Bill practices nationally with a focus on toxic tort and environmental litigation. He represents clients in mass tort, property damage, personal injury, CERCLA and other litigation matters in state and federal courts. Bill has handled cases involving a variety of contaminants, including petroleum, PCBs, DDT, mercury, dioxin and lead. His practice requires that he work closely with experts in a variety of medical and scientific fields. Bill routinely speaks to corporate clients on the practical aspects of creating and maintaining the attorney-work product and attorney-client privileges in the corporate setting. In addition, Bill routinely speaks on the practical aspects of managing and controlling Electronically Stored Information ("ESI"). Bill created a pro bono program where Husch Blackwell attorneys help small business owners who received micro financing from the International Institute of St. Louis resolve business disputes. Awards & Recognitions · Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Class Actions/Mass Torts Law, 2008-2010 Professional Associations & Memberships · American Bar Association · The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis · The Missouri Bar Civic Involvement · International Institute of St. Louis Experience · Defended a Fortune 100 company in a putative class action alleging property damage and emotional distress from mercury released from a mercury cell chlor-alkali plant that operated from 1952 to 2009. Plaintiffs sought to represent classes comprising property owners impacted by air dispersion, surface water run-off or groundwater allegedly contaminated with mercury. Plaintiffs converted the case to a 300-plaintiff mass tort. After extensive paper and electronic discovery and motion practice, the court granted our motion to exclude plaintiffs' experts and the case settled shortly thereafter. · Defended Olin Corporation in a putative class action alleging property damage from mercury released from a mercury cell chlor-alkali plant in McIntosh, Ala. that oerated from 1952 to 1982. Plaintiffs sought to represent classes comprising property owners impacted by air dispersion, surface water run-off or groundwater allegedly contaminated with mercury. Motion for class certification was denied and the case was favorably settled, together with nine pending personal injury cases also alleging damages from mercury from the plant. LaBauve, et al. v. Olin Corporation (U.S.D.C., Southern District of Alabama) News 10.13.10, Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2010 Names 64 Husch Blackwell Attorneys; An Additional 20 Listed as Rising Stars 10.22.09, Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2009 Names 73 Husch Blackwell Sanders Attorneys 1.3.08, Husch & Eppenberger Names New Members of The Firm Events 6.16.10, Privilege, A Practical Presentation
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