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IADC Board Member Bonnie Mayfield recently obtained a trial victory in a complex retaliation trial.
De Martenson was inducted into the Class of Fellows by the Alabama Law Foundation in 2019.
Phillip Sykes, Chair of the Business Litigation Committee, highlights some of the easiest ways to get involved.
IADC President Amy Sherry Fischer received DRI's Mary Massaron Award for the Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession.
Susan Ford Robertson, of The Robertson Law Group, LLC, was named Missouri Lawyer of the Year 2020 by Missouri Lawyers Media.
IADC member Bob Allen obtains a ruling that a CGL carrier does not owe a duty to defend due to a professional liability exclusion.
Melissa Dorman Matthews and her colleague David Green achieved an appellate victory in December 2019.
IADC member Chris D'Angelo authors an article on behalf of the IADC for Modern Contractor Solutions.
Jim Shelson, Chair of the Social Justice Pro Bono Committee, shares how the Committee was formed and what they recently have been doing.
IADC member Jordan Lipp recently published the second edition of his seminal book, Product Liability Law & Procedure in Colorado.
Matt Keenan authored an article on witness note taking that was recently published with Law360.
John Nunnally was selected to Business North Carolina's magazine 2020 edition of "Legal Elite" honorees.
IADC member Michael Skram has been elected Managing Shareholder of O'Meara, Leer, Wagner & Kohl, P. A.
IADC members Diane Pradat Pumphrey and Julye Johns Bailey comment in a recent article on nurses requiring their own malpractice prevention education.
Hiroyuki Tezuka, Chair of the International Arbitration Committee, shares what programming you can look forward to this year from the Committee.
IADC President Amy Sherry Fischer is selected as one of this year's recipients of the DRI Mary Massaron Award for the Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession.
IADC member Jim King, along with a trial team of fellow Porter Wright lawyers, secured a second landmark defense win in a major federal antitrust case.
Member Dana Lumsden received the 2019 Diversity and Inclusion Award from the North Carolina and South Carolina Lawyers Weekly publications.
Hildy Sastre of Shook, Hardy & Bacon was named Most Effective Lawyer, Complex Business Litigation by The Daily Business Review.
Erik Legg, Chair of the Medical Defense and Health Law Committee, recaps recent Committee activities and previews upcoming programming.
DBusiness magazine named IADC members Charles Browning, Mary Massaron, and Scott Sirich to its 2020 list of top lawyers.
Past President Craig Thompson has been elected chair of the University of Maryland College Park Foundation Board's Executive Committee.
IADC member Eric Lasker and John Kalas author article for Law360 on behalf of the IADC.
Member Chris Drewry authors an article for Modern Contractor Solutions on behalf of the IADC.
Member Jordan Lipp obtained a defense verdict in June 2019 in a catastrophic injury case.
Ken Meyer, Editor of the Defense Counsel Journal, shares some history about the publication and how you can get involved during our Centennial year.
IADC member Chris Lam has been appointed to the North Carolina Humanities Council Board of Trustees for a three-year term.
IADC members Mark Behrens and Ashley Garry author an article for HarrisMartin's Drugs & Medical Devices Publication.
Many IADC members have been recognized by 2019 Super Lawyers.
Bill Anderson, Chair of the Product Liability Committee, introduces ways you can contribute and get involved.
Member Larry D. Smith, of Southern Trial Counsel, PLC, received the 2019 Diversity Law Institute Diversity Award.
IADC member Matt Keenan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as one of eight new members of the Legal Services Corporation board of directors.
Mark Hansen and Jessie Zeigler, 2020 CLE Steering Committee Chairs, share what you can look forward to with our programming during our Centennial year.
Past President Molly Craig obtained a defense verdict following a medical malpractice trial in Charleston County, South Carolina.
Member Steven Quattlebaum obtained a defense verdict on behalf of Johnson & Johnson in a talcum powder asbestos exposure case.
Member Tom Buckley authored an article for Modern Contractor Solutions' October 2019 issue on behalf of the IADC.
In 2020, the IADC will celebrate 100 years.
Joe Cohen, Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, discusses what the IADC Diversity and Inclusion Award is and current Committee developments.
Member Alexandra Simotta was nominated for a "promoting the best" award in Austria.
Member Jim Shelson represented a charter school association and assisted in defeating a challenge to the Mississippi Charter School Act.
IADC Board Member Michele Smith is the recipient of the 2019 Founders Award from the Texas Association of Defense Counsel.
Tim Daniels, a partner at Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore LLC, has been named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Denny Shupe, a partner at Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, obtained a unanimous jury verdict for the defense following a seven day trial.
Member Matt Keenan authored an article on behalf of the IADC for Today's General Counsel.
Past IADC Board Member Gord McKee has been recognized in Chambers Canada.
Many IADC members have been recognized by Super Lawyers.
Michael Drumke has been named chair of the Cannabis Law and Policy Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of American Bar Association for a one-year term.
Member Michelle Hernandez is being recognized and honored as a New Mexico business leader who is advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Member Marianne J. Gilmartin obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a public utility client following a three-day trial.
Henry Morrissette, Chair of In-House and Law Firm Management Committee, shares how you can get involved.
Member Chris Kenney obtains a defense win after a two-week jury trial in MA Superior Court.
Member Roy Cohen will serve for the next year as Immediate Past Chair for the ABA's Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section.
Member Alexandra Simotta will teach this coming semester at Sigmund Freud University.
Member Connie Lewis Lensing joins Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as counsel.
Member Chris Lam was named a 2019 North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Leaders in the Law.
Murphy & Grantland, PA shareholder Anthony W. Livoti has been awarded the 2019 Fred H. Sievert Award.
M.C. Sungaila is one of 27 U.S. lawyers included in the National Law Journal’s 2019 Equality Trailblazers List.
Amy Sherry Fischer, IADC President, shares what the intention of the Committee Chair Corner is and how you can make the most out of your IADC membership.
Member Bob Allen has been elected to a term on the Board of Regents for the American College of Coverage Counsel.
Many IADC members have been recognized in the 2020 listing from The Best Lawyers in America.
Butler Snow attorney Meade W. Mitchell has been elected revenue officer of the American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section.
Philip L. Willman and his colleague David M. Perron obtain a defense win for their client in a case involving loss of an eye.
Member Lori Johnson was part of a trial team who won a $2 million slander verdict on behalf of their client in Fargo, which is the largest slander verdict in North Dakota history.
Member Steven Sitek has fulfilled the requirements of the Minnesota State Bar Association's certification program.
Member Michael Drumke has been elected to the American Bar Association Board of Governors for a three-year term.
IADC member Chris Drewry authors article on behalf of IADC for Modern Contractor Solutions.
IADC member Tammy Meyer has been recognized by the Lawyers of Distinction.
Member Andrew Laws and his law firm Babbé have been shortlisted in multiple categories for Citywealth's International Financial Centre Awards 2020.
Board Member Spencer Silverglate recently obtained a final summary judgment for client M&M Management.
IADC member George Parker was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Alabama State Bar for 2019-2020.
IADC member Chris Lam has been appointed to the Judicial Independence and Integrity Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association.
Numerous IADC members have been recognized by Who's Who Legal in their Product Liability Defence 2019 analysis.
Members Gordon Sproule and Jennifer Segers obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a long-term care facility.
IADC member David J. Rosenberg won a contentious case on summary judgment in the Court of Common Pleas, Mercer County, PA, Civil Division.
IADC member Tom Buckley authored an article for Modern Contractor Solutions' July 2019 issue.
Member Paul Lefebvre successfully represented Facebook in Belgian litigation.
Member Caryn Jorgensen will join Stokes Lawrence law firm on September 1.
IADC names its new Board of Directors for 2019-2020.
Member Neftali Garro has been elected President of the Board of Directors of Insuralex Global Insurance Lawyers Group.
IADC members Duarte Henriques and Guilherme Rizzo Amaral will speak at the NYIAC event on July 9.
Bonnie Mayfield, Chair of the Employment Law Committee, highlights the cutting edge legal issues the Committee has covered this year.
Member Paul Mogin authors an article titled "Grounded on Newly Discovered Evidence" for the American Criminal Law Review.
Member Glenn Duhl recently authored an article for Modern Restaurant Management on gratuities in the restaurant industry.
Michael Aylward has been elected to serve as the new President of the American College of Coverage Counsel.
Member Matthew Moscon is the new office managing partner for Stoel Rives' Salt Lake City office.
The IADC is pleased to announce that it has launched the IADC Diversity and Inclusion Award and has presented its first award to the Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program (DAPP).
Member Mike Magner secured a victory on behalf of a captain who was detained for more than 19 months.
Mark Hansen, Chair of the Medical Defense and Health Law Committee, shares Committee resources and past and future programming opportunities.
IADC member Chris Lam has been installed as president of the Mecklenburg County Bar for 2019-2020.
IADC member Chris Drewry authors an article for Modern Contractor Solutions on behalf of the IADC.
Jessie Zeigler, Chair of the Product Liability Committee, shares how vast the Committee is and highlights how they serve their members.
Chambers USA 2019 recognizes IADC members.
Member M.C. Sungaila has been named as one of the Top Women Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal.
IADC member J.T. Wilson III and his colleague Elizabeth Duncan Brewer earned an impressive outcome at trial for a railroad client.
