hastings College of
Advocacy; seminars on trial and pretrial practice.
Kathleen J. Maus
Butler, Burnette & Pappas
Suite 102
3520 Thomasville Road
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Phone: 850/894-4111 Fax: 850/894-4999
E-mail: kmaus@bbplaw.com
Juris Admission: FL Supreme Ct/1991; USDC
Southern/1998; USDC Northern/1998; USDC Middle/1992
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Private PracticePartner
Publications:
Courses Taught: “Introduction to Law,” 1992-1994
S. Beville May
Law Office of S. Beville May
Suite 200
7 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA
Phone: 617/566-3100 Fax: 617/566-5379
E-mail: sbmay@tiac.net
Juris Admission: MA/1980; U.S. District Court (D.
Mass.)/1981; U.S. Supreme Court/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Private Practice-Managing Partner,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: National Practice Institute
Bonnie L. Mayfield*
Dykema Gossett, P.L.L.C.
400 Renaissance Center
Detroit, MI 48243-1668
Phone: 313/568-6539 Fax: 313/568-6658
E-mail:
Juris Admission:
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Spoken for State Bar of Michigan
Lisa Pierobon Mays
Lawton & Cates, S.C.
214 W. Mifflin Street
P.O. Box 2965
Madison, WI 53701-2965
Phone: 608/282-6258 Fax: 608/282-6252
E-mail: lawcates@aol.com
Juris Admission: WI/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Litigation, Plaintiff,
Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Donna McCaffrey
Watt Tieder Hoffer & Fitzgerald, L.L.P.
#400
7929 Westpark Drive
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: 703/749-1000 Fax: 703/893-8029
E-mail: dmcaffr@wthf.com
Juris Admission: VA/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Government contracts; Federal
publications seminars
Dionne C. McCoy
Locke Reynolds Boyd & Weisell
201 N. Illinois Street
1000 Capital Center South
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317/237-3800 Fax: 317/237-3900
E-mail: dmmcoy@locke.com
Juris Admission: IN/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Kathie McDonald
Vencor, Inc.
Suite 3300
400 West Market Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: 502/596-7363 Fax: 502/596-4158
E-mail: kathiemcdonald@vencor.com
Juris Admission: KY/1985
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Elder Law, Health &
Hospital, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Helen T. McFadden
411 MLK Boulevard
P.O. Box 1114
Kingstree, SC 29556
Phone: 843/354-5200 Fax: 843/354-7658
E-mail:
Juris Admission: SC/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
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Revised October 8, 2002
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Consumer Law,
General Practice, Litigation, Plaintiff, Worker's
Compensation Law, Other
Publications: Editor, Parliamentary Journal (1988-90)
Courses Taught: Election Law, Voting Rights,
Parliamentary Law for SC Bar CLE; annual training in
Parliamentary Procedure for S.C. County Association
Brigid M. McGrath
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd
Suite 3000
70 West Madison
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: 312/807-4357 Fax: 312/372-2098
E-mail: bmcgrath@bellboyd.com
Juris Admission: MN/1984; IL/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Susan McGreevy
Husch & Eppenberger
Suite 1700
1200 Main
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: 816/421-4800 Fax: 816/421-0596
E-mail: slmcgreevy@kc.husch.com
Juris Admission: Washington DC Court of Appeals/1975;
Supreme Court of Missouri/1978; U.S. District Court
WDMO/1978; U.S. District Court, NDTX/1984; Supreme
Court of Kansas/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Maureen M. McGuirl
Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May
22nd Floor
700 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213/896-8059 Fax: 213/896-8080
E-mail: mmcguirl@chrm.com
Juris Admission: NY/1979; CA/1982
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Energy Law, Intellectual Property Law,
Litigation, Other
Publications: Antitrust Laws and Trade Regulation (2d
edition); “Antitrust Compliance Programs,” in Antitrust
Counseling and Litigation Techniques; 1995 Annual Review
of Antitrust Law Developments (contributor), ABA,
Antitrust Section
Courses Taught: Presented numerous courses
Elizabeth M. McMillan
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
24th Floor
301 North Main Street
Greenville, SC 29601
Phone: 864/250-2300 Fax: 864/232-2925
E-mail: emm@nmrs.com
Juris Admission: SC/1990
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Insurance Law, Tort
& Personal Injury Law, Workmens Compensation Law,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Julie A. McMillan
O'Melveny & Myers
Suite 2600
275 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415/984-8709 Fax: 415/984-8701
E-mail: jmcmillan@omm.com
Juris Admission: CA/1984; NY/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Energy Law,
Insurance Law, Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught: DRI/Insurance Coverage for
Environmenal Claims (1994); Fulerum Information Services
- Effective Discovery Strategies in Manufacturerd Gas Plant
Insurance Coverage Cases (1996)
Susan Meek
Susan B. Meek
Suite 355
3000 Weslayan
Houston, TX 77027
Phone: 713/877-8112 Fax: 713/877-1314
E-mail:
Juris Admission: IL/1984; TX/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolution, Health &
Hospital, Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Mediation/Legal Negotiations University
of Houston
Enid Duany Mendoza*
Colson Hicks Eidson
Suite 4700
200 S. Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33131
Phone: 305/373-5400 Fax: 305/374-4796
E-mail: enid@colson.com
Juris Admission: FL/1991; DC/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology,
Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal
Injury Law, Other
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Publications: Worked as a reporter for years before
studying law
Courses Taught: “The Court Room of the 21st Century,”
ABA Litigation Section Trial Practice Committee (1997)
Angela A. Meyer
Exponent Failure Analysis
149 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 650/688-6951 Fax: 650/528-2996
E-mail: ameyer@exponent.com
Juris Admission:
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology,
Product Liability Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Tammy J. Meyer
Lewis & Wagner
#200
501 Indiana Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317/237-0500 Fax: 317/630-2790
E-mail:
Juris Admission: IN/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Environmental Law, General
Practice, Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Published for the DRI in “For the Defense”
twice, the Indiana Law Review twice & several seminar
papers
Courses Taught: Spoke for DRI, IDLA, ICLEF, etc.
Deborah J. Michelson
Olmer & Berne, L.L.P.
Suite 900
1300 East 9th Street
Cleveland, OH 44118
Phone: 216/902-8920 Fax: 216/621-7488
E-mail:
Juris Admission: OH/1992; NY/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation
Publications: Editor-in-Chief, National Society of
Professional Insurance Investigators Newsletter
Courses Taught: First Party Insurance Claims; “Bad Faith”
Litigation
Amee Ann Mikacich
Hardin, Cok
1999 Harrison Street
Suite 1800
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510/444-3131 Fax: 510/839-7940
E-mail: aam@hardincook.com
Juris Admission: CA/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Josephine S. Miller*
Praxair, Inc.
39 Old Ridgebury Road, M1545
Danbury, CT 06813
Phone: 203/837-2198 Fax: 203/837-2545
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MI/1980; GA/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Tort & Personal
Injury Law, Transportation Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: AIFA Transportation Conference (1998);
ABA Transportation Megaconference (1997)
Kara M. Miller
Semmes, Bowen & Semmes
231 West Main Street
Salisbury, MD 21801
Phone: 410/749-1710 Fax: 410/860-2856
E-mail: kmiller@semmes.com
Juris Admission: MD/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Transportation Law, Worker's
Compensation Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Speak to transportation/trucking
companies re: accidents, claims, litigation process & safety
Susan Tillotson Mills
Holland & Knight, L.L.P.
Suite 2300
400 North Ashley Drive
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: 813/227-8500 Fax: 813/229-0134
E-mail: smills@hklaw.com
Juris Admission: FL/1990; MI/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense,
Intellectual Property Law, Other
Publications: Reporter's Guide to a Civil Lawsuit,
Reporter's Handbook, Fla Bar Media and Communications
Law Committees
Courses Taught: Media Law-Graduate Journalists, 1997
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Lora E. Minichillo
Schwartz & Freeman
Suite 1905
401 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312/222-0800 Fax: 312/222-0818
E-mail: lminichillo@s-f-law.com
Juris Admission: IL/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolution,
Employee Benefits, Health & Hospital, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Product Liability Law, Private Practice-Partner,
Other
Publications: DRI articles, various, Manufacturers Risk
Control Subcommittee Newsletter; Schwartz & Freeman
newsletter, articles on various tort, insurance, product
liability and litigation related topics
Courses Taught: Successful Defense of Product Liability
Lawsuit, Univ. of Wisconsin College of Engineering;
various client and firm seminars and training sessions
Marilyn Ann Moberg
Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May
Suite 2200
700 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213/896-8035 Fax: 213/896-8080
E-mail: mmoberg
Juris Admission: CA/1986; Federal Courts, Eastern,
Southern, Northern, Central Districts/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Product Liability Law,
Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Terry L. Mock
401 N. Main Street
P.O. Box 740
Tuscumba, AL 35674
Phone: 256/386-7090 Fax: 256/386-7063
E-mail: 52196Andy@aol.com
Juris Admission: AL/1984
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Plaintiff, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Maureen K. Molloy
Law Office of Maureen K. Molloy, M.D., J.D.
5935 Dorset Street
Shelburne, VT 05482
Phone: 802/985-8541 Fax: 802/985-9855
E-mail: mkmolloy@together.net
Juris Admission: NY/1991; VT/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Product Liability; Tort & Personal
Injury Law
Publications: Clin. Assoc. Professor, orthopedic surgery,
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine. Numerous
presentations
Courses Taught: Numerouse legal and medical publications
Kim E. Moore
Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz
Suite 3206
100 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70163
Phone: 504/585-3200 Fax: 504/585-7688
E-mail: kmoore@monbar.com
Juris Admission: LA/1988
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Patricia A. Moores
Biedermann, Hoenig, Massanillo & Ruff, P.C.
90 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212/634-5030 Fax: 212/986-3509
E-mail: pmoores@bhmr.com
Juris Admission: NY/1988; NJ/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology,
Defense, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal
Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Anne E. Moran
Steptoe & Johnson
1330 Connecticut Avenue
Washington, DC 20036-1795
Phone: 202/429-6449 Fax: 202/429-3902
E-mail: amoran@steptoe.com
Juris Admission: DC/1978
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Other
Publications: Proposed Regulations Require; Journal of
Taxation, 1991, Fringe Benefits; 34 Catholic Lawyer 407,
1992; Plan Loans (ACI/ABA 1997); IRS Audit Issues;
Independent Contractor Status (Law and Education Institute,
1996-97
Courses Taught: ERISA Basics: A Primer on ERISA
Issues (1992-98); Plan Loans (ACI/ABA 1997); IRS Audit
Issues; Independent Contractor Status (Law and Education
Institute, 1996-97)
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Angelicque M. Moreno*
Rubenstein & Rynecki
16 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718/522-1020 Fax: 718/522-3804
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NY/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Defending a Plaintiff Deposition,1998
Linda L. Morkan
Robinson & Cole, L.L.P.
280 Trumbull Street
Hartford, CT 06103-3597
Phone: 860/275-8219 Fax: 860/275-8299
E-mail: lmorkan@rc.com
Juris Admission: CT/1987
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law,
Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Diana L. Moro
Policy Professionals, Inc.
25 Bartram Avenue
Glenolden, PA 19036
Phone: 610/586-5590 Fax: 610-586-5591
E-mail: drmoro@PolicyProfessionals.com
Juris Admission: NJ/1989; PA/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits Law, EmployerEmployee Relations, Health and Disaiblity Insurance Law,
Other
Publications: When No Comment is a Comment or How to
Deal with the Press, Contributing Editor, Young Lawyer’s
Division, (1994)
Courses Taught: HR Roundtable -- The EEOC, The INS
and Your Business (1998); Using the Internet in Your
Practice (1996); Effective Media Use for State and Local
Bar Associations, (1996).
Diana Y. Morrissey
Faegre & Benson
2200 Norwest Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901
Phone: 612/336-3291 Fax: 612/336-3026
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MN/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolution,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Seminar presentations: insurance
coverage,1997 and 1998
Debra J. Moulton
Kennedy, Moulton & Wells, P.C.
Ste 210
2201 San Pedro NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Phone: 505/884-7887 Fax: 505/884-7123
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NM/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Tort & Personal
Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Employment seminars
Debra V. Murphy
Law Office of Debra Vierra Murphy
#5
310 Wilbur Avenue
Swansea, MA 02777
Phone: 508/679-9100 Fax: 508/679-1177
E-mail: doglawer@aol.com
Juris Admission: MA/1994; Federal District Court/1995;
First Circuit Court of Appeals/1995
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolution,
Employee Benefits, General Practice, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Sharon Murphy
Lewis & Wagner
Suite 200
501 Indiana Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3196
Phone: 317/237-0500 Fax: 317/630-2790
E-mail:
Juris Admission: IN/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Product
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Workers
Compensation Law, Private Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught: Taught trial techniques at Indiana State
University, 1991-92
Susanne Mast Murray
Willis Corroon
7 Hanover Square
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212/804-0518 Fax: 212/344-2780
E-mail: murray_sm@williscorroon.com
Juris Admission: NJ/1987; NY/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
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Revised October 8, 2002
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
Publications: We're Not That Kind of Company Risk
Business (1997); Preface - Employment Practices Liability
Book National Underwriter (1998)
Courses Taught: Risk & Insurance Management Annual
Conference; Employment Practices County Commissioners
Association of PA; Directors and Officers and the Year 2000
Tracy L. Nation
Gray Cary Wave & Freidenrich
#1700
401 B Street
San Diego, CA 92122
Phone: 619/699-4766 Fax: 619/236-1048
E-mail: TNation@GCWF.com
Juris Admission: State/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Brenda Neel
McManemin & Smith, P.C.
Suite 1600
1600 North Pearl Street
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214/953-1321 Fax: 214/953-0695
E-mail: bhight@mspc.com
Juris Admission: TX/1976
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Narda M. Newby*
Jack H. Olender & Associates., P.C.
4th Floor
888 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202/879-7777 Fax: 202-393-2245
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MD/1995; DC/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Other
Publications: Author, Chapter 1 on “Policy
Construction/Intepretation,” for forthcoming West Group
two-volumn treatise on Insurance Coverage Litigation;
Author, “Environmental Insurance Coverage: Limiting the
Owned Property Exclusion,” Boston Bar Journal
(January/February 1998) ; numerous articles
Courses Taught: Guest speaker at various schools in
Washington D.C. and various Law Day activities
Fern P. O'Brian
Arnold & Porter
555 12th Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202/942-5028 Fax: 202/942-5999
E-mail: obriafe@aporter.com
Juris Admission: VA/1984;DC/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner,
Other
Publications: Handling product liability problems
successfully, United States Litigation Yearbook, 1997
Courses Taught: ABA Class Action Institute
Adele E. O'Conner
Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur
41 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614/227-1951 Fax: 614/227-2100
E-mail: aoconner@porterwright.com
Juris Admission: OH/1976
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Worker's Compensation
Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Various seminars
Barbara A. O'Donnell
Robinson & Cole LLP
1 Boston Place
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617/557-5945 Fax: 617/557-5999
E-mail: bodonnell@bost.rc.com
Juris Admission: MA/1985; U.S. District Court, District of
MA/1985; First Circuit Court of Appeals/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, EmployerEmployee Relations, Other
Publications: An Overview of Insurance Agent Broker
Liability (1995); Insurance Policy Interpretation, Chapter 1.
