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SPECIALTIES:

EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY

WITNESS SELECTION AND TRAINING

MEDICAL SPECIALTY SELECTION AND PREPARATION

TRIAL PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS

BILLING ANALYSIS, REVIEW, AND MARKETING TRAINING

PROFESSIONAL OFFICES:

President, Atlanta Touchdown Club, 1985 - 1986

President. Georgia Defense Lawyers Association

Board of Directors, Atlanta Peach Bowl, 1984 - 1987

Board of Directors, Defense Research Institute 1992 - 1995

Chairman. DRI Law Institutes Committee 1979 - 1983

Chairman, ABA Toxic and Hazardous Substances and Environmental Law Committee, `1988 – 1989

PROFESSIONAL HONORS:

Defense Research Institute, Louis Potter Lifetime Professional

Achievement Award 2004

Lyon College Batesville, Arkansas, Alumni of the Year, 2008

Defense Research Institute, 30-Year Distinguished Service Award, 2009

PUBLICATIONS:

13 Legal publications in various journals and 2 Chapters in Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases, Second Edition, Springer-Verlag (Roggli, Oury & Sporn, 2004 & 2014)

SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS:

273 National Lectures and Presentations in every major U.S. City, Toronto, Canada, and London for Defense Research Institute; The American Bar Association; Law and Business, Inc.; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Institute of Civil & Commercial Advocacy; Industrial Health Foundation, Pittsburgh; Chemical Manufacturers Association; The Northern California Association for Defense Counsel; Liberty Mutual; Morgan Keegan; The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association; Defense Asbestos Litigation Seminars; Canadian Defense Counsel Annual Meeting; Lexis Nexis; multiple State and City Bar Associations; Florida State Law School; University of Georgia; Georgia State Law School; Southern Methodist; University of Southern Carolina; Harvard Medical; Mass General; Mount Sinai Hospital (New York)

TRIALS:

327 Jury trials in 36 States, 1968 - 2019

NATIONAL TRIAL COORDINATION:

The Stouffer Chemical Company1976-1978

The Johns Manville Corporation 1979-1982

The United States Gypsum Company 1984-2001

The Tecumseh Corporation 1999-2018