Member Todd Wooten along with colleagues Monte Estes and Trey Cooper obtained summary judgment for their client, a psychologist.
Member Scott D. Marrs has been appointed a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Bill Ruskin, Chair of the Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee, shares Committee objectives and what collaborative opportunities you have.
Member Tom Buckley authors an article for Modern Contractor Solutions on behalf of the IADC.
Jennifer Cooper has been named as Chair of the Product Liability and Mass Tort Group at Baker Donelson.
Member Constance A. Endelicato was recently interviewed on behalf of the IADC for a Part B News article on protecting medical practice in the face of opioid charges.
Member Harmon Hayden recently authored an article on behalf of the IADC for Canadian Underwriter.
Member Döne Yalçın was recently appointed to the Management Committee of CMS.
IADC member Anthony Fernandez achieved a defense verdict in a 3-plus week jury trial for their board certified emergency medicine physician.
Sandy Wunderlich, Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee, shares how intellectual property is impacting so many areas of law.
IADC members Stephanie Rippee and Lanier Brown obtained a jury verdict in Sumter County, Alabama.
Mark Behrens, Chair of the Civil Justice Response Committee, shares how the Committee keeps its members up-to-date on civil justice developments.
Past President Andy Kopon obtains a win in Illinois First District Appellate Court on March 25, 2019.
Member Anna Early had a successful settlement with the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Member Jon Barton authored an article for Thomson Reuters Westlaw Journal on behalf of the IADC.
Past Board Member Gord McKee was awarded Product Liability Litigator of the Year by Benchmark Canada.
Michele Smith, Chair of the In-House and Law Firm Management Committee, shares exciting developments that are currently happening.
Nineteen IADC members from three continents and eight countries have been recognized as Global Elite Thought Leaders by Who's Who Legal.
IADC member Philip Willman recently obtained a defense victory in a case leading to near blindness in both eyes.
Member J.T. Wilson received a summary judgment in favor of a public official.
On February 8, 2019, the Supreme Court of Belgium set aside a decision whereby a Belgian Court declares it has no jurisdiction on the basis of a recourse filed by Paul Lefebvre.
Michael Airdo, Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, describes who the Committee serves and what you can get out of participating.
Chip Magid, Chair of the Business Litigation Committee, shares a variety of ways you can get involved.
Chuck Cole obtained a defense jury verdict on January 17, 2019.
Members Erik Legg and Stephanie Rippee author an article for HarrisMartin on behalf of the IADC.
IADC member Manuel Barrocas will receive 'The Order of Sacred Treasure with Gold Rays' award from the Council of Ministers of Japan.
Member Paul Lefebvre successfully represented the European Commission in Belgian Supreme Court in November 2018.
IADC member Michael Drumke has been nominated to the American Bar Association Board of Governors.
Steve Vescovo, Chair of the Transportation Committee, shares about the topics Committee members discuss and programming you can look forward to.
IADC members Thomas Rouhette, Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, and Emmanuèle Lutfalla launch a French law firm office together.
Two firms merge to form Downs Ward Bender Hauptmann & Herzog, P.A.
Member Tom Buckley authored a recent article for Modern Contractor Solutions on behalf of the IADC.
Member Mica Nguyen Worthy obtained favorable results for two aviation clients in 2018.
Tom Buckley, Chair of the Construction Law and Litigation Committee, describes what the Committee addresses and gives suggestions on how to get involved.
IADC member Ed Sledge of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP recently received a favorable verdict in a case for Central Alabama Diagnostics.
On January 1, 2019, IADC member and Past President Joe O'Neil joins Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy; the firm now known as Campbell Conroy & O'Neil.
IADC member James Hemmings has been elected to Tucker Ellis' firm partnership.
IADC member Cathy Havener Greer and special counsel Katherine M. L. Pratt successfully defend sheriff in a jail suicide case.
Member Michael J. Wiggins obtained a defense verdict on December 12 for Stanley Access Technologies.
IADC members Bryant Spann and Curt Webb recently obtained a defense verdict in a product liability claim.
Member Kevin Schiferl has been installed as a Diplomat of the Indiana Defense Trial Counsel.
Member Rick Shoultz joins the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana board.
M.C. Sungaila has been elevated to chair of the Board of Overseers for the RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ).
David Wallace-Jackson, Chair of the White Collar Defense and Investigation Committee, highlights how you can get involved.
Member Winston Gao has been appointed as a panel arbitrator.
Past Board Member Gord McKee, member Francis Rouleau, and their partner Anne Glover author an article for Vanderbilt Law Review on requestor pays discovery rules.
IADC member Kurt Weaver and Kate Briel author an article on lawyers and social media on behalf of the IADC.
Manuel Barrocas, Chair of the International Committee, discusses what it will focus on in terms of membership, programming, and publications.
IADC member Bill Ruskin authored an article for Thomson Reuters on behalf of the IADC.
Member Henry Sneath was lead presenter of a program on The Defend Trade Secrets Act in the Honorable Cathy Bissoon's courtroom.
Four IADC members who are attorneys at Christian & Small have been recognized as Super Lawyers.
IADC members Charles W. Browning and Mary Massaron, of Plunkett Cooney, have been recognized by DBusiness.
Member J.T. Wilson III obtained a summary judgment for a local municipal client.
Member Mark Scheer recently obtained a trial victory in Spokane County, Washington.
IADC member Paul Mogin recently authored an article that was published by The Champion in the September/October 2018 issue.
Member David Wilkinson passed away on November 7, 2018.
Kendall Harrison, Chair of the Amicus Curiae Committee, shares what the Committee does and how they can be of service to the IADC membership.
Past Board Member Tammy White recently authored an article for the Marshall Journal of Medicine.
Five IADC members who are Huie Law partners have been recognized in the 2018 Super Lawyers listing.
Member M.C. Sungaila of Haynes and Boone, LLP has joined the board of the Pacific Symphony.
IADC member Robert Bond was recently appointed as the 2nd Vice President of the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics.
IADC Diversity and Inclusion Chair and Employment Law Chair Bonnie Mayfield has recently been interviewed by a variety of media outlets.
IADC member Bob Latham has been appointed as a board member and a trustee of International ARTICLE 19.
Jason Rose, Chair of the Drug, Device and Biotechnology Committee, highlights his Vice Chairs and the goals they have for the year ahead.
IADC member Deborah Cole recently obtained a defense verdict in an expungement case.
IADC member Matthew Haynes obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a global warehouse retailer in a two day jury trial.
Members Charles Browning, Jerry Galante, Mary Massaron, and Scott Sirich make the Michigan "Super Lawyers" list.
IADC member Guilherme Rizzo Amaral recently spoke in London on the arbitration of Sino-Brazilian disputes.
IADC member Chas Reynolds joins Trenam Law in Tampa, Florida USA.
Melissa Ventrone, Chair of the Cyber Security, Data Privacy and Technology Committee, describes the goals the Committee has for the upcoming year.
Member Jim Rogers and his partner, Kate Helm, received a defense verdict in a medical device case.
IADC President Craig Thompson and IADC members Michael Magner and Scott Tucker were recently inducted as Fellows into the American College of Trial Lawyers.
IADC Past President Rex Linder was honored and roasted on September 26 for his contributions to Mark Linder Walk charity.
Sharon Donaldson Stuart, Chair of the Insurance and Reinsurance Committee, shares what the Committee is doing in order to further the 2018-19 theme.
IADC member David Rheney and Bill Young, of Gallivan White & Boyd, P.A. recently completed two trials on behalf of XPO Express in federal court in Charleston.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP has been recognized for its products liability defence work by Chambers Canada.
Sonia Escobio O'Donnell, Chair of the Appellate Practice Committee, discusses the make up of her Committee and how you can get involved.
Steven Sitek has been elected as President of Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association.
Numerous IADC members from the Plunkett Cooney law firm make the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers in America.
Member Bonnie Mayfield received a trial win in an employment-related case.
Member Chris Kenney will be President of the Massachusetts Bar Association for the 2018-2019 year.
Tim Pinos, Chair of the Class Actions and Multi-Party Litigation Committee, shares how the Committee is making efforts to be as relevant to as many members as possible.
Tucker Ellis LLP lawyers Jonathan Cooper, Jeffrey Healy, and Sandra Wunderlich have been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America.
Member J.K. Leonard has been recognized by Best Lawyers.
Member Bonnie Mayfield has been recognized in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Member Roy Cohen was inducted as Chair of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section for the ABA.
Numerous IADC members of Christian & Small have been recognized in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
IADC member Paul Cauley will chair Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP's national Class Actions Team.
IADC member Bridget Hoy received the Richard S. Arnold Award from the U.S. Court of Appeals.
IADC Past President Gino Marchetti has been named President of the NFJE.
IADC members Bruce Barze and Todd Lowther have been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America.
Matt Keenan, Chair of the Social Justice Pro Bono Committee, shares personal stories of his pro bono work and how you can become involved with the Committee.
Craig Thompson, IADC President, shares his vision and theme for the 2018-2019 Association year.
IADC member M.C. Sungaila has been named a Board of Director for the National Association of Women Lawyers and will serve a three-year term.
IADC member Dorothee Ruckteschler has been appointed as a member of ICC's International Court of Arbitration.
