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Jennifer M. Hoekstra is a partner with Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC. A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ms. Hoekstra boasts an impressive academic and professional record, including graduation from two of the nation’s top schools. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science from Columbia College, Columbia University in the City of New York. She relocated to Louisiana to attend Tulane Law School, where she earned her J.D. while also completing a certificate in Environmental Law. During her law school career, she spent a semester studying at the University of Wisconsin School of Law and visited on their International Law Journal as a Junior Member during her Hurricane Katrina evacuation semester.

Adam M. Evans is an experienced litigator with expertise in medical products liability, environmental and toxic torts, and aggregate litigation. Adam is widely known as an authoritative voice in the legal community regarding emerging mass tort litigations as well as the science and medicine underlying the cases. Adam has been invited to speak throughout the country to educate lawyers and medical professionals about various topics relating to biomaterials science, medicine, and litigation. Adam joined Dickerson Oxton in 2022 and currently heads the firm’s Mass Tort Division.

Mr. Barlow has tried and won cases on behalf of a diverse spectrum of plaintiffs. Most recently he has represented mesothelioma victims, former college athletes suffering from neurodegenerative diseases as a result of their playing football, victims of defective medical devices and municipalities ravaged by the opioid epidemic. During his career Mr. Barlow has won verdicts on behalf of his clients in the areas of toxic tort, catastrophic injury, and commercial litigation.

Brandon Henry has extensive jury trial experience, having tried more than 25 jury cases to verdict in various state and federal courts, with several involving multimillion-dollar damage claims. He represents clients in the areas of professional liability, product liability, personal injury and wrongful death, as well as commercial and business disputes. Brandon has regularly been recognized by his peers as a top trial lawyer in the Kansas City Metro.

Bryan F. Aylstock earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of North Florida in 1992 (magna cum laude), and graduated number one in his law school section from the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida in May, 1995. Mr. Aylstock founded his firm in 2001, which is now comprised of 21 attorneys and 150 staff members who have directly handled the claims of more than 10,000 clients over the past 21 years. The vast majority of Mr. Aylstock’s legal career has been focused on the representation of individuals injured as a result of defective pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices. Mr. Aylstock is currently serving as one of three Coordinating Co-Lead counsel charged with overseeing five separate Multi-District Litigations (MDLs) involving the use of the pelvic repair system products currently pending before the Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin in the Southern District of West Virginia.

Mr. Andrus is the Mass Tort Manager at Balaban Law LLC.

Reagan Charleston Thomas joined the firm in 2022. Reagan graduated, Magna Cum Laude, from Loyola Law School in 2018. While in law school, Reagan was a member of Loyola Law Review and the Phi Delta Phi Honor Society. Her law journal case note, Hoffman v. 21st Century North American Insurance Company: Abrogation of the Collateral Source Rule?, was selected for publication and appeared in Loyola Law Review. Her comment, Thumbs Down: The Trouble with Compelled Finger Print Access to Smart Devices, was selected for online publication and was cited to in the Federal Magistrate Journal Bulletin. Reagan was also named a William S. Crowe Scholar and was the 2016 recipient of the J. Skelly Wright Award for finishing as the top oralist in oral argument competitions.

Tom Cartmell is a founding partner of the firm, and a leading trial attorney for individuals, businesses and public entities in cases pending across the United States. Tom has been appointed by federal judges throughout the United States to leadership in over a dozen MDL matters, and is widely recognized for his trial skills. Tom has been selected for membership in many prestigious, invitation-only trial lawyer organizations, including the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers. Tom is a multiple time recipient of Best Lawyers of America’s “Lawyer of the Year” Award and is listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. He holds the Martindale-Hubble peer review rating of AV Preeminent.

Tom Pirtle is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who has won a number of groundbreaking verdicts in cases involving defective medical devices and pharmaceutical products. His practice covers a number of fields including: civil litigation, products liability, complex litigation, mass torts, and commercial litigation.