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HeplerBroom Attorneys to Play Key Roles at Asbestos Conference

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Alemayehu A. Ayanaw
Alemayehu A. Ayanaw
Alemayehu (Ali) Ayanaw specializes in complex business litigation, with a focus on asbestos, talc, and mass toxic tort matters as well as premises, retailer, and product liabilities cases. He has a proven track record of effectively advocating for manufacturers, retailers, and premises owners in large-scale toxic tort litigation, securing favorable results via motion practice and settlement negotiations. He is experienced in preparing for and defending clients in trials concerning lawsuits alleging asbestos exposure, whether as manufacturers of products or owners of premises.
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Eric P. Hall
Eric P. Hall
Eric P. Hall leans upon his years of work developing and cross-examining experts to build unique and aggressive courtroom trial strategies. He has been first chair trial counsel in asbestos cases and other civil matters and is frequently called upon by clients across the country who trust his ability to deliver an organized and outstanding trial performance. As a past amateur boxer, he is no stranger to pressure and excels in courtrooms just as he did in the “squared circle.”
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Brenda G. Baum
Brenda G. Baum
Brenda G. Baum focuses her practice on mass tort lawsuits involving products liability. Since 2001, she has represented product manufacturers, sellers, and premises defendants in thousands of cases pending in some of the most plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions in Illinois and Missouri, in addition to overseeing cases filed in other plaintiff-oriented jurisdictions such as California, Louisiana, New York, and others.
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Three of HeplerBroom’s asbestos litigation attorneys will play key roles at HarrisMartin’s annual Midwest Asbestos Litigation Conference, which will be held September 27 at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis. Brenda Baum is in her 15th year of co-chairing the event. Speakers at the event include Alemayehu Ayanaw, who will talk about AI’s role in the practice of law, and Eric Hall, who will provide updates on the Madison County (Illinois) asbestos docket. Other speakers at the conference include judges as well as experienced defense and plaintiff attorneys whose legal practices concentrate on asbestos litigation.

All three attorneys are partners with HeplerBroom and focus their practices on asbestos litigation, products and premises liability, and toxic tort matters. Baum and Hall have been named to the lists of Best Lawyers in America and Illinois Leading Lawyers, while Ayanaw has been named an Emerging Lawyer by Illinois Leading Lawyers. In addition, Baum is rated an AV Preeminent Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell and has been named to the list of Illinois Super Lawyers. In 2022, Hall had the distinction of being Best Lawyers’ St. Louis Lawyer of the Year in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions for Defendants.

Information about the conference, including links to registration and CLE credits, is available on HarrisMartin’s website.

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