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Brian Easton has practiced law since 1995 and has spent the entire 20 years of his practice as a personal injury attorney working only for injured persons. In recognition of his years of trial skill, professionalism, and ethics, Brian is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) – one of the most select and exclusive associations for trial attorneys and judges. He has also been selected to the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum® – The Top Trial Lawyers in America® (an honor given to less than 1% of attorneys in the United States), and has been chosen each year since 2014 as a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyer. Brian has also received the designation of Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters. In addition, Brian has received a Commendation from the City of Lancaster for Demonstrating Excellence in Trial Advocacy in the Superior Court of California and is in the registry of Who’s Who for Executives and Professionals in the Law for 2014 and 2015.. Brian received his B.A. degree Magna Cum Laude (Top 10%) from Brigham Young University, in 1992, and his Juris Doctor Cum Laude (Top 20%) from Brigham Young University in 1995. Brian has been admitted to practice law in California since 1995 and is also admitted to practice before the Central and Southern Districts of the United States District Courts. Brian has argued cases before the California Court of Appeals and has tried cases in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and San Bernardino Counties.. Over his career Brian has obtained more than 40 Million Dollars for his clients from the insurance companies and has represented thousands of people in personal injury claims and accidents. These include automobile accidents; boating and aviation accidents; assaults; defective products; claims arising against cities, counties, and the state of California for roads, sidewalks, and other governmental properties that cause injury; trip/slip and fall claims; dog bites; and medical malpractice cases.. Representing injured people against large insurance companies, corporations, and other so-called “Goliaths” brings a special satisfaction to Brian. In a single recent 6-month period, Brian was able to obtain $2,000,000 for a gentleman who fell off an unsafe scaffold due to the fact that he put a ladder on top of the scaffold to make it higher; $1,250,000 for a woman who was in a T-Bone collision and required a neck fusion surgery; and $500,000 for a woman struck by a student riding a bicycle on a campus sidewalk. Each of the above claims were originally disputed by the defendants’ insurance companies, but Brian’s skill and hard work allowed him to provide justice and compensation to the injured and needy victims.

Mr. Wainwright joined the Civil Litigation Practice Group of McCormick Barstow in 2003. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Wainwright had practiced at law firms in Visalia, Fresno and San Jose, with a focus on general civil litigation matters, governmental tort claims, construction litigation, personal injury and the defense of Workers’ Compensation claims.. Mr. Wainwright has a solid background in defense litigation of actions involving professional malpractice (both medical and legal), personal injury, product liability, slip and fall, premises liability, automobile accidents, trucking accidents, property damage, wrongful death, dog bite cases, uninsured and under-insured motorist cases, and public entity cases. His practice also focuses on insurance fraud (SIU) and RICO claims arising out of fraudulent and/or illegal conduct related to insurance claims. He has taken and defended hundreds of depositions of every type of witness, from plaintiffs and defendants to expert doctors, economists, engineers and accident reconstructionists. Mr. Wainwright has successfully defended clients in numerous civil Court and Jury Trials in California’s Superior Court as well as in the U.S. Eastern District Court.. Mr. Wainwright is admitted to practice before all California State Courts, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of California, and U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.

Kathryn L. Conway joined Power Rogers in November of 2011. A staunch advocate for protecting the rights of individuals, she goes to great lengths to achieve optimal outcomes for her clients. She obtained her J.D. from Loyal University Chicago School of Law, and handles cases including wrongful death, automobile negligence, bicycle, and motorcycle collisions. Ms. Conway is also passionate about giving back to her community. She serves on the Associate Board of Chicago Jesuit Academy and Sarah’s Inn. For her accomplishments, she was named an Illinois Rising Star by Super Lawyers, an honor only awarded to 2.5% of injury attorneys in Illinois.