IADC member Chris Drewery authored an article on behalf of the IADC for Modern Contractor Solutions.
A new arbitration law was passed in early July in Argentina.
IADC member Guilherme Rizzo Amaral has been appointed to act as Ambassador to the Commission of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.
Member Sitpah Selvaratnam has been appointed as a member of ICC's International Court of Arbitration.
IADC member Ivan Rodriguez joins Phelps Dunbar, LLP as a partner.
The IADC ended its 2018 Annual Meeting with the recommendation and acceptance of the 2018-2019 Board of Directors members.
IADC member M.C. Sungaila led an appellate team at Haynes and Boone, LLP to secure three courtroom wins.
IADC member Asim Desai, along with a team of Gordon & Rees attorneys, obtained a complete defense verdict in a construction accident case.
IADC member Marsha Piccone will join firm Fox Rothschild LLP in a firm merger.
IADC member Jaime Davis authored an article on FDA advisory action letters for Law360 on behalf of the IADC.
IADC member Jim King led a team that obtained a complete defense verdict for one of the nation's largest egg farms.
Joe Roper is the recipient of the 2018 Ben Ely Jr. Defense Lawyer of the Year Award.
IADC member Andrew Chamberlin recently authored an article for DRI's For the Defense.
Tom McCarron, Chair of the Construction Law and Litigation Committee, shares the Committee's activities from the past year.
Member Alice Spitz was recently awarded "Premises Liability Lawyer of the Year in New York" by Corporate INTL.
IADC member Kurt Gerstner obtained a favorable jury verdict for his client in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
IADC sent a detailed written submission to the Law Commission of Ontario.
IADC member Michael Aylward has been named to serve as President-Elect of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel.
IADC members Jim Rogers and Richard North recently received a defense verdict in a product liability trial.
IADC member Matthew Keenan authors an article for Law360 on mistakes in company witness prep.
IADC member Rodney Umberger of Williams Kastner obtained a defense verdict for his client Quanta Services/Potelco, Inc.
Many IADC members have been acknowledged and recognized by Who's Who Legal in their Product Liability Defence 2018 analysis.
The Mississippi Supreme Court rejects a proposal from a plaintiff's lawyer to permit class actions. Stephanie Rippee submitted a comment on IADC's behalf.
Todd Lowther, Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, discusses the small but mighty Committee and shares a recent project they created.
IADC member Matt Wojcik obtains a defense verdict in a recent medical malpractice trial in Seattle.
IADC member Deirdre McGlinchey has been named Honorary Consul for Netherlands.
IADC members Jon Berkelhammer, Alex Hagan, and Dixie Wells, all of Ellis & Winters LLP, have been ranked by Chambers USA 2018.
IADC member Chris Lam has been installed as president-elect of the Mecklenburg County Bar for 2018-2019.
IADC President-Elect Craig Thompson has been ranked by Chambers USA in their 2018 edition.
IADC member Kendall Harrison obtained a jury award on behalf of his client in a patent infringement case last week.
IADC members Molly Craig and Todd Smyth work together to obtain a defense verdict in a SC medical malpractice case.
Alex Hagan, Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee, describes how the Committee is meeting the intellectual property litigation needs of its members.
IADC Member Walter Judge has been recognized by Chambers as a top lawyer.
IADC member Chris Lam has been named managing partner of his firm's Charlotte office.
IADC member Dixie Wells obtained a summary judgment in a Title IX case in federal court in North Carolina.
IADC members Sharla Frost and Sherry Knutson have been recognized in Chambers USA for 2018.
Member Mary Anne Mellow will be honored with a Litigation Practitioner Award at the 20th annual Women's Justice Awards in St. Louis on May 3.
Member Mica Nguyen Worthy obtained defense results in two North Carolina cases.
Mica Nguyen Worthy obtained a favorable result for a South Korean client in an international dispute.
Member Evan Stephenson won a complete victory on appeal in the Tenth Circuit for Auto-Owners Insurance Company.
IADC members Bobby Hood, Jr., Mary Dillon, and Andrew Chamberlin successfully obtained a summary judgment in a wrongful death action case.
IADC members Andrew Chamberlin and Alex Hagan successfully obtain a protective order on behalf of their French client.
Mark Hansen, Chair of the Medical Defense and Health Law Committee, describes how the Committee provides opportunity and value to its members.
Member Michael Hamilton authored an article for Westlaw Journal on opioid litigation.
IADC member Paul Lefebvre, a partner at Hanotiau & van den Berg, has been named one of Belgium's leading arbitrators.
IADC members John Olah, Peter Pliszka, and Bob Love successfully represented a ski hill owner and investors in the Ontario Court of Appeal.
Cal Watson, Chair of the Professional Liability Committee, describes what the Committee focuses on and recent Committee activities.
Member Chris Drewry, a partner at Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP, authored an article for Modern Contractor Solutions on behalf of the IADC.
IADC Past President Tripp Haston has been invited to address the Yale US-China Forum at the Yale School of Management on April 28, 2018.
Member Scott Wilkov, counsel at Tucker Ellis LLP, and Chad Eggspuehler authored an article for Thomson Reuters Westlaw Journal on behalf of the IADC.
Bill Ruskin, Chair of the Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee, shares how the Committee maximizes the value of your IADC membership.
Member Mark Behrens commented on big law litigation financing in a recent article from Bloomberg Law Big Law Business.
Member Melissa Ventrone recently commented on medical devices cybersecurity to Wolters Kluwer Health Law Daily on behalf of the IADC.
IADC member Robert Kaler authored an article for Modern Contractor Solutions' March 2018 issue on behalf of the IADC.
Michele Smith, Chair of the In-House and Law Firm Management Committee, describes what activities are currently happening within the Committee.
Members Bryon Rice and Kate Skagerberg of Beck Redden have been recognized as 2018 Texas Rising Stars.
Member Jonathan Brogan has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Member Mary Bartkus authored a paper that was published by the Social Science Research Network.
IADC member Cal Watson co-authored the new book The Law of Legal Malpractice in South Carolina.
IADC member and Secretary-Treasurer Archie Reeves successfully represented The New York Times in challenging the sealing of Harper Lee's estate.
Member and past Board Member Tammy White successfully assists the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Member Chas Reynolds has been appointed as a member of the Supreme Court's Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee.
Candace Blydenburgh, Chair of the Environmental and Energy Law Committee, highlights the wide variety of work the Committee handles.
Member Doug Vaughn comments on healthcare blockchain on behalf of the IADC.
International Committee Chair Paul Lefebvre addressed attendees at the International Dinner during the 2018 Midyear Meeting.
Member Chas Reynolds recently published an article on behalf of the IADC in Construction Executive Magazine.
Longtime member and Past President Rex Linder receives the Torchbearer Award.
Eric Watt Wiechmann has been selected as a member of the Connecticut chapter of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.
M.C. Sungaila has been honored as a top lawyer by Super Lawyers and by the Orange County Women Lawyers' Association.
Member Jennifer Doan, along with two other lawyers, had a massive courtroom success for Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the Eastern District of Texas.
Lisa Bondurant, Chair of the Insurance and Reinsurance Committee, touches on a few key components and highlights the Committee’s reach amongst IADC.
IADC member Chris Parkerson has been named to his firm's Board of Directors.
Member Rod Freeman has been named to The Lawyer's annual Hot 100 list.
IADC members Jennifer Cooper, Ken Meyer, and Jim Kochinski recently secured summary judgment in U.S. District Court in Newark.
Past Board Member Nancy Erfle was named one of Law360's 2017 MVPs of the Year.
Mark Behrens, Chair of the Civil Justice Response Committee, describes the Committee's recent work in civil justice developments and shows other ways the Committee serves IADC members.
IADC members Scott Tucker and Brian O'Connell rename their firm.
IADC member and 2018 Trial Academy Director Chris Kenney successfully obtains defense verdict in a complex shareholder dispute case.
IADC member Marty Healy joins firm Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C. as Principal.
IADC members Bruce Barze and Todd Lowther form new law firm Barze Taylor Noles Lowther LLC based in Birmingham, Alabama.
IADC member Jep Barbour obtains defense verdict in a wrongful death case in November 2017.
IADC member Eve Masinter has been named a Louisiana Super Lawyer.
Employment Law Committee Chair Jeff Beemer discusses how the Committee provides the ongoing knowledge and support employment law attorneys need.
Many IADC members have been recognized as 2018 Thought Leaders by Who's Who Legal.
IADC member Bonnie Mayfield talked to Law360 on how general counsel can help law firms become more diverse in 2018.
Member Kirstin Abel has been named as managing partner at Bodyfelt Mount.
Member Karen Glickstein has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a top female lawyer.
Jim King, Chair of the Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee, gives suggestions on how to maintain and improve your trial skills through Committee involvement.
Members Charles W. Browning, Mary Massaron, and Scott H. Sirich have been recognized by DBusiness magazine as Top Lawyers.
IADC member Paul Lefebvre has been recognized by Legal 500 as a leading individual.
Product Liability Chair Jessie Zeigler outlines the extensive opportunities the Committee provides.
Bob Redmond, Chair the 2018 Midyear Meeting CLE Steering Committee, describes what the Committee has planned for the upcoming Midyear Meeting.
