HarrisMartin's Midwest Asbestos Litigation Conference Speaker Profiles



Co-Chair Amy E. Garrett, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC, Alton, IL Show/Hide Bio

Co-Chair Amy E. Garrett

Shareholder Amy Garrett brings more than 22 years of litigation experience to her leadership role as Assistant Managing Shareholder at Simmons Hanly Conroy. She has developed a fierce reputation for protecting the rights of her asbestos and complex litigation clients both in and out of the courtroom.

Co-Chair Brenda G. Baum, HeplerBroom LLC, Edwardsville, IL Show/Hide Bio

Co-Chair Brenda G. Baum

Brenda G. Baum focuses her practice on mass tort lawsuits involving products liability. Since 2001, she has represented product manufacturers, sellers, and premises defendants in thousands of cases pending in some of the most plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions in Illinois and Missouri, in addition to overseeing cases filed in other plaintiff-oriented jurisdictions such as California, Louisiana, New York, and others.

Hon. Andrew Gleeson, Chief Judge, Illinois 20th Judicial Circuit Court, St. Clair County, Belleville, IL

Hon. Andrew Carruthers, Associate Judge, Illinois 3rd Judicial Circuit, Madison County, Edwardsville, IL

Adam S. McGonigle, HeplerBroom LLC, St. Louis

Allyson Romani, Shrader & Associates L.L.P., Maryville, IL

Amy L. Merideth, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St. Louis

Andrew S. Williams, Simmons Hanly Conroy, Alton, IL

Anita M. Kidd, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St. Louis

Ashleigh Johnson, Foley & Mansfield, St. Louis

Carolyn Husmann, Sinars Slowikowski Tomaska, St. Louis

Catherine E. Goldhaber, Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP, Chicago

Christopher T. Layloff, The Gori Law Firm, Edwardsville, IL

D’Arcy L.R. Rapp, Shrader & Associates, LLP, Maryville, IL

Eric P. Hall, HeplerBroom, Edwardsville, IL

Jennifer Johnson, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., Edwardsville, IL

John Steffan, Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd, LLC, St. Louis

Judith Conway, Cooney & Conway, Chicago

Lauren Williams, SWMW Law, St. Louis

Martavious Antwon Thomas, The Gori Law Firm, Edwardsville, IL

Merce’de Savala, Director of the Government Lawyering Externship Program, Washington University School of Law Career Center, St. Louis

Paige Tungate, Downey Law Group LLC, St. Louis

Randy S. Cohn, Simmons Hanly Conroy, Alton, IL

Stacey Kurich, Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd, LLC, St. Louis