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DALE L. BECKERMAN is a partner with the Kansas City law firm of Deacy and Deacy, where his concentration is on insurance defense, law and trial practice. Mr. Beckerman earned his B.A. degree from Amherst College and his J.D. degree, with honors, from George Washington University. He is admitted to practice in Missouri, Kansas and the District of Columbia. Mr. Beckerman is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan and American bar associations, The Missouri Bar, the Lawyers Association of Kansas City, the International Association of Defense Counsel (chair, Casualty Insurance Committee) and the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. (Overland Park location) DOUGLAS M. GREENWALD is a shareholder in the Kansas City law firm of McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A., where he practices in the areas of civil practice, employment law, insurance coverage, litigation and appellate practice. He earned his B.A. degree from Washington University and his J.D. degree from the University of Kansas School of Law, Order of Coif. Mr. Greenwald is admitted to practice in both Kansas and Missouri. He is a past speaker on topics related to his areas of expertise. Mr. Greenwald is a member of the Wyandotte County and Kansas bar associations, and The Missouri Bar. (Overland Park location) JOHN L. HAYOB is a shareholder in the Kansas City law firm of Brown & Ruprecht, P.C., where he practices in the areas of insurance and coverage litigation, civil litigation and torts. He earned his A.B. degree from the Rockhurst College and his J.D. degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Mr. Hayob has lectured on insurance issues to insurance industry groups, as well as the Kansas City Bar. He is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan and American (member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) bar associations, The Missouri Bar, the Defense Research Institute and the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. Mr. Hayob is a past president of the Kansas City Claims Association. (Overland Park location) STEPHEN M. KERWICK is a partner in the Foulston Siefkin LLP law firm, where he handles appellate matters and advises insurance carriers and commercial clients on automobile, health and business insurance matters. He also is involved in the litigation of such cases. Mr. Kerwick has done appellate work on more than 70 significant cases, including published Kansas Supreme Court, Kansas Court of Appeals and 10th Circuit cases involving punitive damages, civil procedure and insurance coverage, among other topics. He earned his B.A. degree from LaSalle College and his J.D. degree from the University of Kansas. Mr. Kerwick is the author of the Kansas chapter of Superseding and Staying Judgments: A National Compendium, published by the American Bar Association. He also has served as the Kansas Editor for Aspen Publishers' Tort Law Desk Reference. Mr. Kerwick is a fellow of the Kansas Bar Foundation; a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America; a member of the Kansas and Wichita bar associations; and a past president of the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel. (Wichita location) WILLIAM A. MALLORY is an attorney with Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace and Bauer, L.L.P., where his main areas of practice are business law, civil and commercial litigation, insurance defense, and personal injury/wrongful death. Mr. Mallory has a broad background in general civil practice, with an emphasis on personal injury, insurance defense, business litigation and domestic relations. In 1989, he moved to Kansas City, where he focused exclusively on litigation. During Mr. Mallory's career, he has successfully argued cases before all Missouri appellate courts and the Missouri Supreme Court. He has tried a variety of cases before judges and juries in state courts in Missouri and Kansas and in the U.S. District Court in Missouri. Mr. Mallory also provides legal counsel and litigation support to a number of the firm's business and corporate clients. He has completed training through the University of Missouri Law School, Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, and is listed as an approved mediator by The Missouri Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Mr. Mallory earned his B.S. degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia and his J.D. degree, with distinction, from the University of Missouri School of Law. (Wichita and Overland Park locations) MICHAEL E. MCCAUSLAND is a shareholder in the Kansas City law firm of Harris McCausland, P.C., where he practices in the area of insurance defense. He earned his B.S.P.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Missouri. Mr. McCausland frequently lectures at continuing education programs on insurance coverage topics. He is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and The Missouri Bar. (Overland Park location) SCOTT R. SCHILLINGS is a member of Hinkle Law Firm LLC. Mr. Schillings is a member of the firm's product liability and complex tort litigation practice group. Prior to joining Hinkle Law Firm LLC, he was a member of the law firm of Cozen O'Connor. Mr. Schillings has extensive litigation experience on behalf of defendants in personal injury, and civil litigation. While he spends a significant amount of his practice handling product liability matters, he has substantial experience in cases involving medical malpractice, mass torts, construction defects, and other complex litigation. Mr. Schillings has defended numerous catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. His product liability practice includes direct client representation of manufacturers and distributors of consumer products and industrial machinery on a national basis. He has vast mediation, arbitration, and trial experience. Mr. Schillings was trial counsel in the successful defense of Weider Nutrition International, Inc., in Garrett v. Weider. This product liability case involved a dietary supplement manufactured by Weider known as "Ripped Force," which contained ephedra. Garrett was only the second case involving the manufacture of a dietary supplement containing ephedra to reach trial in the U.S. and the first successful verdict for a manufacturer of such a product. Mr. Schillings is a member of the American Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, Wichita Bar Association, ALFA International Construction Law & Insurance committees, Kansas Bar Foundation (fellow), Kansas Association of Defense Counsel and Defense Research Institute. He is admitted to practice before the Kansas Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Mr. Schillings earned his B. S. degree from Oklahoma State University and his J.D. degree from University of Kansas School of Law. (Wichita location) WILLIAM L. TOWNSLEY III is a member of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., in Wichita, where his primary areas of practice are workers' compensation law, civil litigation and insurance defense. He currently serves the firm as a leader of the litigation practice group, and as a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Townsley also is the writer of many articles and seminar presentations regarding insurance defense issues, workers' compensation and employment law. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of Kansas and his J.D. degree from Washburn University of Topeka, where he was an editor of the Washburn Law Journal. Mr. Townsley is a member of the Wichita, Kansas and American bar associations, the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, as well as the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel. He is a past president of the KBA Litigation Section and the KBA Insurance Law Section. Mr. Townsley also is a member of the Kansas Bar Association Bench and Bar Committee. He currently serves as vice president of the Wichita Bar Association and as the Board of Governor's liaison to the Wichita Bar Association Civil Practice and Professional Diversity Committees. (Wichita location)
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