Civil Litigation Archives - The BTI Consulting Group

Stephanie Gumm

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:17:10 +0000

Stephanie is a civil and commercial litigator with broad ranging experience in both state and federal courts. She is a skilled advocate for her clients, as well as a veteran and the co-founder of Project Ethos, which helps veterans transitioning out of the military.

Prior to becoming a litigator, Stephanie spent eight years on active-duty service in the Army. There, Stephanie deployed to Iraq as a Signal officer managing communication platforms. After returning home, Stephanie transitioned to Special Operations and became a Psychological Operations (PSYOP) officer. Stephanie then deployed to Pakistan, conducting strategic- level PSYOP under the U.S. Ambassador and Special Operations Command Central. After returning from Pakistan, Stephanie was selected to attend the U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s first-ever Cultural Support Team course, where she underwent rigorous training to support Special Forces teams operating in rural Afghanistan. Immediately after graduation, Stephanie deployed to Afghanistan as a Special Forces enabler, engaging Afghan women as part of the U.S.-led effort to recruit, train, and develop local security forces in rural areas.

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Alisha Q. Nanda

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:17:09 +0000

Alisha Q. Nanda’s practice involves a wide range of complex civil litigation matters, including securities class action defense, financial services, mutual funds and insurance. She has litigated in state and federal courts around the U.S. and represented corporations and individuals in matters before the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Massachusetts Securities Division.

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Richard R. Patch

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:16:28 +0000

Richard Patch’s trial and appellate practice focuses on complex civil litigation, and he is widely regarded as one of the leading cable television and telecommunications lawyers in the country. His further expertise extends to real property litigation, construction-related litigation, commercial aircraft leasing, antitrust, unfair competition and class actions.

Richard has experience in a variety of other industries and practices, including the defense of officers and directors in derivative actions, attorney malpractice litigation, environmental litigation and patent disputes.

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James J. McNally

BTIConsulting — Wed, 29 May 2024 14:01:13 +0000

James J. McNally is a partner in the Miami office of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. He has extensive experience in the areas of civil and commercial litigation. Mr. McNally has tried over 200 jury trials to verdict and has successfully represented corporate clients as lead counsel in numerous jury and non-jury trials, arbitrations and mediations in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Mr. McNally represents both corporations and individuals in the areas in which he concentrates his practice.

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Michael E. Appelbaum

BTIConsulting — Wed, 29 May 2024 13:56:10 +0000

Michael Appelbaum, a leader of the firm’s Retail and General Liability Practice Groups, is a seasoned litigator who tries cases in the state, federal, and appellate courts of New York involving personal injury, sexual torts/abuse, truck and motor vehicle accidents, and the sports and entertainment industry. As Leader of the Firm’s Sexual Tort and Abuse Defense Team, Mr. Appelbaum has successfully represented businesses, institutions, religious orders and national entities in the defense of abuse claims arising out of the Child Victims Act and the Adult Survivors Act. His diverse background also includes the representation of professionals pr

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Steven B. Weisburd

tthorp — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:50:29 +0000

Over three decades, Steven has built a long track record of winning high-profile cases and defeating high-stakes litigation, including multimillion-dollar disputes, through tactically executing legal arguments and vigorous advocacy. A skilled litigator and legal strategist, Steven has extensive experience representing businesses and individuals in federal and state courts in California and across the country, including in class actions, business disputes, mass torts, MDLs, product liability, and other complex civil litigation. Steven represents clients in the consumer products, pharmaceutical, medical device, mass media and entertainment, technology, and financial services industries.

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Christopher P. Johnson

tthorp — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:55:06 +0000

Christopher P. Johnson is a Principal in McKool Smith’s New York office. Chris focuses on complex civil litigation, including commercial, securities, products liability, and constitutional litigation, as well as alternative dispute resolution. He is both a trial and appellate lawyer, with extensive experience in all aspects of civil litigation, from pre-trial proceedings, evidentiary hearings, and trials through appeals and matters before the U.S. Supreme Court. Over the past several years, Chris has focused primarily on litigation relating to structured financial products, including residential mortgage-backed securities.

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David E. Kawala

tthorp — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:54:54 +0000

David E. Kawala concentrates his practice in the defense of civil litigation. David’s experience has focused on a variety of personal injury litigation, including construction and transportation professional negligence litigation, general liability litigation, products liability and chemical exposure liability matters. David is a member of the American Bar Association and Defense Research Institute.

David’s trial experience includes over 30 trials in state and federal courts in Illinois and Indiana. He has also been admitted pro hac vice in the following states: Arizona, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Mexico, Texas, California, Washington, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.

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Emily Brubaker Harris

tthorp — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:52:53 +0000

Emily Harris is Corr Cronin’s managing partner. Her practice focuses on complex civil litigation, class action defense, consumer protection act claims, products liability, real estate litigation, and employment litigation, at the trial and appellate level.

Prior to joining Corr Cronin in 2004, Emily was a litigation associate at O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles. She clerked for the Honorable Thomas G. Nelson on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Emily is licensed to practice in Washington and California.

Emily is repeatedly recognized by her peers and clients for her litigation skills and client service, including being named a BTI Client Service All-Star in both 2022 and 2023.

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James J. Stricker

tthorp — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:52:28 +0000

James J. Stricker’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation, including class action litigation in courts throughout the country involving general commercial law, employment law, securities law, and product liability and toxic tort actions. Jim has represented a wide variety of clients, including chemical companies, utilities, food conglomerates, telecommunication companies, and financial institutions.

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