THE HARMONIE GROUP TRANSPORTATION & TRUCKING PRODUCT LIABILITY ATTORNEYS IN SELECT STATES

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1 THE HARMONIE GROUP TRANSPORTATION & TRUCKING PRODUCT LIABILITY ATTORNEYS IN SELECT STATES Tim Violet, Executive Director PLEASE VISIT OUR 24 HOUR EMERGENCY/ACCIDENT RESPONSE DIRECTORY ON THE HARMONIE WEB SITE LISTED ABOVE ALL FIRMS LISTED DO TRANSPORATION/ACCIDENT RESPONSE November 15, 2004

2 ALABAMA William C. Wood Norman, Wood, Kendrick & Turner Liberty National Building, Suite rd Avenue, South Birmingham, Alabama Fax: Website: nwkt.com Our address will change Jan. 1, to: Financial Center, Suite th Street, North Birmingham, Alabama The firm of Norman, Wood, Kendrick, and Turner, has defended hundreds of suits involving trucks and heavy vehicles involving personal injury, wrongful death, insurance coverage, and product liability. We participate in The Harmonie Group 24 Hour Response service. We provide advice to clients immediately after accidents to gather and preserve evidence and to develop theories of defense and mitigation where appropriate. Clients include trucking companies, owner/operators, common carriers, lessors, insurers, original equipment manufacturers, self insureds, and TPA's. We represent Birmingham/Jefferson County Transit Authority, Metro Area Express, Schwan s, and Ryder System, Inc. ALASKA Michael C. Geraghty (907) DeLISIO MORAN GERAGHTY & ZOBEL, P.C. 943 W Sixth Avenue Anchorage AK For over 25 years, the firm s practice has been devoted exclusively to litigation and trial practice before various administrative forums and state and federal courts. Mr. Geraghty and other attorneys in the firm have extensive experience in accident litigation, including product liability, insurance coverage, personal injury and wrongful death defense.

3 ARIZONA Frank M. Fox (602) Thomas C. Hall (602) THE CAVANAGH LAW FIRM, PA 1850 N. Central Avenue Suite 2400 Phoenix, AZ (602) Fax The firm has extensive experience in trucking accident litigation as well as personal injury and wrongful death defense. The firm's insurance defense/trucking defense group has tried well over 500 jury trials, which includes personal injury and trucking accident cases. In addition, the firm's members are often contacted to provide advice to trucking companies regarding accidents immediately after accidents have occurred. This ensures that the claim is defended properly, almost from the moment the accident occurs. In addition, the firm has defended claims of airbrake failure, wheel loss, loss of load, and violation of state and federal regulations. The firm has defended a number of clients in trucking accident litigation, including United Parcel Service, US Express, Otto Trucking, and Majesty Transportation, among others. In addition, the firm represents such insurance companies as State Farm, Liberty Mutual, AMEX Assurance, and California Casualty, to name a few. Further, the firm has represented self-insured trucking companies. ARKANSAS Robert L. Skip Henry rhenry@barberlawfirm.com Barber, McCaskill, Jones, and Hale PA 2700 Regions Center Little Rock, AR Fax: Mr. Henry has done product liability defense as a major part of his practice for over 20 years. He has represented major automotive manufacturers, truck manufacturers, machine manufacturers, and chemical manufacturers, among others. He has tried numerous cases to jury verdict wins. Clients include GM, Kenworth, Volvo, IH, Ceiba Geigy, and others.