IADC members from Christian & Small achieve professional successes over the past year.
Kendall Harrison, Chair of the Amicus Curiae Committee, describes what the Committee does on behalf of the IADC.
A summary of the 2017 International Corporate Counsel College, held November 9 and 10 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
IADC Diversity and Inclusion Chair Bonnie Mayfield was interviewed by Detroit Legal News.
Member Sandra Corbett, QC will receive a Women in the Law Leadership Award on November 9, 2017.
IADC member Peter Pizzi co-authored a recent article for New York Law Journal on ISO code of practice for e-discovery.
Joe Cohen, Chair of the Membership Committee, describes what the Membership Committee does within the Association.
IADC members Stuart Clark, Daan Lunsingh Scheurleer, and Gordon McKee present at recent Institute for Legal Reform conference.
A review of the recent meetings in held throughout China.
IADC member Chris Drewry authored an article on behalf of the IADC for the October 2017 issue of Modern Contractor Solutions.
The IADC has been named the 2017 Outstanding Alliance Award recipient by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR).
IADC member Todd Smyth obtained a defense verdict on behalf of an ophthalmologist and his practice in September 2017.
An update on the IADC's Canadian Class Actions Project Task Force and its work.
Board Member Gord McKee presented a draft paper at the Vanderbilt Law Review Symposium.
Chris Lam, Chair of the Business Litigation Committee, highlights what the Committee is currently working on.
IADC Board member Spencer Silverglate has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America as the 2018 Lawyer of the Year in Miami.
IADC member Matt Wojcik has had numerous wins for his firm Bullivant Houser Bailey.
The IADC submitted comments to the Mississippi Supreme Court opposing the proposed adoption of a class action procedure for the state's court system.
Numerous Beck Redden attorneys who are IADC members have been recognized by Benchmark Litigation.
IADC President-Elect Craig Thompson has been ranked among the "Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America" for 2018 by Benchmark Litigation.
David Anderson and Mike Sullivan, of Collins Einhorn Farrell PC, has been named to the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in America.
Matt Keenan, Chair of the Social Justice Pro Bono Committee, highlights successes of Committee members and how they have fought for the under privileged.
IADC member Beth Fitch authored an article for Thomson Reuters Westlaw Journal on behalf of the IADC.
IADC member Robert J. Kaler authors an article on behalf of the IADC for Modern Contractor Solutions.
IADC member Sandra Corbett, QC will receive the Mary Massaron Award from DRI on October 6, 2017.
IADC member M.C. Sungaila has been named Attorney of the Year by the Orange County Women Lawyers Association.
IADC member Matt Taylor will become the firm chair and CEO of Duane Morris LLP.
Chris Kenney, Director of the 2018 Trial Academy, gives insight into this special program.
IADC member Heather MacMillan-Brown was recently recognized by Best Lawyers Canada and Benchmark Canada.
IADC members Mary Wells, Sheryl Anderson, and Cathy Havener Greer make the 2018 list from Best Lawyers.
Numerous IADC members of the Plunkett Cooney firm have been recognized as Michigan "Super Lawyers."
IADC member Bob Barton has been recognized among the Best Lawyers in America for 2018.
IADC member Joseph Hovermill, of Miles & Stockbridge, obtained a rare win against US EPA and the US Department of Justice.
A letter from the President on helping those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Seven IADC members of Beck Redden LLP were recognized as 2017 Texas Super Lawyers.
Nine Gordon & Rees LLP IADC members have made the 2018 list for Best Lawyers in America.
In August, Anthony Livoti received summary judgment for the defense in a case involving the Easter Bunny that many would describe as “frivolous.”
Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP attorneys Brad Marsh and Stephen Cotter have been recognized by Best Lawyers in America.
Six Brunini IADC members have been recognized by Best Lawyers in America.
IADC members Warren Butler and Mike Wright have been selected for inclusion in the 2018 Best Lawyers in America list.
M.C. Sungaila, a partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP, has been appointed to the ABA's Judicial System's Subcommittee on Federal Courts.
Three Farrell, White & Legg PLLC IADC members have been recognized in the 2018 list by Best Lawyers in America.
Three Tucker Ellis IADC members have been named to the 2018 Best Lawyers in America list.
Two IADC members of Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman have been recognized on the 2018 Best Lawyers in America list.
Three IADC members who are partners at Weber Gallagher have been named by Best Lawyers in America.
IADC member George E. Wolf has been appointed a Circuit Court Judge for the 16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri.
IADC Bill Kelly received the Lexology 2017 Client Choice Award.
IADC member Larry Bailey has been included in the 2018 Best Lawyers in America list.
Paul Lefebvre, Chair of the International Committee, gives an overview of the Committee and ways to get involved.
Numerous IADC members from the firm Gallivan White Boyd has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America to their 2018 Lawyers of the Year list.
Four IADC members from the firm Venable LLP have been recognized on the 2018 list of Best Lawyers in America.
Eight IADC members from Beck Redden LLP have been recognized on the 2018 list from Best Lawyers in America.
Numerous IADC members who are Plunkett Cooney attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers in America.
IADC members Mike Wiggins and Roger Perkins obtained a successful verdict on behalf of their client in a recent product liability suit.
IADC member Chuck Lundberg has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America.
IADC member Eve Masinter has been recognized and listed on the 2018 Best Lawyers in America list.
IADC member Kat Gallagher has been recognized as a top female litigator in the U.S. by Benchmark Litigation.
Bonnie Mayfield, Chair of the Diversity Committee, gives updates and ways you can get involved with the Committee.
Who's Who Legal recognizes numerous IADC members as thought leaders and as leading lawyers in its 2017 edition.
IADC member Carl Aveni recently authored an article for Litigation News, a flagship publication of the ABA Section of Litigation.
IADC member Mary Anne Mellow authored an article on behalf of the IADC for Inbound Logistics' July issue.
IADC member Kay Baxter authored an article on behalf of the IADC for HarrisMartin Asbestos on transparency in asbestos trusts.
IADC President Andy Kopon introduces the newest IADC webpage feature - the Committee Chair Corner.
IADC member Chris Drewry authors an article on behalf of the IADC for Modern Contractor Solutions.
IADC member Jonathan Wright was recently and unanimously appointed Chairman, Morristown Municipal Republican Committee.
The IADC ended its 2017 Annual Meeting with the recommendation and acceptance of the 2017-18 Board of Directors members.
IADC member David Anderson has been elected commissioner of the State Bar of Michigan.
The winners of the 2017 IADC Legal Writing Contest have been announced.
IADC member Tom Hurney received a Diplomat award from the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia at its Annual Meeting.
Eve B. Masinter has been recognized in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA.
IADC members Michael Farrell, Tammy White, and Erik Legg were recognized by Chambers USA.
IADC members Jonathan Berkelhammer, Alex Hagan, and Dixie Wells have been ranked by Chambers USA.
IADC member Robert Kaler authors an article on fixed price contracts for Modern Contractor Solutions on behalf of the IADC.
IADC member Walter Judge has been included in Chambers USA 2017 as a top litigation attorney in Vermont.
IADC member Alice Spitz has been invited to join the prestigious CLM association.
IADC member Paul Lefebvre successfully represented the Russian Federation in a case that resulted in the unfreezing of assets.
IADC member Chad Hutchinson assisted Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc. in a pelvic mesh case.
IADC member Constance Endelicato has recently been honored by The Daily Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, and SCAHRM.
IADC member Todd Smyth obtains a defense verdict on behalf of an orthopedic surgeon in Charleston, SC on April 28, 2017.
IADC members Sharla Frost and Sherry Knutson, of Tucker Ellis LLP, have been ranked by Chambers USA for 2017.
IADC member Brigid Carpenter has been named Managing Shareholder of Baker Donelson's Nashville office.
IADC member M.C. Sungaila, a partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP, was named by the Daily Journal to their Top Women Lawyers in California list.
IADC member Chris Lam was named to new leadership positions with Mecklenburg County Bar and North Carolina Bar Association.
IADC member M.C. Sungaila, a partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP, was recently awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
IADC member Doug McIntosh recently spoke at the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel's Annual Meeting.
IADC member Eve Masinter authored an article with Rachael Coe for Westlaw Journal Employment on behalf of the IADC.
IADC member Carl Aveni authored an article for Litigation News, an American Bar Association publication.
IADC member M.C. Sungaila of Haynes and Boone, LLP, has been honored with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations.
IADC member David Beck has been selected for inclusion in the inaugural Legal 500 U.S. Hall of Fame in the Dispute Resolution - Leading Trial Lawyers category.
M.C. Sungaila, a partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP, gives remarks to MedPage Today for an article about SCOTUS and healthcare.
IADC member Scott Kozak and his colleague Nicolas Cejas authored an article for BNA Health Law Reporter on behalf of the IADC.
IADC member Henry Sneath, of Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C., has been installed as an adjunct professor of law at Duquesne University School of Law.
IADC member Steven Smelser, a partner at Yukevich Cavanaugh, obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of Ford Motor Company.
Board member Craig Thompson authors article for Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
IADC member Leigh Ann Schell joins the New Orleans office of Adams and Reese LLP as Special Counsel.
IADC member Jamie Hood, a partner at Hood Law Firm LLC, obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice trial in Charleston County, South Carolina.