Courses Taught: Insurance Agent Broker Liability;
Declaratory Judgments and Alternatives; Employment
Practices Liability
Jennifer K. Oetter
Hoffman Hart & Wagner
20th Floor
1000 Southwest Broadway
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,
Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Kristine Louise Olsen
Kiesel & Larson
Suite 300
8501 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Phone: 310/854-4444 Fax: 310/854-0812
E-mail: Website: www.kiesel@kiesellaw.com
Juris Admission: CA/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Consumer Law,
Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Sarah L. Olson
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon
225 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/201-2000 Fax: 312/201-2555
E-mail: olson@whad.com
Juris Admission: IL/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Law, Other
Publications: “Jurisdiction at Warp Speed: Alien
Corporations and Cyberspace Torts,” DRI seminar o
Business Law (1997); Chapter Seven: Specific Defenses,” in
Medical Malpractice Handbook (1987, 1989), Illinois
Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Courses Taught: “Guilt by Association: Trade Association
Liability,” (1997); “Responding to Electric and Magnetic
Field Litigation in the Electronic Consumer Products
Industry,” (1997)
Joseph J. Ortego*
Nixon Peabody LLP
990 Stewart Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
Phone: 516/832-7564 Fax: 516/832-7555
E-mail: JOrtego@nixonpeabody.com
Juris Admission: NY/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Business Torts, Civil Procedure and
Evidence, Intellectual Property Law, Professionals’,
Officers’ & Directors’ Liability, Products, General Liability
& Consumer Law, Trial Techniques
Publications: Reconstructions, Re-Enactments and
Demonstrations From a Defendant’s Perspective (1999);
Trial Considreations In The Age of Daubert (1999)
Courses Taught: Reconstructions, Re-Enactments and
Demonstrative Evidence from Defendant’s Perspective
(1999); Ethics Problems in Products Liability Cases (1999)
Catherine M. Ovsak
Leonard Street Deinard
Suite 2300
150 South Fifth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone: 612/783-1934 Fax: 612/335-1657
E-mail: cmo1479@email.leonard.com
Juris Admission: MN/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Julie A. Pace
Quarles & Brady
Suite 400
One East Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ 85012-1649
Phone: 602/230-5560 Fax: 602/230-5598
E-mail:
Juris Admission: AZ/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Other
Publications: Arizona and Federal Employment Law: An
Employer's Guide, Co-editor (1997); Arizona's New Law on
Constructive Discharge, Arizona State Bar Employment Law
Handbook (1997)
Courses Taught: INS and I-9 Forms, Arizona Public
Service (1997); Recent Developments in Emloyment Law
and Employment Law Audit (1997); Recent Developments
in Sexual Harassment and OSHA Inspections (1997)
Stephanie Sue Padilla*
Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.
Suite 1100
303 East Seventeenth Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303/764-4037 Fax: 303/861-7805
E-mail: spadilla@baker-hostetler.com
Juris Admission: CO/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Stacy M. Parker
AON Fiancial Services
100th
2 World Trade Center
New York, NY 10048
Phone: 212/441-2484 Fax: 212/441-1929
E-mail: stacy-parker@afs.aon.com
Juris Admission: NY/1988; CT/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate General Law, Insurance
Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
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Noreen J. Parrett
Lafollette & Smykin
Suite 500
One East Main Street
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608/257-3911 Fax: 608/257-0609
E-mail: NParrett@lafollettesmykin.com
Juris Admission: WI/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law
Publications: “Recent Developments in Public Regulation
of Insurance Law,” Tort and Insurance Law Journal (Winter
1997)
Courses Taught: “Insurance Law” course at U.W. Law
School; numerous presentations to various organizations
Fredi L. Pearlmutter
Cooper, Rose & English, L.L.P.
480 Morris Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901
Phone: 908/273-1212 Fax: 908/273-8922
E-mail: FPearlmutter@CRELAW.COM
Juris Admission: NY/1972; S.D.N.Y./1972; NJ/1987;
D.N.J./1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Insurance Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall Law
School, New Jersey Environmental Law; numerous seminars
on environmental regulatory issues, environmental insurance
and Brownfields
Geralyn M. Passaro
Peters Robertson et al
Suite 405
600 South Andrews Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33319
Phone: 954/761-8999 Fax: 954/761-8990
E-mail:
Juris Admission: FL/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law,
Litigation
Publications: “Sanctuary,” Inter American Law Review
(1987)
Courses Taught: Miscellaneous seminars sponsored by my
law firm and other local insurance associations
Molly Peckman
Kolsby Gordon
22nd Floor
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215/851-9700 Fax: 215/851-9701
E-mail: molpeck@aol.com
Juris Admission: PA/1992; NJ/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation,
Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Other
Publications: Living Wills; Giving Depositions for
Advance for Occupational Therapists
Courses Taught: Paralegal trial prep course, coordinating a
young lawyers trial prep course
Allyson Pharr
Trans Costal Marine Services, Inc.
Suite 930
2929 Briarpark
Houston, TX 77042
Phone: 713/784-7429 Fax: 713/781-6364
E-mail: allysonfox@msn.com
Juris Admission: LA/1993; TX/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Defense,
Dispute Resolution, Environmental Law, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Sandra L. Phillips*
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.
600 Travis
Suite 1600
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: 713/227-8008 Fax: 713/227-9508
E-mail: sphillips@shb.com
Juris Admission: TX/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Other
Publications: “Will the Proposed Section 8 of the
Restatemnt (Third) of Torts Eliminate the Exemption from
Liability for Design Defects for Manufacturers of
‘Unavoidably Unsafe’ Non-Medical Products?” ABA Tort &
Insurance Practice Section Products, General Liability and
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
Kravit, Gass, Hovel & Leitner, S.C.
Suite 500
825 North Jefferson
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414/271-7100 Fax: 414/271-8135
E-mail: sap@kravit-cass.com
Juris Admission: WI/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Holly M. Polglase
Campbell Campbell & Edwards
Third Floor
One Constitution Plaza
Boston, MA 02129
Phone: 617/241-3000 Fax: 617/241-5115
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NH/1989; ME/1989; MA/1988;
CT/1996; RI/1997; VT/1997
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort
& Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Handling Home Improvement Contractor
Claims from the Plaintiff's Perspective, MCLE Home
Improvement Contractor Claims (Feb. 26, 1998);
Employment Torts, Defense Research Institute Employment
Law Basics (B. Neff, ed. 1997) co-author
Courses Taught: Cross Examination of a Plaintiff's
Economist in a Personal Injury Case (1998); Chair,
Emerging Issues in Automobile Product Liability Litigation,
TIPS (1998)
Diane L. Polscer
Gordon & Polscer, L.L.P.
Suite 1200
121 S.W. Morrison
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503/242-2922 Fax: 503/242-1264
E-mail: gplaw@teleport.com
Juris Admission: OR/1987; WA/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Insurance Law,
Litigation
Publications: “Investigation by the Insurer” ABA TIPSWest Group Insurance Coverage Publication, 1998
Courses Taught: DRI Excess & Reinsurance Seminar,
1998; DRI Environmental Seminar, 1997
Susan M. Ponce*
Halliburton
Building 01-601A
4100 Clinton Drive
Houston, TX 77020
Phone: 713/676-5209 Fax: 713/676-5221
E-mail: susan.ponce@halliburton.com
Juris Admission: PA/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Panelist, Environmental Justice;
Environmental Law Legislation;Technology and the Law
Susan Popik
Chapman, Popik & White
19th Floor
650 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 415/352-3000 Fax: 415/352-3030
E-mail: spopik@chapop.com
Juris Admission: CA/1975; Federal Courts in CA; 6th
District U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Courts
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law,
Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Susan R. Poulter
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone: 801/581-6545 Fax: 801/581-6897
E-mail: poulters@law.utah.edu
Juris Admission: UT/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Intellectual
Property Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Teach at the U of Utah College of Law
Mary K. Powers
Greentree Financial Corporation
Suite 300
345 St. Peter Street
St. Paul, MN 55102
Phone: 612/293-3651 Fax: 612/293-5818
E-mail: mpowers@gtfc.com
Juris Admission: MN/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Corporate Law
General, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Gene E.K. Pratter
Duane, Morris & Heckscher, L.L.P.
One Liberty Place
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7396
Phone: 215/979-1170 Fax: 215/979-1020
E-mail: gpratter@duanemorris.com
Juris Admission: PA/1975
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TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Litigation,
Product Liability Law, Other
Publications: “Bankruptcy Court Application of Ethics
Rules and Standards of Conduct,” ABA Bankruptcy and
Insolvency Committee Newsletter (10/95); “Professional
Ethics in the Bankruptcy Context,” ABA Bankruptcy and
Insolvency Committee Newsletter (10/94)
Courses Taught: “Accountants' Liability/Malpractice”
(1997); “Litigation Ethics” (1997); “Litigating a Legal
Malpractice Case” (1997); The Practice of Law and
Professional Responsibility: Issues in the 21st Century”
(1997)
Frances E. Prell
Burke, Weaver & Prell
Suite 800
55 West Monroe
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312/263-3600 Fax: 312/578-6666
E-mail: fep@burke-weaver-prell.com
Juris Admission: IL/1978; FL/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught: Client in-house speaking; PLAC Speaker
Mary G. Pryor
O'Connor Cavanagh
Suite 1101
One East Camelback
Phoenix, AZ 85044
Phone: 602/263-2524 Fax: 602/263-2900
E-mail: MPryor@Arizlaw.com
Juris Admission: AZ/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Other
Publications: “Samaritan Foundation v. Superior Court: A
New Breed of Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege in
Arizona,” 25 Ariz. St. L.J. 461 (1993).
Courses Taught: Confidentiality of Medical Records - Feb.
98 Phx; 7198 Tucson
Denise C. Puente*
Simon, Peragine, Smith & Red Fearn
Suite 3000
1100 Poydras
New Orleans, LA 70163
Phone: 504/569-2030 Fax: 504/569-2999
E-mail: depuente@spsr-law.com
Juris Admission: LA/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Intellectual
Property Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Karen M. Raby
Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks
10th Floor
2200 Century Parkway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30345
Phone: 404/248-2887 Fax: 404/325-0596
E-mail: karaby1@aol.com
Juris Admission: GA/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Anandhi S. Rajan*
Long, Weinberg
Suite 2700
999 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: 404/876-2700 Fax: 404/875-9433
E-mail: arajan@lwaw.com
Juris Admission: GA/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Product Liability Law,
Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Janice A. Ramsay
Ramsay & Johnson
#750
19800 McArthur Boulevard
Irvine, CA 92612-9697
Phone: 949/476-5070 Fax: 949/851-8659
E-mail:
Juris Admission: CA/1970
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolutoin,
Insurance Law
Publications: Several publications for seminars
Courses Taught: Extensive speaking experience since the
1970s; panelist and speaker for PLBR Annual Conference
(1991, 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998); panelist for Rutter
Group on insurance law topics (1991, 1992 and 1994)
Janice A. Ramsay
Ramsay & Johnson
Suite #750
19800 McArthur Boulevard
Irvine, CA 92612-9676
Phone: 949/476-5070 Fax: 949/851-8659
E-mail:
Juris Admission: CA/1970
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TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Dispute Resolution,
Insurance Law,
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Toree S. Randall
Foster Swift Collins & Smith
313 South Washington Square
Lansing, MI
Phone: 517/371-8230 Fax: 517/371-8200
E-mail: trandall@fosterswift.com
Juris Admission: MI/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Worker
Compensation Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Ellen Relkin
Weitz & Luxenberg
180 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212/558-5715
Fax:
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NY/1985; NJ/1986; DC/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Plaintiff,
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: “The Sword of the Shield: Use of
Governmental Regulations, Exposure Standards and
Toxicological Data in Toxic Tort Litigation,” 6-1 Dickinson
Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, Winter 1997;
“Some Implications of Daubert and Its Potential for Misuse:
Misapplication to Environmental Tort Cases and Abuse of
Rule 706(a) Court-Appointed Expert,” 6-7 Cardozo L Rev.
255, 1994; several publications
Courses Taught:
Terri S. Reiskin
Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P.
555 13th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202/637-8279 Fax: 202/637-5910
E-mail: tas@dc3.hhlaw.com
Juris Admission: DC/1984; MD/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Panel on Litigation, ABA Meeting
(1997); presentations at Auto Industry Meetings
Carol Reisman
Liskow & Lewis
50th Fl
One Shell Square
New Orleans, LA 70139
Phone: 504/556-4193 Fax: 504/556-4108
E-mail: cwreisman.ll@mcimail.com
Juris Admission: LA/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Offshore Indemnity and Insurance
Seminar
Sheryl R. Rentz
Werner, Rentz, Schwartz & Rocca, P.C.
Suite 20
300 East Lancaster Avenue
Wynnewood, PA 19096
Phone: 610/645-0100 Fax: 610/645-0111
E-mail: RentzLaw@BellAtlantic.net
Juris Admission: PA/1992
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Presentations as an employee of AT&T
Bell Labs
Mary Kay Reynolds
Law Offices of Mary Kay Reynolds
Suite 205
9696 Culver Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
Phone: 310/845-1545 Fax: 310/845-1950
E-mail: reynoldsmk@aol.com
Juris Admission: CA/1979; Federal Bar in CA/1980, 1983;
U.S. Supreme Court/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Appellate
Practice, Entertainment & Sports Law, Litigation,
Transportation Law, Private Practice-Managing Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Elaine M. Rinaldi
Cozen and O'Connor
3rd Floor
1900 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215/665-2096 Fax: 215/665-2013
E-mail: erinaldi@cozen.com
Juris Admission: PA/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Product
Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Property
Subrogation
Publications:
Courses Taught:
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Catherine L. Rivard
Troop Maisinger Stauber Pasich Reddick & Tobey,
L.L.P.
Suite 2400
2029 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: 310/728-2308 Fax: 310/728-3308
E-mail: clrivard@trouplaw.com
Juris Admission: CA/1986; FL/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law,
Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Rachel Rivlin
Lexington Insurance Company
200 State Streewt
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: 617/330-8436 Fax: 617/772-4588
E-mail: rachel.rivlin@aig.com
Juris Admission: MA/1977; U.S. District Court, MA/1978;
U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit/1983; U.S. Supreme
Court/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Insurance Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Various ABA meetings, 1998
Deborah L. Robinson
Robinson Woolson O'Connell,L.L.P.
Suite 1500
217 East Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410/625-0000 Fax: 410/625-0201
E-mail: DeborahRobinson@juno.com
Juris Admission: MD/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Adjunct Faculty, Products Liability
Seminar (1992-present); seminar presentations for Judicial
Institute of Maryland and Maryland State Bar Association
Helle Rode
Bullard, Korshoj, Smith & Jernstedt
#1900
1000 Southwest. Broadway
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: 503/248-1134 Fax: 503/224-8851
E-mail: Hrode@bksjlaw.com
Juris Admission: OR/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Navigating the Currents of Employment
Law, “Little Known Discrimination Laws,” OSB Continuing
Legal Education (1993); “Uniformed Services Employment
and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994,” Oregon Law
Institute (1994); and several other publications
Blanca I. Rodriguez*
Kreindler & Kreindler
18th Floor
100 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212/687-8181 Fax:
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NJ/1981; NY/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Appellate
Practice, Aviation & Space Technology, General Practice,
Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal
Injury Law, Other
Publications: Editor/Co-Author New York Law of Torts,
West 1997; Revision editor and contributing authorAviation Accident Law
Courses Taught: Jurisdiction in maritime law, 1995;
Choice of Law, 1993
Lolita G. Romanick
American West Insurance Company
2100 Library Circle
Grand Forks, ND 58201
Phone: 701/775-4226, ext. 338 Fax: 800/781-1364
E-mail:
Juris Admission: ND/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: ND State Bar - Estate/Medicaid Planning
(early 1990s); Estate Planning Seminars to General Public
(1993-1994)
Susan G. Rosmarin
Stryker Tams & Dill, L.L.P.
Two Penn Plaza East
Newark, NJ 07105
Phone: 973/491-9500 Fax: 973/491-9692
E-mail: srosmarin@stryker.com
Juris Admission: NY/1981; NJ/
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Environmental Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Instructor-NYU Real Estate Institute
Maureen L. Rowland
Law Office of Michael Burgoyne
305 Washington Avenue
Towson, MD 21204
Phone: 410/847-9600 Fax: 410/847-9689
E-mail: mrowland@crosslink.net
Juris Admission: MD/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
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Publications: 1997 District Court Practice - Criminal;
Maryland practice forms - Criminal Chapter; 1996 DWI
Manua 1988; numerous articles for YLD and ABA/YLD
publications
Courses Taught: Overview Judicial System, Paralegal
Studies Presented: Criminal Justice System (NILE) 1993-96;
Professionalism Faculty,arguments at YLD Assembly;
various trial advocacy presentations
Susan P. Roy
Garlington Lohn & Robinson
199 West Pine
Missoula, MT 59802
Phone: 406/523-2500 Fax: 406/523-2595
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MT/1979; Federal District CourtMontana/1979; Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S.
