DRI Faculty List
Business Litigation Super Conference
Minneapolis Marriot City Center | Minneapolis, MN | May 13 - 15, 2020
Bradley J. Andreozzi Partner
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Bradley J. Andreozzi represents clients in complex highstakes civil litigation, including class action trials and appeals. Brad has represented clients in virtually every federal appellate court, including the Supreme Court, and in many trial courts throughout the country. Brad is among the relatively small group of lawyers who have tried high-stakes,complex class actions before juries. |
William P. Barnette Home Depot
William P. Barnette is Associate General Counsel for The Home Depot and is a member of the Company's Legal Senior Leadership Team. He leads the Company's Commercial Litigation team, which has responsibility for The Home Depot's most significant commercial and business litigation, including consumer class actions, IP disputes, antitrust, vendor and customer disputes, and shareholder matters. Prior to his current position, Mr. Barnette was responsible for managing The Home Depot's class action and other complex commercial litigation. In that role, over a decade Mr. Barnette led the successful defense of more than 200 class actions. Mr. Barnette also founded, and co-chairs with the Company's General Counsel, The Home Depot's Investigations Council. |
The Honorable Hildy Bowbeer United States District Court for District of Minnesota
The Honorable Hildy Bowbeer was appointed a Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota in June 2014. Prior to her appointment, she managed IP litigation at 3M Company in the U.S. and internationally. Judge Bowbeer received her J.D. from the University of Michigan. In 1985, she became one of the seven founding partners of Bowman and Brooke, where she had a national practice in product liability litigation before joining 3M. She is a judicial advisor to the Sedona Conference. She also serves on the Federal Practice Committee for the District of Minnesota and co-authored its Guide for Practitioners on electronic discovery. Judge Bowbeer speaks frequently on litigation management, electronic discovery, and ADR. |
Julia L. Brickell General Counsel
H5 Technologies
Julia L. Brickell oversees the legal, corporate governance and compliance affairs of H5. Before H5, Ms. Brickell was Associate General Counsel of Altria Client Services (2000-2008), VP and Deputy General Counsel of Philip Morris USA (1998-2000), and a litigator at Davis, Polk & Wardwell. Ms. Brickell, who serves on the faculty of Columbia University's Executive Master of Science in Technology Management, frequently writes and speaks on topics related to technology, data management, and professionalism in the age of AI. |
Gregory J. Casas Greenberg Traurig LLP
Gregory J. Casas is the Administrative Shareholder for the Austin office and focuses his practice on antitrust, complex business litigation, and energy and natural resources law. Greg's antitrust and complex business litigation practices include class action matters and are international in scope. Greg has litigated cases in federal and state courts in Texas, California, Illinois, Georgia, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. He has handled appeals in Texas, Georgia, The Fifth Circuit, the Second Circuit and the District of Columbia Circuit. |
Robert J. (Bob) Cosgrove Wade Clark Mulcahy
Robert J. (Bob) Cosgrove is a Partner and a member of Wade Clark Mulcahy's two-person Management Committee. WCM is a regional firm with offices in NY, NJ and PA. Bob handles a wide variety of litigation and coverage matters in NY, NJ and PA. A past President of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, Bob has been selected by Thomson Reuters as a Super Lawyer in the field of Coverage and Civil Litigation. Bob is also a Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization comprised of less than 1% of US attorneys who have obtained multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for their personal injury clients. Bob, a former assistant district attorney in New York, is a Certified Information Privacy Manager and a Certified Information Privacy Professional, US. His cyber practice focuses on advising insurance companies and insureds on the application of policy language to data breaches and assisting small and mid-sized businesses in data breach litigation. |
Glenn E. Davis HeplerBroom LLC
Glenn E. Davis HAS SERVED CLIENTS WITH CHALLENGING, COMPLEX LEGAL MATTERS FOR OVER 37 YEARS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY. HE HAS DEEP EXPERIENCE WITH ANTITRUST AND DISTRIBUTION MATTERS, CYBERSECURITY & PRIVACY ISSUES, SECURITIES LITIGATION, CORPORATE LITIGATION AND COMPLIANCE, INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE MATTERS AND LITIGATION. HE HAS MULTI-YEAR RECOGNITION IN BEST LAWYERS AS LAWYER OF THE YEAR IN ANTITRUST, ANTITRUST LITIGATION AND FRANCHISING, AS WELL AS SUPERLAWYERS RECOGNITION FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. GLENN IS A CHARTER MEMBER OF LITIGATON COUNSEL OF AMERICA, A TRIAL LAWYERS HONORARY SOCIETY. HE IS A PUBLISHED AUTHOR IN ABA ANTITRUST SECTION PUBLICATIONS, DRI PUBLICATIONS ON CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY ISSUES, AND MISSOURI BAR DESKBOOKS ON ANTITRUST AND SECURITIES LITIGATION.GLENN FOUNDED HEPLERBROOM'S INFORMATION SECURITY LITIGATION AND ADVISORY PRACTICE. |
