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    • Robert L. Parks was admitted to the Florida Bar in June of 1964, and has engaged in extensive plaintiff product liability and aviation practice since that time. He served a two-year term as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Air & Space Law, and in 1995, Mr. Parks was appointed Chair of the Aviation Law Certification Committee by the President of the Florida Bar Association. In October, 1996, he was one of seven lawyers appointed by the Florida Bar to membership on the Florida Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. He is a past President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the American Board of Trial Advocacy, a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers, and a member of the American Law Institute. He is a member of the Lawyer Pilots Bar Association, the International Society of Air Safety Investigators, and has authored two chapters in Kreindler’s Aviation Accident Law for Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., on “Military Accidents” and “Air Traffic Control Negligence”. He has extensive MDL and class action experience, most recently being local counsel in a 203 million dollar settlement in Miami.

    • James R. Bartimus

    • Robert L. Parks was admitted to the Florida Bar in June of 1964, and has engaged in extensive plaintiff product liability and aviation practice since that time. He served a two-year term as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Air & Space Law, and in 1995, Mr. Parks was appointed Chair of the Aviation Law Certification Committee by the President of the Florida Bar Association. In October, 1996, he was one of seven lawyers appointed by the Florida Bar to membership on the Florida Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. He is a past President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the American Board of Trial Advocacy, a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers, and a member of the American Law Institute. He is a member of the Lawyer Pilots Bar Association, the International Society of Air Safety Investigators, and has authored two chapters in Kreindler’s Aviation Accident Law for Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., on “Military Accidents” and “Air Traffic Control Negligence”. He has extensive MDL and class action experience, most recently being local counsel in a 203 million dollar settlement in Miami.

    • Jack Balagia, Esq.

    • Mr. Balagia graduated from the University of Texas at Austin receiving his J.D. in 1976, and served as law clerk to U.S. district Judge W.M. Taylor, Jr. in Dallas, Texas. He joined the Austin firm of McGinnis, Lochridge and Kilgore, where his practice included energy litigation oil and gas regulatory work and media law. He joined Exxon’s litigation section in 1998 and served as coordinator of Exxon’s upstream litigation until 2004 when he was named Assistant General Counsel. Mr. Balagia was elected Vice-President and General Counsel of Exxon Mobil Corporation in 2010. Mr. Balagia served on the Board of Directors of the Institute for Legal Reform of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Civil Justice Reform Group. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Center for American and International Law. Mr. Balagia has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America and has been named a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly magazine.

    • David J. Beck

    • Co-founder, Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP since 1992; Formerly a senior partner of Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP; Very active trial lawyer; Named by National Law Journal as one of the top 10 trial lawyers in the United States; From 2003 through 2006, annual statewide survey by Texas Monthly Magazine named him as one of Texas’ “Top 10 Super Lawyers;” Named one of “The Best Lawyers in America” by Woodward & White since the inception of the publication in 1990; President and Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates; President, State Bar of Texas. 1995-96. Member, The Center for American and International Law Board of Trustees, 2005. Past President, International Association of Defense Counsel. Member, Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, since 2004; Published numerous law journal articles and has appeared as a lecturer on many bar association and law school CLE programs.

    • R. Matthew Cairns, Esq.

    • Mr. Cairns earned his AB in History and International Relations from Brown University in 1983 and his J.D. from Case Western University School of Law. Mr. Cairns joined his current firm of Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell in 2008 and his practice focuses on defending the interests of individuals, businesses, banks, municipalities and insurers in civil and administrative litigation. He practices at every level of the New Hampshire court system and the United States District Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. His specialties include products liability, commercial litigation, professional liability, employment and civil rights. Mr. Cairns was president of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar from 2010-2011, and also sits on the Board of Directors for the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence and Lawyers for Civil Justice. He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, and the Tri-State Defense Lawyers Association. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer in products liability and Best Lawyers in personal injury litigation.

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      • Hon. Leonard S. Chauvin, Jr.

