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 Erin Copeland, Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs, Houston Show/Hide Bio
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
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
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
Carmen S. Scott, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Chelsie Green, Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, FL
Courtney L. Mohammadi, Pope McGlamry, Atlanta
Daniel Thornburgh, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
David A. Neiman, Wallace Miller, 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
Emily T. Acosta, Wagstaff Law Firm, Denver
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
Jacqueline Seidel, King & Spalding LLP, New York
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
Keith Jackson, Riley & Jackson, P.C., Birmingham, AL
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, Philadelphia
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
Tiseme Zegeye, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
Tracy A. Finken Magnotta, Anapol Weiss, Philadelphia