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   Trial Lawyers Inc. Asbestos
    A Report on the Asbestos Litigation Industry, 2008

 

Trial Lawyers Inc. Asbestos
A Message from the Director
Introduction
Business Model

Exposing Fraud
Judicial Review
Further Evidence
Conning Clients

Reform Efforts
Recent Developments and Conclusion
Other Resources
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Key Asbestos Experts

 

Mark A. Behrens
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Asbestos Litigation, Tort Reform
(202) 639-5621

 

Jennifer L. Biggs, FCAS, MAAA
Towers Perrin
Actuarial Data and Analysis
(314) 719-5843

 

Lester Brickman
Professor of Law
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Fraud in Diagnoses and Litigation, Legal Ethics
(212) 790-0327

 

James R. Copland
Director, Center for Legal Policy
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Project Manager, Trial Lawyers, Inc.
(212) 599-7000

 

James Tanella
PACE, a unit of Navigant Consulting
Statistics, Proprietary Data Base
(609) 219-8736

 

George L. Priest
Professor of Law and Economics
Yale Law School
Torts, Products Liability
(203) 432-1630

 

Michelle J. White
Professor of Economics
University of California, San Diego
Asbestos Litigation, Bankruptcy
(858) 534-2783

 

John M. Wylie II
President, Wylie Communications, Inc.
Principal Author, Trial Lawyers, Inc.: Asbestos
(918) 443-2428

 


Other Experts

 

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

 

American Enterprise Institute
Legal Center for the Public Interest
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
Amy Kjose, 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
Linda Kelly, Vice President
www.instituteforlegalreform.org
(202) 463-5724

 

Lawyers for Civil Justice
William C. Roedder, Jr., Chairman
David E. Dukes, 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
www.pacificresearch.org
(415) 989-0833

 

RAND Institute for Civil Justice
Robert T. Reville, Director
Eric Helland, Associate 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

 


 

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