Admitted to Practice Law: Ohio 1996, Iowa 2002, Missouri 2016, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio 1996, United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois 2016, United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa 2017, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 2004, United States Supreme Court 2005, United States Court of Federal Claims 2012.
Education: Quincy College (B.A., 1991 cum laude)(Graduate of Honors Program); Valparaiso University (J.D., 1995); Lloyd’s of London Fellow (1995).
Practice Areas: Trial Practice, Mass Torts, Class Actions, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Trucking & Auto Accidents
Mass Tort Experience
- Covidien Hernia Mesh Products Litigation (Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Superior Court, Middlesex County)
- Appointed to Plaintiff’s Executive Committee
- Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Hernia Mesh Products Litigation (Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, before Judge Richard W. Story)
- Appointed to Plaintiff’s Steering Committee
- Atrium Medical Corp. C-Qur Mesh Litigation MDL 2753 (District of New Hampshire before Judge Landya McCafferty)
- Appointed to Plaintiff’s Steering Committee
- Just For Men Mass Tort Litigation (Southern District of Illinois, before Judge David R. Herndon)
- Appointed Co-Lead Counsel
- Imprelis Herbicide Marketing Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation MDL 2284 (Eastern District of Pennsylvania, before Judge Gene Pratter)
- Appointed Lead Counsel
- DuPont De NeMours C-8 Liability Litigation MDL 2433 (Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, before Judge Edmund Sargus)
- Appointed to the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee
- Skechers California Coordinated Litigation (Los Angeles, Judge Elihu Berle)
- Appointed to the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee
- Skechers Toning Shoes Products Liability Litigation MDL 2308 (Western District of Kentucky before Judge Thomas B. Russell)
- Appointed to the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee
- Darvocet/Darvon MDL 2226 (Eastern District of Kentucky before Judge Danny Reeves)
- Appointed Co-Lead Counsel
- Leading the prosecution of those injured by the use of Darvocet/Darvon
- Yaz/Yasmin MDL 2100 (Southern District of Illinois, Judge Herndon)
- Member of the Discovery and Science Committee’s
- Ortho Evra MDL 1742 (Northern District of Ohio, Judge Katz)
- Discovery Committee (co-chair)
- Marketing Committee (member)
- Bellwether Fact Witness Team (chair)
- Compensatory Damage Committee (chair)
- MDL Mediation Team (member)
- Trasylol MDL 1928 (Central District of Florida, Judge Middlebrooks)
- Conducted Depositions
- Trial Preparation