HarrisMartin's MDL Conference: HIV Drugs, Valsartan, 3M Earplugs and Litigating in a Post-Fosamax World Speaker Profiles
Co-Chair Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL Show/Hide Bio
Neil D. Overholtz specializes in pharmaceutical litigation, and has successfully handled thousands of defective drug and medical device cases, including fen-phen, Rezulin, Baycol, Bextra/Celebrex, Vioxx, Medtronic Defibrillators, and Guidant Defibrillators.
Recently, Mr. Overholtz has the distinction of having been appointed as national counsel on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees for several federal products liability MDL’s (Mullti-District litigations), including the Trasylol MDL pending in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, before the Honorable Judge Middlebrooks, the Viagra MDL in the District Court in Minnesota, before the Honorable Judge Magnuson, as well as the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lead Wire MDL before United States District Court Judge Richard Kyle. Additionally, Mr. Overholtz has served as co-lead counsel in the In Re America Online, Inc Version 5.0 Software Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1341 (S.D. Fla), helping to negotiate a cash settlement for affected AOL members in excess of $15 Million as well as significant injunctive relief.
Mr. Overholtz has also recently served as co-chair of the Defective Medtronic Pacemakers and Defibrillators MDL discovery committee, and lead the firm’s efforts in national litigation, which resulted in a settlement of over $100 Million dollars. United States District Judge James Rosenbaum appointed Mr. Overholtz, to serve 25 of the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee Fee Committee. Mr. Overholtz also served a key role on the Guidant Defibrillators and Pacemakers MDL, which resulted in a settlement of over $200 Million dollars.
Co-Chair Shelly Sanford, Watts Guerra LLP, Austin, TX Show/Hide Bio
Shelly Sanford attended the University of Texas at Austin where she received a degree in journalism before attending St. Mary’s University School of Law. During her time at law school, Ms. Sanford was the President of the St. Thomas Moore Society and attended UT Law School while she completed a judicial internship with the Hon. Raul Gonzales on the Supreme Court of Texas.
After law school, Ms. Sanford worked at the O’Quinn Law Firm in Houston, Texas. In 2001, she joined the partnership of Goforth Lewis Sanford LLP before founding her own law firm, Shelly A. Sanford PLLC in 2007. Shelly joined Watts Guerra LLP in 2017.
Brian Barr, Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, FL
Jonathan D. Boggs, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Charleston, WV
Orran Brown, BrownGreer PLC, Richmond, VA
David R. Buchanan, Seeger Weiss, LLP, New York
Warren T. Burns, Burns Charest LLP, Dallas
Katherine E. Charonko, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Charleston, WV
Erin Copeland, Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs, Houston
A.J. de Bartolomeo, Tadler Law LLP, San Francisco
Jaime L. Dodge, Director, The Institute for Complex Litigation and Mass Claims, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta
Nicholas J. Drakulich, The Drakulich Firm, APLC, San Diego
Brenda S. Fulmer, Searcy Denney, West Palm Beach, FL
Hon. David R. Herndon (Ret.), Herndon Resolution LLC, Edwardsville, IL
Jennifer Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Bradley D. Honnold, Goza & Honnold, LLC, Overland Park, KS
Laurence D. King, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, San Francisco
Bill Mulvey, Vice President, Garretson Resolution Group, Cincinnati
Ryan McDevitt, Keller Rohrback Law Offices, LLP, Seattle
Alicia O'Neill, Mauro, Archer, O’Neill, Washington, DC
Steve Nober, Founder/CEO, Consumer Attorney Marketing Group (CAMG), Woodland Hills, CA
Gale D. Pearson, Fears | Nachawati Law Firm, Minneapolis
Todd S. Garber, Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber, LLP, White Plains, NY
Ellen K. Reisman, Reisman Karron Greene LLP, Washington, DC
Jean S. Martin, Morgan & Morgan, Tampa, FL
Jack M. Rutherford, Rutherford Law, Los Angeles
Ginger Susman, Esq., Executive Chairman, Archer Systems, LLC, Denver
Alexander Scherer, Co-Owner, Director of Business Development, Urbn Leaf, San Diego, San Diego
Sri Gupta, Senior Litigation Consultant, International Litigation Services, Inc. (ILS), Pensacola, FL
Adriane Theis, Reisman Karron Greene LLP, Washington, DC
Joseph VanZandt, Beasley Allen, Montgomery, AL
Guy L. Watts II, Watts Guerra LLP, Austin, TX
Tina Wolfson, Ahdoot & Wolfson, Los Angeles