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   Trial Lawyers Inc. Illinois
   A Report on the Lawsuit Industry in Illinois, 2006

 

Trial Lawyers Inc. Illinois
A Message from the Director
Introduction

Focus: Lines of Business
Medical Malpractice
Class Actions
Asbestos

Special Focus: Chicago
Government Relations
Leadership Team
Outlook and Conclusion

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Illinois Experts


Heartland Institute
Joseph L. Bast, President
www.heartland.org
(312) 377-4000


Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Douglas L. Whitley, President and CEO
www.ilchamber.org
(312) 983-7100


Illinois Civil Justice League
Edward D. Murnane, President
www.icjl.org
(847) 222-9673


Illinois Hospital Association
Kenneth C. Robbins, President
www.ihatoday.org
(630) 276-5400


Illinois Manufacturers Association
Greg Baise, President and CEO
www.ima-net.org
(630) 368-5300


Illinois State Medical Society
Peter E. Eupierre, M.D., President
www.isms.org
(312) 782-1654

National Experts


Manhattan Institute Center for Legal Policy
James R. Copland, Director
Walter K. Olson, Senior Fellow
Peter W. Huber, Senior Fellow
www.manhattan-institute.org/clp
(212) 599-7000


AEI-Brookings Joint Center for
Regulatory Studies

Robert W. Hahn, Executive Director
Robert E. Litan, Director
Judyth Pendell, Senior Fellow
www.aei-brookings.org
(202) 862-5847


American Enterprise Institute Liability Project
Ted Frank, Director and Resident Fellow
www.aei.org
(202) 862-5820


American Justice Partnership
Steven B. Hantler, Chairman
Dan Pero, President
www.americanjusticepartnership.com
(517) 371-5256

 

American Legislative Exchange Council
Kristin Armshaw, Director, Civil Justice Task Force
www.alec.org
(202) 466-3800


American Tort Reform Association
Sherman Joyce, President
Victor E. Schwartz, General Counsel
www.atra.org
(202) 682-1163


Common Good
Phillip K. Howard, Founder and Chairman
cgood.org
(212) 576-2700


Federalist Society for Law
and Public Policy Studies

Leonard Leo, Executive Vice President
www.fed-soc.org
(202) 822-8138


Institute for Legal Reform
Lisa A. Rickard, President
www.instituteforlegalreform.org
(202) 463-5724

 

Lawyers for Civil Justice
William C. Roedder, Jr., President
www.lfcj.com
(202) 429-0045


National Association of Manufacturers
John Engler, President and CEO
www.nam.org
(202) 637-3000


Pacific Research Institute
Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO
Lawrence McQuillan, Director, Economic Studies
www.pacificresearch.org
(415) 989-0833


RAND Institute for Civil Justice
Robert T. Reville, Director
www.rand.org/icj
(310) 451-6979


U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO
Stanton Anderson, Senior Counsel
www.uschamber.com
(202) 659-6000


Washington Legal Foundation
Daniel J. Popeo, Chairman and General Counsel
www.wlf.org
(202) 588-0302

 

Other Individual Experts


David E. Bernstein, George Mason University
School of Law
Expert Evidence
(703) 993-8089


Lester Brickman, Cardozo Law School
Asbestos, Legal Ethics
(212) 790-0327


Michael E. DeBow, Cumberland School of Law
Tobacco, Judicial Selection, Reform Politics
(205) 726-2434


Richard A. Epstein, University of Chicago
Law School
Torts, Products Liability, Class Actions
(773) 702-9563


Daniel P. Kessler, Stanford Graduate
School of Business
Empirical Law and Economics, Medical Malpractice
(650) 723-4492


Jonathan Klick, Florida State University
College of Law
Empirical Law and Economics, Medical Malpractice
(850) 644-5714


Michael I. Krauss, George Mason University
School of Law
Torts, Products Liability, Tobacco
(703) 993-8024


Jeffrey O’Connell, University of Virginia
School of Law
Torts, Medical Malpractice
(434) 924-7809


Stephen Presser, Northwestern University
School of Law
Products Liability
(312) 503-8371


George L. Priest, Yale Law School
Torts, Products Liability, Class Actions
(203) 432-1630


Paul H. Rubin, Emory University
Law and Economics
(404) 727-6365


Alex Tabarrok, George Mason University
Empirical Law and Economics, Medical Malpractice
(703) 993-2314


W. Kip Viscusi, Harvard Law School
Empirical Law and Economics, Products Liability
(617) 496-0019


 

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