      L. Stanley Chauvin, Jr. practices law in Louisville, Kentucky. He has served as an assistant Commonwealth Attorney in the Jefferson County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office; Assistant General Counsel, Department of Highways; Judge Pro Tem, Louisville Police Court; Master Commissioner, Jefferson Circuit Court; Assistant County Attorney, Jefferson County; Chairman, Registry of Election Finance; Member, Kentucky Judicial Retirement Form System; Old Kentucky Home Boy Scouts of America; Chairman, Fellows American Bar Foundation (1981); President, American Bar Association (1989-1990); Chairman, House of Delegates (1982-1984); American College of Tax Counsel; Secretary, National Judicial College; President, American Judicature Society; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; 1984 Lawyer of the Year, Kentucky Bar Association; President, Louisville Bar Association (1972).
      Mr. Chauvin graduated from Castle Heights Military Academy; University of Kentucky; University of Louisville, J.D., 1961 (1989 LLD hon.); and Ohio Northern, LLD (hon.), 1989. Married to Cecilia McKay Chauvin, the couple has three children, Leonard Stanley, III, Jacqueline Chauvin and McKay Chauvin (all lawyers).

    • Patricia Clarey

    • LPatricia (“Pat”) Clarey is senior vice president, chief regulatory and external relations officer of Health Net, Inc., and she also serves as the company’s chief compliance officer. Ms. Clarey is responsible for federal and state regulatory and legislative relations, internal and external communications, Health Net’s charitable foundation, and the company’s compliance activities. From 2001 to 2003, she held the position of vice president of Government Relations at Health Net, Inc. In 2003, she left the company to serve as a member of the senior leadership team that ran the successful election that brought California Governor Schwarzenegger into office. She then joined his administration as chief of staff. She returned to Health Net in 2006, and served as chief operating officer of the company’s Health Plan Division and Health Net of California prior to taking on her current role.

      Ms. Clarey has more than 25 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. She has held senior management positions at Chevron Corporation and Transamerica Corporation, and served as president of the Transamerica Foundation in San Francisco. In addition, she served as deputy chief of staff to former California Governor Pete Wilson. She also held senior positions in the federal government at the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior.

      She received her master’s degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and her bachelor’s degree from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. She currently serves on several appointed boards and commissions, and was a Senior Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Senior Fellow at the UCLA School of Public Policy.

    • Stephen English

    • Stephen F. English is a Partner at Perkins Coie in the firm’s national Commercial Litigation Practice Group. English has more than 30 years of trial experience, which covers a broad range of business disputes, directors and officers liability, and product liability claims. He has served as national, regional and Oregon counsel for international businesses and manufacturers.  He is ranked by Chambers Global in Commercial Litigation, in Chambers USA as a Star Individual in Oregon for General Commercial Litigation and is ranked nationwide in Trial Litigation. English is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), which comprises the top 1 percent of the trial bar in the U.S. and Canada.  English was named a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL), an invitation-only organization whose membership is limited to 500 lawyers. He is listed in seven different categories in Best Lawyers, including Bet the Company, Litigation, Securities Litigation, Banking and Finance Litigation, and several others. He currently serves as a State Co-Chair of the International branch of IATL.  English earned his law degree from University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He earned his undergraduate degree from Honors College, University of Oregon.

    • William H. Hurd, Esq.

    • William H. Hurd is a partner at Troutman Saunders LLP, where he heads the firm’s Appellate Team and where his practice includes education law, election law and constitutional law.  A former Solicitor General of Virginia, Mr. Hurd has appeared in the U. S. Supreme Court on brief (party and amicus) in more than 30 cases, serving as principal author in more than 25 cases and personally arguing three cases before the Court.  Altogether he has appeared on brief in more than 130 appellate cases and has argued more than 50 times before appellate courts. Mr. Hurd also is an Adjunct Professor at George Mason School of Law, where he teaches the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses. He has lectured on religious liberty at the Karoli Gaspar University in Hungary, and at the Constitutional Court in the Republic of Georgia. Mr. Hurd has been recognized in as one of America's Leading Lawyers for Litigation by Chambers USA (2008-2011) and as a Virginia Super Lawyer in Appellate Law (2006-2011) by Super Lawyers.  He also is listed by Best Lawyers in America for Appellate Law and Education Law (2007-2012).  Mr. Hurd earned his Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Arts degrees at the University of Virginia.