Kendall grew up in LaGrange, Ga., and graduated with honors from LaGrange High School in 1989, after serving his senior class as president. He was awarded a full scholarship throughout his matriculation at the University of Georgia. Kendall earned a degree in Corporate Finance from UGA. Among a host of UGA honors, Kendall says one of his most treasured honors was being elected President of the Zeta Iota chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated.. Kendall says he was inspired to law from two sources. One was a legal television serious popular in the 1980s called “L.A. Law,” which initially piqued his interest in the legal field. As he began to explore the field, Kendall says he realized the importance of the court system to the Civil Rights movement. Landmark court cases decided by the Courts in that fight were a major inspiration to his pursuing a legal career.. A recipient of the Calloway Scholarship, Kendall is a graduate of the University of Alabama School Of Law and is licensed to practice in both Alabama and Georgia. He has participated in numerous legal and community organizations, including a task force charged with reconfiguring Alabama’s method of rendering legal services to the State’s underprivileged population. Kendall is a charter member of the 100 Black Men of Birmingham.. Before coming to work at Beasley Allen, Kendall worked in the litigation section of a prominent defense firm for two and a half years. At Beasley Allen, Kendall practices in the areas of Product Liability, General Personal Injury, and Workers’ Compensation cases involving defective industrial machinery. Kendall has worked on numerous cases with goals of compensating clients for their losses and influencing corporations to design and manufacture safer products.. Kendall was a member of the trial team that handled a wrongful death case against a corporate defendant resulting in the largest jury verdict ever in Selma, Ala. That suit also influenced the corporate defendant to outfit its entire fleet of trucks with audible backup alarms. Kendall handled the bus collision case in Huntsville, Ala., that resulted in the death of four students and numerous injuries. The suit resulted in the cancellation of the contract between the County and the Defendant, which had the duty to safely transport students to school in Madison County.. Most recently, Kendall has been involved in several multimillion dollar lawsuits, including a $24.75 million verdict in a premises liability case; an $18.79 million verdict in a commercial truck product liability case; a $5.75 million verdict for the children who lost their father in a maritime lawsuit; and a $4.7 million verdict in a seat belt failure case. He and his Beasley Allen law partner Mike Andrews also recently secured an $8 million jury verdict on behalf of a woman serious injured when her Volkswagen suddenly accelerated out of her control and crashed.. About his practice, Kendall says, “I am most proud of my ability to help people, especially those people who have been injured through the fault of product manufacturers. A catastrophic injury can dramatically change a person and their family’s lives. It is good to know that we can help people with at least one aspect of their recovery. You can’t replace a body part of a loved one, but you can ease the burden by explaining what happened, obtaining a financial recovery to facilitate their ‘new normal’ and by influencing change for safety through litigation. I often find that clients are more satisfied when they know their litigation was instrumental in fostering safety changes so they will know that another innocent person won’t have to suffer as they are.”. Kendall says he believes Beasley Allen’s goals and purpose sets it apart from other law firms, in that the firm’s mission statement of “Helping those who need it most” is not just a slogan, it’s who we are and what we do. He says he thinks it is most interesting that Beasley Allen consists of a group of lawyers who could easily be independently successful in other places, but stay together by choice. Kendall believes Beasley Allen is a strong firm because the lawyers lean on each other, help each other, and support each other as they all strive for a greater good.. Kendall has served as the president of both the Alabama Lawyers Association and the Capital City Bar Association. He recently completed a term as a Board Member for the National Bar Association. He served on the Board of the Montgomery County Bar Association until he was elected to the Executive Committee. Kendall is Past President of the Montgomery County Bar Association having the distinct honor of being the first African-American President. He is a member of the Alabama State Bar and serves on the Diversity Committee, a position appointed by the State Bar President. He serves on the Alabama Curriculum Committee for the Board of Examiners, where he is authoring the new Tort section. Additionally, he authored the Torts section and videotaped the presentation to be viewed by all taking the Alabama Bar Exam.. Beasley Allen was recognized by Law360 as one of the Top 10 Law Firms for Black Attorneys in the U.S., and also for having the highest percentage of African-American partners among the top 10 firms.. Kendall was selected as Beasley Allen’s Litigator of the Year in 2013, and again in 2015. In 2014, Kendall was recognized as our firm’s Personal Injury Section Lawyer of the Year. He also has been selected for inclusion on the Best Lawyers in America list since 2016. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.. Kendall is married to Samarria Munnerlyn Dunson. Samarria, a lawyer, is Director of the Office of Compliance and Ethics for the Alabama Department of Public Health. Kendall and Samarria have three children. The Dunsons worship at both First Baptist Church and Resurrection Catholic Church. In his spare time, Kendall is an avid golfer and reader. He loves science fiction TV shows and movies. Kendall says he is also forced to watch more Nick Junior and Disney Junior than he cares to admit at the behest of his daughters. But he confesses that he and his son enjoy watching and discussing professional wrestling.

