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.

Honorable Patrick J. Sherlock, Circuit Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County, Chicago

Honorable Joseph P. Whyte, Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court, St. Louis

Honorable Andrew K. Carruthers, Associate Judge, Illinois 3rd Judicial Circuit Court, Madison County, Edwardsville, IL

Alemayehu A. Ayanaw, HeplerBroom LLC, Edwardsville, IL

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

Bethany Gasperin, Shrader & Associates, LLP, St. Louis

Carolyn Husmann, Sinars Slowikowski Tomaska, St. Louis

Clarissa Gaff, Executive Director, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, St. Louis

Dennis M. Geier, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLP, New York

Derek Ruzicka, Gausnell, O'Keefe & Thomas, LLC, St. Louis

Eric P. Hall, HeplerBroom LLC, Edwardsville, IL

Erin L. Beavers, The Gori Law Firm, Edwardsville, IL

Ivan Cason, The Gori Law Firm, Edwardsville, IL

Jacqueline Redmond, Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C., St. Louis

James P. O'Shea II, Husch Blackwell LLP, Chicago

Jennifer Johnson, Heyl Royster, Edwardsville, IL

Kate Jilka Bree, Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP, St. Louis

Katie Pritchard, Foley & Mansfield, Edwardsville, IL

Lauren Williams, SWMW Law, St. Louis

Mark G. Zellmer, Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis

Matthew J. Adair, Cooney & Conway, Chicago

Meghan Kane, Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC, Belleville, IL

Michael Brockland, SWMW Law, St. Louis

Paige Tungate, Downey Law Group LLC, St. Louis

R. Seth Crompton, Unglesby & Crompton, St. Louis

Sara M. Salger, The Gori Law Firm, St. Louis

Sophie Zavaglia, SWMW Law, St. Louis