IADC President-Elect Andy Kopon, a founding member of Kopon Airdo, LLC, wins a case on behalf of Marian Catholic High School.
IADC member Robert Kaler authors an article on avoiding international breach of construction contracts for Modern Contractor Solutions on behalf of the IADC.
IADC member Sandy Wunderlich joins Tucker Ellis as Partner in their St. Louis office.
IADC member Anthony Hopp, of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, recently authored an article for Bloomberg News on behalf of the IADC.
IADC member Peter Sperling, a partner at Frilot, LLC, received the 2016 Arceaneaux Professionalism Award from New Orleans Bar Association.
Chris Kenney, co-founder of Kenney & Sams, P.C., successfully defended his client, a national sales executive.
IADC member Eric Azran co-authors article for The Lawyers Weekly on the changing landscape of Canadian takeover law.
Nine new partners join the firm's 12th office, which include IADC members Paul Cauley and Travis Gamble.
An important legal development regarding third-party funding disclosure has occurred.
IADC Board Member Eve Masinter has been named to the Louisiana Super Lawyers list.
IADC member John Cook was named a 2016 Lawyer of the Year by Law Week Colorado.
IADC member Lee Clanton obtains a defense verdict in a wrongful death case.
Bonnie Mayfield, a member at Dykema, recently served as a featured speaker at the DRI's Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium.
IADC member Todd Presnell's blog has been named one of the top 100 blogs for a legal audience by the ABA Journal.
IADC member Gregory Winfree has been appointed as Agency Director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.
Plunkett Cooney Partners Charles W. Browning and Mary Massaron are named 2017 "Top Lawyers" by DBusiness magazine.
Carl A. Maio, a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, helped secure the approval of the State of New Jersey's Department of Banking and Insurance.
IADC member Jessica Scott, a partner at Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, obtains reversal of class certification and remand for USAA in the Montana Supreme Court.
IADC member Michael O'Donnell, Partner and Chairman at Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, received a defense win for Auto-Owners Insurance.
IADC member J. Nathan Cole joins law firm Kenney & Sams, P.C.
Michael L. Fox, a partner at Sedgwick LLP, authors an article on the False Claims Act in Bloomberg BNA.
IADC member Bob Palmer joined Shell Fleming David & Menge, P.A. as partner on October 1, 2016.
Louis Charette, of Lavery, De Billy, L.L.P., obtained a victory for client Emerson Electric Canada, Inc. in the Court of Quebec, District of Montreal.
Member law firm Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson LLC announces updated firm name to reflect the addition of IADC member Thomas Tardy as a named partner.
IADC member Bridget Hoy, of Lewis Rice LLC, was recently named President of the Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis.
IADC members Charles Browning, Jerry Galante, Mary Massaron, and Scott Sirich, of Plunkett Cooney, were named to the Michigan Super Lawyers list.
Donna L. Burden of Burden, Gulisano & Hansen, LLC, and her partner, Sarah Hansen, obtained a defense verdict for a school bus company and its driver.
Charles W. Browning, of Plunkett Cooney, will receive national recognition for coordinating a national bar conference.
Member Michael A. Pope's firm McDermott Will & Emery received the Luminary Leader Award, which recognizes the firm for its dedicated pro bono service.
Tom Buckley, a partner at Hedrick, Gardner, Kincheloe & Garofalo, recently authored an article for Modern Contractor Solutions.
Martin Carrizosa and Fernando Serec have recently been recognized in the Chambers Latin America Awards 2016.
IADC members Michael J. Wiggins and Michael L. O'Donnell successfully help Michelin win in an $80 million rollover crash suit.
Five IADC members from Plunkett Cooney have been included in the 23rd edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Sandy Wunderlich was named co-managing partner of the St. Louis office of Stinson Leonard Street LLP.
Past President Molly H. Craig obtained a defense verdict following a two week medical malpractice trial in Charleston County, South Carolina.
Bud Clarke, President and Shareholder of Clarke Silverglate, P.A., was recognized by Best Lawyers as "Lawyer of the Year" in Miami.
IADC members David Anderson and Michael Sullivan have been named to the 2016 Michigan Super Lawyers list.
M.C. Sungaila, a partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP, was recently appointed as a Commissioner for the ABA Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity.
Win Stuardi and Russell Buffkin of Helmsing, Leach, Herlong, Newman & Rouse, P.C. obtained a defense verdict in favor of a local hospital.
IADC members Bryant Spann and William Book obtained a defense verdict for a respirator manufacturer.
Tucker Ellis partner Sherry Knutson has been elected a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers.
Doug Vaughn authored an article that was recently published by Wolters Kluwer's Health Law Daily newsletter.
Nine Beck Redden LLP lawyers who are IADC members have been recognized by Best Lawyers in America in their 2017 edition.
S. Gene Fendler, Of Counsel at Liskow & Lewis, was recognized by Best Lawyers in America.
E.B. (Chip) Chiles, IV successfully defended a convenience store owner in a malicious-prosecution claim.
Michael J. Sullivan, President of Collins Einhorn Farrell PC, has been recognized by Best Lawyers in their 2017 edition.
Roy Alan Cohen, a principal at Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C., has been elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section.
Connie Pfeiffer, a partner at Beck Redden LLP, has been included in Benchmark Litigation's new accolade "Under 40 Hot List."
IADC member Debora Verdier wins a full defense verdict in an ADA employment case against the City of Phoenix.
Connie Lewis Lensing will receive Citation of Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Arkansas at an October awards celebration.
Mike Weston, of Lederer Weston Craig, PLC, was elected President of the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence.
Numerous IADC members are recognized by Who's Who Legal as the "most highly regarded individuals" for product liability defence.
IADC member James "Jim" Haltom along with Christy Hawkins, both of Haltom & Doan, secured a summary judgment victory for client Lakeland Motors.
McDermott Will & Emery senior counsel Michael Pope was acknowledged in a proclamation presented by the Governor of the State of Illinois.
IADC member Scott Marrs has been named the Regional Managing Partner - Texas for the Akerman LLP law firm.
The IADC announces its new Board of Directors members.
IADC members Ed Sledge and Dana Lumsden authored an article on the CFPB that was published by Westlaw Journal.
Curtis Ott, of Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A., recently obtained a defense verdict in a commercial trucking case after a four day trial.
Bob Remond, a partner at McGuireWoods LLP, recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of Ford Motor Company in a wrongful death trial.
IADC member Larry Smith recently was awarded the G. Kirk Haas Humanitarian Award.
Alex Hagan, head of the litigation department at Ellis & Winters, was named a “leader in the field” for litigation by Chambers USA 2016.
IADC member Paul Lefebvre, a partner at Hanotiau & van den Berg, obtains successful verdict on behalf of Facebook Ireland.
IADC Member and Past President Bill Perry obtained a declaration that the Court had no jurisdiction to hear a claim by a firm of solicitors.
IADC member Sharon Stuart of Christian & Small LLP has been named President-Elect of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.
IADC member David Anderson was sworn in as President of the Oakland County Bar Association in June 2016.
Cliff Greene, of Greene Espell PLLP, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
IADC member Kat Gallagher, a partner at Beck Redden LLP, secured a victory for client Philip Morris.
IADC member Bill Robinson of Frost Brown Todd LLC has been named Chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the American Judicial System.
IADC member Leta Gorman has joined the Portland office of Betts Patterson & Mines as a director.
In memory of IADC member Jay Barry Harris.
IADC member Richard Smith, a partner at Christian & Small LLP, has been appointed to Samford University's Board of Overseers.
IADC member Madeleine McDonough, Partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, has been elected to a five-year term as chair.
IADC member Cal Watson, a member of Sowell Gray, was ranked as a leader in his field in the 2016 edition of Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
IADC member Chris Lam, of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, obtained a total defense verdict on behalf of client 3D Systems Corporation.
IADC member Doug Pomatto, Managing Partner at Heyl Royster, successfully defended a surgeon in a death case alleging medical malpractice.
Past President Molly H. Craig, a partner at Hood Law Firm, LLC, obtained a defense verdict in a five-day medical malpractice case.
Here is an update in regards to Spokeo v. Robins which is a case the IADC submitted an amicus curiae brief for.
M.C. Sungaila, a partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP in Orange County, has been named to the Daily Journal's list of Top Women Lawyers.
IADC member Chris Lam joins Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as a partner.
Steven W. Quattlebaum helps obtain a defense verdict in a case claiming a breach of three oil and gas production contracts.
Alan Thomas, a partner at Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, helped secure a defense verdict in favor of Ford Motor Company on April 12.
IADC member Lela Hollabaugh has been invited to join The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.
IADC member Chuck Lundberg recently commented on the Panama Papers leak in a SecurityWeek article on behalf of the IADC.
Mark Cheffo, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, was recognized in Litigation Daily for an exceptional two weeks of work.
Joseph E. O'Neil, IADC President and Shareholder at Lavin O'Neil Cedrone & DiSipio, assisted GlaxoSmithKline in a mid-trial dismissal of a Paxil birth defect suit.
IADC member Kat Gallagher, of Beck Redden LLP, was selected by Lawyer Monthly to receive the 2016 Women in Law Award.
M.C. Sungaila, a partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP, received her second consecutive California Lawyer of the Year Award (CLAY).
