HarrisMartin's Midwest Asbestos Litigation Conference Speaker Profiles
Co-Chair Amy E. Garrett, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC, Alton, IL Show/Hide Bio
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
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