Paul Dieseth US Bank
Robert N. Driscoll McGlinchey Stafford
Liam E. Felsen, Ph.D. Frost Brown Todd LLC
Liam E. Felsen, Ph.D. is a Managing Associate at Frost Brown Todd's Louisville office, focusing his practice on Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, and Insurance Defense. Liam is a practiced trial lawyer who represents corporations, insurance companies, and manufacturers against contract, tort, personal injury, and product liability suits, on the state, federal, and appellate levels |
Charles T. (Charlie) Frazier, Jr. Partner
Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP
Charles T. (Charlie) Frazier, Jr. is a partner in the Dallas office of Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend, LLP, an appellate boutique. Certified in civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Charlie's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, insurance-related disputes, and professional-liability claims in trial and appellate courts, including successfully arguing before the Supreme Court of the United States He is a long-time active member of the DRI Appellate Advocacy Committee, and currently chairs its Appellate Rules Subcommittee. |
The Honorable Jennifer L. Frisch Assistant Chief
Minnesota Judicial Branch
The Honorable Jennifer L. Frisch In 2013, Governor Mark Dayton appointed Jennifer Frisch to serve as a district court judge in Ramsey County, Minnesota's Second Judicial District. In 2018, Judge Frisch was elected to serve as the Assistant Chief Judge in the Second Judicial District. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Frisch served as Senior Associate General Counsel for the University of Minnesota for 11 years, where she represented the University in state and federal courts in all litigated matters. Before joining the University's Office of the General Counsel, Judge Frisch practiced commercial litigation at Kelly & Berens in Minneapolis. Judge Frisch received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Macalester College and her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School. |
Joshua J. (Josh) Gayfield Miles & Stockbridge
Joshua J. (Josh) Gayfield represents businesses and individuals in an array of litigation matters, including contract disputes, business torts, intellectual property, trade secret misappropriation, professional negligence/malpractice, manufacturing defects, actions for emergency injunctive relief, and commercial landlord-tenant disputes. He also litigates claims brought under the Uniform Commercial Code, including cases involving sale of goods, breach of warranties, negotiable instruments, and related claims. He represents clients in a variety of forums, including Maryland's state, federal, and appellate courts state administrative proceedings, and arbitration panels. |
Kelly S. Geary, CIPP/US National Practice Leader - Executive & Cyber Risk
Epic Insurance Brokers & Consultants
Kelly S. Geary, CIPP/US is a Managing Principal with EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants based in the New York City area She serves as the National Practice Leader – Executive and Cyber Risk as well as Coverage Counsel & Claims Leader for Lemme, a division EPIC. Kelly has spent approximately 25 years in the insurance industry. She began her career as an insurance defense and coverage attorney in the professional lines space in New York City. After private practice, Kelly held positions within the claims, underwriting, compliance and legal departments at various NYC based insurance carriers with a focus on professional, specialty and financial lines insurance products. While on the carrier side, Kelly acquired significant experience evaluating cyber and executive risks and exposures and developing insurance products tailored to address those risks. |
Kacy Goebel Senior Corporate Counsel
Home Depot
Kacy Goebel is Senior Corporate Counsel for The Home Depot in Atlanta, Georgia where she is a member of the Commercial Litigation team. Kacy directs the defense of the company's commercial class actions as well as real estate and construction litigation in the United States and Canada. She also manages Home Depot's class action recovery practice including offensive settlement claims and opt-out litigation. Kacy is a graduate of Notre Dame Law School and the University of South Carolina Honors College. She is a member of the Executive Committee of both the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and the Georgia Lawyers Chapter of the American Constitution Society. |
Sidney Stewart Haskins II Partner
King & Spalding LLP
Sidney Stewart Haskins II is a partner in King & Spalding's Trial & Global Disputes practice who specializes in defending class actions and other complex commercial litigation, particularly cases involving consumers and data privacy issues. Stewart has successfully defended retailers and other companies in hundreds of consumer class action suits across the country. Stewart has represented clients in high-profile class action litigation arising out of some of the largest data breach events in the country and he has handled a wide variety of other consumer-related class actions, ranging from products and services to federal and state statutory claims. He has litigated consumer class actions in scores of state and federal courts and has won significant victories for his clients at the trial court and appellate levels. He also regularly provides clients with counseling on privacy and consumer-related issues. |
