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JULIE R. BURKETT is an attorney with the law firm of Fellows & Blake, L.L.C., where she practices in the areas of civil litigation, personal injury, nursing home abuse and neglect, serious automobile accidents and injuries, plaintiffs medical malpractice, wrongful death, and consumer law. She earned her B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Missouri at St. Louis and her J.D. degree from St. Louis University. Ms. Burkett is a member of The Missouri Bar, the Christian Legal Society, the American Association for Justice, and the National Association of Consumer Advocates. She is admitted to practice in Missouri and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. JAMES R. HOWARD is an attorney with Brown and James, P.C., where his main areas of practice are arson-fraud litigation, insurance law, premises and retail liability, and subrogation. Mr. Howard was previously an intern for the Honorable Mary Rhodes Russell with the Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals and an intern for assistant majority floor leader James Foley with the Missouri House of Representatives. He is a member of The Missouri Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. Mr. Howard was associate Editor-in-Chief for the Missouri Law Review. He earned his B.S. degree from Truman State University and his J.D. degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia. ANDREW D. RYAN is a shareholder of Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C., and is the products liability practice group leader. Mr. Ryan has successfully tried cases to judges and juries in state and federal courts throughout Missouri and Southern Illinois, both as lead trial counsel and as the second chair attorney. He also has argued in the appellate courts of Missouri and Illinois, including an appearance before the Missouri Supreme Court. Mr. Ryan has represented both manufacturers and distributors of automobiles, industrial equipment, recreational vehicles, medical devices and other products. He also has defended motor carriers in cases involving the condition of tractor-trailers and alleged violations of federal motor carrier regulations. Mr. Ryan's experience further includes mass tort litigation defense involving EPA Superfund Sites, welding consumables, asbestos and pharmaceutical products. He is licensed to practice law in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Mr. Ryan is a member of The Missouri Bar, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers.
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