Supreme Court
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Insurance
Law, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: Visiting Professor, University of
Montana School of Law; Torts and legal writing
presentations at CLEs on insurance coverage
Amy S. Rubin
Ruden, McCloskey, Smith, Shuster & Russell
Suite 800
222 Lakeview Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: 561/838-4500 Fax: 561/832-3036
E-mail: asr@ruben.com
Juris Admission: FL/1985; IL/1978; MO/1977
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury
Law,Other
Publications: Class action litigation,FICC Winter Meeting
(1997); Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, National Business
Institute
Courses Taught: Ins. coverage for ERISA liabilty claims
Laurie Anne Rush-Masuret
Laurie Rush-Masuret, P.A.
75 Claremont Road
Bernardsville, NJ 07924
Phone: 908/953-0042 Fax: 908/953-0087
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NJ/1986; PA/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, General Practice,
Litigation, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Elizabeth Ryan
Montgomery, Barnett, Braun, Reed et al
Ste 3200
Energy Centre
1100 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70163-3200
Phone: 504/585-7658
Fax: 504/585-7688
E-mail: eryan@monbar.com
Juris Admission: LA/1980; TX/1992; DC/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Dispute
Resolution, Environmental Law, Product Liability Law, Tort
& Personal Injury Law
Publications: “Jones Act Seaman and the Award for Loss
Society: A Post-Higginbotham Analysis - Ivy v. Security
Barge Lines, Inc.,” Vol IV, No. 1, The Maritime Lawyer; coauthor, “Women Rainmakers - When it Rains, it Pours,”
Louisiana State Bar Journal, February 1998
Courses Taught: Interpretation of Pollution Exclusion
Provisions at Envirnmental Expo, New Orleans, Louisiana
(1992); Air Pollution Control for Government Institutes,
Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana (1993); numerous
presentations
Luanne R. Sacks
Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson
Suite 2900
101 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-5858
Phone: 415/397-2823 Fax: 415/397-8549
E-mail: sackslu@sf.seyfarth.com
Juris Admission: CA/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Product
Liability Law, Other
Publications: Implications of California's Proposition 103
for Antitrust Compliance - Should Life/Health Insurers Be
Concerned? Tort & Ins Practice Journal, 1991
Courses Taught: Legal practice in a large firm at Hastings
Law School, 1997
Kathleen H. Sanberg
Faegre & Benson
90 South Seventh Street
2200 Norwest Center
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901
Phone: 612/336-3426 Fax: 612/336-3026
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MN/1982; CA/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Seminars on insurance, Minnesota
Bankers Assn (1992 to present); Elimination of Bias in the
Legal Profession, MSBA (1997) (1998)
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Millicent N. Sanchez*
Swerdlow Florence Sanchez & Rathbun
#828
9401 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone: 310/201-4700 Fax: 310/273-8680
E-mail: millicentsanchez@compuserve.com
Juris Admission: HI/1981; CA/1983
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
Publications: “Hiring, Disciplining, and Firing Employees
Covering Your Assets,” Fall 1997
Courses Taught:
Elisabeth R. Sauer
Elisabeth R. Sauer, P.C.
2nd Floor
802 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: 816/221-9056 Fax: 816/221-4203
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MO/1975
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Dispute
Resolution, Insurance Law, Litigation, Private PracticeManaging Partner, Other
Publications: Partnership Agreements, The Missouri
Corporate & Partnership Handbook, 1991
Courses Taught:
Lisa J. Savitt
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, L.L.P.
330 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212/973-8030 Fax: 212/972-8798
E-mail: Lisa=Savitt@shsl.com
Juris Admission: NY/1982; PA/1984; DC/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology,
Defense, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal
Injury Law
Publications: 30 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 249 “Recent Developments in Aviation and Space Law”
Courses Taught:
Jill A. Schaar
Liddell Sapp Zirley Hill & LaBoon, L.L.P.
Suite 3300
600 Travis Street
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: 713/226-1367 Fax: 713/223-3717
E-mail: schaarj@liddellsapp.com
Juris Admission: TX/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Defense,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications: Seminar papers on maritime jurisdiction and
limitation of liability proceedings
Courses Taught: Univ of Texas Admiralty Seminar, 1994
&1996
Michelle I. Schaffer
Campbell Campbell & Edwards
1 Constitution Plaza
Boston, MA 02129
Phone: 617/241-3000 Fax: 617/241-5115
E-mail: mschaffer@campbell-trial-lawyers.com
Juris Admission: MA/1988; ME/1989; CT/1996; D.C.
Court of Appeals/1991; U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Cir/1993;
U.S. Supreme Court/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal
Injury Law
Publications: “Updates: Recent Case Developments in
Toxic Torts,” DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law
Seminar (1998); “The Assertion of the Privleges,” ABA
Women As Trial Adovacates Seminar (1998); “Full
Disclosure: Approaches to Handling Abusive Discovery
Reuqests without Breaking the Bank,” DRI Fourth Annual
National Women Defense Attorneys Seminar (1997);
numerus publications
Courses Taught: Updates: “Recent Case Developments in
Toxic Torts,” DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law
(1998); “Cross-Examination of Experts - Featuring Trial
Strategies and Techniques,” Massachusetts Academy of
Trial Attorneys Seventh Annual Convention (1997;
extensive amount of presentations
Lee A. Schott
AmerUS Life Insurance Company
611 Fifth Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: 515/557-3944 Fax: 515/557-3950
E-mail: ulas@amerus.com
Juris Admission: OH/88; IA/95
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Insurance Law,
Litigation
Publications: various for the Business Law Section (19931997)
Courses Taught:
Amy Schulman
Piper & Marbury
29th Floor
1231 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020-1109
Phone: 212/835-6108 Fax: 212/835-6001
E-mail: aschulman@pipermar.com
Juris Admission: NY/1990
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Product Liability Law,
Other
Publications: “Recent Developments in ADEA,” NYLJ;
“Second Circuit Roundup,” 1996, “Recent Developments in
Self-Insured and Risk Managers, 1996
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Courses Taught:
Francine L. Semaya
Werner & Kennedy
1633 Broadway, 46th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212/408-6915 Fax: 212/408-6950
E-mail: flsemaya@mcimail.com
Juris Admission: NY/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law
Publications: “Current Trends in the Regulation
Reinsurance Insolvencies”; Public Regulation of Insurance
Law Development”; Reference Handbook on Insurance
Insolvency
Courses Taught:
Robyn Anuhea Sembenini*
TAS Consulting
195 Tamal Road, Box 632
Forest Knolls, CA 94933
Phone: 415/488-4170 Fax: 415/488-4721
E-mail: R_Sembenini@yahoo.com
Juris Admission: CA/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Employer-Employee Relations,
Governmental Liability, Medicine and Law, Other
Publications: 1999 The ADA an Overview CEM; 1999
Workers Comp Newsletter CEM; 1999 Topics in Personnel
Law Update; 1999 Public Sector Investigations CEM
Courses Taught: 1995 Careers in the reinvented
government; 1999 Names Show Las Vegas; 1999 EM
Supervisors & THELA Sexual Harassment - Ethics;
Employment Law for Medical Providers
Linda C. Severin
Bogle & Gates, P.L.L.C.
Two Union Square
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206/621-2690 Fax: 206/621-2660
E-mail: lseverin@bogle.com
Juris Admission: NY/1982; WA/1992
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation
Publications: Trial Advocacy & Professional Ethics,
numerous CLE meeting-related materials
Courses Taught: Numerous CLE presentations
Norma L. Shapiro
U.S. District Judge
U.S. Courthouse
601 Market Street, Room 10614
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 215/597-9141 Fax: 215/580-2146
E-mail: Judge_Norma_Shapiro@paed.uscourts.gov
Juris Admission: PA/1952; ED PA/1957; Supreme Ct.
USA/1978
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation; Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Deborah A. Sheffield
Grier Law Firm, L.L.C.
Suite 103
810 Dutch Square Boulevard
Columbia, SC 29210
Phone: 803/731-0030 Fax: 803/731-4059
E-mail: grierlawfirm@city-online.com
Juris Admission: SC/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Carol Shepherd
Feldman, Shepherd & Wohlgelernter
25th Floor
1845 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215/567-8300 Fax: 215/567-8333
E-mail: cns4030@aol.com
Juris Admission: PA/1978
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Private Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Cynthia Shoss
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
125 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212/424-8129 Fax: 212/424-8500
E-mail: cshoss@llgm.com
Juris Admission: LA/1974; IL/1978; MI/1977; NY/1980
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: EEI, IASA, ITPA, others
Darcee S. Siegel
City of North Miami Beach
17011 Northeast 19th Avenue
North Miami Beach, FL 33162-3111
Phone: 305/948-2939 Fax: 305/787-6004
E-mail: aaadie@aol.com
Juris Admission: FL/1987; Fed. Bar/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense,
Government Federal/State, Litigation,Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Other
Publications:
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Courses Taught: ABA Annual Meeting, Orlando (1996);
Paralegal Courses taught at Broward Community College
and Florida International University
Robin Joy Siegel
Gordon, Feinblatt et al.
233 East Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410/576-4166 Fax: 410/576-4246
E-mail: rsiegel@gfrlaw.com
Juris Admission: VA/1991; MD/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital
Publications:
Courses Taught: CLE at the Young Lawyers
Division/TIPS Joint Meeting, May 1998, “Fundamentals of
Health Law,” panel participant
Ellen Thorne Skrak
Rodey Law Firm
P.O. Box 1888
Albuquerque, NM 87103
Phone: 505/768-7232 Fax: 505/768-7395
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NM/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Tort &
Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Donna Wesson Smalley
Donna Wesson Smalley, P.C.
Suite 1A
601 Greensboro Avenue
Tuscabose, AL 35401
Phone: 205/758-5576 Fax: 203/758-7359
E-mail:
Juris Admission: AL/1979
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, General Practice,
Litigation, Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private
Practice-Partner, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Trial Advocacy I & II, U of AL Law
School, 1990-1993
Lisa L. Smith
Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber,L.L.P.
3400 Marine Midland Center
Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716/847-8336 Fax: 716/852-6100
E-mail: lsmith@phillipslytle.com
Juris Admission: NY/1990; DC/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Co-author, Mandatory Disclosure: Federal
Rule 26(a)(1)
Courses Taught: Panelist: “Federal Rule 26: What's It To
You?,” First Circuit Judicial Conference, Rhode Island
(1997);speaker, “Ethics Under the New Discovery Rules,”
Kansas Assn of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, Kansas
(1996); panelist, “The Mandotory Discovery Rules
Working? The Results So Far,” ABA Litigation Section
Annual Meeting, Flordia (1996)
Theda C. Snyder
Farmers Insurance
#211
980 Enchanted Way
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Phone: 805/579-7208 Fax: 805/579-7206
E-mail: snydert@juno.com
Juris Admission: IL/1977; CA/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Robyn L. Sondak
Skelley Rottner, P.C.
433 S. Main Street
Suite 305
West Hartford, CT 06110
Phone: 860/561-7077 Fax: 860/561-7088
E-mail:
Juris Admission: CT/1991; CT U.S. District Court/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Advocacy, Insurance
Coverage Litigation, Property Insurance Law, Other
Publications: Routine publications in firm newsletter
regarding emerging issues of insurance defense and
insurance fraud.
Courses Taught: Appellate Advocacy and Lawyering
Process, University of Connecticut Law School
Sharon S. Spungen
Dykema Gossett, P.L.L.C.
Suite 700
300 Ottowa Northwest
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: 616/776-7512 Fax: 616/776-7573
E-mail:
Juris Admission: CT/1994; MI/1998; Mashentucket
Pequot Trial Court/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications: Connecticut's courts consider spoliation
issues, The Defense (Journal of the Connecticut Defense
Lawyers Association, 1997
Courses Taught:
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Cynthia M. Stamer
Locke Purnell Rain Harrell
Suite 220
2200 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214/740-8534 Fax: 214/740-8800
E-mail: cmstamer@lprh.com
Juris Admission: AZ/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Health & Hospital,
Insurance Law, Workers Compensation Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Speech: “Supreme Court Rules Same Sex
Harrassment May Give Rise to Sexual Harassment Claim,”
(1998); “The People Practicalities of Structuring Provider
Organizations,” Dallas Bar Association Health Law Section;
written numeous speeches and delivered numerous
presentations
Elizabeth A. Starrs
Kennedy & Christopher, P.C.
Suite 900
1660 Wynkoop Street
Denver, CO 80202-1197
Phone: 303/825-2700 Fax: 303/825-0434
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MA/1980; CO/1983; U.S. Dist. Ct., Dist.
of CO/1983; U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circ./1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Health & Hospital, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Private Practice-Managing Partner, Other
Publications: “Family Law - Standard of Proof Massachusetts Replaces Clear and Convincing Standard
with 'Utmost Care', Requirement in Proceedings to
Terminate Parental Custody.” Custody of a Minor, 377
Mass.876, 389 N.E.2d 68 (1979), XIV Suffolk Univ. Law
Rev. 95
Courses Taught: “Succeeding as a Woman Advocate”
(1998); Trial Tactics That Work (1997)
Rebecca Harrison Steele
Holland & Knight, L.L.P.
Suite 2300
400 N. Ashley Drive
P.O. Box 128
Tampa, FL 33601-1288
Phone: 813/227-6401 Fax: 813/229-0134
E-mail: rsteele@hklaw.com
Juris Admission: FL/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Employee Benefits
Publications: Standards of Lawyer Conduct in Employee
Benefits Practice (1998); Ethical Considerations in ERISA
Litigation (1998); Employee Benefits and Contingent Work
the Federal Way (1998)
Courses Taught: Employee Benefits (1998); ERISA
Litigation (1998)
Debbe Stein
Doyle & Stein
Suite 3
410 East Ellendale
P.O. Box 1045
Dallas, OR 97338
Phone: 503/623-0828 Fax: 503/623-1012
E-mail: marshall@viser.net
Juris Admission: OR/1997
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Defense, Dispute
Resolution, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Workers
Compensation Law, Private Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught:
P.O. Box 2231
305 S. Grand
Cherokee, OK 73728
Phone: 580/596-3000 Fax: 580/596-3004
E-mail: sstein@jamerica.net
Juris Admission: OK/1987; TX/1988
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Carol Stewart
Burr & Forman, L.L.P.
Suite #3100
420 North 20th Street
Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: 205/458-5219 Fax: 205/458-5100
E-mail: cstewart@burr.com
Juris Admission: AL/1982; FL/1983; FA/1982
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Alternative Work Arrangements, 1998;
Condominium Law, 1993
Carolyn House Stewart*
Macfarlane Ferguson McMullen
Suite 2300
400 North Tampa Street
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: 813/273-4200 Fax: 813/273-4596
E-mail: chs@macfar.com
Juris Admission: FL/1978
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner, Other
Sam L. Stein
Garner & Stein, L.L.P.
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Publications: Legal Writing Instructor at Univ of South
Carolina, 1977; Sexual Harassment, Ebonyman Magazine,
1997
Courses Taught: Sexual Harassment, 1997, Sexual
Harassment Mock Trial/National Bar Meeting, 1997; Trial
Advocacy, 1994/1995; Discovery, 1978/1992
Sarah Stewart
The Stewart Law Firm, L.L.C.