    • Irwin Molasky

    • hairman, The Molasky Group of Companies. Founding Chairman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation; awarded Trustee Emeritus in February 2007. Founder and former senior officer, Lorimar Entertainment Board of Directors. Inducted February 2003 UNLV Nevada Business Hall of Fame. Built Sunrise Hospital Surgical Center & Medical Center, Paradise Palms (a planned community), the Bank of America Plaza, the Boulevard Regional Mall, Best in the West and SunMark Plaza power centers, and Nathan Adelson Hospice. Designer and builder of Park Towers high-rise condominiums in Hughes Center, which was recognized as “one of the five best buildings in the United States” by Town & Country magazine. Designed and developed 17-story Molasky Corporate Center in downtown Las Vegas for occupancy in fall 2007.

    • Stephen G. Morrison

    • Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. Member, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Executive Committee. Graduate, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1975. Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law. Chairman, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, 1996-97. Chairman, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Planning and Business Committee, 1992-93. Chairman, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Professional Quality Committee, 1985-86. Chairman, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Management Committee, 1980-87. Member, South Carolina Bar. Former Chairman, South Carolina Bar House of Delegates. Member, American Bar Association Section on Litigation. Member, American Bar Association Section on Torts and Insurance Practice. Former President, the Defense Research Institute. Member, International Association of Defense Counsel. Former President, Lawyers for Civil Justice. Member, Product Liability Advisory Council. Member, South Carolina Bar Foundation. Member, South Carolina Defense Trial Attorney’s Association. President, Historic Columbia Foundation.

    • Ed Neugebauer

    • Ed Neugebauer is the Head of Litigation for Aetna, Inc. Ed joined U.S. Healthcare in 1994 as Assistant General Counsel responsible for litigation and the Southeast Region. In 1997, he was named Head of Litigation for Aetna U.S. Healthcare. Prior to joining Aetna, Ed worked at the Washington D.C. office of Epstein Becker and Green. He worked on health care related litigation, including antitrust and medical liability issues. Ed also authored or participated in publishing several articles and other publications on these issues. Prior to joining Epstein Becker and Green, he was in private practices in Oklahoma. Ed is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in Political Science and a J.D. He is a member of the Oklahoma, Virginia and Pennsylvania bars. He continues to be involved in speaking and providing materials at conferences regarding legal issues facing the managed care industry.

    • Peter Chase Neumann
      • Peter Chase Neumann

      • Attorney at Law

      Trial lawyer since 1965, Mr. Neumann has personally tried nearly 150 jury trials to verdict, both criminal and civil, and argued approximately 40 appeals. Born 1940, Norfolk, NE. Admitted to Arizona Bar 1964, Nevada Bar 1969. Past president of Tucson Trial Lawyers and Nevada Trial Lawyers Associations. Diplomat and past president of ABOTA - Reno Chapter. Former Nevada governor to Bd. Of Governors of ATLA (AAJ). Founder of the ATLA Jeep Rollover Litigation Group. Certified as a civil trial lawyer by Nat’l Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) since 1980. Board member of Scenic America and Scenic Nevada. Listed in Who’s Who Legal and Best Lawyers in America.

    • Charles E. Patterson

    • Partner, Morrison & Foerster, LLP. Graduate, University of Michigan Law School, 1966. Former Chairman, Lillick & McHose Executive Committee. Vice-Chairman, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP Executive Committee. Officer, U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-68. Lecturer, American Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, the International Association of Defense Counsel and the California Bankers Association

    • James W. Quinn, Esq.

