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Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Torts; Products Liability; Insurance; Legislative Practice; Public Policy; Civil Litigation

Additional Information: American Bar Association (Chair, Legislative Subcommittee, Product Liability Committee); American Legislative Exchange Council (Co-Chair, Civil Justice Reform Committee). Life Member, American Law Institute (Former Member, Advisory Committee to the Third Restatement of Torts: Products Liability; Apportionment of Liability Projects; Member, General Principles Project).

Twice named, one of the 100 most influential attorneys in the U.S., National Law Journal and top 50 lobbyists in the Nation's capital, Washingtonian Magazine. Co-Author: W. Prosser, J. Wade and V. Schwartz, "Cases and Materials on Torts, 10th ed, 2000; V. Schwartz, P. W. Lee, K. Kelly, "Guide to Multistate Litigation," Shepards McGraw-Hill, 1985. Author: "Comparative Negligence," 4th edition, Michie Co., 2003. Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 2003. General Counsel, American Tort Reform Association. Board of Directors, The Burton Awards for Legal Writing.