4 CALIFORNIA Thomas M. Downey Burnham Brown 1901 Harrison Street Suite 1100 Oakland, California Fax: Burnham Brown represents a wide variety of clients in the transportation industry, including motor carriers, inter-modal and maritime shippers, motor coach and bus companies, freight system manufacturers and automobile manufacturers. This experience includes defense of serious injury and wrongful death litigation and cargo cases. In addition, the firm represents clients in transportation product liability litigation, commercial disputes, warranty and design claims and regulatory compliance. The product related actions include cases involving component parts, such as wheels, air brakes, electronic controls, refrigeration and steering devices. A representative sample of transportation clients serviced by Burnham Brown includes: Swift Transportation, Wallace Transport, Millwood Trucking, Shell Oil, North Bay Corporation, John Deere, Ingersoll-Rand, Borg Warner, Monroe, Penske Truck Leasing, Teledyne, Fluor Corporation, Applied Materials, Hobart, Watkins Trucking, Maru Petroleum; Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Tab Transportation. Jury verdict wins include Chayrez v. Kings County Truck Lines (Alameda County); Medina v. Ralph Pipkin Trucking (Stanislaus County); Floyd J. Siegal fsiegal@spile-siegal.com David Gonor dgonor@spile-siegal.com Spile & Siegal, LLP Ventura Boulevard Suite 610 Encino, CA Fax: Spile & Siegal, which is a member of the 24 Hour Response Team of The Harmonie Group, has defended numerous personal injury claims arising from trucking accidents, in both the state and federal courts. Clients include Kingsway, The Pep Boys, and others.

5 CALIFORNIA Jeff Lenkov (213) Kevin Barry Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez 660 S. Figueroa St. 23rd Fl. Los Angeles, CA Fax: The attorneys at Manning & Marder defend transportation related claims/suits, accident cases, person injury matters, and product liability cases for corporations, haulers, transportation companies, freight carriers, and respective insurance companies: among their many clients is Frito Lay. COLORADO John E. Clough (303) Larry S. McClung (303) Paul A. Faraci (303) Cooper & clough, PC 1512 LARIMER ST. STE 600 DENVER, CO FAX. ( 303 ) Members of Cooper & Clough have been representing trucking companies and other carriers, either as self insureds, or through insurance companies directly, or through TPA s for all types of claims, injuries, and losses. Representative clients include Lafarge North America, Lafarge West Inc., Western Mobile, Transport Services Company, Atlas Van Lines, Knight Transportation Company, Lancer Insurance Company, Fleming and Hall, Schwan s, Covenant Transportation Inc., among others. CONNECTICUT Robert C. E. Laney roblaney@rrjd-law.com 203) Michael T. Ryan mtryan@rrjd-law.com 203) Ryan, Ryan, Johnson & Deluca, LLP 80 Fourth Street P.O. Box 3057 Stamford, CT ) Fax:(203)

6 Ryan, Ryan, Johnson & Deluca defends personal injury and wrongful death cases on behalf of trucking companies. In addition to trucking, the firm has significant experience in other areas of transportation litigation, including the defense of claims against freight and passenger rail carriers. Clients include International Paper, Volunteer Express, Guaranteed Overnight Delivery (G.O.D.), Progressive, CNA Motor Transport, Klingshirn & Sons Trucking, RLI Transportation, and D&L Tractor Trailer. The firm has resolved numerous transportation and trucking cases in state and federal court via trial, mediation and arbitration as well as several defense verdicts obtained on behalf of Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company in train/truck collisions, train/pedestrian accidents, and grade crossing accidents. DELAWARE Robert J. Katzenstein Cell Laurence V. Cronin Cell Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow LLP 800 Delaware Avenue P.O. Box 410 Wilmington, DE Fax: Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, which is a member of the 24 Hour Response Team of The Harmonie Group, has defended several personal injury claims arising from accidents involving trucks. FLORIDA Reinald Werrenrath III rwerrenrath@fisherlawfirm.com Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap 20 North Orange Ave. Suite 1500, P. O. Box 712 Orlando, FL Fax: 407/ Ren Werrenrath and several of the partners of the firm have handled literally hundreds of trucking cases involving both collisions and product liability matters over the last 25 years. The firm currently has cases that range from wrongful death arising out of truck collisions, to products liability cases resulting from such things as drive shafts coming apart and bed up cases involving dump trucks. In addition they are the 24 hour response firm for several trucking companies that need accident reconstruction assistance immediately after a truck accident. The firm has represented many trucking companies and businesses with huge truck fleets, such as Hughes Supply, Inc., Pence Land Materials, Evans Delivery, Tropical Auto Transportation, Performance Food Group, Landstar, and Indian River Transport.

