HarrisMartin's MDL Conference Speaker Profiles



Co-Chair Larry Taylor, Cochran Firm, Houston Show/Hide Bio

Co-Chair Larry Taylor

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.

Co-Chair Aimee H. Wagstaff, Wagstaff Law Firm, Denver Show/Hide Bio

Co-Chair Aimee H. Wagstaff

Aimee is the founding member of Wagstaff Law Firm. She has dedicated the entirety of her professional life to fighting against pharmaceutical and medical device companies who harm her clients by continually putting profits before safety. The vast majority of Aimeeā€™s litigation is done through national mass tort consolidations, usually multidistrict litigations (MDLs) or Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings (JCCPs). In that regard, Aimee has been appointed by federal and state court Judges across the country to co-lead four national litigations by the age of 40, such litigations representing tens of thousands of injured claimants.

Cameron Azari, Senior Vice President, Epiq, Beaverton, OR

Daniel Charest, Burns Charest, Dallas

David A. Straite, CIPP/US, DiCello Levitt LLP, New York

Hollie Spicer, Director, EAG Gulf Coast, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA

Kate M. Baxter-Kauf, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis

Kristie A. LaSalle, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Boston

Lauren McGeever, Managing Director, Class Action and Mass Tort Solutions, Epiq, New York

Michael Srodoski, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, Colchester, CT

Patrick Huyett, Walsh Law, Philadelphia

Patrick McGahan, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, Colchester, CT

R. Brent Wisner, Wisner Baum, Greenbrae, CA

R. Jason Richards, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL

Ryan Beattie, Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, AL

Shreedhar R. Patel, Simon Greenstone Panatier, PC, Houston

Stephen J. Teti, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Boston

Tristan Axelrod, Brown Rudnick LLP, Boston, MA

Warren T. Burns, Burns Charest, Dallas