Peter J. Henein Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Peter J. Henein is a partner in the Advocacy Department in the Toronto office of Cassels Brock who specializes in the areas of product liability, class actions and intellectual propert. He works with a wide variety of clients, including franchisors, certification bodies, international auto manufacturers and numerous other manufacturers and distributors around the world. Peter is the Chair of the Recreational Products Specialized Litigation Group. |
The Honorable Roger T. Hughes, Ret. Federal Court of Canada
The Honorable Roger T. Hughes, Ret. served for over a decade on the Federal Court of Canada. A graduate of the University of Toronto Law School, Justice Hughes spent 37 years in private practice as a partner at the firm of Sim, Hughes, Ashton, McKay and McBurney before he was appointed to the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada. Justice Hughes served on the Court Martial Appeal Court from 2006 to 2016 when he was appointed to the Federal Court of Canada. Justice Hughes currently practices as a neutral with JAMS ADR. |
Marsha J. Indych Partner
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Marsha J. Indych handles complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters in jurisdictions throughout the United States, focusing on consumer class actions and domestic and international business disputes. She represents clients from a broad array of industries, including the health care, financial services, media, technology and energy industries. |
Cynthia P. Kolb Vice President, P&C Liability Claims
OneBeacon Insurance Group
Cynthia P. Kolb is a Senior Claim Director at Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, a leading North American specialty insurer that includes the former OneBeacon Insurance Group. In this role, Cynthia has management over all claims arising under CGL, Commercial Auto, Commercial Property Inland, Workers Compensation, Technology Specialty, MedTech Specialty, and Lawyers, Architects, and Engineers professional services policies. Cynthia also serves on the senior claims leadership team and has oversight over the subrogation and fraud teams. Prior to joining Intact, Cynthia was a shareholder in a Minneapolis law firm practicing in the areas of commercial litigation and products liability. Cynthia has been very active in DRI throughout her career, including holding several leadership roles on this committee, such as being one of the founding leaders of the Business Torts SLG. Cynthia currently serves on the Insurance Advisory Group and the steering committee for the Insurance Roundtable.. |
Mark Lanterman Chief Technology Officer
Computer Forensic Services
Mark Lanterman is the Chief Technology Officer of Computer Forensic Services. Before entering the private sector, Mark was a member of the U. S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Taskforce. Mark has 28 years of security and forensic experience and has testified in over 2000 cases. Mark is faculty for the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, D.C., the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada, the University of Minnesota and the Mitchell Hamline Law School. Mark is also a professor in the cybersecurity program at the St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mark completed his postgrad studies in cybersecurity at Harvard University and is certified as a Seized Computer Evidence Recovery Specialist (SCERS) by the Department of Homeland Security. Mark is a member of the Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. |
Peter Lauricella Partner
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Peter Lauricella is the regional managing partner of the Albany office and vice chair of the firm's nationwide Commercial Litigation practice. He represents clients in a wide-variety of complex commercial, contract and corporate litigation matters, including employer unfair competition claims involving non-compete agreements, trade secrets, trademarks, confidentiality agreements and business defamation, across the state and in other jurisdictions. Peter also is regularly retained to defend engineers and architects, accountants, financial professionals, and directors and officers in professional liability lawsuits. He has extensive experience with all phases of litigation in state, federal, administrative and bankruptcy courts, including trials and appeals. Further, Peter represents clients in corporate transactions, such as contracts, financing and governance. Although Peter is based in the firm's Albany office, he represents clients in matters all across New York and in federal courts across the country. |
Kevin T. McCarthy Larson King LLP
Kevin T. McCarthy is an attorney with Larson King in Minnesota. Kevin focuses his practice in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, professional liability, and products liability matters. Kevin is originally from Detroit, Michigan and graduated from the Michigan State University College of Law. Outside of his law practice, Kevin enjoys spending time outdoors hunting and fishing. |
Michael L. (Mike) McCluugage Eimer Stahl LLP