7 The firm has successfully defended many trucking cases, involving both collisions and product defects, including a defense verdict in a brain damage case involving a truck without an under ride guard. Mary K. Simpson kay@hueylaw.com (850) Thomas J. Guilday tom@hueylaw.com (850) Huey, Guilday, Tucker, Schwartz & Williams, P.A Centre Pointe Boulevard Suite 200, P. O. Box Tallahassee, Florida Fax: (850) Huey, Guilday, Tucker, Schwartz & Williams, P.A., has represented numerous trucking companies in personal injury and wrongful death litigation for the past 20+ years throughout north Florida, including the I-10 corridor. We have represented both insurance carriers and self-insured companies in the defense of major and minor accident claims, including numerous wrongful death suits. We have designated attorneys and experts available to respond immediately to the scene of an accident in order to preserve evidence and assist clients in the aftermath of an accident. Representative clients include R&L Transfers, Inc., Anderson-Columbia Co., Inc., Sandco, Inc., CNA Insurance Companies, and Western World Insurance Company. John A. Campbell JAC@bunnellwoulfe.com (954) Charles A. Morehead CAM@bunnellwoulfe.com (954) Bunnell, Woulfe, Kirschbaum, Keller, McIntyre & Gregoire, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave, Suite 900 Fort Lauderdale, FL Fax: (954) Bunnell Woulfe has been defending transportation companies since the 1970's. During that time we have represented clients in a wide range of personal injury and wrongful death cases arising out of trucking accidents. We have also defended numerous transportation product liability cases arising out of alleged lighting, braking, fuel, and tire defects. Our clients have included Schwan's Food, Ford Motor Company, Daimler Chrysler Insurance, Emerson Electric, Textron, Inc, and Publix Supermarkets. For information with respect to jury verdicts, please contact John Campbell at Bunnell Woulfe.

8 GEORGIA Hall McKinley Steve Miller Randy Moody Bruce Taylor Paul Burke Drew, Eckl & Farnham 880 West Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA Fax: Drew, Eckl & Farnham partners have extensive experience advising and defending trucking companies, truck manufacturers and their insurers in matters involving road accidents, alleged product defects, insurance coverage and cargo claims. Over the past 20 years these claims have often involved catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death. Our lawyers are active in state and national defense organizations including the American Bar Association TIPS Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee, Defense Research Institute Commercial Transportation Committee and the Trucking Industry Defense Association Representative clients include: Wal-Mart, Inc., Millis Transfer, Inc., Marten Transport, Inc., C.R. England, Inc., Averitt Express, McLane Company, Inc., Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., R&L Carriers, and numerous insurance carriers that insure transportation risks. Jury verdict wins include Verner v. Transport South, Inc.; Civil Action File No. 97V51 (overturned tractor trailer - Plaintiff recovers 10% of requested recovery), Gail Pope v. Wilson Trucking Corporation and James R. Hughes; Civil Action File No. 95VS B; (lane change, multiple vehicle accident defense verdict), Vivian D. Walker and Howard A. Walker, Jr. v. Ingles Markets, Inc., Thomas & Howard Company, Inc. d/b/a Ingles Markets, Inc. and Larry Wayne Garrett; Civil Action File No CV 2423 TWT (rear end collision, mis-adjusted brakes liability admitted, tried for two weeks on punitive damages defense verdict on punitives). Parker v. R&L Carriers and Continental Ins. Co.; Civil Action File No. 96VS (intersection underride collision - death case - defense verdict affirmed on appeal). HAWAII Paul Yamamura pyamamur@gte.net Yamamura & Shimazu Central Pacific Plaza Suite S. King Street Honolulu, HI Fax:

9 IDAHO Don Farley (208) Hall, Farley, Oberrecht & Blanton, P.A.702 West Idaho, Suite 700 Key Financial Center P.O. Box 1271 Boise, ID ILLINOIS Robert Varney 309/ Sanchez & Daniels /Robert T. Varney & Associates 121 North Main, 4th Floor Bloomington, IL Fax: 309/ Mr. Robert Varney has successfully handled numerous trucking cases including wrongful death actions on behalf of trucking firms. They also represent Amtrak on a variety of cases including wrongful death. As part of the Harmonie Rapid Response Unit, they are prepared to handle accident investigations on short notice. Clients include Amtrak, Zurich North America, Liberty Mutual, Acme Trucking, Grand Rapids Transport, Inc., and Ravens Trucking. Daniel T. Rabbitt rabbitt@rabbittlaw.com Donald L. O Keefe okeefe@rabbittlaw.com Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass, P.C. 100 South Fourth Street, Suite 400 St. Louis, Missouri Fax: Mr. Rabbitt has represented truck lines and truck lessors in transportation and product liability cases for 25 years and in substantial injury and death cases including many catastrophic injury cases. Mr. O'Keefe's practice is concentrated in the defense of catastrophic truck and bus accident claims and transportation-related insurance coverage issues and litigation. Extensive experience in trucking and common carrier disputes in both Missouri and Illinois. Clients include Ryder Truck Rental, Inc./Ryder System, Inc., Werner Enterprises, Inc., Landstar, Inc./Crete Carrier, Inc., Canal Insurance Company/Transportation Claims, Inc., Yellow Transportation, Bi-State Development Agency of Missouri and Illinois, CR England & Sons, and United Van Lines. Recent jury verdict wins include Compton v. Yellow Freight in the City of St. Louis, Stewart v. Crete Carrier in St. Clair County, IL, Yellow Freight v. Starkey in St. Louis County, and Enos v. Ryder in the City of St. Louis.

10 INDIANA Lloyd Milliken Randall R. Riggs Nicholas C. Pappas Mark J. Roberts LOCKE REYNOLDS LLP 201 N. Illinois Street, Suite 1000 P.O. Box Indianapolis, Indiana (317) fax Locke Reynolds is the premier automotive industry product liability and warranty litigation firm in Indiana. The chair of our Product and Manufacturing practice group, Randy Riggs, currently is serving as the chair of the prestigious DRI Product Liability Committee, and is a member of DRI's Board of Directors. Mr. Milliken, another member of the Motor Carrier Group, is a former president of DRI. The Locke Reynolds Motor Carrier Group provides comprehensive business and litigation services for insured and self-insured commercial carriers, including common and private carriers, lessors and lessees, owners/operators, shippers, brokers and their insurers. Representation in state and federal courts generally takes the form of defending clients in litigation of personal injury, wrongful death, property damage and cargo loss claims. Locke Reynolds has a 24-Hour Emergency Response Team that includes not only Locke Reynolds Motor Carrier Group members, but independent adjusters, two private investigators who are retired police officers, and accident reconstructionists. Clients include Republic Services, Inc., Baldwin & Lyons, Comcar Industries, Vitran Trucking, Frontier Trucking, Tango Transportation, Kingsway Trucking, Wal-Mart, RLI Transport, AI Transport and Markel Insurance Company, and many automobile manufacturers including Ford, GM, Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Hyundai and Kia. As to truck product liability clients, Locke Reynolds represents several heavy duty truck manufacturers including International Truck and Engine Corp. (formerly Navistar), Paccar, GM when it was manufacturing heavy duty trucks, and White through its insurer. Jury verdict wins include Chandler v. Wal-Mart; Johnson Circuit Court, Cause No. 41C CT (Wrongful death of 16-year old plaintiff. Defense verdict, and recovery of truck driver s lost wages.) Damita James v. J.C. Penney Company, Inc.; Marion Superior Court; Cause No. 49D CT-840 (Defense verdict in rear-end accident.)