Danielle joined Beasley Allen Law Firm as an associate in 2009 and has spent the past seven years in the firm's Mass Torts Section, investigating claims involving dangerous drugs and medical devices. She was named a principal at the firm in 2015 and is the first African-American woman to achieve that status.. Currently, Danielle is the lead attorney handling the firm’s Invokana litigation, representing clients that have suffered adverse side effects, which can include diabetic coma and death, from the blood sugar regulating medicine. In January 2017, Danielle was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) for consolidated multidistrict litigation (MDL) pending in New Jersey federal court concerning Invokana’s link to kidney damage and diabetic ketoacidosis.. The lawsuits allege Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, failed to properly test the type 2 diabetes drug and warn consumers, health care professionals and the medical community of the risks and consequences of using it. U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti was appointed by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to preside over the MDL, which consolidated 55 cases from across the United States.. She also serves as the firm’s lead attorney for its Reglan litigation, where she has done extensive work in ensuring the survival of those claims despite the challenges created by the Supreme Court’s generic preemption decision, Pliva v. Mensing, in 2011. Reglan is associated with the development of uncontrolled muscle movements, a permanent and incurable condition known as Tardive Dyskinesia.. In addition to her work as lead attorney for Invokana and Reglan claims, Danielle devotes the rest of her practice to talcum powder litigation against defendants Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Inc., and Imerys Talc America Inc. In February 2016, Danielle, along with her law partners Jere Beasley, Ted Meadows and David Dearing, secured a $72 million verdict against these defendants in St. Louis City Court on behalf of the family of Jackie Fox. The verdict includes $10 million in actual damages and $62 million in punitive damages. The jury found Johnson & Johnson guilty of negligence, conspiracy and fraud.. The talc litigation trial team secured a second verdict in May on behalf of plaintiff Gloria Ristesund, and a third in October on behalf of plaintiff Deborah Giannecchini. The jury awarded Ms. Ristesund $55 million, including $5 million in actual damages and $50 million in punitive damages, and the jury awarded Ms. Giannecchini $70 million, including $575,000 in medical damages, $2 million in compensatory damages, and $65 million in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson and $2.5 million in punitive damages against Imerys. In May 2017, the team secured a fourth verdict on behalf of Lois Slemp. That jury awarded Ms. Slemp $110 million, including $5.4 million in compensatory damages and $105 million in punitive damages against the two companies.. More than 1,200 others nationwide claim that Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products, when used in the perineal area, significantly increases a woman’s risk of developing ovarian cancer. There are multiple trial settings this year, and Danielle will be a member of the trial team for all upcoming cases. Danielle and the other members of the talc litigation team were nominated as a finalist for the 2016 Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Award in recognition of their work on these cases.. Danielle’s civil litigation experience has focused primarily on claims that impact and highlight important issues in women’s health, a cause for which she is most proud to advance. Prior to moving full-time to the talc litigation, she was one of the attorneys litigating claims related to transvaginal mesh (TVM). Transvaginal mesh is used to repair conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. Reported complications from transvaginal placement of the mesh include erosion of the mesh into the vaginal tissue, organ perforation, pain, infection, painful intercourse and urinary and fecal incontinence. Often women require surgery to remove the mesh. In some cases, this can require multiple procedures without successful removing all of the mesh. The TVM claims involve transvaginal mesh manufactured by Bard, Boston Scientific, Caldera, Cook Medical and Johnson & Johnson and more than 70,000 women have been affected by these unreasonably dangerous products.. As an associate, Danielle was an integral part of the Hormone Replacement Therapy litigation. Hormone Replacement Therapy, including drugs such as Premarin, Prempro and Provera, have been associated with the development of breast cancer, and a black box warning was added to these products to address this very serious risk. The drugs also were promoted for off-label uses, including prevention of cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease, however, these promoted “benefits” were shown to be non-existent. Because of the nature of the injury, Danielle routinely handled the in extremis plaintiff depositions for these cases, where she prepared these very sick and dying women for depositions to preserve their testimony for trial. Danielle was also part of the trial team that secured a $72.6 million verdict in 2011, on behalf of three plaintiffs in Philadelphia, who took HRT drugs and later developed breast cancer.. In August 2010, Danielle was specially appointed by the Chief Justice of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Ed Carnes, to brief and orally argue a claim on behalf of a pro se petitioner before the appellate court. Despite this being her first time before the 11th Circuit, she won the appeal on behalf of her client.

A lifelong resident of Mobile, practicing with the law firm of Cunningham Bounds, LLC since being admitted to the Alabama Bar. Represents the families of men and women who have been seriously injured or killed.. Has successfully represented victims of the following:

Scott Brady is a partner with Bohrer Brady, LLC, a law firm located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  His practice is dedicated primarily to wage hourly litigation, class actions, pharmaceutical litigation, auto accidents and 18-wheeler accident.  He has also litigated several claims for denial of insurance benefits resulting in tens of millions of dollars recovered by policyholders.