Suite 1508
107 Saint Francis Street
Mobile, AL 36602
Phone: 334/438-2700 Fax: 334/438-2705
E-mail: shspc@aol.com
Juris Admission: AL/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, General Practice,
Litigation, Plaintiff, Private Practice-Managing Partner,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Taught basic communication course at
the Univ of Arkansas, 1984-86
Tracey J. Stokes
James M. Hoffman & Associates
S-470
70 West Madison
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: 312/629-8866 Fax: 312/629-0359
E-mail: tstokes@amfam.com
Juris Admission: IL/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications: In-house legal review- founder and editor
Courses Taught: Inservice law to corporation presentations
through women's bar
Jennifer L. Stoner
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
4500 San Pablo Road
Jacksonville, FL 32224
Phone: 904/953-2812 Fax: 904/953-2972
E-mail: Stoner.Jennifer@mayo.edu
Juris Admission: FL/1994
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise:
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Sue Stott
Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson
Suite 2900
101 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415/397-2823 Fax: 415/397-8549
E-mail: stottsu@sf.seyfarth.com
Juris Admission: CA/1979
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Law, Other
Publications: Articles in Firm's Law Updates for
workshops/seminars
Courses Taught: Workshops and seminars for Northern
CA Human Resource Counsel
Rebecca Strandberg
Rebecca Strandberg & Associates
Suite 402
4405 East West Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: 301/656-9547 Fax: 301/656-5875
E-mail:
Juris Admission: DC/1983; TX/1976; MD/1981
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Presentation for Metropolitan
Washington Employment Lawyers Assn, 1997
Cindy H. Strickland
Treon, Strick, Lucia & Aguirre
Suite 1400
2700 N. Central
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phone: 602/285-4400 Fax: 602/285-4483
E-mail:
Juris Admission: AZ/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Plaintiff, Tort &
Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Pamela B. Stuart
Attorney & Counsellor at Law
888 16th Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202/835-2200 Fax: 202/835-2202
E-mail: pamstuart@aol.com
Juris Admission: NY/1974; DC/1975; MD/1992;
VA/1993; FL/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Elder Law,
General Practice, Health & Hospital, Litigation, Plaintiff,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Mary E. Stumo
Faegre & Burison
90 South Seventh Street
2200 Norwest Center
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901
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
Sidley & Austin
4th Floor
One First National Plaza
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312/853-2237 Fax: 312/853-7036
E-mail: ssunoval@sidley.com
Juris Admission: IL/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Aviation & Space Technology,
Litigation, Product Liability Law
Publications: “Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress in
Illinois: A Forseeability Proposal,” 11 Southern Illinois Law
Journal 263, Winter (1987), co-author
Courses Taught: “Defending the Future Loss of Income
Claim” (1995), Illinois Bar Association Law Ed Series
Candace L. Sutcliffe
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
175 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02181
Phone: 617/357-9500 Fax: 617/574-5974
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MA/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Insurance Law,
Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Candace L. Sutcliffe
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
175 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02181
Phone: 617/357-9500 Fax: 617/574-5974
E-mail:
Juris Admission: MA/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Law, Insurance Law,
Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Linda C. Takayama*
Chlin Chirchase Takayama Nagatani
#4-500
500 Ala Moana Boulevard
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808/522-7400 Fax: 808/522-7414
E-mail: cctn@hula.net
Juris Admission: HI/1991; PA/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Government Federal/State, Insurance
Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Lisa M.M. Takeuchi*
Fahl & Takeuchi, P.C.
#950
One Greenway Plaza
Houston, TX 77046
Phone: 713/627-7800 Fax: 713/627-7804
E-mail:
Juris Admission: TX/1987
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Transportation Law, Private
Practice-Managing Partner, Private Practice-Partner
Publications: ABA mega conference: presenting corp rep
for depo
Courses Taught: ABA mega conference: Presenting Corp
Rep for Depo; trucking industry defense associations
Law Offices of Frank Herrera, Inc.
Suite 250
175 East Houston
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 210/224-1054 Fax: 210/228-0887
E-mail:
Juris Admission: TX/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
B. Cheryl Terio
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
1000 South
601 18th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3807
Phone: 202/661-2238 Fax: 202/661-2299
E-mail: terio@ballardspahr.com
Juris Admission: VA/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Anne E. Thar
Illinois State Bar Association Mutual Insurance Co.
Suite 910
20 South Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312/726-4226 Fax: 312/920-6775
E-mail:
Juris Admission: IL/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Laura G. Tamez*
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Mary C. Thompson
Hohmann & Taube, L.L.P.
Suite 700
1300 Post Oak Boulevard
Houston, TX 77056
Phone: 713/961-3541 Fax: 713/961-3542
E-mail: maryt@nt-law.com
Juris Admission: TX/1988
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Environmental
Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law
Publications: Role of Women & Minorities in the HBA;
Attorney Client Privilege & In-house Counsel; Third Party
Crimes & Liability; Recent Changes in Rules and Civil
Procedures (TIPS)
Courses Taught: University of TX, Houston Bar
Association
Patricia H. Thompson
Carlton Fields
100 S.E. 2nd Street
4000 International Plaza
Miami, FL 33131
Phone: 305/530-0050 Fax: 305/530-0055
E-mail: ThompsonP@carltonfields.com
Juris Admission: FL/1976
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Defense, Dispute
Resolution, Insurance Law, Litigation, Private PracticePartner, Other
Publications: “Preparing and Presenting the Complex
Construction Surety Case in Arbitration, Managing and
Litigating the Complex Surety Case,” American Bar Assn
(1998); Consumer or Customer Disputes with Goods or
Service Providers, The Advocates ADR Handbook,
American Bar Assn
Courses Taught: Numerous national seminars
Victoria Tibbs*
Gortz, Tibbs & Zahler
Suite 1070
3575 Piedmont Road Northeast
15 Piedmont Center
Atlanta, GA 30305
Phone: 404/841-9000 Fax: 404/841-6677
E-mail: tibbspv@aol.com
Juris Admission: OK/1988; GA/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law General, Defense,
Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Law,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner
Publications: As ABA/Young Lawyers Division
Communications Chair, I wrote four issues of YLD At a
Glance, 1996/97
Courses Taught: Taught business law, educ and
psychology courses, 1990-92
Patricia Wanden Treanor
Law Offices of Wanden Treanor
1744 Lincoln Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone: 415/258-0686 Fax: 415/258-9248
E-mail:
Juris Admission: CA/1985
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Multiple presentations - California
Women in Law Conference
Merle M. Troeger
Zupkus & Ayd, P.C.
555 E. 8th Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303/894-8948 Fax: 303/894-0051
E-mail: zupayd@ixnetcom.com
Juris Admission: USDC, NY, Northern District/1976; NY
Courts/1976; USDC, NY, Western District/1978; CO
Courts/1995; USDC, District/Colorado/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, LitigationTort &
Personal Injury Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Stephanie E. Trudeau
Ulmer & Berne
Suite 900
1300 East 9th Street
Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: 216/621-8400 Fax: 216/621-7488
E-mail: strudeau@ulmer.com
Juris Admission: OH/1982; Northern District of OH/1983;
Southern District of OH/1991; U.S. Supreme Court/1988;
6th Circuit Court of Appeals/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Private Practice-Partner,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Suzanne M. Tsintolas
The Law Office of Suzanne M. Tsintolas
16519 Harbour Town Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20905
Phone: 301/421-0980 Fax: 301/421-1431
E-mail: smtesq@aol.com
Juris Admission: MD/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Plaintiff,Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Lecturer at Columbia Union College
(1990-93); community colleges in Maryland and Virginia
(1988-1990)
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Susan Tukel
Morrison, Mahoney & Miller
Suite 900
25800 Northwestern Highway
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone: 248/353-9500 Fax: 248/353-9524
E-mail: stukel@mail.mm-m.com
Juris Admission: MI/1980
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation
Publications: Co-Editor, Property Insurance Committee
Newsletter, ABA (1997); Regional Editor, American Bar
Association Bad Faith and Punitive Damages Reporter,
Second Supplement (1993)
Courses Taught: Recent Developments in Property Policy
(1995); Elements of a Civil Arson Case, (1994)
Suzanne I. Turpin
Medical Inter Insurance Exchange
2 Princess Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Phone: 800/267-5391, ext. 2392 Fax: 609-896-3512
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NJ/1992
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital
Publications:
Courses Taught: Presentations given locally to physician
groups on an ongoing basis as well as claim seminars on
topics such as Managed Care (1997), Emergency Medicine
(1997), Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer (1998)
Patricia S. Tweedy
Law Offices of Patricia Tweedy
#130
740 University Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95825
Phone: 916/646-1000 Fax: 916/646-1161
E-mail: pattweedy@msn.com
Juris Admission: CA/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Several CEB courses on trial and
preparing for trial; several client seminars one various topics
Susan R. Tyndall
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Suite 2600
100 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414/276-6464 Fax: 414/276-9220
E-mail: STyndall@Hinshawculbertson.com
Juris Admission: WI/1985
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Chapter: Law of Damages in Wisconsin
(State Bar); currently authoring another chapter in new State
Bar book
Courses Taught: “Following An Appeal,” State Bar
Convention (1998)
Jeanne H. Unger
Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel
333 South 7th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone: 612/340-8967 Fax: 612/340-7900
E-mail: jhunger@riderlaw.com
Juris Admission: MN/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Insurance Law
Publications:
Courses Taught: DRI Insurance Coverage Seminar, (1995,
1996, 1997, 1998); DRI Insurance Claims Seminar (1993)
Goodman, West & Filletti
215 Brooke Avenue
Harbor Place
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: 757/625-1400 Fax: 757/625-7701
E-mail: vvanvalkenburg@gowestlaw.com
Juris Admission: VA/1991
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health & Hospital
Publications: Articles for ATLA v. VTLA re:
Demonstrative Evidence
Courses Taught: ATLA Convention, Boston, MA, August
1996 - Demonstrative Evidence; ATLA Convention, San
Diego, CA, January 1996 - Demonstrative Evidence;
Medpro Seminars to Doctors re: lawsuits, January 1998,
June 1998
Lisa A. Vance
Jenkens & Gilchrist
Suite 1800
100 West Houston Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 210/246-5609 Fax: 210/246-5999
E-mail: lisavan@glhlaw.com
Juris Admission: TX/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Corporate Law
General, Health & Hospital, Insurance Law, Intellectual
Property Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Providers, Managed Care Firms Face
Assorted Liaibility Issues, San Antonio Bar Journal, April 3,
1998
Courses Taught:
Virginia L. Van Valkenberg
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Angela D. Vitali
Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl, L.L.P.
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10510
Phone: 212/704-6462 Fax: 212/704-6288
E-mail: vitalia@pcfk.com
Juris Admission: NY/1984
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Cora T. Walker*
Walker & Bailey
270 Lenox Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212/534-6300 Fax: 212/860-8064
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NY/1946; DC/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: General Practice, Litigation, Private
Practice-PartnerOther
Publications:
Courses Taught: National Bar Association, NY State Bar
Kathleen G. Walsh
Ashcraft & Gerel
Suite 650
4900 Seminary Road
Alexandria, VA 22311
Phone: 703/931-5500 Fax: 703/820-0636
E-mail: kgwalsh@erols.com
Juris Admission: VA/1986; NJ/1989
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Plaintiff, Tort & Personal Injury Law,
Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: CLE courses, workers comp and
paralegal
Joyce C. Wang*
Long & Levit, L.L.P.
Suite 2300
101 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415/397-2222 Fax: 415/397-6392
E-mail: jwang@longlevit.com
Juris Admission: CA/1985
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Private
Practice-Partner
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Irene C. Warshauer
Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020-1182
Phone: 212/278-1757 Fax: 212/278-1733
E-mail: iwarshauer@andersonkill.com
Juris Admission: NY/1966; EDNY/1969; U.S. Ct. of
Appeals 3d Cir./1995; U.S. Ct. of Appeals 6th Cir./1998;
U.S. Ct. of Appeals for 11th Cir./1988; U.S. Sup. Ct./1972
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Defense,
Dispute Resolution, General Practice, Insurance Law,
Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability Law, Tort & Personal
Injury Law
Publications: “Insurance Coverage for Employment
Disputes” (1998); “There is Insurance Coverage for Product
Liability Claims” (1998)
Courses Taught: CPR/IDLI ADR lecturer (1998); ADR &
Insurance Coverage at Policyholders Conference (1998)
Soha & Lang, P.S.
Suite 1210
801 Second Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206/624-1800 Fax: 206/624-3585
E-mail: weaver@sohalang.com
Juris Admission: WA/1981; U.S. District Court, Western
District of WA/1981; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense,
Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Litigation, Private
Practice-Partner
Publications: Washington Accident Insurance Deskbook,
1984 & 1989, co-author
Courses Taught: Univ. of Washington School of Law,
1993 to present; extensive CLE lecturing, 1984 to present
Lorraine Murphy Weil
Hebb & Gitlin, P.C.
One State Street
Hartford, CT 06103
Phone: 860/240-2749 Fax: 860/278-8968
E-mail: 5184264@mcimail.com
Juris Admission: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit/1995; U.S. District Court for the District of
Connecticut/1984; all courts of the State of
Connecticut/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Karen S. Weaver
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Marie Weiner
Cotchett, Pitre & Simon
Suite 200
840 Malcolm Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
Phone: 650/697-6000 Fax: 650/697-0577
E-mail:
Juris Admission: CA/1983
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Consumer Law, Insurance Law,
Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Plaintiff, Private
Practice-PartnerOther
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Barbara Malik Weller
Preaus, Roddy & Krebs
Suite 1650
650 Poydras
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: 504/523-2111 Fax: 504/523-1458
E-mail:
Juris Admission: LA/1990
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Litigation, Other
Publications: currently co-authoring the Surety Law
Update for the 1998 ABA Annual Surety Law Update
Courses Taught: Employee Dishonesty Presentation,
November 1996, Philadelphia Ritz-Carlton; Fidelity Law
Update, April 1998, Atlanta, GA; Southern Surety Claims
Conference.
Terry M. Weyna
CalFarm Insurance Company
1601 Exposition Boulevard, CL-1
Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: 916/924-5748 Fax:
E-mail: tweynann@counsel.com or tweyna@calfarm.com
Juris Admission: IL/1981; NE/1994; CA/1994
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Defense, Insurance Law, Litigation
Publications: “Bad Faith During Coverage Litigation”; Bad
Faith Claims: Trends & Successful Litigation Strategies,
10/94, 4/95 and 4/96
Courses Taught: “Litigation Prevention & Management,”
5/95; Presentation on Allocation Among Insurers, TIPS
seminar on Insurance Coverage for Defective Construction,
6/98
Pamela J. White
Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver
120 East Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21202-1643
Phone: 410/685-1120 Fax: 410/547-0699
E-mail: pjwhite@ober.com
Juris Admission: MD/1977; U.S. District-MD/1979; U.S.
Supreme Court/1981; DC/1981; U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th
Cir./1979; U.S. Claims Courts; Southern District of
NY/1981
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Kathryn S. Whitlock
Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, L.L.P.
Suite 2700
999 Peachtree Street Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: 404/876-2700 Fax: 404/875-9433
E-mail: Whitlock@LWAW.com
Juris Admission: GA/1986
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Defense, Insurance
Law, Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private
Practice-Partner
Publications: Articles to accompany speeches
Courses Taught:
Susan Z. Whitney
Stewart Sokol & Gray, L.L.C.
Suite 1500
1 Southwest Colombia
Portland, OR 97258
Phone: 503/221-0699 Fax: 503/227-5028
E-mail:
Juris Admission: NV/1978; OR/1979; WA/1997
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Construction Law, Other
Publications: Articles for Oregon State Bar Construction
Section Newsletter
Courses Taught: Various continuing legal education
programs sponsored by Oregon State Bar Sections, 10-12
programs over past 10 years
D. Kimberly Brown Whittle
Brown Rudnick
19th Floor
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617/856-8245 Fax: 617/856-8200
E-mail: kbrown@brfg
Juris Admission: MD/1991; IL/1992; MA/1998
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Entertainment & Sports Law,
Litigation, Public Liability Law
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Ann Wightman
Faruki Gilliam & Ireland, P.L.L.
600 Courthouse Plaza Southwest
Dayton, OH 45402
Phone: 937/227-3707 Fax: 937/227-3717
E-mail: awc@fgilaw.com
Juris Admission: OH/1984
TIPS Member: Yes
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Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution, Environmental
Law, Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught: University of Dayton School of Law,
several years; Negotiation and Mediation; numerous
seminars regarding environmental litigation and contract
disputes
Karen Wildau
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, L.L.P.
Sixteenth Floor
191 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404/572-6962 Fax: 404/572-6999
E-mail: kwildau@pgfm.com
Juris Admission: GA/1975
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Practice, Dispute
Resolution, Litigation, Other
Publications: Various fidelity publications
Courses Taught: Various fidelity and surety conferences
Cherry D. Williams
Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge
127 Woodmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37205
Phone: 615/297-1007 Fax: 615/297-1505
E-mail: cdw528@home.com
Juris Admission:
TIPS Member:
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Tort & Personal Injury
Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Faith M. Williams
Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P.
100 South Third Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614/227-2374 Fax: 614/227-2390
E-mail: fwill@be.bricker.com
Juris Admission: MD/1993; OH/1996
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: Speeches and panel presentations to
insurance industry groups, primarily regarding legislative
and regulatory developments
Jene Pamela Williams*
Liggio, Benrubi & Williams, P.A.