11 IOWA David H. Luginbill (515) Randy H. Stefani (515) Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. 100 Court Avenue, Suite 600, Des Moines, IA Fax:(515) David H. Luginbill is the chair of the firm s Litigation Group and has over 25 years of trial experience. He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, Defense Research Institute & Iowa Defense Counsel. He has successfully litigated products liability and breach of warranty cases involving personal injuries and/or property damages for truck manufacturers and/or motor carriers, as well as the defense of negligence actions involving truck accidents. Randy H. Stefani is a senior litigator in the Litigation Group with over 25 years of trial experience and is a fellow in the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers. His experience includes the defense of personal injury claims involving trucking accidents. Clients include Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corporation, Coca- Cola Enterprises, Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., and Crete Carrier. KANSAS Barry Warren bew@wsabe.com Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs, Chartered West 87th Street Overland Park, KS Fax: KENTUCKY John L. Tate jtate@stites.com (502) Stites & Harbison, PLLC 1800 Aegon Center 400 West Market Street Louisville KY (502) Fax Members of Stites & Harbison have a wealth of experience handling litigation arising from motor vehicle accidents, including accidents involving trucking companies. Their experience includes the handling of wrongful death, personal injury, property damage and cargo claims for regional and national carriers. The firm has defended claims involving complicating factors, including airbrake failure, wheel loss, loss of load or imbalanced load, and violation of federal or state transportation regulations. The firm has represented a number of self-insured trucking companies and insurance companies in the defense of claims asserted against trucking companies. Representative

12 clients include J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., North American Van Lines, Inc., Tyson Foods, Inc., Emerson Electric, K & R Express Systems, Global Intermodel Logistics, Bestway Trucking, Inc., American International Group (AIG), Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Shelter Insurance Companies, Great West Casualty Company and Connecticut Specialty Company. The firm has also represented Mack Trucks, Fruehauf Trailers, and other manufacturers in product liability actions and Emerson Electric in accidents involving its captive fleet. LOUISIANA Daniel A. Webb dwebb@swslaw.com (504) Sutterfield & Webb, L.L.C. 650 Poydras Street Suite 2715 New Orleans LA (504) Fax Dan Webb has handled transportation cases ranging from small accidents to multi-vehicle pile-ups. The injuries have ranged from minor injuries to paraplegia. Mr. Webb has also handled death cases. Representative clients include Quality Carriers, Inc, and insureds such as Jubilee Foods, Dupre Transportation and Venture Transport. Brian Homza homzab@cykg.com (318) Lee H. Ayres ayres@cykg.com (318) Sidney E. Cook, Jr. cook@cykg.com (318) John T. Kalmbach kalmbacj@cykg.com (318) Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, APLC P.O. Box Texas St. Suite 1700 Shreveport, LA Fax: (318) Mr. Homza has represented commercial carriers for fifteen years, including commercial trucking accidents and chemical spills, and has done insurance litigation since Mr. Ayres has been involved in transportation and truck product liability cases for over ten years. Mr. Cook has practiced law for 22 years, representing numerous companies in automobile/truck accidents. The cases vary from property damage claims for goods in transit to accidents involving multiple deaths/brain injury.

13 Mr. Kalmbach has several years of experience defending product cases for a truck manufacturer. He has several years of experience defending insurance issues in coverage cases. He has experience with CARMACK. The firm represents truck lines, such as Central Freight Lines, Inc., Roadway Express, Inc., and Duncan Thompson Petroleum, Inc. They also represent GM as local counsel and have handled GM fire claims, as well as seatbelt and airbag cases. They represent Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, as well as Cooper Tire Company, in tire-related product claims. They also represent several insurers which write coverage for trucking firms. Clients, in addition to the above, include Davison Transport, Inc., OneBeacon Insurance Group, CGU, and America First Insurance Company, Central Freight Lines, Inc., Roadway Express, Inc., General Motors Corporation, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Cooper Tire Company, Clarendon National Insurance Company, Deep South Surplus Company, American Airlines, Auto Convoy, Contract Trucking, Inc., Haul Risk Management, Inc., UPS, and related subsidiaries. Truck product case clients include International Truck and Engine Corporation, Vanliner, and Cannon Express Corporation. We have several noted jury verdict wins, in our most recent trial of this nature; we successfully defended Goodyear in a wrongful death and survival action case. The trial lasted three weeks, resulting in a defense verdict. In Mathews v. Arkla Lubricants, Plaintiffs brought wrongful deaths claims arising out of an auto-truck accident which killed four people and unborn child. Driver was operating truck without CDL license and issues involved actions of our driver and preemption of intersection. Seven figure demand before trial and judgment for the defendants. MAINE Richard Mulhern rmulhern@sulloway.com (207) Middle Street P.O. Box 7240 Portland, ME Additional offices: Rob Lanney rlanney@sulloway.com (603) Ed Kaplan ekaplan@sulloway.com (603) Sulloway & Hollis, P.L.L.C. 9 Capitol Street P.O. Box 1256 Concord, NH fax The Sulloway & Hollis firm has extensive experience in handling transportation cases and has handled numerous matters at suit, in mediations, and in arbitrations. MARYLAND Monte Fried mfried@wcslaw.com (410)

