Lana Varney

An experienced trial lawyer in courts all over the country, Lana is known for developing cost-saving and effective legal strategies for defending multiple lawsuits filed in multiple venues. She creates unique approaches to assessing inventories of cases and assisting clients with defending against them. She currently serves as national counsel for several international companies defending […]
Kaspar Stoffelmayr

Kaspar Stoffelmayr is a litigator and trial lawyer at Bartlit Beck in Chicago. He has extensive background in mass tort, product liability, and class action defense, as well as in prosecuting and defending commercial disputes. In addition to successful courtroom advocacy, his experience includes the development of creative litigation and resolution strategies, the efficient management […]
Heidi Levine

Heidi Levine is a global co-leader of the Product Liability and Mass Torts practice, member of Sidley Austin’s Executive Committee, serves on Sidley’s Global Life Sciences Leadership Council, and is a firmwide co-chair of the firm’s women’s initiative. She has defended companies in a wide variety of product liability and mass tort litigation involving pharmaceutical […]
Richard Arsenault

Professor Arthur Miller described Richard Arsenault as one of the “leaders in the area of complex litigation.” Similarly, Professor Edward Sherman, former Dean of Tulane Law School, described Arsenault as one of the “experts in class actions.” Honorable Kenneth W. Starr observed that Arsenault has a “stunning ability to brilliantly multi-task.” LSU Professor Frank Maraist […]
Mark Lanier

Founder of The Lanier Law Firm Mark Lanier is consistently recognized as one of the top civil trial lawyers in America. Best known as a zealous advocate for individuals in personal injury and product liability claims against major corporations, Mark brings passion, creativity and an unparalleled ability to connect with juries in courtrooms across the […]
Rhon Jones

Rhon heads up the firm’s Toxic Torts Section and oversees nursing home abuse and neglect cases. He is one of the top environmental attorneys for plaintiffs in the country. His verdicts and settlements while at Beasley Allen are estimated at $3 billion, and total recovery for all cases he has worked on exceeds $30 billion. […]
Thomas Anapol

Leader in National Medical Device Litigation Thomas Anapol has served in a variety of leadership capacities in state and multidistrict litigation (MDL) Plaintiff Steering Committees (PSC). His roles include: Co-Lead Counsel in the Biomet metal-on-metal hip implant litigation Member of the PSC in the Stryker Rejuvenate & ABG II NJ State coordinated litigation As a […]
James (Jim) Cecchi

Partner/Member of Carella Byrne Cecchi Brody Agnello, P.C. James E. Cecchi founded and directs Carella Byrne’s class action practice – the preeminent consumer class action firm in the State of New Jersey and across the United States. Mr. Cecchi has held leadership positions in many of the nation’s most complex and important consumer class actions […]
Eric Holland

Owner/Partner of Holland Law Firm Eric and his team have consistently handled and tried the largest and most important civil cases in the country, achieving record setting verdicts and settlements in courtrooms in St. Louis and across the country. Over the last fifteen years, Eric has developed his firm’s complex litigation practice, which has followed […]
Sean Modjarrad