1615 Forum Place, 3-B
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: 561/616-3333 Fax: 561/616-3266
E-mail:
Juris Admission: FL/1995 (State and Federal Court)
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Health and Disability Insurance Law,
Insurance Coverage Litigation, Life Insurance Law,
Products, General Liability and Consumer Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught: AFTL - “The New Rules of Civil
Procedure --How The Changes Affect Your Job” (1997);
AFTL - Demand Letters and Negotiating with the Adjuster
(1997); Palm Beach County Trial Lawyers Ass., Trial
Notebook, The Trial Lawyer’s Bible, Advanced Trial
Notebook Seminar (1998)
Deborah Nelson Willis
Suite D
405 South Peabody Street
Port Angeles, WA 98362
Phone: 360/417-1655 Fax: 360/452-6970
E-mail: dnwlaw@olypen.com
Juris Admission: WA/1993
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Plaintiff,
Tort & Personal Injury Law, Private Practice-Partner
Publications: Chapter titled, “PIP Litigation - Getting the
Bills Paid” for Washington State Trial Lawyers’ Automobile
Accident Desk Book; monthly column on CLE for
Washington State Trial Lawyers Newspaper
Courses Taught:
Kimberly E. Winter
Sugarman and Sugarman, P.C.
One Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617/542-1000 Fax: 617/542-1359
E-mail: sands@tx.netcom.com
Juris Admission: MA/1993; U.S. District Court, D
MA/1994; U.S. Supreme Court/1998
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Litigation, Plaintiff, Product Liability
Law, Tort & Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: Numerous articles for TIPS Civil Procedure
& Evidence Committee Newsletter, MA Bar Assn
Publication
Courses Taught: Numerous presentation to hospitals on
aspects of legal/medical ethics
Amy R. Wolverton
Alston & Bird L.L.P.
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
Phone: 404/881-7931 Fax: 404/881-7777
E-mail: awolverton@alston.com
Juris Admission: GA/1995
TIPS Member: No
Areas of Expertise: Entertainment & Sports
Law,Environmental Law, Litigation
Publications:
Courses Taught: Internal speaking at Alston & Bird
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Suzane L. Woollums
AUSCO, Inc.
Suite 2100
300 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/913-5609 Fax: 312/913-5600
E-mail:
Juris Admission: IA/1992; IL/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Other
Publications:
Courses Taught:
Erica R. Yew*
Robinson & Wood
227 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone: 408/298-7120 Fax: 408/298-0977
E-mail: ery@r-winc.com
Juris Admission: CA/1985
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
Courses Taught: McNeese State University Visiting Prof
in Paralegal Degee; contracts
JoAnne M. Zboyan
Roberts & Zboyan, P.C.
#950
1512 Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303/575-9390 Fax: 303/575-9385
E-mail: rz@lawyernet.com
Juris Admission: CO/1984; U.S. District Court/1985; 10th
Cir. Court of Appeals/1985; U.S. Supreme Court/1992;
WY/1995
TIPS Member: Yes
Areas of Expertise: Insurance Law, Litigation, Tort &
Personal Injury Law, Other
Publications: “Physician's Duty to Refer to a Specialist,”
The Colorado Lawyer, 1993
Courses Taught: Numerous seminars on insurance
coverage, bad faith, litigation (NITA: depositions)
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
Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA
Denise Savoie Blocker, Palo Alto, CA
William E. Bradley, Mandeville, LA
Harry Aaron Ezratty, San Juan, PR
Laura L. Farley, Anchorage, AK
Carol Reisman, New Orleans, LA
Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA
Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY
Elizabeth Haecker Ryan, New Orleans, LA
Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Andrea I. Balsamo, Waltham, MA
Leslie J. Davis, Stamford, CT
Appellate Practice
Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY
Patrice M. Barron, Houston, TX
Debbie L. Berman, Chicago, IL
Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD
Louise Dovre Bjorkman, Minneapolis, MN
Mary Elizabeth Bogan, Philadelphia, PA
Paula Bonnell, Boston, MA
Cynthia J. Borelli, Florham Park, NJ
Hildy Bowbeer, St. Paul, MN
Deborah S. Braden, Birmingham, AL
Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL
Cathlynn H. Cannon, Dallas, TX
Kelly Centofanti, Milwaukee, WI
Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN
Renee A. Faught, Indianapolis, IN
Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA
Nancy L. Hann, Fayetteville, AR
Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY
Kathleen E. Hegen, Oakland, CA
Josephine E. Hicks, Charlotte, SC
Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS
Lynne Liberato, Houston, TX
Ruth G. Malinas, San Antonio, TX
Lorelie S. Masters, Washington, DC
Helen T. McFadden, Kingstree, SC
Susan Mills, Tampa, FL
Linda L. Morkan, Hartford, CT
Kristine Louise Olsen, Beverly Hills, CA
Geralyn M. Passaro, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Susan M. Popik, San Francisco, CA
Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA
Catherine L. Rivard, Los Angeles, CA
Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY
Susan P. Roy, Missoula, MT
Elisabeth R. Sauer, Kansas City, MO
Deborah A. Sheffield, Columbia, SC
Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL
Robyn L. Sondak, West Hartford, CT
Rebecca Harrison Steele, Tampa, FL
Mary C. Thompson, Houston, TX
Susan R. Tyndall, Milwaukee, WI
Jeanne H. Unger, Minneapolis, MN
Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA
Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA
Karen Wildau, Atlanta, GA
Aviation & Space Technology
Teresa L. Graham, New York, NY
Christa Hinckley, Fort Worth, TX
Sharon Holahan, Short Hills, NJ
Ana M. Marin, Miami, FL
Enid Duany Mendoza, Miami, FL
Angela A. Meyer, Menlo Park, CA
Patricia A. Moores, New York, NY
Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY
Lisa J. Savitt, New York, NY
Sheila A. Sunovall, Chicago, IL
Business Torts
Debbie L. Berman, Chicago, IL
Joseph J. Ortego, Garden City, NY
Civil Procedure and Evidence
Debbie L. Berman, Chicago, IL
Leslie J. Davis, Stamford, CT
Joseph J. Ortego, Garden City, NY
Construction Law
Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY
Deborah S. Ballati, San Francisco, CA
Jacquelyn A. Beatty, Seattle, WA
Jean L. Bertrano, San Francisco, CA
Paula Bonnell, Boston, MA
Lee M. Brewer, Westerville, OH
Shannon J. Briglia, Vienna, VA
Bogda M. B. Clarke, Newark, NJ
Susan J. Cole, Coral Gables, Fl
Martha C. Coleman, Dallas, TX
Dianne K. Dailey, Portland, OR
Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT
Amy M. Fauver, Hartford, CT
Jane L. Foster, Philadelphia, PA
Lori E. Grifa, Roseland, NJ
Deborah S. Griffin, Boston, MA
Kathleen E. Hegen, Oakland, CA
Jennifer Johnson, Chicago, IL
Kelly A. Katzman, Dallas, TX
Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA
Marilyn S. Klinger, Los Angeles, CA
Donna McCaffrey, McLean, VA
Susan McGreevy, Kansas City, MO
Gene E.K. Pratter, Philadelphia, PA
Denise C. Puente, New Orleans, LA
Lolita G. Romanick, Grand Forks, ND
Susan G. Rosmarin, Newark, NJ
Laurie Anne Rush-Masuret, Bernardsville, NJ
B. Cheryl Terio, Washington, DC
Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL
Patricia Wanden Treanor, San Rafael, CA
Susan Z. Whitney, Portland, OR
Consumer Law
Kathy Bryant, Washington, DC
Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL
Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA
Karen K. Fitzgerald, Dallas, TX
Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA
Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA
Lisa Pierobon Mays, Madison, WI
Helen T. McFadden, Kingstree, SC
Kristine Louise Olsen, Beverly Hills, CA
Mary K. Powers, St. Paul, MN
Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Sam L. Stein, Cherokee, OK
Sarah Stewart, Mobile, AL
Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA
Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Corporate Law General
Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA
Leslie J. Davis, Stamford, CT
Harry Aaron Ezratty, San Juan, PR
Victoria E. Finea, Los Angeles, CA
Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA
Meg L. Jones, Seattle, WA
Derrick K. Jones, Jackson, MI
Janet S. Kloenhamer, Novato, CA
Lynn G. Levy, Horsham, PA
Deborah J. Long, Birmingham, AL
Juanita B. Luis, Little Canada, MN
Lenore S. Marema, Downers Grove, IL
Stacy M. Parker, New York, NY
Allyson Pharr, Houston, TX
Mary K. Powers, St. Paul, MN
Rachel Rivlin, Boston, MA
Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC
Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
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Defense
Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY
Patricia O'Connell Alvarez, Laredo, TX
Kathleen E. Bailey, Los Angeles, CA
Sandra Harlen Benzer, Baltimore, MD
Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA
Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD
Carla J. Bishop, Houston, TX
Carrie L. Blackburn, Baltimore, MD
Janine Dawn Bloch, San Francisco, CA
Carole D. Bos, Grand Rapids, MI
Deborah S. Braden, Birmingham, AL
Emily J. Brantley, Atlanta, GA
Janet L. Brown, Maitland, FL
Bonnie A. Bulla, Las Vegas, NV
Cathlynn H. Cannon, Dallas, TX
Angela Carter, Santa Rosa, CA
Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA
BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK
Sandra F. Clark, Beaumont, TX
Susan J. Cole, Coral Gables, Fl
Susan K.H. Conley, Minneapolis, MN
Diana L. Courteau, El Segundo, CA
Deborah S. Cousins, Cleveland, OH
Christine H. Curash, Hammond, IN
Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ
Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX
Martica S. Douglas, Portland, ME
Dina M. Dox, Indianapolis, IN
Sherryll Dunaj, Miami, FL
Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT
Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN
Susan K. Eggum, Portland, OR
Barbara Ryniker Evans, New Orleans, LA
Sherry Ruggiero Fallon, Wilmington, DE
Laura L. Farley, Anchorage, AK
Julie I. Fershtman, Bingham Farms, MI
Victoria E. Finea, Los Angeles, CA
Wendy Fleishman, New York, NY
Susan W. Furr, Baton Rouge, LA
Elizabeth Sarah Gere, Washington, DC
Robert L. Gibbs, Jackson, MS
Rachelle Hoffman Glazer, Dallas, TX
Karen R. Glickstein, Kansas City, MO
Beverly Bell Godbey, Dallas, TX
Y. Gail Goode, Brooklyn, NY
Teresa L. Graham, New York, NY
Terri Gregori, Columbus, OH
Gena A. Gregory, Little Rock, AR
Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA
Nina M. Gussack, Philadelphia, PA
Nancy L. Hann, Fayetteville, AR
Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY
Fran C. Hickman, Little Rock, AR
Brenda Neel Hight, Dallas, TX
Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS
Melinda S. Huff, Dallas, TX
Niki Ingram, Philadelphia, PA
Jennifer Johnson, Chicago, IL
Derrick K. Jones, Jackson, MI
Leeann Jones, Atlanta, GA
Maureen A. Jordan, Allentown, PA
Anne H. Jordan, Portland, ME
Karen E. Kahle, Wheeling, WV
Laurie A. Kamaiko, New York, NY
Kerry A. Kearney, Pittsburgh, PA
Marilyn S. Klinger, Los Angeles, CA
M. Kathryn Knight, Mobile, AL
Christine M. Magee, Kansas City, MO
Patricia McHugh Lambert, Towson, MD
Kathleen A. Lang, Detroit, MI
Linda M. Lawson, Los Angeles, CA
Pamela Levin, San Francisco, CA
Lynn G. Levy, Horsham, PA
Margaret Levy, Los Angeles, CA
Virginia E. Lohmann, Columbus, OH
Cynthia K. Lowe, Lexington, KY
Pat Lundvall, Reno, NV
Eleanor E. Lynn, East Lansing, MI
Laila Maalouf, Quieg, MA
Ellen B. Malow, Houston, TX
Ana M. Marin, Miami, FL
Kim V. Marrkand, Boston, MA
Chrys A. Martin, Portland, OR
Edith R. Matthai, Los Angeles, CA
Kathie McDonald, Louisville, KY
Susan Meek, Houston, TX
Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN
Deborah J. Michelson, Cleveland, OH
Amee Ann Mikacich, Oakland, CA
Josephine S. Miller, Danbury, CT
Kara M. Miller, Salisbury, MD
Susan Mills, Tampa, FL
Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL
Kim E. Moore, New Orleans, LA
Patricia A. Moores, New York, NY
Diana Y. Morrissey, Minneapolis, MN
Debra V. Murphy, Swansea, MA
Sharon Murphy, Indianapolis, IN
Tracy L. Nation, San Diego, CA
Fern P. O'Brian, Washington, DC
Jennifer K. Oetter, Portland, OR
Allyson Pharr, Houston, TX
Sandra L. Phillips, Houston, TX
Susan Alexander Philpott, Milwaukee, WI
Gene E.K. Pratter, Philadelphia, PA
Frances E. Prell, Chicago, IL
Karen M. Raby, Atlanta, GA
Janice A. Ramsay, Irvine, CA
Toree S. Randall, Lansing, MI
Terri S. Reiskin, Washington, DC
Helle Rode, Portland, OR
Lolita G. Romanick, Grand Forks, ND
Susan P. Roy, Missoula, MT
Lisa J. Savitt, New York, NY
Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX
Linda C. Severin, Seattle, WA
Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL
Ellen Thorne Skrak, Albuquerque, NM
Lisa L. Smith, Buffalo, NY
Sharon S. Spungen, Grand Rapids, MI
Elizabeth A. Starrs, Denver, CO
Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Carolyn House Stewart, Tampa, FL
Tracey J. Stokes, Chicago, IL
Karen M. Suddath, Philadelphia, PA
Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX
Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL
Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Suzanne M. Tsintolas, Silver Spring, MD
Susan Tukel, Southfield, MI
Angela D. Vitali, New York, NY
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY
Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA
Barbara Malik Weller, New Orleans, LA
Terry M. Weyna, Sacramento, CA
Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA
Rebecca Young, Lake Charles, LA
Dispute Resolution
Deborah S. Ballati, San Francisco, CA
Ellen L. Barton, Baltimore, MD
Laurie Berke-Weiss, New York, NY
Julie C. Bretz, Milwaukee, WI
Janet L. Brown, Maitland, FL
Ellen K. Burrows, Philadelphia, PA
Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL
Dawn Davenport, Dallas, TX
Laura Geringer Gross, Norfolk, VA
Jane L. Foster, Philadelphia, PA
Kelly Dunn Gelof, Georgetown, DE
Robert L. Gibbs, Jackson, MS
Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA
Janine Hornicke, Dumont, NJ
Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA
Janet S. Kloenhamer, Novato, CA
Lindy Korn, Williamsville, NY
Rebecca Laffitte, Columbia, SC
Juanita B. Luis, Little Canada, MN
Susan Meek, Houston, TX
