HarrisMartin's Webinar Series: Water Contamination Litigation

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Description

This Webinar is Chaired by Esther E. Berezofsky of Motley Rice LLC, Gale Pearson of The Fears | Nachawati Law Firm, Stephanie Biehl of Sher Edling LLP, P.C., and T. Roe Frazer II of Frazer PLC.

This event is CLE-accredited. For detailed information on your state's credit hours, click here.

Agenda:

1:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.

History of PFAS Litigation and the What the Future Holds

• Brief Overview of the Science, Liability Story and History of Water Cases
• West Virginia Settlement and Minnesota AG Settlement
Gale Pearson, The Fears | Nachawati Law Firm, Minneapolis

1:20 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.

Current PFAS Cases – AFFF MDL and Non-AFFF PFAS Pending Cases

• Where are the Cases?
• Status of Pending Cases
• Handling Discovery Issues
Esther E. Berezofsky, Motley Rice LLC, Cherry Hill, NJ

1:40 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Types of Plaintiffs

• Individual/Communities
• Government Bodies: AG, Counties, Municipalities, Public Water Providers, Well Owners and Businesses
T. Roe Frazer II, Frazer PLC, Nashville, TN

2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.

Legal Claims and Damages

• Direct Release Cases, Product Liability, Special Damages
• Cost-Recovery by Public Water Providers, Natural Resource Damages by AGs, Penalties and Fines
Stephanie Biehl, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco

2:20 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Questions & Answers

Esther E. Berezofsky, Motley Rice LLC, Cherry Hill, NJ
Gale Pearson, The Fears | Nachawati Law Firm, Minneapolis
Stephanie Biehl, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco
T. Roe Frazer II, Frazer PLC, Nashville, TN

Cancellation Policy:
Registration for HarrisMartin's webinar series is non-refundable. If a registrant is unable to attend, a recording of the program will be sent to the attendee at a later date so that he/she will still be able to obtain CLE credits. Please Note: Substitutions may be made at any time.

Contributors

Esther E. Berezofsky, Motley Rice LLC, Cherry Hill, NJ

A trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience litigating complex mass torts, Esther Berezofsky has devoted her career to representing communities impacted by environmental contamination and fighting for the rights of consumers, individuals and families impacted by fraud and misconduct across a range of litigation areas. Esther focuses her practice on protecting the rights and seeking accountability for people harmed by toxic chemical exposure—environmental and occupational—as well as patients who suffer life-altering complications caused by dangerous and defective medical drugs and devices.
Gale Pearson, The Fears | Nachawati Law Firm, Minneapolis
T. Roe Frazer II, Frazer PLC, Nashville, TN

Roe Frazer is a lawyer with considerable first-chair experience in complex litigation. He is an early adopter of technology, leveraging it in his practice to achieve better, faster, and more predictable results. Roe is also a lawyer-entrepreneur, with seasoned experience in start-up businesses. Roe is the chair of Frazer PLC. Roe is one of the top trial lawyers in the United States, trying many complex tort and product liability cases, primarily on the plaintiff’s side, as well as representing business and commercial litigants. Early in his career, Roe was selected as the Outstanding Trial Lawyer of the Year in Mississippi in 1993. He has been lead counsel in many multi-million dollar verdicts in complex and commercial litigation cases, and handled scores of civil settlements in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Roe also has a considerable amount of experience defending companies in a myriad of business disputes, contract claims, and tort litigation.
Stephanie Biehl, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco

Stephanie Biehl has dedicated her career to advocacy on behalf of communities and individuals taking on prodigious and powerful adversaries in complex, high-stakes litigation. She has a variety of experience prosecuting cases from investigation through trial and appeals and has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star consistently throughout her practice.
Before joining Sher Edling, Stephanie was successful in obtaining multi-million-dollar recoveries through complex cases in the business, consumer, employment, securities, derivative, and class action fields. She and her teams were routinely appointed Lead Counsel and Class Counsel in a variety of state and federal cases.