Michael L. (Mike) McCluugage is a partner at Eimer Stahl in Chicago. Over the course of three decades, he has represented clients, including many insurance clients, in antitrust, RICO and conspiracy cases throughout the country. His work has often involved government investigations parallel to the civil proceedings, and internal investigations of potential issues. His practice also involves the counseling of clients on corporate governance implications of high profile lawsuits and investigations. |
David F. McDowell Partner
Morrison & Foerster LLP
David F. McDowell is co-chair of Morrison & Foerster's global Litigation Department resident in Los Angeles, CA. Dave has spent his career on the forefront of legal issues facing retailers and consumer product manufacturers. He worked closely with numerous companies to investigate cyber intrusions and has led the defense of companies facing numerous liability streams arising from them – including employee and consumer class actions and investigations by the FTC, state AGs, and SEC. |
Thomas J. (TJ) Mihill Partner
Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP
Thomas J. (TJ) Mihill practices primarily in intellectual property, business law and litigation. TJ's practice covers a wide variety of business litigation issues, including actions to enforce or defend against restrictive covenants, professional liability actions, shareholder disputes, and various breach of contract, tort, and fraud actions. In the area of intellectual property, TJ has represented individuals and corporations in trademark and copyright registration and infringement, trade secret violations, and cybersquatting actions. TJ is particularly active in internet and video game law and is on the Board of Directors for the Georgia Game Developers Association. |
Amy Mushahwar Alston & Bird
Sandra K. Nowak 3M Company
Sandra K. Nowak is Assistant Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for 3M Company, counseling 3M's Consumer Business Group which makes and sells iconic consumer products sold under some of the world's best-known brands, including Post-it®, Scotch®, and Command™. Since joining 3M in 2005, Ms. Nowak held positions of increasing responsibility within the 3M Legal Affairs Department. In her various roles, Ms. Nowak has worked on various patent, trademark, domain name, and trade secret litigation matters; negotiated numerous global IP agreements; and has filed and/or prosecuted over a hundred patent applications Ms. Nowak began her legal career as an IP attorney with Stoel Rives LLP in Portland, Oregon. Prior to law school, Ms. Nowak performed chemical research for the United States Department of Agriculture. Ms. Nowak has a JD from the University of Oregon law school and a BA (Chemistry) from Franklin and Marshall College. |
Thomas R. Pack Associate
Maslon LLP
Thomas R. Pack is an attorney at Maslon LLP in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he represents businesses in product liability matters, intellectual property disputes, internal investigations, and in other complex business litigation. He helps clients navigate all stages of the litigation process throughout many forums, including federal and state courts, mediation, and arbitration, with a focus on helping clients in the drug and medical device industries Tom is an active member of the DRI Young Lawyers Committee and Drug & Device Committee, and can be reached at thomas.pack@maslon.com or on LinkedIn. |
The Honorable Alan C. Page Justice
Minnesota Supreme Court
The Honorable Alan C. Page was born August 7, 1945, in Canton, Ohio. He graduated from Canton Central Catholic High School in 1963, and received his B.A. in political science from the University of Notre Dame in 1967 and his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1978. After graduating from law school, Alan Page worked as an attorney for a law firm in Minneapolis, then served seven years as an attorney in the office of the Minnesota Attorney General. |
William (Bill) Pittard KaiserDillon PLLC
William (Bill) Pittard is a partner at KaiserDillon PLLC, a litigation boutique in Washington, D.C. Previously, he clerked at the federal trial and appellate level, worked for several years at Williams & Connolly LLP, and worked in the General Counsel's Office for the U.S. House of Representatives. At the House, Bill served primarily as the Deputy General Counsel, with a brief stint as the Acting General Counsel. Bill's practice focuses on congressional investigations. He has helped guide clients through most of the headline-grabbing Washington, D.C. events of the past several years, including in connection with the impeachment of President Trump, allegations of impropriety by Justice Kavanaugh, congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the FBI's investigation of Russia's interference with the 2016 election, congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the FBI's investigation of Secretary Clinton's email server, congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the Trump hotel in Washington, D.C., and congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of alleged politicization of employment practices at the State Department. Bill also has a number of matters in the Federal Election Commission, congressional ethics, grand jury, and general civil litigation spaces. |
Melissa Plunkett Associate
