Legal Task Force Members

Steering Committee
		CHAIRMAN Mark S. Granger Morrison Mahoney LLP 250 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210-1134 617.439.7518 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Toxic Tort Environment Defense Regulatory Compliance Product Design Design of Warnings and Instructions mgranger@morrisonmahoney.com www.morrisonmahoney.com

		CO-CHAIRMAN Bruce Cranner Frilot, LLC 1100 Poydras Street Suite 3700 New Orleans, LA 70163-3600 504.599.8069 Areas of Expertise: Commercial Litigation Medical Malpractice & Healthcare Products Liability BCranner@frilot.com www.frilot.com

		CO-CHAIRMAN Kevin Mayer Crowell & Moring LLP 515 South Flower Street 40th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 213.443.5544 Areas of Expertise: Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation Torts Litigation Construction Product Risk Management Class Actions Torts Class Actions kmayer@crowell.com www.crowell.com

		Paul Rosenlund Duane Morris LLP One Market, Spear Tower Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94105-1104 415.957.3178 Areas of Expertise: Business Litigation Products Liability Litigation & Risk Management Unfair Competition Trade Secrets Trademark, Copyright & Patent Litigation Prosecution & Defense of Class Actions Unfair Lending & Debt Collection Practices Real Estate Litigation Negotiation & Termination of Hotel Management Agreements Privacy Rights of Artists & Art Owners Trade Regulation & Distribution Issues for Importers & Manufacturers Product Recalls & Compliance Issues Involving the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission PRosenlund@DuaneMorris.com www.duanemorris.com

		Stacey Vernallis Goehring Rutter & Boehm 437 Grant Street 14th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219-6107 412.281.0587 Areas of Expertise: Trial and Risk Management Products Liability Claims svernallis@grblaw.com www.grblaw.com

		Elizabeth McNulty Hewitt Wolensky, LLP 4041 MacArthur Boulevard Suite 300 Newport Beach, CA 92660 949.783.5047 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Commercial Litigation Regulatory Compliance emcnulty@hewittwolensky.com www.hwlawonline.com

		Gary Wolensky Hewitt Wolensky, LLP 4041 MacArthur Boulevard Suite 300 Newport Beach, CA 92660 949.783.5045 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Litigation & Risk Management Product Design Product Warnings & Instructions Product Regulatory Issues Involving the CPSC Trade Regulation Toxic Tort Litigation Mass Tort Litigation Commercial Litigation Trademark, Copyright, & Intellectual Property Litigation gwolensky@hewittwolensky.com www.hwlawonline.com

		William Staar Morrison Mahoney LLP 250 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210-1134 617.737.8870 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Litigation (Design, Manufacture, Warnings, Intstructions, Class Actions) Product Regulatory Compliance General Business/ Commercial Litigation Construction Litigation wstaar@morrisonmahoney.com www.morrisonmahoney.com

		Kimberly D. Baker Williams Kastner Two Union Square 301 Union Street Suite 4100 Seattle, WA 98101-2380 206.628.6606 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Commercial and Business Litigation Employment Counseling and Litigation Trade Secret Litigation Class Action Litigation Intellectual Property Litigation Risk Management kbaker@williamskastner.com www.williamskastner.com

		Arissa M. Peterson Williams Kastner Two Union Square 601 Union Street Suite 4100 Seattle, WA 98101 206.233.2984 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Commercial and Business Litigaiton Trade Secret Litigation Class Action Litigation Intellectual Property Litigation apeterson@willamskastner.com www.williamskastner.com

Task Force Members
		Jonathan R. Friedman Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC 950 East Paces Ferry Road Suite 3000 Atlanta, GA 30326 404.832.9580 Areas of Expertise: Trial Practice Tort & Product Liability Litigation Risk Management/ Regulatory Compliance Warranty Law Warnings & Instructions Class Actions Commercial Litigation jfriedman@wwhgd.com www.wwhgd.com

		Gary Pappas Carlton Fields 4000 International Place 100 S.E. Second Street Miami, FL 33131-2114 305.530.0050 Areas of Expertise: Commercial Litigation Product Liability Class Actions gpappas@carltonfields.com www.carltonfields.com

		Joshua E. Roberts Carlton Fields 100 S.E. Second Street, Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131-2114 305.530.0050 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability General Civil Litigation jroberts@carltonfields.com www.carltonfields.com

		Laurent Ruessmann Crowell & Moring LLP 71 Rue Royale B-1000 Brussels, Belgium +32.2.214.2866 Areas of Expertise: EU Anti-Dumping Anti-Subsidy and Safeguards Procedures & Litigation Other Various EU, WCO, and WTO Trade and Custom Matters LRuessmann@crowell.com www.crowell.com

		John McDonough Cozen O'Connor 45 Broadway Atrium New York, NY 10006 212.908.1226 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Product Recalls Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation Construction Law & Litigation Mass Tort Litigation Commercial Litigation General Litigation Class Action & Multidistrict Litigation jmcdonough@cozen.com www.cozen.com

		Paul Zola Cozen O'Connor 45 Broadway Atrium New York, NY 10006 212.908.1247 Areas of Expertise: Products Liability Product Recalls Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation Construction Law & Litigation Mass Tort Litigation Commercial Litigation General Litigation Class Action & Multidistrict Litigation pzola@cozen.com www.cozen.com

