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Movers & Shakers

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
August 25, 2009

DeWitt Ross & Stevens announced the launch of a new Consumer Product Safety Practice Group to help clients navigate consumer product compliance issues, including the Consumer Product Safety Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The firm says that it is the only legal team in Wisconsin assembled specifically to address the CPSIA. The team consists of Jordan K. Lamb, Partner and Chair, Stephen A. DiTullio, Managing Partner, Donald L. Bach, Partner, and Brody C. Richter, Associate.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced that its Board of Directors elected four attorneys to partner. Among them is Daisy Khambatta, a member of the firm's Insurance Services Group and Toxic, Environmental, and Mass Tort Practice Group. She represents insurers in all aspects of their business, including claims counseling, litigation, and dispute resolution. Her practice includes the handling of issues involving commercial, primary, umbrella, excess and surplus lines, with a focus on bodily injury and property damage matters involving asbestos and environmental claims. Ms. Khambatta also devotes a substantial portion of her practice to defending companies against asbestos, silicosis, and benzene claims throughout the country.

SmithAmundsen LLC elected five new partners in May. One of them is Molly Arranz, a member of the firm's Toxic, Environmental, and Mass Tort Practice Group. Arranz defends a wide variety of class actions and claims alleging contaminated soil or groundwater brought under Superfund (CERCLA), the Clean Water Act, RCRA or their state counterparts, consumer fraud, breach of contract, data privacy, and statutory violations including the Fair & Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and the Telephone Communications Protection Act (TCPA).

Mindy A. Finnigan has joined the product liability practice group at Baker & Daniels LLP. As an associate, she will practice from the law firm's Chicago office. Ms. Finnigan brings experience in a variety of client actions, including cases involving consumer product defects, premises liability and toxic torts.

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, has named J. Carter Thompson Jr. leader of the firm's Product Liability and Mass Tort practice group. Mr. Thompson, who is also co-chair of the Firm's Drug, Device & Life Sciences team, concentrates his practice in the national, regional and local defense of drug and medical device and other product liability cases. As leader of the Product Liability and Mass Tort Group, he will oversee approximately 70 professionals across the firm's 15 offices.

DeWitt Ross & Stevens announced the launch of a new Consumer Product Safety Practice Group to help clients navigate consumer product compliance issues, including the Consumer Product Safety Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The firm says that it is the only legal team in Wisconsin assembled specifically to address the CPSIA. The team consists of Jordan K. Lamb, Partner and Chair, Stephen A. DiTullio, Managing Partner, Donald L. Bach, Partner, and Brody C. Richter, Associate.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced that its Board of Directors elected four attorneys to partner. Among them is Daisy Khambatta, a member of the firm's Insurance Services Group and Toxic, Environmental, and Mass Tort Practice Group. She represents insurers in all aspects of their business, including claims counseling, litigation, and dispute resolution. Her practice includes the handling of issues involving commercial, primary, umbrella, excess and surplus lines, with a focus on bodily injury and property damage matters involving asbestos and environmental claims. Ms. Khambatta also devotes a substantial portion of her practice to defending companies against asbestos, silicosis, and benzene claims throughout the country.

SmithAmundsen LLC elected five new partners in May. One of them is Molly Arranz, a member of the firm's Toxic, Environmental, and Mass Tort Practice Group. Arranz defends a wide variety of class actions and claims alleging contaminated soil or groundwater brought under Superfund (CERCLA), the Clean Water Act, RCRA or their state counterparts, consumer fraud, breach of contract, data privacy, and statutory violations including the Fair & Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and the Telephone Communications Protection Act (TCPA).

Mindy A. Finnigan has joined the product liability practice group at Baker & Daniels LLP. As an associate, she will practice from the law firm's Chicago office. Ms. Finnigan brings experience in a variety of client actions, including cases involving consumer product defects, premises liability and toxic torts.

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC , has named J. Carter Thompson Jr. leader of the firm's Product Liability and Mass Tort practice group. Mr. Thompson, who is also co-chair of the Firm's Drug, Device & Life Sciences team, concentrates his practice in the national, regional and local defense of drug and medical device and other product liability cases. As leader of the Product Liability and Mass Tort Group, he will oversee approximately 70 professionals across the firm's 15 offices.

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