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FRED B. BUCK is a partner in the law firm of Rawle & Henderson LLP, in Philadelphia, where his practice involves the defense of personal injury litigation, including general negligence, automobile, product liability and construction site accidents; as well as the representation of life, health and disability insurers in misrepresentation cases, breach of contract cases, interpleaders and garnishment actions. He also has participated in the defense of an antitrust case, defamation actions, Dragonetti Act claims, employment actions, civil rights actions, dramshop cases, insurance coverage disputes and statutory bad faith cases. Mr. Buck earned his A.B. degree from Georgetown University and his J.D. degree from Temple University School of Law. He is a member of the American and Philadelphia bar associations. Mr. Buck is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. JAMES R. CARROLL JR. is owner of the Law Offices of James R. Carroll Jr. in Athens, Pennsylvania. Mr. Carroll is an active advocate for the rights of injured persons, focusing his practice on car and truck crashes, workers' compensation, premise liability, defective products and Social Security disability. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. degree from Widener University School of Law. Mr. Carroll is a frequent lecturer in areas including automobile insurance law and workers' compensation. He also has served as an adjunct professor at Keystone College, teaching employment law. Mr. Carroll is a member of the nationwide American Association for Justice, the Pennsylvania Association of Justice and the New York Trial Lawyers Association. KATHLEEN L. DAERR-BANNON is a sole practitioner in Philadelphia and is an experienced neutral, available to serve in a variety of ADR matters, including early neutral evaluation, mediation, arbitration, facilitation, conciliation and as judge pro tem. Approximately 16 years ago, she trained and began the practice of mediation in tort and insurance matters, including individual personal injury claims and also Manville asbestos mediation. In addition, Ms. Daerr-Bannon continued to serve as a neutral locally, nationally and in London, in the field of individual and mass tort/class action claims; including programs such as Dalkon Shield, Piper Aircraft and Silicone Breast Implant. More recently, she was appointed as a mediator and later as an arbitrator in the Smith Barney Dispute Resolution Process, and as arbitrator in the Merrill Lynch Claims Resolution Process class actions involving employment discrimination. Ms. Daerr-Bannon has served as mediator for EEOC, NARA and REDRESS; hearing examiner for SEPTA in post-determination hearings; arbitrator for AAA in individual and class action matters; arbitrator and mediator for NASD; and has consulted in the design of an employment ADR program for a Fortune 500 corporation; as well as serving on a number of other private and court panels. She has conducted more than 1,000 arbitration, mediation and facilitation hearings in the substantive areas of commercial, employment, automobile, premises liability, medical and other professional negligence, insurance, aviation, consumer, securities, and general tort and contract litigation; as well as continuing to counsel clients in ADR settings. Ms. Daerr-Bannon is on the faculty at Temple University Fox School of Business, has taught at Temple University Japan Campus in Tokyo and has served as guest lecturer at Villanova School of Law. For several years, she was co-chair of the ADR committees of both the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania bar associations, and was a course planner for the first and second statewide ADR Institutes. In 2007, she continued as a course planner for the Third Annual ADR Institute in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. BRET R. GOLDSTEIN is a partner with the firm of Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, in the firm's Philadelphia office. He is chair of the firm's employment practices group, concentrating in the representation of management in workers' compensation, employment and labor matters. Mr. Goldstein regularly counsels clients on a broad range of employment-related issues. His extensive experience before state and federal agencies and courts includes such areas as discrimination and sexual harassment claims, and wrongful discharge issues exclusively on behalf of employers. Mr. Goldstein is the author of numerous articles regarding Medicare, including issues involving Medicare set-asides, Medicare liens and the recent changes to Medicare reporting. He has been assessing resolutions for Medicare involvement and obtaining reasonable amounts for Medicare set-asides since the inception of the changes to the Medicare/Social Security laws. Mr. Goldstein has provided many employers and insurance carriers with opinions, helping them resolve cases when dealing with the Medicare obstacle. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (member, Workers' Compensation Section). Mr. Goldstein earned his B.A. degree from Lafayette College and his J.D. degree from Rutgers University at Camden. MARK S. KARDOS is the principal in the law offices of Kardos & Goch, where he practices in the areas of personal injury and medical malpractice. Mr. Kardos has litigated several medical malpractice cases to a verdict, some of which have been noted in the Pennsylvania Jury Reporter and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers' The Verdict. The parties in more than 1,400 cases involving UM and UIM law have chosen him as arbitration chairman. Mr. Kardos is a former instructor of business and real estate law at Temple University. He earned his B.S. degree from Millersville University and his J.D. degree from the University of Baltimore Law School. Mr. Kardos is a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. DEREK R. LAYSER is a shareholder and co-founder of Layser & Freiwald, P.C., where he has an active trial practice in the areas of medical malpractice, product liability and catastrophic loss litigation throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He is a frequent speaker on a variety of issues, including trial practice techniques and civil practice matters. His peers have recognized Mr. Layser with an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, he is listed in the Bar Register of Pre-eminent Lawyers and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for medical malpractice litigation by Philadelphia Magazine for the 7th consecutive year. Mr. Layser is an active member of the American, Pennsylvania, New Jersey State and Philadelphia bar associations; as well as The American Association for Justice, the New Jersey Association for Justice, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. He earned his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the Delaware Law School of Widener University. MICHAEL F. SCHLEIGH is an associate with Forry Ullman, with offices in King of Prussia, Scranton, Reading and Bethlehem, where he handles insurance defense and coverage litigation matters. He has handled numerous arbitrations and has served as second chair in bench and jury trials in Pennsylvania and New Jersey state and federal courts. Mr. Schleigh handles premises liability, medical malpractice, toxic tort and motor vehicle cases. He handles construction litigation, premises liability, product liability, insurance coverage defense, construction litigation and bad faith litigation cases for the firm. While in law school, Mr. Schleigh interned for the late Honorable Myrna B. Field, drafting opinions in both civil and criminal matters; and also was authorized to practice in Philadelphia Municipal Courts, where he personally defended indigent tenants in eviction actions, including appeals to Common Pleas Court. In addition, he researched and wrote the legal brief that served as the basis of the New Jersey State Court System, expanding a pilot jury questionnaire program. After law school, Mr. Schleigh clerked for the Honorable William Cook of the Superior Court of New Jersey law division, working on both civil and criminal matters and drafting opinions of the court. He lectures as a mock trial instructor for Temple University's James E. Beasley School of Law Masters in the Trial Advocacy Program on trial advocacy issues. Mr. Schleigh has numerous published articles on various issues concerning litigation and coverage issues. MICHAEL D. SHAFFER is a partner at Schaffer & Gaier, L.L.C. in Philadelphia. He has more than 15 years of experience in litigation practice, including contract, collection, criminal, construction, employment, medical malpractice, product liability and general personal injury matters. Mr. Shaffer has served as judge pro tem and is a published author in his profession. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division, Executive Committee), the Philadelphia Bar Association Professional Development Committee (chairman) and the Temple American Inn of Courts. Mr. Shaffer earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Temple University and his J.D. degree from Temple University School of Law.
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