HarrisMartin's MDL Conference Speaker Profiles
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 Kenneth S. Byrd, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Nashville, TN Show/Hide Bio
A partner based in our Nashville office, Kenneth S. Byrd is an experienced trial attorney at Lieff Cabraser, obtaining several large jury trial verdicts against Big Tobacco over the past several years. He received the Tennessee Association for Justice’s 2015 Paladin Award for his successful litigation against cigarette manufacturers R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA Inc., and Lorillard Tobacco Company in Florida federal courts. The Paladin Award is TAJ’s highest honor and is given to the state’s top trial lawyer of the year. Kenny’s successful work on these cases included separate $27 million and $41 million jury verdicts that were upheld on appeal.
Adam B. Wolf, Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise, LLP, Los Angeles
Adam C. Silverstein, Otterbourg, P.C., New York
Alyson Steele Beridon, HSGLaW, Cincinnati
Amelia Haselkorn, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
Andrew Kaufman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Nashville
Ariela M. Migdal, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC
Ashleigh Raso, Nigh Goldenberg Raso & Vaughn, Minneapolis
Bradley D. Honnold, Goza & Honnold, Overland Park, KS
Bret Stanley, Johnson Law Group, Houston
Caitlin Woods, Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
Christopher E. Coleman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Nashville
David G. Evans, David G. Evans Attorney at Law, LLC, Flemington, NJ
Eric D. Barton, Wagstaff & Cartmell, Kansas City, MO
Janna Maples, Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, PLLC, Nashville
Jason S. Goldstein, Parker Waichman LLP, New York
Jim Murdica, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Los Angeles
Jimmy A. Ruck, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC
Judge Jack Garvey (Ret.), Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, PLLC, St. Louis
Katy Krottinger, The Monsour Law Firm, Longview, TX
Kristine Kraft, Schlichter Bogard, LLP, St. Louis
Mark M. Abramowitz, DiCello Levitt, Cleveland
Michael G. Stewart, Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, PLLC, Nashville
Nina Gliozzo, Girard Sharp, San Francisco
Sarah R. London, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
Shayna E. Sacks, Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, New York
Starr Culpepper, Culpepper & Associates, Birmingham, AL
Tiseme Zegeye, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
Tracey B. Cowan, Clarkson Law Firm P.C., San Francisco