IADC member Sherry Knutson recently joined Tucker Ellis LLP as a Partner in their new office that opened in Chicago, IL.
IADC member Chuck Lundberg was recently recognized by Minnesota Lawyer for Outstanding Service to the Profession.
IADC Past President Rob Hunter was elected to the National Judicial College's Board of Trustees.
IADC members Nelson G. Apjohn and Thomas N. Vanderford successfully represented Hyundai Motor America in a recent product liability trial.
IADC member Dominick Savaiano joins firm Nielsen, Zehe, & Antas, P.C. as Senior Partner.
IADC member Brigid M. Carpenter recently obtained a defense verdict after a four-day trial in Williamson County, Tennessee state court.
IADC members Robert (Bobby) H. Hood, Bobby Hood, Jr., Jamie Hood, and Stephen Coxhead obtained a defense verdict in a wrongful death claim.
Eve B. Masinter, a partner at Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., has been recognized by Chambers USA.
David C. Anderson, a partner at Collins Einhorn Farrell PC, has been named a 2016 Leader in the Law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
IADC Past President George Hodges recently attained a jury verdict for the defense in a product liability action.
IADC member Stephen E. Goldman, a partner at Robinson+Cole, was recently elected as the firm's Managing Partner.
IADC member Kurt Gerstner successfully defends four patent infringement claims brought against his client.
IADC member Steven R. Schwegman, a shareholder at Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., recently obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice action on behalf of a general surgeon.
2016 Corporate Counsel College Dean Connie Lewis Lensing, of FedEx Express, is being honored by the University of Arkansas with the Outstanding Woman in the Legal Profession Award.
Carl A. Maio, a partner at Fox Rothschild, was on a team of attorneys that guided Healthcare Providers Insurance Exchange in an acquisition.
Carl A. Maio, Partner at Fox Rothschild, assisted a New Jersey hospital in becoming the first nonprofit hospital to form an onshore captive in New Jersey.
IADC member Lana Olson, a partner at Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC, recently obtained a defense verdict for U-Haul Co.
David J. Beck, a partner at Beck Redden LLP, was recently honored by the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas with the Luther (Luke) H. Soules III Award.
Warren Butler, a partner at Starnes Davis Florie LLP in Mobile, AL, obtained a favorable verdict for a national insurance company.
IADC members Kyle Dreyer and Wendy May, Partners at Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer LLP, recently helped score a big win for GM in the first bellwether trial.
Todd W. Smyth, of Smith Whitley, LLC, recently received a defense verdict on behalf of a surgeon in a wrongful death case.
Renee Mortimer, partner-in-charge of the Indiana office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, was elected as an officer of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana.
Past President Robert D. Hunter, of Altec, Inc., was elected to the Board of the Product Liability Advisory Council.
M.C. Carrington, a shareholder at Mehaffy Weber, obtained a unanimous verdict in a trial that lasted more than four months.
M.C. Sungaila mentions two Foundation of the IADC projects in a recent Women Lawyers Journal article.
Michael H. Gladstone and J. Matthew Haynes, Jr., of McCandlish Holton, obtained a successful case win for Big Lots Stores, Inc.
Michael A. Brown, Principal at Miles & Stockbridge, was featured as a rainmaker in a recent issue of Diversity and the Bar.
Jamie B. Hood, a partner at Hood Law Firm, LLC, obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a urologist.
Joseph M. Goldberg has been designated by ARIAS•U.S. as a Certified Reinsurance Arbitrator.
IADC President Joe O'Neil and IADC Vice President of Corporate Fred Paliani co-author an article for Today's General Counsel that analyzes the IADC's Inside/Outside Counsel Relationship Survey.
Past President Molly H. Craig, Partner at Hood Law Firm LLC, obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice trial in Horry County, South Carolina.
William T. (Bill) Robinson, III, member at Frost Brown Todd LLC, was elected as a Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
DBusiness magazine recently named Charles W. Browning and Mary Massaron, of Plunkett Cooney, to its 2016 list of “Top Lawyers.”
IADC Jeffrey A. Healy, of Tucker Ellis LLP, is named a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer.
Scott Marrs, a partner at Beirne, Maynard & Parsons in Houston, recently obtained a defense verdict in a recent trial.
The 2016 Trial Academy faculty has been chosen and announced.
IADC member Ianika Tzankova, of Bentham Europe, will chair a panel at an upcoming BIICL conference in London on December 8.
Jack "Skip" McCowan, a partner at Gordon & Rees in San Francisco, was recently appointed Chair of DRI's Center of Law and Public Policy.
IADC member Tony Dongwook Kang, a partner at Bae, Kim & Lee, LLC, was lead counsel and helped the plaintiff win the case that was recently ruled in Korean Supreme Court.
The 2016 edition of Benchmark Litigation honors members David Beck, Kat Gallagher, David Gunn, and Joe W. Redden, Jr., from Beck Redden.
IADC member and Chair of the Medical Defense and Health Law Committee Doug Vaughn comments on EHR gag clauses in an article on behalf of the IADC.
David W. Zizik, Founding Partner and Managing Attorney at Zizik Professional Corporation, was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel.
IADC member David J. Beck is being honored by the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists (TACTAS) with the Lifetime of Excellence in Advocacy Award.
Brian S. Duffy recently joined Spicer Rudstrom as Of Counsel, bringing more than 40 years of experience.
Mark Behrens, Partner at Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, was honored with the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform Individual Achievement Award.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Partner Lela Hollabaugh was recently appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court Task Force - the Indigent Representation Task Force.
Michigan Super Lawyers magazine recently recognized IADC members Mary Massaron, Charles W. Browning, Scott H. Sirich, and Jerome A. Galante of Plunkett Cooney.
Mary Massaron, a partner at Plunkett Cooney, served as co-editor of an ABA civil rights book.
Alex J. Hagan has been appointed as Chair of the DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee.
IADC member Alex Hagan, head of the litigation group at Ellis & Winters, was recently elected to American Board of Trial Advocates.
M.C. Sungaila, Partner at Haynes and Boone LLP, made a comment in a recently published Westlaw Journal Aviation article on behalf of the IADC.
Kat Gallagher, a partner at Beck Redden, assisted Beck Redden in a win in the first trial over Prosima pelvic mesh. She tried the case for Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Ethicon, Inc.
IADC members Mary Margaret Gay and Thomas Tardy join the firm Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson.
M.C. Sungaila, Partner at Haynes and Boone LLP, was appointed to the Judicial Council's Appellate Advisory Committee and the State Bar of California Appellate Courts Committee.
Michelle A. Hernandez, of Modrall Spring, was appointed as Regional President of the Hispanic National Bar Association for the region that includes New Mexico and Utah.
The IADC's Inside/Outside Counsel Relationship Survey was recently highlighted in an article in October's edition of The Corporate Counselor.
Steve Schwegman, a firm shareholder of Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., recently obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case on behalf of an emergency room physician.
IADC member Susanna Norelid, of Advokatfirman NorelidHolm, will be speaking at the upcoming IBA Annual Meeting in Vienna.
Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard attorney and shareholder Elia Diaz-Yaeger has been installed as National Secretary of the Hispanic National Bar Association.
Mary Massaron, a partner at Plunkett Cooney, recently co-authored an article for DRI's book titled “A Young Lawyer’s Guide to Defense Practice."
Member Ianika Tzankova will speak at the September 25 colloquium event put on by the Paris Bar.
Tonya G. Newman, partner in the General & Commercial Litigation and Insurance Policyholder practice groups at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, has been named to the 14th annual Women Worth Watching® Award list.
Three IADC members of Weber Gallagher were named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in America list.
S. Stuart Clark, of Clayton Utz, was recognized in this year's Order of Australia 2015 Honours List.
Six IADC members who are of the Beck Redden law firm recently made the 2015 Texas Super Lawyers list.
M.C. Sungaila, a partner at Haynes Boone, LLP, recently won a 9th Circuit reversal for a transgernder immigrant.
89 Nexsen Pruet attorneys have been named to the 2016 list of Best Lawyers in America, including four that are IADC members.
Thirty Plunkett Cooney attorneys, five of which are IADC members, were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for 2016.
David C. Anderson and Michael J. Sullivan, of Collins Einhorn Farrell PC, were recognized on the 2015 Michigan Super Lawyers list.
Lela Hollabaugh, a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP was appointed as the managing partner for the firm's Nashville office.
Top 250 Women in Litigation is dedicated to honoring the accomplishments of America’s leading female trial lawyers and features female litigators from all 50 states, plus D.C.
M.C. Sungaila has joined the firm Haynes and Boone, LLP as Partner in the Appellate Practice Group in the Orange County office.
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons partner Scott D. Marrs has been appointed by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution to its Panel of Distinguished International Arbitrators.
Jeffrey A. Holmstrand was recognized in the 2016 edition of Best Lawyers in America and named Morgantown Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year.
IADC members William Godbold, Douglas Dooley, and Gary Napolitan, of Leitner Williams Dooley & Napolitan PLLC, were all named to the 2016 edition of Best Lawyers in America.
Gary L. Johnson, Shareholder and Practice Chair at Richard, Brandt, Miller & Nelson, was just named to The Legal Elite in Utah Business Magazine.