    • Global co-chair, Litigation/Regulatory practice. Senior member of Weil Gotshal’s 15-person Management Committee. Selected in 1993 and 2004 by National Law Journal as one of the ten top trial lawyers in the United States in its annual feature, "Winning: Successful Strategies From 10 of the Nation's Top Litigators." Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Trial Lawyers. Ranked as a leader in New York commercial litigation and sports law nationally in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2005, 2006 and 2007. Listed as highly recommended in PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2006 for Dispute Resolution, and included in Euromoney's 2004 Guide to the World's Leading Experts In Commercial Arbitration, The International Who’s Who of Commercial Litigators 2006 and Chambers Global 2004/05: The World’s Leading Lawyers. Fellow of The New York Bar Foundation. Chaired a variety of committees of both The American Bar Association and The Bar Association of The City of New York. Member of the Panel of Distinguished Neutrals of the Center for Public Resources. Member of the International Society of Barristers. Serves as a Board Member of the American Diabetes Association, the Landmark Foundation and The Respect For Law Alliance, among many others. Received LL.B from Fordham University School of Law, member Fordham Law Review; A.B, cum laude from University of Notre Dame.

    • Marsha J. Rabiteau
      • Marsha J. Rabiteau

      • Legal Policy Strategies Group
    • Gary K. Smith

    • Gary K. Smith is a civil litigation lawyer with Apperson Crump PLC located in Memphis, Tennessee. Gary K. Smith emphasizes representation of plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, insurance bad faith, products liability and medical malpractice claims. Gary K. Smith is licensed to practice in all State and Federal Courts in Tennessee and before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

    • John A. Tarantino

    • Shareholder, Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. Graduate, Boston College Law School, Dartmouth College. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, International Society of Barristers. Member, The American Board of Trial Advocates. President, Rhode Island Bar Association, 1997-98. President, New England Bar Association, 2002-03. Board of Directors, New England Bar Association, 1998-2002. President, Rhode Island Bar Foundation, 2005-present. Fellow, National Conference of Bar Presidents. Member, American Bar Association, The Justinian Society, The St. Thomas More Society and The Defense Research Institute. President, Defense Counsel of Rhode Island, 2003-04.

    • Blake Tartt

    • Partner, Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P. Graduate, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1959. Member, Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct, 1996-2001. Member, Houston Museum of Fine Arts Board of Trustees, 1987-90. Trustee, State Bar Historical Foundation, since 1992. Treasurer, Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism, 1994-96. Member, Texas State Judicial Council, 1988-94. Member, Institute for Transnational Arbitration Advisory Board, since 1998. President, State Bar of Texas, 1983-84. Member, State Bar of Texas Board of Directors, 1972-76. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, since 1984. Member, American Bar Association Board of Governors, 2001-04. Member, ABA House of Delegates, 1977-2004. Member, American Law Institute, since 1987. Member, American Board of Trial Advocates, since 1982. Trustee Emeritus, University of Houston Law Foundation, since 1996. Member, International Association of Defense Counsel, since 1968. Member, Houston Bar Association & Houston Bar Foundation. Member, Texas Bar Foundation. Vice Chair, American Judicature Society Texas Chapter, 2004. Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary 1997-98 and 5th Circuit Representative on the Committee 1996-99.

    • Richard Willard, Esq.

    • Richard K. Willard is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP. He is a member of the Litigation Department. Mr. Willard's practice involves corporate counseling and litigation of cases raising public policy concerns. He has served as lead counsel in complex litigation involving multiple claims, parties, and jurisdictions. He has frequently appeared in trial and appellate courts around the country, including six arguments in the Supreme Court. He has also served as senior vice president and general counsel for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Gillette Company, where he led large worldwide legal departments, advised on strategic transactions, and enabled launch of new products with strong intellectual property protection. During the Reagan Administration, he served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division, the largest litigation division of the US Department of Justice. There, he chaired the Reagan Administration's Tort Policy Working Group and developed its proposals for reforming civil litigation, workplace drug testing, and preventing unauthorized disclosure of classified information.

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