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
Melissa Plunkett is an associate of the Kansas City Office of Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP. Ms. Plunkett defends complex individual and class action product liability litigation and counsels clients on ways to minimize litigation risks. Melissa also defends claims involving advertising, marketing, and sales practices under state and federal consumer protection statutes. She has represented defendants in matters involving tobacco, firearms, household products, and building materials. She serves as Vice-Chair of Diversity for the DRI Commercial Litigation Committee. |
E. Todd Presnell Partner
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
E. Todd Presnell is a partner in Bradley's Nashville office where he practices in the areas of business and em-ployment litigation. Mr. Presnell also counsels and advises in-house legal departments on the attorney-client and other privileges, and authors the popular legal blog Presnell on Privileges. Mr. Presnell is a former chair of DRI's Young Lawyers Committee, former Chair of the DRI Annual Meeting, and currently serves on the DRI Law Institute. |
Amy E. Richardson Partner
Harris Wiltshire & Grannis LLP
Amy E. Richardson is a partner with the law firm of Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP. Ms. Richardson practices in Washington D.C. and Raleigh, North Carolina. She focuses on complex civil litigation and legal ethics and malpractice. Ms. Richardson works closely with retailers and mobile marketers in cases involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. She also has extensive experience with multidistrict litigations. Ms. Richardson has been recognized by Super Lawyers, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and ranked among Business North Carolina magazine's "Legal Elite." She is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University School of Law and Duke University School of Law. |
Rachael L. Rodman Partner
Ulmer & Berne LLP
Rachael L. Rodmanis a partner in Ulmer & Berne's Columbus, Ohio office and is an accomplished litigator who concentrates her practice in the area of intellectual property litigation. She has experience representing clients in a variety of cases involving patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret claims, and counsels clients on how to identify and protect their intellectual property. She is a member of DRI's Women in the Law Committee and IP Litigation Committee and served as the 2019 Chair of DRI's IP Litigation Seminar. She is also actively involved with the Intellectual Property Owners Association, serving on its Diversity & Inclusion Committee and as a Vice Chair of the Women in IP Committee, which strives to promote the representation and advancement of women in IP law. |
Kerri L. Ruttenberg Senior Vice President
Walmart Inc
Kerri L. Ruttenberg is Walmart's Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Litigation, where she manages one of the largest and most diverse litigation portfolios in the world. Before going in-house, Kerri spent her career as a trial lawyer in Washington, DC. She was a partner at Jones Day where she was Head of Litigation for the firm's DC office, and she tried cases in state and federal courts around the country. Based on over 20 years of trial experience, and through working with graphic designers and interviewing jurors, Kerri is a frequent speaker on the effective design and use of visuals in trials and professional presentations. She is the author of the preeminent book on the subject, published by the ABA, called "Images with Impact: Design and Use of Winning Trial Visuals.". |
Mark Sadler Great American Insurance Group
Mark Sadler is a Divisional Vice President in Corporate Claims for the Great American Insurance Group. He is responsible for handling and oversight of all claims that arise within Great American's Cyber Risk Division as well as vendor management and producer relations for cyber claim matters. Mark earned his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the Hamline University School of Law where he was a member of the Law Review. He also earned a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati. |
David E. Sellinger Greenberg Traurig LLP
David E. Sellinger is a Shareholder in Greenberg Traurig's New Jersey office. David focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation matters, including the defense of class actions, and white-collar criminal defense. He regularly defends clients in class actions, including consumer class actions and employment class actions, brought in federal and state courts throughout the country. He is one of counsel currently representing Whole Foods Market Group in Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. v. Molock, a case pending on appeal in the District of Columbia Circuit involving the Bristol-Myers Squibb issue which is one of the topics of today's program. David is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. |
Jeffrey W. Sheehan Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jeffrey W. Sheehan brings appellate experience and a practical perspective to bear on clients' legal and business challenges from the earliest stages of conflicts through final appeals in state and federal courts. Jeff joined Bradley following a clerkship with the Hon. Gilbert S. Merritt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Now, Jeff collaborates with attorneys across the firm to advance clients' interests in disputes involving everything from simple contract or tort claims to fair competition, insurance coverage, state action theories, and other complex issues of state and federal law. |