Five IADC members from Tucker Ellis LLP were named to the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Six IADC members of Beck Redden LLP were recently recognized on the 2016 edition of Best Lawyers in America.
IADC Board Member Eve B. Masinter, of Breazele Sachse & Wilson, was recognized on the 2016 Best Lawyers in America list.
Eleven Collins Einhorn Farrell PC attorneys, two of which are IADC members, have been named to the 2016 edition of Best Lawyers in America©.
David C. Anderson, of Collins Einhord Farrell PC, was recently recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2016 Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants "Lawyer of the Year" for metro Detroit.
IADC member Malini Moorthy, of Bayer Corporation, was recently included on InsideCounsel's R3-100 list.
James W. Shelson, a partner at Phelps Dunbar LLP, was recently named a Fellow of the American Bar Association.
The Inside/Outside Counsel Relationship Survey explores the relationship between inside and outside counsel and how to make that relationship more productive.
Bonnie Mayfield, of Dykema Gossett PLLC in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, was a featured speaker at the POWER conference and the CCWC Conference.
IADC Board Member Craig A. Thompson just published his most recent article with Diversity and the Bar titled "Dominate the Center: The Key to Victory."
John R. Penhallegon, of Cornblatt, Bennett, Penhallegon & Roberson, recently received a defense verdict after a five day medical malpractice trial.
Kat Gallagher, Partner in Beck Redden’s Houston office, has been invited to become a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL).
Edward S. Sledge IV, a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP in Birmingham, AL, received the 2015 Alabama Star Bar President's Award.
Jeffrey A. Holmstrand becomes President of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia in June.
IADC Board Member Craig Thompson has been elected to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Numerous IADC members present and past are recognized in the latest Product Liability Defence listing from Who's Who Legal.
Larry D. Smith, a partner at Southern Trial Counsel PLC, received DRI's 2015 Sheryl J. Willert Pioneer Diversity Award on June 11, 2015.
Mary-Christine Sungaila, a partner at Haynes & Boone, LLP, recently published an article with The Woman Advocate on the benefits of board service.
IADC member S. Stuart Clark, a partner at Clayton Utz in Sydney, was recently recognized in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his significant service in law.
IADC members John R. Penhallegon and Mary Alane Downs had judgment entered in favor of their clients while representing codefendants in the same medical malpractice death case.
Craig A. Thompson, IADC Board Member and Partner at Venable LLP, authored an article on learning how to not be afraid of being afraid for MCCA's Diversity & the Bar.
M.C. Sungaila, of Snell & Wilmer LLP, was named as a top labor and employment lawyer in California.
Mark Behrens, of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, recently authored a legal opinion paper on asbestos defendants for Washington Legal Foundation.
E. F. “Rick” Straub, Jr., of Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Straub, defended a medical malpractice case involving a general surgeon's care.
E. F. "Rick" Straub, Jr., of Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Straub, PLLC, successfully defended a surgeon in a medical negligence case.
Jeffrey R. Lilly, a partner at Gordon & Rees, LLP, authored an article on spoliation and the long-awaited federal e-discovery rule changes for Inside Counsel.
Eve B. Masinter, IADC Board Member and Partner at Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., was recognized in the 2015 edition of Chambers USA.
IADC members Ianika Tzankova, David Rosenberg, and Bill Perry co-authored an article on U.S. markets evolving subrogation strategy for Insurance Day.
John J. Walsh, a partner at Hodges, Walsh and Messemer, LLP, recently obtained a defense verdict for the City of Mount Vernon in an excessive force case.
William J. Perry, Past President and Senior Partner at Carter Perry Bailey LLP, won a contractual dispute in the Judicial Committee of Her Majesty's Privy Council.
The Daily Journal recently named Mary-Christine Sungaila, Partner at Snell & Wilmer, to the Top Women Lawyers list.
Jamie B. Hood, a partner at Hood Law Firm, LLC, obtained a defense verdict for a prominent plaintiff’s trial attorney following a five day defamation trial in Charleston County, South Carolina.
Immediate Past President Molly H. Craig, Partner at Hood Law Firm, LLC, recently obtained a favorable defense verdict in a medical malpractice case.
Steven R. Schwegman, Shareholder at Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of an orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice case.
Stephen D. Brody, a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, has been appointed co-chair of the firm’s Product Liability and Mass Torts Group.
IADC member Sharla Frost joins the firm Tucker Ellis as a partner in the firm's Houston office.
David J. Beck, of Beck Redden, has been recognized as the Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Texas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Cal Watson, a member of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, was selected to the 2015 Super Lawyers list.
iCivics has established the Sandra Day O’Connor Legacy Fund to provide consistent, yearly support for the organization.
Mark Behrens, a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, recently authored an article on pending changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on pretrial discovery.
IADC members Michael J. Farrell and Erik W. Legg recently successfully defended against a Petition for a Writ of Prohibition filed against their pharmaceutical client.
Tamela J. White, a Member of Farrell, White & Legg PLLC, successfully obtained summary judgment for a major health care client.
Tamela J. White, IADC Board Member and Member of Farrell, White & Legg PLLC, achieved a defense verdict for a health care provider in regards to a wrongful death claim.
IADC member David J. Rosenberg, of Weber Gallagher, successfully represented the City of Hermitage in a freedom of speech case.
Craig A. Thompson, IADC Board Member and Partner at Venable LLP, authors an article on storytelling and making your audience care at trial for Diversity & the Bar.
The Foundation of the IADC is proud to announce a $100,000 donation to the newly created Sandra Day O’Connor Legacy Fund, which benefits iCivics.
M.C. Sungaila, Partner at Snell & Wilmer, assisted the California Court of Appeal in rejecting an Establishment Clause challenge to teaching yoga in Encinitas public schools.
M.C. Sungaila, Partner at Snell & Wilmer, recently received the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association's Attorney of the Year Award.
Cal Watson, a member of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, was honored at the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s 2015 Leadership in Law awards dinner on March 12.
IADC member Steve Schwegman, of Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., recently obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case for a urologist.
J. Calhoun Watson, of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, has recently been recognized in the latest edition of Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
Law firm Wiggin and Dana LLP's Product Liability Group recently receives award from the Connecticut Law Tribune.
IADC member Allen Gibson, of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, was named President of the American College of Construction Lawyers.
IADC member Stephen E. Scheve, of Reed Smith LLP in Houston, obtained a defense verdict on behalf of Jindal Saw Ltd. in January 2015.
Four IADC members from Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP were listed in The International Who’s Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers 2015.
IADC member Anita Hotchkiss, Partner at Goldberg Segalla, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Jersey Law Journal.
M.C. Sungaila, Partner at Snell & Wilmer, was recently honored with a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award by California Lawyers Magazine.
IADC member Bruce Stanley, Stockholder at Henderson Franklin in Fort Myers, FL, has maintained Florida Bar Board Certification in Civil Trial Law for 30 years.
IADC member Dominick W. Savaino joins national law firm Wilson Elser as Partner, along with his seven member team.
Jeffrey R. Lilly, Partner at Gordon & Rees, LLP, authored an article entitled "Proposed E-Discovery Amendments Are Only the First Step" for Texas Lawyer on February 12, 2015.
IADC member Deborah K. St. Lawrence Thompson was selected to receive the Practitioner of the Year Award from the University of Maryland's Francis King Carey School of Law Black Law Student Association.
Jennifer Haltom Doan, a partner at Haltom & Doan, was named a Pro Bono Champion in the February issue of the Texas Bar Journal.
Craig A. Thompson, Board Member and a partner at Venable LLP, was recently selected to become a member of The National Black Lawyer - Top 100.
Wendy J. Miles, of Boies, Schiller & Flexner (UK) LLP, was appointed as Queen's Counsel on January 15, 2015.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation formally announced that iCivics is one of just nine nonprofits worldwide to receive their prestigious MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions (MACEI).
Immediate Past President Molly H. Craig, Partner at Hood Law Firm, LLC obtained a favorable verdict in a medical malpractice case in Charleston County, South Carolina.
E. Paul Cauley, Jr. and Martin J. Healy, of Sedgwick LLP, recently defeated a class action on behalf of a major automaker.
Thomas G. Segalla, Partner at Goldberg Segalla, is Editor of the new Reinsurance Deskbook from Thomson Reuters and DRI.
Eve B. Masinter, Partner at Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., was named to the 2015 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers.
On November 3, 2014 Tamara L. Boeck, of Stoel Rives LLP, received verdict against a developer for continuing nuisance, trespass, water diversion, and negligence.
William J. Perry, Partner at Carter Perry Bailey LLP in London, was recognized on the Top 100 London Lawyers list in Superlawyers.
IADC member Bonnie Mayfield, of Dykema, received the Women of Color Achievement Award from the 100 Black Men of Greater Detroit.
Kenneth R. Meyer, Partner at McCarter & English, LLP, recently obtained a defense verdict after a one-week trial in a product liability case involving a cement truck.
S. Stuart Clark, Partner at Clayton Utz in Sydney, was recently elected President-Elect of the Law Council of Australia.
IADC Board member Emmanuèle Lutfalla's firm was recently awarded the Trophée d’Or at Leaders League Law Trophy Awards.
Maryland's Court of Appeals, in an opinion issued on November 21, affirmed a dismissal on immunity grounds in favor of defendants represented by IADC member John R. Penhallegon.