A life long resident of Louisiana, Mr. Carleton has been a practicing Louisiana trial lawyer since October of 1984 throughout Louisiana, primarily representing small and large businesses, the State of Louisiana and the City of Baton Rouge, as well as numerous individuals in select cases from personal injury to breach on contract. A native of Lake Charles, Mr. Carleton practiced in New Orleans from 1984-1992 and has been practicing from law offices in Baton Rouge since 1994 to present.. Mr. Carleton has signifcant experience in oil and gas matters, construction claims, employment discipline and termination cases, defective product claims, insurance related claims, business debt collection matters, landlord and tenant disputes regarding commercial properties and a variety of claims asserted against governmental entities.. Mr. Carleton has tried both Judge and Jury trial cases in the Eastern, Middle and Western Louisiana Federal District Courts as well as in over thirty different parishes (counties) in State District and City or Parish Courts throughout the State. He has appeared and argued various administrative cases before the Louisiana Public Service Commission and The Louisiana Pilotage Fee Commission. He has argued cases at the Appellate level at the First, Third, Fourth and Fifth Court of Appeals for the State of Louisiana and before the United States Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on numerous occasions. He and his staff are ready and available to assist you in your next legal matter.

Stephanie Rados focuses her practice on representing individuals in the areas of personal injury and products liability, including mass tort litigation on a national scale. Stephanie brings to bear her health law experience to mass tort litigation. Stephanie is licensed to practice in both the States of Missouri and Illinois.

Ryan’s areas of practice include class action litigation, mass tort, product liability, employment law, and personal injury.. Ryan has served as lead counsel in numerous high-profile class actions and has obtained millions of dollars in relief to thousands of class members. Ryan has tried cases in both state and federal court. He has also argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eighth Circuit), and Missouri Court of Appeals (Western and Eastern Districts).. Ryan spearheaded several class actions challenging the constitutionality and validity of red light cameras throughout Missouri. As a result, Ryan obtained a number of significant appellate victories that invalidated the majority of red light camera ordinances in Missouri. In doing so, Ryan successfully persuaded the Court of Appeals to overrule another appellate decision that had endorsed red light cameras.  He then parlayed that success into securing the largest settlement in the State of Missouri in 2015 (an $18,000,000 class action settlement that offered cash refunds to hundreds of thousands of people).. Before attending law school, Ryan worked as a commercial real estate broker.  After law school, Ryan worked as an attorney at a large defense firm in the field of insurance litigation. He then worked at The Simon Law Firm for five years where he gained significant experience as a plaintiffs attorney including time spent leading the firm’s class action department.. Ryan is deeply passionate about fighting to ensure the fair administration of justice.  The legal maxim “fiat justitia ruat caelum” continues not only to be an indelible imprint on his life, but also a driving force for his pursuit of the truth.

Gerry Guerra graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from St. Louis University in 1991, then proceeded to law School at St. Louis University where he graduated with distinction in 1994.  Gerry is proficient in both English and Spanish.. At Onder, Shelton, O'Leary & Peterson, LLC, Gerry concentrates his practice on helping those who are seriously injuried, be it from an Automobile Accident, the result of a Defective Product, or caused by a Pharmaceutical or Medical Device.

Derek Sieck joined the Onder Law Firm as a clerk in 2014, and has been an attorney with the firm since graduating law school and passing the bar in 2017.. At the Onder Law Firm, Derek primarily handles pharmaceutical cases, general product liability matters, auto and trucking accidents, premise liability, and workers compensation cases.. Derek graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa, in 2014. At the University of Iowa, Derek served as the Treasurer of Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity.. Derek completed his education at Saint Louis University School of Law in 2017. At St. Louis University, Derek used his business background to earn a concentration in Entrepreneurship Law. While working in the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic in law school, he worked with a number of St. Louis area entrepreneurs with trademark and small business issues. He also earned a concentration in Criminal Litigation skills.. Derek is a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.. Derek is admitted to practice law in Missouri and Illinois.

Before entering law school, Mike earned his Masters in Management Information Systems (MIS) and worked as a Software Engineer. Mike graduated with Distinction from the University of Missouri Columbia, and now puts his extensive information technology background to work at Onder, Shelton, O'Leary & Peterson, LLC creating three dimensional computer generated accident reconstructions.. Mike currently heads the Firm's Pharmaceutical & Medical Products Liability Team, putting his organizational and computer skills to work in complex medical and document intensive cases.