14 Steve White Wright, Constable & Skeen, L.L.P. One Charles Center, 16th Floor 100 N. Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland (410) fax MASSACHUSETTS James M. Campbell (617) Brian P. Voke Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy P.C. One Constitution Plaza Third Floor Boston, MA Tel: (617) Fax: (617) Website: Transportation is one of the core industries serviced by attorneys at Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy. Our clients include vehicle manufacturers, motor carriers, companies that transport their own goods and materials, and the insured s of numerous insurance carriers. Members of the firm have successfully defended a variety of product liability actions and vehicular accident cases that resulted in personal injury or death, property damage and cargo loss. Representative clients include Paccar Inc., Mitsubishi Motors, Great West Casualty Company, Freightliner Group, Volvo Group, Tyson Foods, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Consolidated Freightways Corp., Marriott International, Inc., and General Motors Corporation. MICHIGAN Mark Shreve mshreve@garanlucow.com (248) Cell: (248) Garan, Lucow, Miller, P.C West Long Lake Road, Suite 300 Troy, MI Fax: (248) Richard E. Holmes rholmes@garanlucow.com (616) Cell: (616) Garan, Lucow, Miller, P.C. 110 Ionia Avenue, NW, 700 Rockford Center Building Grand Rapids, MI Fax: (616)

15 Mr. Shreve s experience began in the trucking industry as his father operated a trucking and warehouse business in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Upon becoming an attorney, he became involved in representing trucking companies either through insurance carriers and self-insureds by defending matters involving personal injury, property damage, and cargo loss claims. He has also been involved in representing trucking companies as to matters involving lift axle overweight issues, as well as other overweight charges against trucking companies. His experience also includes representing permit and pilot car organizations as it relates to oversized loads. Mr. Holmes has successfully tried cases to defense verdicts involving wrongful death, brain injury, paraplegia and quadriplegia for his trucking clients. The Garan Lucow Miller firm provides a 24 hour call-in service in regard to emergency situations to assist our trucking clients. Clients include Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Lombard Insurance Boreal of Canada/AXA, Markel Insurance Company of Canada, Bulkmatic Transport Company Marsh, USA, Inc., Cambridge Transportation Division Meijer, Inc., Carolina Insurance Nova Permits Service, Consolidated Freightways Systems RLI Transportation, Northland/Golf Gainey Transportation, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Old Republic Insurance (USA and Canada), Company of Michigan Royal/Sun Alliance, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance, SRS, Hartford of Indiana, The St. Paul Insurance Company, Farmers Insurance Group, Transamerica Insurance Company, Fireman s Fund Insurance Company, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Gordon Food Service, Inc., US 1 Industries, Great West Casualty Insurance Company, Yellow Freight, The Hartford Insurance Company, Zurich American Insurance Group, John Deere Insurance Company, Zurich Commercial Insurance, Kingsway, Zurich Insurance Company of Canada, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Quality Carriers, Inc., Lindsey Morden, Ltd. Jury verdict wins include Clemens v Thompson Transport in a wrongful death case, McKernin v Thompson Transport in a brain injury case, Peletier v Echo Brook Freight in a wrongful death case, and Heikkila v JR Phillips in a wrongful death case. MINNESOTA Brad Jones bjones@meagher.com (612) Meagher & Geer 33 South Sixth Street, Suite 4200 Minneapolis, MN Fax: MISSISSIPPI Arthur D. Spratlin, Jr. art.spratlin@butlersnow.com Scotty Welch Scotty.Welch@butlersnow.com Meade Mitchell Meade.Mitchell@butlersnow.com Rick Dye Rick.Dye@butlersnow.com