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Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL
Diana Y. Morrissey, Minneapolis, MN
Debra V. Murphy, Swansea, MA
Allyson Pharr, Houston, TX
Janice A. Ramsay, Irvine, CA
Elizabeth Haecker Ryan, New Orleans, LA
Elisabeth R.Sauer, Kansas City, MO
Donna Wesson Smalley, Tuscabose, AL
Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY
Ann Wightman, Dayton, OH
Karen Wildau, Atlanta, GA
Elder Law
Anne M. Fulton, Tucson, AZ
Kathie McDonald, Louisville, KY
Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC
Employee Benefits
Jeanne Louise Bakker, Philadelphia, PA
Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD
Denise Savoie Blocker, Palo Alto, CA
Lisa S. Brogan, Chicago, IL
Roxella T. Cavazos, Houston, TX
BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK
Deborah S. Cousins, Cleveland, OH
Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA
Neena Gupta, Toronto, ON
Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY
Linda M. Lawson, Los Angeles, CA
Diana L. Moro, Glenolden, PA
Pat Lundvall, Reno, NV
Chrys A. Martin, Portland, OR
Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL
Anne E. Moran, Washington, DC
Debra V. Murphy, Swansea, MA
Cynthia M. Stamer, Dallas, TX
Rebecca Harrison Steele, Tampa, FL
Employer-Employee Relations
Debbie L. Berman, Chicago, IL
Diana L. Moro, Glenolden, PA
Barbara A. O’Donnell, Boston, MA
Robyn Anuhea Sembenini, Forest Knolls, CA
Entertainment & Sports Law
Patricia A. Felch, Chicago, IL
Julie I. Fershtman, Bingham Farms, MI
Katherine Hendricks, Seattle, WA
Janet Patricia Judge, Portland, ME
Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA
D. Kimberly Brown Whittle, Boston, MA
Amy R. Wolverton, Atlanta, GA
Environmental Law
Debra S. Belaga, San Francisco, CA
Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA
Noel C. Birle, Philadelphia, PA
Carole D. Bos, Grand Rapids, MI
Mary K. Braza, Milwaukee, WI
Lisa M. Bromberg, Morristown, NJ
Dianne K. Dailey, Portland, OR
Dawn Davenport, Dallas, TX
Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX
Kellie Payne Esposito, Birmingham, AL
Leeann Jones, Atlanta, GA
Elizabeth J. Kohn, Ft. Worth, TX
Janet S. Kole, Cellingswood, NJ
Sallie B. Kraus, Stanford, CT
Rosemary Krimbel, Chicago, IL
Ellen B. Malow, Houston, TX
Kim V. Marrkand, Boston, MA
Julie A. McMillan, San Francisco, CA
Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN
Joseph J. Ortego, Uniondale, NY
Fredi L. Pearlmutter, Summit, NJ
Allyson Pharr, Houston, TX
Diane L. Polscer, Portland, OR
Susan M. Ponce, Houston, TX
Susan R. Poulter, Salt Lake City, UT
Susan G. Rosmarin, Newark, NJ
Elizabeth Haecker Ryan, New Orleans, LA
Cindy H. Strickland, Phoenix, AZ
Candace L. Sutcliffe, Boston, MA
Mary C. Thompson, Houston, TX
Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA
Ann Wightman, Dayton, OH
Amy R. Wolverton, Atlanta, GA
Deborah C. Drosser, Riverside, CA
Energy Law
Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA
Maureen M. McGuirl, Los Angeles, CA
Julie A. McMillan, San Francisco, CA
General Practice
Katherine Tess Argent, Kansas City, MO
Sandra Harlen Benzer, Baltimore, MD
Angela Carter, Santa Rosa, CA
Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA
Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA
Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS
Wendy S. Howarter, Oregon, IL
Derrick K. Jones, Jackson, MI
Jennifer S. Kornblum, Los Olivos, CA
Cynthia K. Lowe, Lexington, KY
Laila Maalouf, Quieg, MA
Lorelie S. Masters, Washington, DC
Helen T. McFadden, Kingstree, SC
Elizabeth M. McMillan, Greenville, SC
Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN
Terry L. Mock, Tuscumba, AL
Debra V. Murphy, Swansea, MA
Sheryl R. Rentz, Wynnewood, PA
Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY
Laurie Anne Rush-Masuret, Bernardsville, NJ
Luanne R. Sacks, San Francisco, CA
Kathleen H. Sanberg, Minneapolis, MN
Millicent N. Sanchez, Beverly Hills, CA
Elisabeth R. Sauer, Kansas City, MO
Lisa J. Savitt, New York, NY
Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX
Michelle I. Schaffer, Boston, MA
Amy Schulman, New York, NY
Francine L. Semaya, New York, NY
Linda C. Severin, Seattle, WA
Deborah A. Sheffield, Columbia, SC
Carol Nelson Shepherd, Philadelphia, PA
Cynthia Shoss, New York, NY
Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL
Robin Joy Siegel, Baltimore, MD
Ellen Thorne Skrak, Albuquerque, NM
Donna Wesson Smalley, Tuscabose, AL
Lisa L. Smith, Buffalo, NY
Theda C. Snyder, Simi Valley, CA
Sharon S. Spungen, Grand Rapids, MI
Cynthia M. Stamer, Dallas, TX
Elizabeth A. Starrs, Denver, CO
Rebecca Harrison Steele, Tampa, FL
Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Sam L. Stein, Cherokiee, OK
Carol Stewart, Birmingham, AL
Carolyn House Stewart, Tampa, FL
Sarah Stewart, Mobile, AL
Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC
Tracey J. Stokes, Chicago, IL
Jennifer L. Stoner, Jacksonville, FL
Sue Stott, San Francisco, CA
Rebecca Strandberg, Bethesda, MD
Cindy H. Strickland, Phoenix, AZ
Mary E. Stumo, Minneapolis, MN
Karen M. Suddath, Philadelphia, PA
Catalina J. Sugayan, Chicago, IL
Sheila A. Sunovall, Chicago, IL
Candace L. Sutcliffe, Boston, MA
Linda C. Takayama, Honolulu, HI
Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX
Laura G. Tamez, San Antonio, TX
B. Cheryl Terio, Washington, DC
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Anne E. Thar, Chicago, IL
Mary C. Thompson, Houston, TX
Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL
Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Cora T. Walker, New York, NY
Patricia Wanden Treanor, San Rafael, CA
Merle M. Troeger, Denver, CO
Stephanie E. Trudeau, Cleveland, OH
Suzanne M. Tsintolas, Silver Spring, MD
Susan Tukel, Southfield, MI
Suzanne I. Turpin, Lawrenceville, NJ
Patricia S. Tweedy, Sacramento, CA
Susan R. Tyndall, Milwaukee, WI
Jeanne H. Unger, Minneapolis, MN
Virginia L. Van Valkenberg, Norfolk, VA
Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Angela D. Vitali, New York, NY
Kathleen G. Walsh, Alex, VA
Joyce C. Wang, San Francisco, CA
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY
Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA
Lorraine Murphy Weil, Hartford, CT
Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA
Barbara Malik Weller, New Orleans, LA
Terry M. Weyna, Sacramento, CA
Pamela J. White, Baltimore, MD
Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA
Susan Z. Whitney, Portland, OR
D. Kimberly Brown Whittle, Boston, MA
Ann Wightman, Dayton, OH
Karen Wildau, Atlanta, GA
Cherry D. Williams, Nashville, TN
Faith M. Williams, Columbus, OH
Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Deborah Nelson Willis, Port Angeles, WA
Kimberly E. Winter, Boston, MA
Amy R. Wolverton, Atlanta, GA
Suzane L. Woollums, Chicago, IL
Erica R. Yew, San Jose, CA
Rebecca Young, Lake Charles, LA
JoAnne M. Zboyan, Denver, CO
Government Federal/State
Julie C. Bretz, Milwaukee, WI
Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA
Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ
Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA
Janine Hornicke, Dumont, NJ
M. Kathryn Knight, Mobile, AL
Gloria Leal, Austin, TX
Lenore S. Marema, Downers Grove, IL
Robyn Anuhea Sembenini, Forest Knolls, CA
Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL
Linda C. Takayama, Honolulu, HI
Health and Disability Insurance Law
Diana L. Moro, Glenolden, PA
Jene Pamela Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Health & Hospital
Ellen L. Barton, Baltimore, MD
Katherine Benesch, Lawrenceville, NJ
Janine Dawn Bloch, San Francisco, CA
Mary Anne Bobinski, Houston, TX
Emily J. Brantley, Atlanta, GA
Joy G. Braun, New Orleans, LA
Kathy Bryant, Washington, DC
Bonnie A. Bulla, Las Vegas, NV
Edna Ramon Butts, Austin, TX
Diane Cernivivo, Chicago, IL
Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA
Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ
Diane V. D'Aiutolo, Baltimore, MD
Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX
Abbe F. Fletman, Philadelphia, PA
Shannon B. Hartsfield, Tallahassee, FL
Fran C. Hickman, Little Rock, AR
Brenda Neel Hight, Dallas, TX
Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS
Meg L. Jones, Seattle, WA
Karen E. Kahle, Wheeling, WV
Kerry A. Kearney, Pittsburgh, PA
Patricia McHugh Lambert, Towson, MD
Nancy L. LaVista, West Palm Beach, FL
Laurie J. Levin, Orlando, FL
Juanita B. Luis, Little Canada, MN
Chrys A. Martin, Portland, OR
Kathie McDonald, Louisville, KY
Susan Meek, Houston, TX
Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL
Jennifer K. Oetter, Portland, OR
Molly Peckman, Philadelphia, PA
Mary G. Pryor, Phoenix, AZ
Ellen Reikin, New York, NY
Amy S. Rubin, West Palm Beach, FL
Robin Joy Siegel, Baltimore, MD
Ellen Thorne Skrak, Albuquerque, NM
Cynthia M. Stamer, Dallas, TX
Elizabeth A. Starrs, Denver, CO
Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC
Suzanne I. Turpin, Lawrenceville, NJ
Patricia S. Tweedy, Sacramento, CA
Virginia L. Van Valkenburg, Norfolk, VA
Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Insurance Law
Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY
Stacy M. Andreas, Kansas City, MO
Kathleen E. Bailey, Los Angeles, CA
Deborah S. Ballati, San Francisco, CA
Andrea I. Balsamo, Waltham, MA
Ellen L. Barton, Baltimore, MD
Jacquelyn A. Beatty, Seattle, WA
Christina H. Belew, New Orleans, LA
Dr. Janet E. Belkin, New York, NY
Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA
Sandra Harlen Benzer, Baltimore, MD
Louise Dovre Bjorkman, Minneapolis, MN
Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD
Olivia O. Bissell, Culver City, CA
Carrie L. Blackburn, Baltimore, MD
Janine Dawn Bloch, San Francisco, CA
Denise Savoie Blocker, Palo Alto, CA
Mary Elizabeth Bogan, Philadelphia, PA
Cynthia J. Borelli, Florham Park, NJ
Carole D. Bos, Grand Rapids, MI
Deborah S. Braden, Birmingham, AL
William E. Bradley, Mandeville, LA
Mary K. Braza, Milwaukee, WI
Pamela A. Bresnahan, Washington, DC
Lisa S. Brogan, Chicago, IL
Janet L. Brown, Maitland, FL
Kathy Bryant, Washington, DC
Ellen K. Burrows, Philadelphia, PA
Edna Ramon Butts, Austin, TX
Cathlynn H. Cannon, Dallas, TX
Sheila Kathleen Carmody, Phoenix, AZ
Angela Carter, Santa Rosa, CA
M. Patricia Casey, Princeton, NJ
BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK
Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA
Colleen A. Christensen, Seattle, WA
Bogda M. B. Clarke, Newark, NJ
Nancy Sher Cohen, Los Angeles, CA
Diana L. Courteau, El Segundo, CA
Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ
Eileen M. Dacey, New York, NY
Dianne K. Dailey, Portland, OR
Andrew A. Darvas, Seattle, WA
Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX
Martica S. Douglas, Portland, ME
Sherryll Dunaj, Miami, FL
Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT
Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN
Sherry Ruggiero Fallon, Wilmington, DE
Laura L. Farley, Anchorage, AK
Molly A. Ferrante, Boston, MA
Donna Ferrara, New York, NY
Julie I. Fershtman, Bingham Farms, MI
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Victoria E. Finea, Los Angeles, CA
Karen K. Fitzgerald, Dallas, TX
Jane L. Foster, Philadelphia, PA
Susan J. French, Philadelphia, PA
Anne M. Fulton, Turson, AZ
Jean F. Gerbini, Albany, NY
Elizabeth Sarah Gere, Washington, DC
Rachelle Hoffman Glazer, Dallas, TX
Beverly Bell Godbey, Dallas, TX
Mary K. Gogoel, Alexandria, VA
Teresa L. Graham, New York, NY
Gena A. Gregory, Little Rock, AR
Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA
Deborah S. Griffin, Boston, MA
Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA
Lorrie L. Hargrove, Birmingham, AL
Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY
Kathleen E. Hegen, Oakland, CA
Colleen M. Hegge, Cincinnati, OH
Alice Herrington, Louisville, KY
Josephine E. Hicks, Charlotte, SC
Brenda Neel Hight, Dallas, TX
Christa Hinckley, Fort Worth, TX
Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS
Linda J. Hoover, San Diego, CA
Kelleen Kristina Huang, Atlanta, GA
Derrick K. Jones, Jackson, MI
Meg L. Jones, Seattle, WA
Maureen A. Jordan, Allentown, PA
Anne H. Jordan, Portland, ME
Susan P. Jordan, Chicago, IL
Laurie A. Kamaiko, New York, NY
Kelly A. Katzman, Dallas, TX
Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA
Marilyn S. Klinger, Los Angeles, CA
Janet S. Kloenhamer, Novato, CA
LaDonna Koebel, Lexington, KY
Jennifer S. Kornblum, Los Olivos, CA
Sallie B. Kraus, Stanford, CT
Kathleen A. Lang, Detroit, MI
Susan J. Lawshe, Simsbury, CT
Heidi A. Lawson, New York, NY
Linda M. Lawson, Los Angeles, CA
Gloria Leal, Austin, TX
Pamela Levin, San Francisco, CA
Lynn G. Levy, Horsham, PA
Margaret Levy, Los Angeles, CA
Dorothy M. Linsner, Natic, MA
Paula E. Litt, Chicago, IL
Deborah J. Long, Birmingham, AL
Karen Anne Lorenzen, Iowa City, IA
Cynthia K. Lowe, Lexington, KY
Juanita B. Luis, Little Canada, MN
Christina M. Magee, Kansas City, MO
Alison B. Marshall, Washington, DC
Lenore S. Marema, Downers Grove, IL
Ana M. Marin, Miami, FL
Kim V. Marrkand, Boston, MA
Chrys A. Martin, Portland, OR
Lorelie S. Masters, Washington, DC
Donna McCaffrey, McLean, VA
Julie A. McMillan, San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth M. McMillan, Greenville, SC
Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN
Deborah J. Michelson, Cleveland, OH
Kara M. Miller, Salisbury, MD
Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL
Marilyn Ann Moberg, Los Angeles, CA
Linda L. Morkan, Hartford, CT
Diana Y. Morrissey, Minneapolis, MN
Sharon Murphy, Indianapolis, IN
Susanne Mast Murray, New York, NY
Barbara A. O'Donnell, Boston, MA
Catherine M. Ovsak, Minneapolis, MN
Stacy M. Parker, New York, NY
Noreen J. Parrett, Madison, WI
Geralyn M. Passaro, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Fredi L. Pearlmutter, Summit, NJ
Diane L. Polscer, Portland, OR
Susan M. Popik, San Francisco, CA
Karen M. Raby, Atlanta, GA
Anandhi S. Rajan, Atlanta, GA
Janice A. Ramsay, Irvine, CA
Elaine M. Rinaldi, Philadelphia, PA
Catherine L. Rivard, Los Angeles, CA
Rachel Rivlin, Boston, MA
Lolita G. Romanick, Grand Forks, ND
Susan P. Roy, Missoula, MT
Amy S. Rubin, West Palm Beach, FL
Luanne R. Sacks, San Francisco, CA
Kathleen H. Sanberg, Minneapolis, MN
Elisabeth R. Sauer, Kansas City, MO
Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX
Deborah A. Sheffield, Columbia, SC
Cynthia Shoss, New York, NY
Theda C. Snyder, Simi Valley, CA
Robyn L. Sondak, West Hartford, CT
Sharon S. Spungen, Grand Rapids, MI
Cynthia M. Stamer, Dallas, TX
Elizabeth A. Starrs, Denver, CO
Sam L. Stein, Cherokiee, OK
Carolyn House Stewart, Tampa, FL
Tracey J. Stokes, Chicago, IL
Catalina J. Sugayan, Chicago, IL
Candace L. Sutcliffe, Boston, MA
Linda C. Takayama, Honolulu, HI
Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX
Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL
Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Merle M. Troeger, Denver, CO
Susan Tukel, Southfield, MI
Susan R. Tyndall, Milwaukee, WI
Jeanne H. Unger, Minneapolis, MN
Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Joyce C. Wang, San Francisco, CA
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY
Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA
Lorraine Murphy Weil, Hartford, CT
Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA
Terry M. Weyna, Sacramento, CA
Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA
Faith M. Williams, Columbus, OH
Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Deborah Nelson Willis, Port Angeles, WA
Suzane L. Woollums, Chicago, IL
Rebecca Young, Lake Charles, LA
JoAnne M. Zboyan, Denver, CO
Intellectual Property Law
Debra S. Belaga, San Francisco, CA
Debbie L. Berman, Chicago, IL
Paula Bonnell, Boston, MA
Deborah S. Braden, Birmingham, AL
Pamela A. Bresnahan, Washington, DC
Debra A. Chong, San Francisco, CA
Guylyn Cummins, San Diego, CA
Patricia A. Felch, Chicago, IL
Abbe F. Fletman, Philadelphia, PA
Katherine Hendricks, Seattle, WA
Elizabeth C. Koch, Washington, DC
Jennifer S. Kornblum, Los Olivos, CA
Rosemary Krimbel, Chicago, IL
Maureen M. McGuirl, Los Angeles, CA
Susan Tillston Mills, Tampa, FL
Joseph J. Ortego, Garden City, NY
Susan R. Poulter, Salt Lake City, UT
Denise C. Puente, New Orleans, LA
Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA
Erica R. Yew, San Jose, CA
Life Insurance Law
Jene Pamela Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Litigation
Lisa M. Agrimonti, St. Paul, MN
Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY
Emily J. Brantley, Atlanta, GA
Patricia O"Connell Alvarez, Laredo, TX
Stacy M. Andreas, Kansas City, MO
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Katherine Tess Argent, Kansas City, MO
Barbara L. Arras, New Orleans, LA
Kathleen E. Bailey, Los Angeles, CA
Jeanne Louise Bakker, Philadelphia, PA
Deborah S. Ballati, San Francisco, CA
Donna Zils Banfield, Tyngsboro, MA
Susan M. Barilich, Dallas, TX
Jacquelyn A. Beatty, Seattle, WA
Debra S. Belaga, San Francisco, CA
Christina H. Belew, New Orleans, LA
Katherine Benesch, Lawrenceville, NJ
Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA
Sandra Harlen Benzer, Baltimore, MD
Laurie Berke-Weiss, New York, NY
Jean L. Bertrano, San Francisco, CA
Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA
Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD
Carla J. Bishop, Houston, TX
Olivia O. Bissell, Culver City, CA
Carrie L. Blackburn, Baltimore, MD
Janine Dawn Bloch, San Francisco, CA
Denise Savoie Blocker, Palo Alto, CA
Mary Elizabeth Bogan, Philadelphia, PA
Paula Bonnell, Boston, MA
Carole D. Bos, Grand Rapids, MI
Hildy Bowbeer, St. Paul, MN
Joy G. Braun, New Orleans, LA
Mary K. Braza, Milwaukee, WI
Pamela A. Bresnahan, Washington, DC
Julie C. Bretz, Milwaukee, WI
Charlsa D. Broadus, Washington, DC
Lisa S. Brogan, Chicago, IL
Virginia S. Brown, Cleveland, OH
Bonnie A. Bulla, Las Vegas, NV
Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL
Angela Carter, Santa Rosa, CA
Kelly Centofanti, Milwaukee, WI
Diane Cernivivo, Chicago, IL
Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA
BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK
Colleen A. Christensen, Seattle, WA
Tracy A. Cinocca, Oklahoma City, OK
Sandra F. Clark, Beaumont, TX
Frances S. Cohen, Boston, MA
Susan K.H. Conley, Minneapolis, MN
Diana L. Courteau, El Segundo, CA
Deborah S. Cousins, Cleveland, OH
Dina M. Cox, Indianapolis, IN
Guylyn Cummins, San Diego, CA
Cheryl V. Cunningham, New Orleans, LA
Christine H. Curash, Hammond, IN
Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ
Diane V. D'Aiutolo, Baltimore, MD
Andrew A. Darvas, Seattle, WA
Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX
Doreen D. Dodson, St. Louis, MO
Tamra S. Domeyer, Chicago, IL
Martica S. Douglas, Portland, ME
Dina M. Dox, Indianapolis, IN
Deborah C. Drosser, Riverside, CA
Sherryll Dunaj, Miami, FL
Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT
Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN
Kellie Payne Esposito, Birmingham, AL
Laura Geringer Gross, Esq., Norfolk, VA
Barbara Ryniker Evans, New Orleans, LA
Harry Aaron Ezratty, San Juan, PR
Sherry Ruggiero Fallon, Wilmington, DE
Laura L. Farley, Anchorage, AK
Renee A. Faught, Indianapolis, IN
Julie I. Fershtman, Bingham Farms, MI
Victoria E. Finea, Los Angeles, CA
Karen K. Fitzgerald, Dallas, TX
Wendy Fleishman, New York, NY
Abbe F. Fletman, Philadelphia, PA
Jane L. Foster, Philadelphia, PA
Helen E. Freedman, New York, NY
Susan J. French, Philadelphia, PA
Deborah J. Gander, Miami, FL
Kelly Dunn Gelof, Georgetown, DE
Robyn Gembenini, San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Sarah Gere, Washington, DC
Robert L. Gibbs, Jackson, MS
Rachelle Hoffman Glazer, Dallas, TX
Marcy G. Glenn, Denver, CO
Karen R. Glickstein, Kansas City, MO
Y. Gail Goode, Brooklyn, NY
Teresa L. Graham, New York, NY
Andra Greene, Newport Beach, CA
Terri Gregori, Columbus, OH
Gena M. Gregory, Little Rock, AR
Deborah S. Griffin, Boston, MA
Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA
Theresa L. Groh, Cincinnati, OH
Laura Geringer Gross, Norfolk, VA
Kitty G. Grubb, Alexandria, VA
Neena Gupta, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Nina M. Gussack, Philadelphia, PA
Nancy L. Hann, Fayetteville, AR
Lorrie L. Hargrove, Birmingham, AL
Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY
Colleen M. Hegge, Cincinnati, OH
Katherine Hendricks, Seattle, WA
Alice Herrington, Louisville, KY
Fran C. Hickman, Little Rock, AR
Josephine E. Hicks, Charlotte, SC
Brenda Neel Hight, Dallas, TX
Sharon Holahan, Short Hills, NJ
Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS
Wendy S. Howarter, Oregon, IL
Melinda C. Huff, Dallas, TX
Renee A. Infante, Cincinnati, OH
Gloria Johnson, Atlanta, GA
Jennifer Johnson, Chicago, IL
Christy D. Jones, Jackson, MS
Derrick K. Jones, Jackson, MI
Leeann Jones, Atlanta, GA
Meg L. Jones, Seattle, WA
Maureen A. Jordan, Allentown, PA
Anne H. Jordan, Portland, ME
Susan P. Jordan, Chicago, IL
Karen E. Kahle, Wheeling, WV
Laurie A. Kamaiko, New York, NY
Kelly A. Katzman, Dallas, TX
Susan E. Kirkgaard, Stockton, CA
Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA
Marilyn S. Klinger, Los Angeles, CA
Janet S. Kloenhamer, Novato, CA
M. Kathryn Knight, Mobile, AL
LaDonna Koebel, Lexington, KY
Janet S. Kole, Cellingswood, NJ
Sallie B. Kraus, Stanford, CT
Rosemary Krimbel, Chicago, IL
Rebecca Laffitte, Columbia, SC
Patricia McHugh Lambert, Towson, MD
Kathleen A. Lang, Detroit, MI
Linda M. Lasley, Pasadena, CA
Heidi A. Lawson, New York, NY
Linda M. Lawson, Los Angeles, CA
Lynn G. Levy, Horsham, PA
Margaret Levy, Los Angeles, CA
Lynne Liberato, Houston, TX
Paula E. Litt, Chicago, IL
Virginia E. Lohmann, Columbus, OH
Karen Anne Lorenzen, Iowa City, IA
Cynthia K. Lowe, Lexington, KY
Margaret C. Lumsden, Raleigh, NC
Pat Lundvall, Reno, NV
Eleanor E. Lynn, East Lansing, MI
Christina M. MaGee, Kansas City, MO
Ellen B. Malow, Houston, TX
Ana M. Marin, Miami, FL
Kim V. Marrkand, Boston, MA
Alison B. Marshall, Washington, DC
Chrys A. Martin, Portland, OR
Judy Martinez, New Orleans, LA
Susan E. Mason, Detroit, MI
Lorelie S. Masters, Washington, DC
Edith R. Matthai, Los Angeles, CA
Bonnie L. Mayfield, Detroit, MI
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Lisa Pierobon Mays, Madison, WI
Donna McCaffrey, McLean, VA
Dionne C. McCoy, Indianapolis, IN
Kathie McDonald, Louisville, KY
Helen T. McFadden, Kingstree, SC
Brigid M. McGrath, Chicago, IL
Maureen M. McGuirl, Los Angeles, CA
Julie A. McMillan, San Francisco, CA
Susan Meek, Houston, TX
Enid Duany Mendoza, Miami, FL
Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN
Deborah J. Michelson, Cleveland, OH
Amee Ann Mikacich, Oakland, CA
Josephine S. Miller, Danbury, CT
Kara M. Miller, Salisbury, MD
Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL
Kim E. Moore, New Orleans, LA
Patricia A. Moores, New York, NY
Linda L. Morkan, Hartford, CT
Diana Y. Morrissey, Minneapolis, MN
Tracy L. Nation, San Diego, CA
Narda M. Newby, Washington, DC
Fern P. O'Brian, Washington, DC
Adele E. O'Conner, Columbus, OH
Barbara A. O'Donnell, Boston, MA
Jennifer K. Oetter, Portland, OR
Kristine Louise Olsen, Beverly Hills, CA
Joseph J. Ortego, Uniondale, NY
Stephanie Sue Padilla, Denver, CO
Geralyn M. Passaro, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Molly Peckman, Philadelphia, PA
Allyson Pharr, Houston, TX
Sandra L. Phillips, Houston, TX
Susan Alexander Philpott, Milwaukee, WI
Holly M. Polglase, Boston, MA
Diane L. Polscer, Portland, OR
Susan M. Popik, San Francisco, CA
Gene E.K. Pratter, Philadelphia, PA
Frances E. Prell, Chicago, IL
Karen M. Raby, Atlanta, GA
Toree S. Randall, Lansing, MI
Terri S. Reiskin, Washington, DC
Ellen Relkin, New York, NY
Sheryl R. Rentz, Wynnewood, PA
Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA
Elaine M. Rinaldi, Philadelphia, PA
Catherine L. Rivard, Los Angeles, CA
Deborah L. Robinson, Baltimore, MD
Helle Rode, Portland, OR
Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY
Lolita G. Romanick, Grand Forks, ND
Maureen L. Rowland, Towson, MD
Amy S. Rubin, West Palm Beach, FL
Laurie Anne Rush-Masuret, Bernardsville, NJ
Luanne R. Sacks, San Francisco, CA
Millicent N. Sanchez, Beverly Hills, CA
Elisabeth R. Sauer, Kansas City, MO
Lisa J. Savitt, New York, NY
Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX
Amy Schulman, New York, NY
Linda C. Severin, Seattle, WA
Norma L. Shapiro, Philadelphia, PA
Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL
Donna Wesson Smalley, Tuscabose, AL
Lisa L. Smith, Buffalo, NY
Theda C. Snyder, Simi Valley, CA
Sharon S. Spungen, Grand Rapids, MI
Elizabeth A. Starrs, Denver, CO
Sam L. Stein, Cherokiee, OK
Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Carol Stewart, Birmingham, AL
Carolyn House Stewart, Tampa, FL
Sarah Stewart, Mobile, AL
Tracey J. Stokes, Chicago, IL
Rebecca Strandberg, Bethesda, MD
Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC
Mary E. Stumo, Minneapolis, MN
Karen M. Suddath, Philadelphia, PA
Sheila A. Sunovall, Chicago, IL
Candace L. Sutcliffe, Boston, MA
Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX
Laura G. Tamez, San Antonio, TX
Mary C. Thompson, Houston, TX
Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL
Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Merle M. Troeger, Denver, CO
Stephanie E. Trudeau, Cleveland, OH
Susan Tukel, Southfield, MI
Patricia S. Tweedy, Sacramento, CA
Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Angela D. Vitali, New York, NY
Cora T. Walker, New York, NY
Joyce C. Wang, San Francisco, CA
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY
Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA
Lorraine Murphy Weil, Hartford, CT
Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA
Barbara Malik Weller, New Orleans, LA
Terry M. Weyna, Sacramento, CA
Pamela J. White, Baltimore, MD
Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA
D. Kimberly Brown Whittle, Boston, MA
Ann Wightman, Dayton, OH
Karen Wildau, Atlanta, GA
Cherry D. Williams, Nashville, TN
Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Deborah Nelson Willis, Port Angeles, WA
Kimberly E. Winter, Boston, MA
Amy R. Wolverton, Atlanta, GA
Erica R. Yew, San Jose, CA
Rebecca Young, Lake Charles, LA
JoAnne M. Zboyan, Denver, CO
Media Law and Defamation Torts
Debbie L. Berman, Chicago, IL
Medicine and Law
Robyn Anuhea Sembenini, Forest Knolls, CA
Natural Resources
Charlsa D. Brodus, Washington, DC
Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA
Dawn Davenport, Dallas, TX
Plaintiff
Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA
Carole D. Bos, Grand Rapids, MI
William E. Bradley, Mandeville, LA
Emily J. Brantley, Atlanta, GA
Charlsa D. Broadus, Washington, DC
Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL
Kelly Centofanti, Milwaukee, WI
Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA
Colleen A. Christensen, Seattle, WA
Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ
Andrew A. Darvas, Seattle, WA
Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT
Susan K. Eggum, Portland, OR
Kellie Payne Esposito, Birmingham, AL
Renee A. Faught, Indianapolis, IN
Kathryn R. Fenderson, St. Petersburg, FL
Wendy Fleishman, New York, NY
Deborah J. Gander, Miami, FL
Kelly Dunn Gelof, Georgetown, DE
Terri Gregori, Columbus, OH
Theresa L. Groh, Cincinnati, OH
Nancy L. Hann, Fayetteville, AR
Renee A. Infante, Cincinnati, OH
Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA
Karen Anne Lorenzen, Iowa City, IA
Lisa Pierobon Mays, Madison, WI
Helen T. McFadden, Kingstree, SC
Susan Meek, Houston, TX
Enid Duany Mendoza, Miami, FL
Terry L. Mock, Tuscumba, AL
Kristine Louise Olsen, Beverly Hills, CA
Molly Peckman, Philadelphia, PA
Ellen Relkin, New York, NY
Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY
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Carol Nelson Shepherd, Philadelphia, PA
Donna Wesson Smalley, Tuscabose, AL
Sarah Stewart, Mobile, AL
Cindy H. Strickland, Phoenix, AZ
Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC
Laura G. Tamez, San Antonio, TX
Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Suzanne M. Tsintolas, Silver Spring, MD
Kathleen G. Walsh, Alex, VA
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY
Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA
Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Deborah Nelson Willis, Port Angeles, WA
Kimberly E. Winter, Boston, MA
Product Liability Law
Lisa M. Agrimonti, St. Paul, MN
Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY
Patricia O'Connell Alvarez, Laredo, TX
