HarrisMartin's MDL Conference Speaker Profiles
Co-Chair Larry Taylor, Cochran Firm, Houston Show/Hide Bio
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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
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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 Aimeeās 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