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Co-Chair Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL Show/Hide Bio
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.
Co-Chair Erin Copeland, Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs, Houston Show/Hide Bio
ERIN COPELAND currently serves as the court-appointed Co-Lead of the Paragard (birth control) MDL pending in the Northern District of Georgia. She was also recently appointed to the leadership committee of the Hair Relaxer MDL pending in the Northern District of Illinois.
Co-Chair Larry Taylor, Cochran Firm, Houston Show/Hide Bio
Larry oversees our Mass Torts, Criminal, Employment and Civil Rights practice areas as well as leads our community involvement efforts. While Larry is active daily in Mass Tort litigation he continues to play a role in client communications, and those cases that involve everyday folks. He is an active coach in youth sports and sits on a number of diverse community stakeholder entities.
Aideen Gaffney, Vice President, Class Action and Mass Tort Solutions, Epiq, Lake Oswego, OR
Alexis N. Lilly, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Annie McAdams, Annie McAdams PC, Houston
Ava Cavaco, Nigh Goldenberg Raso & Vaughn, Minneapolis
Breean “B.W.” Walas, Bullock Ward Mason, Atlanta
Bryan F. Aylstock, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Bryan L. Clobes, Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Chicago *
Danae Benton, The Cochran Firm, Dallas
Hannah Pfeifler, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Jason G. Cohen, Bracewell LLP, Houston
Jason S. Goldstein, Parker Waichman LLP, New York
Jennie Lee Anderson, Andrus Anderson LLP, San Francisco
Joshua Harris, Partner and Director of Mass Tort Litigation, Gomez Trial Attorneys, St. Petersburg, FL
J. Ryan Ziminskas, Clark, Love & Hutson, Houston
Justin Presnal, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLP, College Station, TX
Kevin M. Davis, Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, DC
Kiley Grombacher, Bradley/Grombacher LLP, Westlake Village, CA
Kyle C. Usner, Hair Shunnarah Trial Attorneys, New Orleans
Lee Floyd, Breit Biniazan, Richmond, VA
Lisa Ann Gorshe, Johnson Becker, PLLC, St. Paul, MN
Madeleine Brumley Clavier, Wagstaff Law Firm, Lafayette, LA
Melissa Hague, The Joel Bieber Firm, Philadelphia
Nancy McEvily Davis, Bracewell LLP, Houston
Rachel Sykes, Pearson Butler, South Jordan, UT
Richard D. Meadow, Director of Business Development, The Lanier Law Firm, Houston
Sarah R. London, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
Seth A. Katz, Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C., Englewood, CO
Steve Rotman, Hausfeld LLP, Boston
Tina Bullock, Bullock Ward Mason, Atlanta