Attorney – 45 yrs. Also, an arbitrator, mediator, and consultant. Bar: AL and TN. 4 LL.M.'s and 16 hrs. towards 5 LL.M. Decades of legal services and also decades of ADR, complex litigation, and some MDL’s. Extensive litigation and trial advocacy, including certified class actions and other large/complex cases, often involving prolonged and novel nationwide litigation; served for 14 years as sole Class Counsel for 19,462 Class Members. Reasonably believed such class action then-was the only successful challenge of its kind concerning a Federal educational qualification-standard. Further, as sole Class Counsel, successfully pursued 2 other large class actions. Some experience with MDL personal-injury litigations, such as orthopedic pedicle-screw cases. Also, experience defending class actions
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