IADC member David Rosenberg oversee's Pitt Law's mock trial program. Pitt Law recently won the Regional ABA Labor and Employment Law Trial Advocacy Competition.
IADC member Michele Smith, of MehaffyWeber, is elected President of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel.
2014 Trial Academy Director John R. Penhallegon, of Cornblatt, Bennett, Penhallegon & Roberson, P.A., received a defense award after a four day binding medical malpractice arbitration proceeding.
James M. Campbell, Shareholder and President of Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy, is elected a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers.
IADC member Steve Schwegman, of Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., obtains a defense verdict in a medical malpractice suit on behalf of a general surgeon.
IADC member Elizabeth Bondurant joins Womble Carlyle at its Atlanta office as Partner.
Bonnie Mayfield, a member of Dykema's Litigation and Labor & Employment practices, was a featured presenter at the 5th Annual POWER Detroit conference.
John R. Penhallegon, of Cornblatt, Bennett, Penhallegon & Roberson, received a defense verdict in a wrongful death case.
Robert F. Redmond, Jr., Partner at McGuireWoods LLP, was honored by The American Inn of Courts at the Celebration of Excellence on October 25.
Katherine Posner, a partner at Condon & Forsyth LLP, is a co-editor of the recently published 4th edition of the highly-regarded insurance treatise, Margo on Aviation Insurance.
Lawyers for Civil Justice received the Outstanding Alliance Award at the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform's 15th Annual Legal Reform Summit on October 21, 2014.
Mari Henry Leigh, Partner at Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson, LLP, will be speaking at the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance's Litigation Management Institute on October 19.
Spencer H. Silverglate, Managing Shareholder at Clarke Silverglate, P.A., has been appointed Chair of the Employment and Labor Law Committee of DRI.
Molly H. Craig, Partner at Hood Law Firm LLC, obtained a favorable defense verdict in a medical malpractice case in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
Bobby Hood, Jr., of Hood Law Firm LLC, obtained a defense verdict in a four day legal malpractice case in Lexington County, South Carolina.
Christopher A. Kenney, a founding member and managing shareholder of Kenney & Sams, P.C., obtained a favorable defense verdict for his client, a national restaurant chain.
Erin K. Higgins of Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP receives the 2014 Edmund S. Muskie Pro Bono Service Award.
John R. Mitchell, a partner at Thompson Hine, assisted a Thompson Hine team in winning an appeal for Amish defendant in a beard-trimming case.
Mary-Christine Sungaila, a partner at Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., was appointed to the Judicial Council of California's Advisory Committee on Civil Jury Instructions for a three year term.
Jon Berkelhammer, a partner at Ellis & Winters, was chosen as an honoree for North Carolina Lawyers Weekly's 2014 "Leaders in the Law" awards.
Bonnie Mayfield, member of Dykema's Litigation Practice Group, co-authored an article with Thomas L. Sager for DRI's publication For the Defense.
Thomas J. Hurney, Jr., of Jackson Kelly PLLC, was presented with The Robert L. Ghiz Award by the West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company.
Michele Smith, of MehaffyWeber, receives the 2014 Cris Quinn Community Service Award from the Jefferson County Bar Association.
Mary-Christine Sungaila, of Snell & Wilmer, received favorable summary judgment for Domino's Pizza LLC in a case involving franchisor liability.
IADC member Bonnie Mayfield of Dykema Gossett co-led a team that obtained restitution in favor of a pro bono client who was a victim of human trafficking.
Many IADC members were recognized and named to the 2015 edition of Best Lawyers in America.
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P. trial lawyer Scott D. Marrs has been elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Law firm Kaye Scholer, led by IADC member Pamela J. Yates, successfully has additional experts excluded in a multi-district litigation case for Pfizer, Inc.
IADC member Pamela J. Yates, a partner at Kaye Scholer in Los Angeles, led the Kaye Scholer team successfully in a case involving birth control litigation for Endo Pharmaceuticals.
Four Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A. attorneys who are IADC members were recognized as Legal Elite by Greenville Business Magazine.
IADC member Charles Cole and Margaret Fitzsimmons of Schuyler Roche & Crisham, P.C. in Chicago, Illinois successfully defended an emergency medicine physician.
The 2014 Annual Meeting was quite the success. The meeting ended with the recommendation and acceptance of these new IADC Board of Directors members.
Peyton Chapman, a shareholder at Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., recently achieved a defense verdict in favor of a local hospital.
IADC members Alan Thomas and Lanier Brown helped secure a product liability defense verdict in favor of Toyota.
IADC member Flavio Bertoli recently joined the firm Osram Licht AG.
IADC member Christopher A. Kenney, of Kenney & Sams, P.C., obtained a favorable judgment in a complex river realignment lawsuit in Boston.
The National Law Journal has named the firm Plunkett Cooney among the top 350 largest law firms in America.
Eve B. Masinter, a partner at Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., has been named to the 2014 edition of Chambers USA.
William A. Ruskin has joined Gordon & Rees as a partner in the Environmental/Toxic Tort and Agricultural Chemicals & Pesticides Practice Groups.
Daniel B. White and John T. Lay, Jr., of Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A., have been selected along with their firm for inclusion in the 2014 edition of Chambers USA, Leading Lawyers for Business.
Larry D. Smith, Managing Partner of Southern Trial Counsel | PLC, has been selected to the 2014 Florida Super Lawyers list for the seventh consecutive year.
James M. Campbell, Shareholder and President of Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy, obtained a defense verdict in a claim of defect for Honda.
Sandra Corbett Q.C., of Field LLP, is the thirteenth recipient of the prestigious Lee Samis Award of Excellence from the Canadian Defence Lawyers.
Brian O'Connell recently appeared as a legal analyst on Fox 25 Boston to comment on the May 2014 Providence, Rhode Island circus accident.
Rebecca J. Wilson, of Peabody & Arnold LLP, recently received a defense verdict in a sex discrimination and retaliation case.
Thomas J. Hurney, Jr., a member at Jackson Kelly PLLC, was presented with the first Defense Lawyer of the Year Award from the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (DTCWV).
Michael M. Marick, a partner at Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP, has been elected to the Board of Regents of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel.
David Wilkinson was successful in the English Court of Appeal in a case brought under legislation that is now more than 125 years old.
Monica A. Frois, Shareholder at Baker Donelson, has been named to the board of managers of the Hermann-Grima and Gallier Historic Houses.
Michael J. Farrell, Founding Member of Farrell, White & Legg PLLC, was honored with an induction into the June Harless Center Hall of Fame.
Mary-Christine "M.C." Sungaila, Partner at Snell & Wilmer, has been named to the Daily Journal's 2014 list of Top Women Lawyers.
J. Calhoun Watson, of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte in Columbia, is sworn in today as the 2014-15 President for the South Carolina Bar.
John J. Haggerty, of Fox Rothschild LLP, will develop and manage the overall strategy for the firm's coast-to-coast network of litigation attorneys.
Six IADC members of the law firm Christian & Small were recognized by 2014 Alabama Super Lawyers.
David W. Zizik, of Zizik, Powers, O'Connell, Spaulding & Lamontagne, P.C., wins appeal in Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Trial Academy Director John R. Penhallegon, of Cornblatt, Bennett, Penhallegon & Roberson, P.A., received a defense verdict after an eight day trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.
Spencer H. Silverglate, Managing Shareholder of Clarke Silverglate P.A. in Miami, has been elected as Chair of the Florida Association of Managing Partners.
Ralph Martinez, of McEwan, Martinez & Dukes, P.A., received the 2014 Professionalism Award from the Orange County Bar Association.
Tamela J. White, Member of Farrell, White & Legg PLLC, has been elected to sit on the Society of Yeager Scholars Board of Directors at Marshall University.
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons LLP Partner Scott Marrs was named to Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre's Panel of Arbitrators.
Christopher A. Kenney, Partner at Kenney & Sams, P.C., achieved a defense verdict for an industry-leading national restaurant chain.
Sheryl Willert, of Williams Kastner, was honored with the Most Powerful and Influential Women Award by the Washington Diversity Council at a ceremony in Seattle.
LaBella S. Alvis, Partner at Christian & Small, was appointed to serve on the board of directors of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Members Walter Judge and Jeffrey A. Cohen submit an amicus brief to the Vermont Supreme Court in regards to a products liability case.
Jon Berkelhammer joins Ellis & Winters as Partner.
IADC Board of Director John T. Lay is elected president-elect of the South Carolina Chapter of ABOTA.
William J. Kelly, III and Julie M. Walker form the new firm Kelly & Walker, LLC in Denver, CO.
IADC member John E. Cuttino joins Gallivan, White, & Boyd, P.A.'s Columbia, SC office.
IADC member Mac. B. Greaves joins Jones Walker LLP in Birmingham, Alabama in early March.
Sandra L. Corbett, Partner at Field Law, received the designation of Queen's Counsel on February 26, 2014.
Attorney Charles W. Browning was recently re-elected to Plunkett Cooney's Board of Directors.
On February 24, IADC member and Trial Academy Director John R. Penhallegon received a defense jury verdict after a one week medical malpractice trial.
Mary G. Pryor, Senior Member at The Cavanagh Law Firm, P.A., recently obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case involving recurrent appendicitis.