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Co-Chair Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL Show/Hide Bio

Co-Chair Jennifer M. Hoekstra

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 Erin Copeland, Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs, Houston Show/Hide Bio

Co-Chair Erin Copeland

Erin Copeland currently serves as the court-appointed Lead of the Paragard (birth control) MDL pending in the Northern District of Georgia and Co-Lead of the Suboxone MDL pending in the Northern District of Ohio. She serves on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee of the Hair Relaxer MDL pending in the Northern District of Illinois.

Co-Chair Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick, Motley Rice LLC, Buffalo, NY Show/Hide Bio

Co-Chair Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick

Fidelma Fitzpatrick represents people and communities in toxic tort and environmental matters, including property damage and personal injury claims. Her experience with complex civil litigation has led her to represent other victims of corporate malfeasance, including thousands of women who suffered health problems after receiving medical devices such as Essure®, pelvic mesh/sling products and IUDs, as well as people harmed by consumer products such as chemical hair straighteners.

Adam B. Wolf, Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise, LLP, New Orleans

Alexandra A. Stulpin, Motley Rice LLC, Philadelphia

Amelia Haselkorn, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco

Ashleigh Raso, Nigh Goldenberg Raso & Vaughn, Minneapolis

Brandon D. Henry, Wagstaff & Cartmell, Kansas City, MO

Brendan A. McDonough, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., Cherry Hill, NJ

Bridie Farrell, Aiken Farrell Kroloff, Lake Placid, NY

Buffy K. Martines, Laminack, Pirtle & Martines, Houston

Chelsie Green, Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, FL

Daniel Thornburgh, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL

David A. Neiman, Romanucci & Blandin, Chicago

Diandra “Fu” Debrosse, Dicello Levitt, Birmingham, AL

Donald A. Migliori, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Douglass A. Kreis, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL

Ellen Relkin, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York

Francesca Kester Burne, Morgan and Morgan, P.A., Tampa, FL

Fred Thompson III, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Hannah Pfeifler, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL

Jason S. Goldstein, Parker Waichman LLP, New York

Jim Murdica, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, New York

Joseph F. Rice, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Justin Presnal, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLP, College Station, TX

Karen Hanson Riebel, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis

Katherine Cornell, Cornell Law, Houston

Katherine E. Charonko, Bailey Glasser LLP, Charleston, WV

Keith Jackson, Riley & Jackson, P.C., Birmingham, AL

Kristen M. Hermiz, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Laura K. Stemkowski, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Lee Floyd, Breit Biniazan, Richmond, VA

Maureen Brady, McShane & Brady, LLC, Kansas City, MO

M. Brandon Smith, Childers, Schlueter & Smith, LLC, Atlanta

Mikal C. Watts, Watts Law Firm LLP, Puerto Rico

Mike Daly, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Sejal Brahmbhatt, Williams Hart & Boundas, LLP, Houston

Seth A. Katz, Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C., Englewood, CO

Stacy Hauer, Johnson // Becker, PLLC, St. Paul, MN

Tracy A. Finken Magnotta, Anapol Weiss, Philadelphia

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