Bevin Shores Agro Zaffiro LLP
Bevin Shores is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School, Bevin was called to the Bar in 2008. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University at Buffalo, where she graduated magna cum laude. Bevin joined Agro Zaffiro LLP in 2019 after working with a well-known insurance defence boutique and prior to that, a full service firm in the Niagara region. Bevin draws on her experience to develop smart, results-oriented litigation strategies for her clients. With a focus on insurance and commercial litigation, Bevin's experience encompasses a diverse range of specialties, including commercial/construction matters, property claims, products liability, coverage and priority disputes, accident benefits matters, and defending personal injury claims. Bevin is particularly interested in the emerging legal landscape surrounding autonomous vehicles, the sharing economy, and cyber risk. |
Steven T. Snyder Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mark A. Solheim Partner
Larson King LLP
Mark A. Solheim is a partner with Larson King in St. Paul and serves on the firm's executive committee. His trial work focuses on litigation of product, professional, oil & gas and transportation liability matters. Mark has served in leadership positions for state and national defense organizations for many years. Mark served as the President of the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, as Chair of the DRI Trial Tactics Committee, as Co-Chair of the MDLA Nursing Home & Assisted Living Committee, and as Chair of the USLAW Network (2008). In addition, Mark served on the Board of Directors for the Regions Hospital Foundation (2012-2014). |
Dwight W. Stone II Partner
Miles & Stockbridge PC
Dwight W. Stone II is a partner in Miles & Stockbridge P.C.'s Baltimore office. Dwight's practice includes products liability and class action defense, toxic tort and environmental claims, insurance coverage disputes, and other complex business disputes. He regularly represents clients before the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). He has been repeatedly named one of the "Top 100 Maryland Lawyers" in Maryland Super Lawyers, and is listed in Best Lawyers in America for Class Actions/Mass Torts - Defendants, Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law. Dwight is Program Chair for the 2017 DRI Business Litigation Seminar. |
Tracey L. Turnbull Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Tracey L. Turnbull, a partner in the Cleveland, Ohio, office of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, focuses her practice on complex commercial and employment litigation matters. She represents companies and individuals in cases involving contract disputes, covenants not to compete, trade secrets, intellectual property, and product liability claims. Ms. Turnbull is a member of the DRI Intellectual Property Litigation Committee and the webpage/blog chair for the DRI Commercial Litigation Committee. |
David S. Weinstein Partner
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
David S. Weinstein is a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP and a member of the Government Practices Group. His practice focuses on White Collar Defense and Internal Investigations. His clients include corporate and individual clients in need of assistance negotiating the complex myriad of State and Federal laws, rules and regulations. He is a former career State and Federal Prosecutor and a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton and the University of Miami School of Law. |
Corey Willard Gowling WLG
Corey Willard is an Ottawa, Ontario based Gowling WLG associate lawyer. Corey's broad litigation practice includes medical defence, health law, professional liability, general commercial disputes and tax matters. Corey has appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (with and without jury), the Federal Court of Canada, the Tax Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada. Corey frequently appears before several administrative tribunals, including the Consent and Capacity Board, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board. He also advises his clients on complex privacy-related issues. |
Sandra J. (Sandy) Wunderlich Partner
Tucker Ellis LLP
Sandra J. (Sandy) Wunderlich is a partner in the St. Louis office of Tucker Ellis LLP, combines her intellectual property expertise with her commercial litigation background to assist clients in a variety of ways from the threat of litigation through trial and appeals. An experienced trial lawyer, Sandy has been lead counsel in more than a dozen jury and bench trials. Over the past 25 years, she has represented large pharmaceutical manufacturers, agricultural and industrial manufacturers, a Fortune 50 company, and large national banks and credit arms of Fortune 100 companies in matters involving intellectual property, product liability, medical device and pharmaceutical liability, financial services litigation, and other complex litigation. |