		Wayne Mack Duane Morris LLP 30 South 17th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 215.979.1152 Areas of Expertise: Antitrust and Competition Trademark Protection and Anti-Counterfeiting Franchising and Distribution Securities and Financial Transactions Class Actions Contracts Constitutional Law wamack@duanemorris.com www.duanemorris.com

		Peter Pliszka Fasken Martineau LLP 333 Bay Street, Suite 2400 Bay Adelaide Centre, Box 20 Toronto, Ontario M5H-2T6 Canada 416.868.3336 Areas of Expertise: Litigation & Dispute Resolution Product Liability Class Actions Risk Management Product Regulatory Compliance Product Warnings Product Recalls Commercial Litigation Insurance Health ppliszka@fasken.com www.fasken.com

		Jaime Doherty Goehring Rutter & Boehm 437 Grant Street 14th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219-6107 412.281.0587 Areas of Expertise: Product Liablity Toxic Tort Construction Claims jdoherty@grblaw.com www.grblaw.com

		Michael Shalhoub Goldberg Segalla LLP 11 Martine Avenue Suite 750 White Plains, NY 10606-1934 914.798.5471 Areas of Expertise: Business and Commercial Life Sciences Product Liability Professional Liability Toxic Tort and Environmental mshalhoub@goldbergsegalla.com www.goldbergsegalla.com

		Darin Lang Hall & Evans 1125 17th Street Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202-2052 303.262.3300 Areas of Expertise: Commercial Litigation Product Liability General Tort Litigation Insurance Law langd@hallevans.com www.hallevans.com

		Brian Johnson Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson US Bank Plaza 220 South Sixth Street Suite 600 Minneapolis, MN 55405 612.204.4131 Areas of Expertise Products Liability Medical Malpractice Transportation & Personal Injury Defense bjohnson@halleland.com www.halleland.com

		Patrick Strubel Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP 3 Protective Center, Suite 200 2801 Highway 280 South Birmingham, AL 35223 205.297.8881 Areas of Expertise Products Liability Defense Medical Malpractice Defense Transportation & Personal Injury Defense jps@hfsllp.com www.hfsllp.com

		Robert Kelly Littleton Joyce Ughetta Park & Kelly LLP 141 West Front Street Suite 120 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732.530.9101 Areas of Expertise: Complex Tort Litigation Commercial Litigation Alternate Dispute Resolution robertkelly@littletonjoyce.com www.littletonjoyce.com

		John W. Knottnerus Martin Bischoff Templeton Langslet & Hoffman LLP 900 Pioneer Tower 888 SW 5th Avenue Portland, OR 97204 503.224.3113 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Defense Insurance Coverage and Defense Complex Litigation jknottnerus@martinbischoff.com www.martinbischoff.com

		Scott E. Baxendale Miller, Matthias & Hull, LLP One North Franklin Suite 2350 Chicago, IL 60606 312.977.9969 Areas of Expertise: U.S. & Foreign Patent Prosecution Developing Invention Disclosure Preparing & Prosecuting Patent Applications sbaxendale@millermatthiashull.com www.millermatthiashull.com

		Nicholas Alexander Morrison Mahoney LLP 250 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210-1134 617.737.8863 Areas of Expertise: Commercial Business nalexander@morrisonmahoney.com www.morrisonmahoney.com

		Brian Heermance Morrison Mahoney LLP 17 State Street, Suite 1110 New York, NY 10004 212.428.2484 Areas of Expertise: Commercial & Business Environmental & Toxic Torts Products Liability Professional Liability Tort & Liability Defense bheermance@morrisonmahoney.com www.morrisonmahoney.com

		John Kuppens Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP Meridian, 17th Floor 1320 Main Street Columbia, SC 29201 803.255.9482 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Litigation Product Recalls & Compliance Issues Involving the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Counseling Regarding Product Warnings and Instructions Product Liability Risk Management Class Action & Mass Tort Litigation Business Litigation john.kuppens@nelsonmullins.com www.nelsonmullins.com

		Kimberly A. Viergever Rietz Law Firm 114 Village Place Suite 301 Dillon, CO 80435 970.468.0210 Areas of Expertise: Recreation Law Products Liability Litigation kim@rietzlawfirm.com www.rietzlawfirm.com

		Robert P. Andris Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley 1001 Marshall Street Redwood City, CA 94063 650.780.1634 Areas of Expertise: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Litigation Patent Prosecution--Registered Patent Attorney #52,562 Trade Secrets Litigation Products Liability Litigation Randris@RMKB.com www.rmkb.com

		Ned Steiner Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20004 202.471.3234 Areas of Expertise: Trade esteiner@strtrade.com www.strtrade.com

		Tom Travis Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. 1000 NW 57th Court, Suite 600 Miami, FL 33126 305.913.8652 Areas of Expertise: International Trade & Customs Law Free Trade Agreements & Preference Programs Multilateral Trade Negotiations Duty Savings Programs Ttravis@strtrade.com www.strtrade.com

		Kelly MacHenry Snell & Wilmer One Arizona Center, 400 East Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 602.382.6370 Areas of Expertise: Product Liability Financial Services Business Litigation kmachenry@swlaw.com www.swlaw.com

		Jason Honeyman Wolf Greenfield 600 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02210-2206 617.646.8222 Areas of Expertise: Patent Prosecution Trademarks Litigation Mechanical jhoneyman@wolfgreenfield.com www.wolfgreenfield.com

		Ed Perlman Wolf Greenfield 600 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02210-2206 617.646.8207 Areas of Expertise: Trademark & Copyright IP Transactions Litigation eperlman@wolfgreenfield.com www.wolfgreenfield.com

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