16 Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC 1700 AmSouth Plaza 210 E. Capitol Street P. O. Box Jackson, MS Fax: Three generations of Butler Snow attorneys have practiced transportation law. The firm's representation of transportation entities began in the 1930's, through work for bus companies, and has grown to include the representation of trucking companies, pipelines, aviation companies, shippers and receivers, and companies operating private fleets. Two members of the firm have served as president of the Transportation Lawyers Association, an international bar association of attorneys specializing in the representation of transportation entities, and the firm is active in TIDA. Our representation of transportation companies includes business matters such as buying and selling transportation companies and negotiating and drafting transportation contracts between trucking companies and their commercial customers. We also represent transportation clients on regulatory compliance and employee relations issues. We have defended transportation companies in litigation involving truck-trailer and transportation related accidents, personal injury, property damage, and contract disputes and we have also represented transportation equipment manufacturers in products liability matters. In addition, we regularly handle transportation related insurance matters including freight loss and damage claims. Clients include Freightliner, LLC; Total Transportation of Mississippi LLC; Ryder System, Inc.; Detroit Diesel; Empire Trucks; FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.; Monaco Coach Corporation; Damon Corporation; Spartan Motors Chassis, Inc.; Tiffin Motor Homes, Inc.; National RV; Jayco, Inc.; Miller Transporters, Inc.; Coastal Transport, Inc.; Donaldson Company; USA Truck; Dupre Transport, LLC; Sysco; COMCar Industries; FFE Transportation Services; International Truck and Engine Corporation; Dana Corporation Significant jury verdict wins include Blackwell v. Tiffin Motor Homes, Inc. (Smith County, Mississippi Defense Verdict 2003); Cole v. Altom, 567 F. Supp (N.D. Miss 1983); Brown & Warfield v. ABF, 433 F2d 351 (5th Cir., 1970); Centennial Ins. v. Ryder, 149 F3d 378 (5th Cir. 1998); Hiltgen v. Sumrall, 47 F3d 438 (5th Cir., 1995) MISSOURI Daniel T. Rabbitt Donald L. O Keefe okeefe@rabbittlaw.com Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass, P.C. 100 South Fourth Street, Suite 400 St. Louis, Missouri Fax: Mr. Rabbitt has represented truck lines and truck lessors in transportation and product liability cases for 25 years and in substantial injury and death cases including many catastrophic injury cases. Mr. O'Keefe's practice is concentrated in the defense of catastrophic truck and bus accident claims and transportation-related insurance coverage issues and litigation.

17 Extensive experience in trucking and common carrier disputes in both Missouri and Illinois. Clients include Ryder Truck Rental, Inc./Ryder System, Inc., Werner Enterprises, Inc., Landstar, Inc./Crete Carrier, Inc., Canal Insurance Company/Transportation Claims, Inc., Yellow Transportation, Bi-State Development Agency of Missouri and Illinois, CR England & Sons, and United Van Lines. Recent jury verdict wins include Compton v. Yellow Freight in the City of St. Louis, Stewart v. Crete Carrier in St. Clair County, IL, Yellow Freight v. Starkey in St. Louis County, and Enos v. Ryder in the City of St. Louis. MONTANA G. Patrick HagEstad Mike Milodragovich Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Binney P.C. 620 High Park Way P.O. Box 4947 Missoula, MT FAX: NEBRASKA Jerald L Rauterkus jlr@eslaw.com (402) Rich Gilloon rgill@eslaw.com Tom Culhane tculh@eslaw.com Erickson & Sederstrom, P.C Regency Parkway Drive Omaha Neb fax jlr@eslaw.com Erickson Sederstrom has over 30 years experience in defending claims involving the transportation industry. This includes large freight and over the road trucking companies, local cargo shippers, bus companies, limo services, farm to market truckers, and specialty transportation. The firm has defended a variety of product liability actions, commercial disputes, warranty claims, and design claims. We have a 24 hour response system in place to get to the accident site and preserve evidence and protect the client. Firm clients include; New Prime Inc., Werner Transportation, AIG Truck Transport, Transportation Claims Inc., Kingsway, Schwan s, Bakers Supermarkets, Zurich Truck Insurance and Federal Express. NEVADA