Christina H. Belew, New Orleans, LA
Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA
Sandra Harlen Benzer, Baltimore, MD
Jean L. Bertrano, San Francisco, CA
Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA
Noel C. Birle, Philadelphia, PA
Mary Anne Bobinski, Houston, TX
Mary Elizabeth Bogan, Philadelphia, PA
Carole D. Bos, Grand Rapids, MI
Hildy Bowbeer, St. Paul, MN
William E. Bradley, Mandeville, LA
Joy G. Braun, New Orleans, LA
Charlsa D. Broadus, Washington, DC
Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL
Sheila Kathleen Carmody, Phoenix, AZ
Kelly Centofanti, Milwaukee, WI
Tracy A. Cinocca, Oklahoma City, OK
Sandra F. Clark, Beaumont, TX
Susan J. Cole, Coral Gables, Fl
Dina M. Cox, Indianapolis, IN
Cheryl V. Cunningham, New Orleans, LA
Diane V. D'Aiutolo, Baltimore, MD
Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX
Dina M. Dox, Indianapolis, IN
Deborah C. Drosser, Riverside, CA
Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT
Kellie Payne Esposito, Birmingham, AL
Renee A. Faught, Indianapolis, IN
Wendy Fleishman, New York, NY
Kelly Dunn Gelof, Georgetown, DE
Beverly Bell Godbey, Dallas, TX
Jill Susan Goldsmith, Phoenix, AZ
Gena A. Gregory, Little Rock, AR
Theresa L. Groh, Cincinnati, OH
Nina M. Gussack, Philadelphia, PA
Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY
Alice Herrington, Louisville, KY
Josephine E. Hicks, Charlotte, SC
Brenda Neel Hight, Dallas, TX
Sharon Holahan, Short Hills, NJ
Renee A. Infante, Cincinnati, OH
Jennifer Johnson, Chicago, IL
Leeann Jones, Atlanta, GA
Christy D. Jones, Jackson, MS
Kerry A. Kearney, Pittsburgh, PA
Sheila Doyle Kelley, San Francisco, CA
Rebecca Laffitte, Columbia, SC
Kathleen A. Lang, Detroit, MI
Nancy L. LaVista, West Palm Beach, FL
Jeannine L. Lee, Minneapolis, MN
Karen Anne Lorenzen, Iowa City, IA
Ellen B. Malow, Houston, TX
Ana M. Marin, Miami, FL
Susan E. Mason, Detroit, MI
Bonnie L. Mayfield, Detroit, MI
Brigid M. McGrath, Chicago, IL
Enid Duany Mendoza, Miami, FL
Angela A. Meyer, Menlo Park, CA
Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN
Amee Ann Mikacich, Oakland, CA
Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL
Marilyn Ann Moberg, Los Angeles, CA
Kim E. Moore, New Orleans, LA
Patricia A. Moores, New York, NY
Diana Y. Morrissey, Minneapolis, MN
Sharon Murphy, Indianapolis, IN
Tracy L. Nation, San Diego, CA
Fern P. O'Brian, Washington, DC
Sarah L. Olson, Chicago, IL
Joseph J. Ortego, Garden City, NY
Molly Peckman, Philadelphia, PA
Sandra L. Phillips, Houston, TX
Susan Alexander Philpott, Milwaukee, WI
Holly M. Polglase, Boston, MA
Gene E.K. Pratter, Philadelphia, PA
Frances E. Prell, Chicago, IL
Anandhi S. Rajan, Atlanta, GA
Ellen Relkin, New York, NY
Terri S. Reiskin, Washington, DC
Elaine M. Rinaldi, Philadelphia, PA
Deborah L. Robinson, Baltimore, MD
Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY
Susan P. Roy, Missoula, MT
Amy S. Rubin, West Palm Beach, FL
Elizabeth Haecker Ryan, New Orleans, LA
Luanne R. Sacks, San Francisco, CA
Lisa J. Savitt, New York, NY
Michelle I. Schaffer, Boston, MA
Amy Schulman, New York, NY
Lisa L. Smith, Buffalo, NY
Sharon S. Spungen, Grand Rapids, MI
Tracey J. Stokes, Chicago, IL
Sue Stott, San Francisco, CA
Karen M. Suddath, Philadelphia, PA
Sheila A. Sunovall, Chicago, IL
Laura G. Tamez, San Antonio, TX
Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Angela D. Vitali, New York, NY
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY
D. Kimberly Brown Whittle, Boston, MA
Jene Pamela Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Kimberly E. Winter, Boston, MA
Rebecca Young, Lake Charles, LA
Professionals’, Officers’ & Directors’
Liability
Joseph J. Ortego, Garden City, NY
Property Insurance Law
Andrea I. Balsamo, Waltham, MA
Robyn L. Sondak, West Hartford, CT
Tort & Personal Injury Law
Andrea M. Alonso, New York, NY
Emily J. Brantley, Atlanta, GA
Patricia O'Connell Alvarez, Laredo, TX
Stacy M. Andreas, Kansas City, MO
Katherine Tess Argent, Kansas City, MO
Barbara L. Arras, New Orleans, LA
Donna Zils Banfield, Tyngsboro, MA
Susan M. Barilich, Dallas, TX
Debra S. Belaga, San Francisco, CA
Christina H. Belew, New Orleans, LA
Katherine Benesch, Lawrenceville, NJ
Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA
Sandra Harlen Benzer, Baltimore, MD
Louis Dovre Bjorkman, Minneapolis, MN
Anne P. Birdsong, New Orleans, LA
Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD
Carla J. Bishop, Houston, TX
Carrie L. Blackburn, Baltimore, MD
Denise Savoie Blocker, Palo Alto, CA
Hildy Bowbeer, St. Paul, MN
Deborah S. Braden, Birmingham, AL
Joy G. Braun, New Orleans, LA
Charlsa D. Broadus, Washington, DC
Bonnie A. Bulla, Las Vegas, NV
Deborah S. Bussert, Chicago, IL
Sheila Kathleen Carmody, Phoenix, AZ
Angela Carter, Santa Rosa, CA
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M. Patricia Casey, Princeton, NJ
Kelly Centofanti, Milwaukee, WI
Diane Cernivivo, Chicago, IL
Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA
Tracy A. Cinocca, Oklahoma City, OK
Sandra F. Clark, Beaumont, TX
Nancy Sher Cohen, Los Angeles, CA
Susan K.H. Conley, Minneapolis, MN
Deborah S. Cousins, Cleveland, OH
Dina M. Cox, Indianapolis, IN
Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ
Diane V. D'Aiutolo, Baltimore, MD
Andrew A. Darvas, Seattle, WA
Dawn Davenport, Dallas, TX
Elena DiIorio, Houston, TX
Dina M. Dox, Indianapolis, IN
Deborah C. Drosser, Riverside, CA
Holly K. Dustin, Burlington, VT
Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN
Kellie Payne Esposito, Birmingham, AL
Harry Aaron Ezratty, San Juan, PR
Sherry Ruggiero Fallon, Wilmington, DE
Laura L. Farley, Anchorage, AK
Renee A. Faught, Indianapolis, IN
Kathryn R. Fenderson, St. Petersburg, FL
Julie I. Fershtman, Bingham Farms, MI
Wendy Fleishman, New York, NY
Helen E. Freedman, New York, NY
Susan J. French, Philadelphia, PA
Anne M. Fulton, Turson, AZ
Deborah J. Gander, Miami, FL
Kelly Dunn Gelof, Georgetown, DE
Rachelle Hoffman Glazer, Dallas, TX
Karen R. Glickstein, Kansas City, MO
Beverly Bell Godbey, Dallas, TX
Y. Gail Goode, Brooklyn, NY
Terri Gregori, Columbus, OH
Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA
Theresa L. Groh, Cincinnati, OH
Nancy L. Hann, Fayetteville, AR
Lorrie L. Hargrove, Birmingham, AL
Vilia B. Hayes, New York, NY
Colleen M. Hegge, Cincinnati, OH
Alice Herrington, Louisville, KY
Fran C. Hickman, Little Rock, AR
Josephine E. Hicks, Charlotte, SC
Christa Hinckley, Fort Worth, TX
Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS
Wendy S. Howarter, Oregon, IL
Melinda S. Huff, Dallas, TX
Renee A. Infante, Cincinnati, OH
Anjali Jesseramsing, Washington, DC
Gloria Johnson, Atlanta, GA
Jennifer Johnson, Chicago, IL
Derrick K. Jones, Jackson, MI
Leeann Jones, Atlanta, GA
Anne H. Jordan, Portland, ME
Maureen A. Jordan, Allentown, PA
Karen E. Kahle, Wheeling, WV
Kerry A. Kearney, Pittsburgh, PA
Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA
M. Kathryn Knight, Mobile, AL
LaDonna Koebel, Lexington, KY
Rosemary Krimbel, Chicago, IL
Rebecca Laffitte, Columbia, SC
Patricia McHugh Lambert, Towson, MD
Kathleen A. Lang, Detroit, MI
Nancy L. LaVista, West Palm Beach, FL
Jeannine L. Lee, Minneapolis, MN
Virginia E. Lohmann, Columbus, OH
Deborah J. Long, Birmingham, AL
Karen Anne Lorenzen, Iowa City, IA
Cynthia K. Lowe, Lexington, KY
Laila Maalouf, Quieg, MA
Ellen B. Malow, Houston, TX
Lisa Pierobon Mays, Madison, WI
Dionne C. McCoy, Indianapolis, IN
Kathie McDonald, Louisville, KY
Elizabeth M. McMillan, Greenville, SC
Susan Meek, Houston, TX
Enid Duany Mendoza, Miami, FL
Tammy J. Meyer, Indianapolis, IN
Amee Ann Mikacich, Oakland, CA
Kara M. Miller, Salisbury, MD
Josephine S. Miller, Danbury, CT
Marilyn Ann Moberg, Los Angeles, CA
Terry L. Mock, Tuscumba, AL
Patricia A. Moores, New York, NY
Angelicque M. Moreno, Brooklyn, NY
Sharon Murphy, Indianapolis, IN
Tracy L. Nation, San Diego, CA
Narda M. Newby, Washington, DC
Fern P. O'Brian, Washington, DC
Jennifer K. Oetter, Portland, OR
Kristine Louise Olsen, Beverly Hills, CA
Joseph J. Ortego, Uniondale, NY
Stephanie Sue Padilla, Denver, CO
Molly Peckman, Philadelphia, PA
Allyson Pharr, Houston, TX
Susan Alexander Philpott, Milwaukee, WI
Holly M. Polglase, Boston, MA
Susan R. Poulter, Salt Lake City, UT
Frances E. Prell, Chicago, IL
Karen M. Raby, Atlanta, GA
Anandhi S. Rajan, Atlanta, GA
Ellen Relkin, New York, NY
Sheryl R. Rentz, Wynnewood, PA
Elaine M. Rinaldi, Philadelphia, PA
Blanca I. Rodriguez, New York, NY
Lolita G. Romanick, Grand Forks, ND
Susan P. Roy, Missoula, MT
Amy S. Rubin, West Palm Beach, FL
Elizabeth Haecker Ryan, New Orleans, LA
Lisa J. Savitt, New York, NY
Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX
Michelle I. Schaffer, Boston, MA
Carol Nelson Shepherd, Philadelphia, PA
Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL
Ellen Thorne Skrak, Albuquerque, NM
Donna Wesson Smalley, Tuscabose, AL
Lisa L. Smith, Buffalo, NY
Sharon S. Spungen, Grand Rapids, MI
Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Sam L. Stein, Cherokiee, OK
Carolyn House Stewart, Tampa, FL
Tracey J. Stokes, Chicago, IL
Cindy H. Strickland, Phoenix, AZ
Pamela B. Stuart, Washington, DC
Catalina J. Sugayan, Chicago, IL
Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX
Laura G. Tamez, San Antonio, TX
Mary C. Thompson, Houston, TX
Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Merle M. Troeger, Denver, CO
Patricia S. Tweedy, Sacramento, CA
Susan R. Tyndall, Milwaukee, WI
Lisa A. Vance, San Antonio, TX
Angela D. Vitali, New York, NY
Kathleen G. Walsh, Alex, VA
Irene C. Warshauer, New York, NY
Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA
Cherry D. Williams, Nashville, TN
Jene Pamella Williams, West Palm Beach, FL
Deborah Nelson Willis, Port Angeles, WA
Kimberly E. Winter, Boston, MA
Erica R. Yew, San Jose, CA
JoAnne M. Zboyan, Denver, CO
Transportation Law
Patricia O'Connell Alvarez, Laredo, TX
Emily J. Brantley, Atlanta, GA
Charlsa D. Broadus, Washington, DC
Christine H. Curash, Hammond, IN
Christa Hinckley, Fort Worth, TX
Melinda C. Huff, Dallas, TX
Jennifer Johnson, Chicago, IL
Gloria Leal, Austin, TX
Josephine S. Miller, Danbury, CT
Kara M. Miller, Salisbury, MD
Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA
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Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX
Trial Techniques
Joseph J. Ortego, Garden City, NY
Worker's Compensation Law
BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK
Susan K.H. Conley, Minneapolis, MN
Renee A. Faught, Indianapolis, IN
Karen M. Gilmartin, Miami Lakes, FL
Christa Hinckley, Fort Worth, TX
Niki Ingram, Philadelphia, PA
Gloria Johnson, Atlanta, GA
Lindy Korn, Williamsville, NY
Kathryn Spruill Lingle, Richmond, VA
Dorothy M. Linsner, Natick, MA
Lenore S. Marema, Downers Grove, IL
Helen T. McFadden, Kingstree, SC
Kara M. Miller, Salisbury, MD
Adele E. O'Conner, Columbus, OH
Katherine D. Dixon, Atlanta, GA
Melinda S. Huff, Dallas, TX
Sharon Murphy, Indianapolis, IN
Cynthia M. Stamer, Dallas, TX
Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Rebecca Young, Lake Charles, LA
Elizabeth M. McMillan, Greenville, SC
Private Practice-Managing Partner
Katherine Tess Argent, Kansas City, MO
Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA
Charlsa D. Broadus, Washington, DC
Linda M. Chambers, Waynesburg, PA
BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK
Carol N. Cure, Phoenix, AZ
Jane L. Foster, Philadelphia, PA
Melinda S. Huff, Dallas, TX
Linda M. Lawson, Los Angeles, CA
Margaret C. Lumsden, Raleigh, NC
Eleanor E. Lynn, East Lansing, MI
Lorelie S. Masters, Washington, DC
Edith R. Matthai, Los Angeles, CA
S. Beville May, Brookline, MA
Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA
Elisabeth R. Sauer, Kansas City, MO
Elizabeth A. Starrs, Denver, CO
Sarah Stewart, Mobile, AL
Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX
Private Practice-Partner
Stacy M. Andreas, Kansas City, MO
Susan M. Barilich, Dallas, TX
Debra S. Belaga, San Francisco, CA
Christina H. Belew, New Orleans, LA
Andrea R. Bennett, Atlanta, GA
Jean L. Bertrano, San Francisco, CA
Kathleen A. Birrane, Baltimore, MD
Pamela A. Bresnahan, Washington, DC
Roxella T. Cavazos, Houston, TX
Kelly Centofanti, Milwaukee, WI
BethAnn Boudah Chapman, Juneau, AK
Debra Chong, San Francisco, CA
Colleen A. Christensen, Seattle, WA
Andrew A. Darvas, Seattle, WA
Doreen D. Dodson, St. Louis, MO
Martica S. Douglas, Portland, ME
Dyan J. Ebert, St. Cloud, MN
Sherry Ruggiero Fallon, Wilmington, DE
Laura L. Farley, Anchorage, AK
Kathryn R. Fenderson, St. Petersburg, FL
Abbe F. Fletman, Philadelphia, PA
Jane L. Foster, Philadelphia, PA
Robert L. Gibbs, Jackson, MS
Gena A. Gregory, Little Rock, AR
Rachelle Hoffman Glazer, Dallas, TX
Karen R. Glickstein, Kansas City, MO
Andra Greene, Newport Beach, CA
Nancy L. Hann, Fayetteville, AR
Alice Herrington, Louisville, KY
Ann L. Hoover, Topeka, KS
Niki Ingram, Philadelphia, PA
Leeann Jones, Atlanta, GA
Karen E. Kahle, Wheeling, WV
Linda A. Klein, Atlanta, GA
Marilyn S. Klinger, Los Angeles, CA
M. Kathryn Knight, Mobile, AL
Jennifer S. Kornblum, Los Olivos, CA
Margaret Levy, Los Angeles, CA
Virginia E. Lohmann, Columbus, OH
Kim V. Marrkand, Boston, MA
Judy Martinez, New Orleans, LA
Donna McCaffrey, McLean, VA
Lora E. Minichillo, Chicago, IL
Sharon Murphy, Indianapolis, IN
Fern P. O'Brian, Washington, DC
Frances E. Prell, Chicago, IL
Terri S. Reiskin, Washington, DC
Laurie Anne Rush-Masuret, Bernardsville, NJ
Jill A. Schaar, Houston, TX
Carol Shepherd, Philadelphia, PA
Donna Wesson Smalley, Tuscabose, AL
Debbe Stein, Dallas, OR
Carolyn House Stewart, Tampa, FL
Lisa Takeuchi, Houston, TX
Patricia H. Thompson, Miami, FL
Victoria Tibbs, Atlanta, GA
Stephanie E. Trudeau, Cleveland, OH
Angela D. Vitali, New York, NY
Cora T. Walker, New York, NY
Joyce C. Wang, San Francisco, CA
Karen S. Weaver, Seattle, WA
Marie Weiner, Burlingame, CA
Kathryn S. Whitlock, Atlanta, GA
Deborah Nelson Willis, Port Angeles, WA
Erica R. Yew, San Jose, CA
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TORT & INSURANCE PRACTICE SECTION
WOMEN & MINORITY INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE'S
2001-2002 WOMEN AND MINORITY SPEAKERS DIRECTORY
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
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