18 Jim Olson Rawlings, Olson, Cannon, Gormley & Desruisseaux, P.C West Cheyenne Avenue Las Vegas, NV Fax: NEW HAMPSHIRE Rob Lanney (603) Ed Kaplan (603) Sulloway & Hollis, P.L.L.C. 9 Capitol Street P.O. Box 1256 Concord, NH fax The Sulloway & Hollis firm has extensive experience in handling transportation cases and has handled numerous matters at suit, in mediations, and in arbitrations. NEW JERSEY Collen M. Ready, Esq cready@margolisedelstein.com Margolis Edelstein 216 Haddon Avenue Westmont, NJ Fax: Colleen Ready leads the Margolis transportation practice group for their New Jersey office with several years of experience handling transportation related matters and has tried several cases in this area. Clients include many significant insurers including AIG, Empire Fire & Marine, Great American, Great West Casualty, John Deere, Lancer Insurance Company, the former Kemper Insurance Group, Republic Western, among others, and many self-insureds such as, Arkansas Best Freight, Bridge Terminal Transport (Maersk), FFE Transportation Services, Inc., Oshkosh Truck Corporation, Pilot Corporation, PJAX Trucking, US Foodservice, Inc. and Yellow Freight, to name a few. We have successfully tried to verdict many transportation matters for clients listed, above, as well as others. Most recently, Rolf Kroll prevailed in a tragic scenario with a Republic Western policyholder. NEW MEXICO Dave Bunting Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A. 201 Third Street Northwest Suite 2200

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20 NEW YORK Alice Spitz (212) Molod Spitz & DeSantis, P.C. 104 West 40th Street New York NY (212) Fax Molod Spitz & DeSantis has represented the trucking industry for over 20 years. They represent both carriers and self-insureds in all aspects of transportation litigation, including personal/commercial automobile, and trucks and common carriers. Molod Spitz & DeSantis expertise in commercial automobile and trucking (including direct leasing and direct renting) makes them attuned to the special needs of carriers, and sensitive to indemnification and other insurance requirements in leasing agreements. In addition, they represent multi-state common carriers. Representative clients include Allstate Insurance Company, Carolina Casualty Insurance Co., Commerce Insurance Company, Guide One Insurance, Kingsway General Insurance Co., Laidlaw Transit, Mendon Leasing Corporation, NYAT Operating Corporation f/k/a New York Apple Tours and Response Insurance Company. For more information on significant jury verdict wins, see: Batista v. Grullon and Chun, Bronx County, Defense Verdict 01/04; McQuilla v. Jewish Education and Samuil Glatman, Kings County, Defense Verdict 01/04; Colon v. Ferreras, Bronx County, Defense Verdict 08/03; Schiavone v. Calcagni, et al., Westchester County, Defense Verdict 11/02; Assarpour v. Burke, Bronx County, Defense Verdict 05/02; Bednarczyk v. Kuriakose, Westchester County, Defense Verdict 01/02; Erwiah v. Silver Star Auto Express, Inc., Bronx County, Defense Verdict 11/01; Tusaneza v. Rivera, Westchester County, Defense Verdict 03/99. Glenn Jacobson Abrams Gorelick Friedman & Jacobson, P.C. 115 Broadway, 11th Floor New York, New York Fax: The AGF&J firm has done transportation work for several insurance carrier transportation units for several years either directly or through their TPA s. AGF&J is also a member of The Harmonie Group s 24 Hour Response Team. Our principal responders are partners who are former District Attorneys with significant experience in crime scene investigation. Clients include Lombard, Kingsway General and Rockville Risk. William D. Riley wriley@pfclaw.com (802) Paul Frank + Collins P.C. One Church Street Burlington, VT (802) Fax (For upstate north-east New York State)