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Franz Hardy

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:16:31 +0000

Franz Hardy serves as the Co-Managing Partner of the Denver office. He is a trial attorney with over two decades of experience. He has an active state and federal trial court practice, in addition to handling numerous precedent-setting appeals.

Franz works closely with clients to develop a sound legal strategy. While recognizing that most cases resolve, he believes that creating an early litigation plan often times results in favorable resolution. This strategy involves the efficient and effective use of pre-trial tools and, if necessary, ultimately prepares the matter for trial.

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John C. Hueston

BTIConsulting — Wed, 29 May 2024 14:01:12 +0000

John Hueston has been described by Chambers as “the best lawyer of his generation” with a “commanding reputation for his trial advocacy.” “One of the top trial attorneys in the country” (Chambers), Mr. Hueston has been recognized as a national “Trials MVP,” a “Lawyer of the Decade” and twice as a “California Lawyer of the Year,” including for his recovery of $5.15 billion after trial.

A Fellow of both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Mr. Hueston represents Fortune 500 companies and governments as lead counsel in their most challenging and high-profile cases and investigations. His work ranges from winning and defeating multibillion-dollar actions to terminating some of the nation’s most significant regulatory and criminal investigations and cases.

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John C. Toro

BTIConsulting — Wed, 29 May 2024 14:01:00 +0000

John Toro litigates complex—and often high-stakes—commercial disputes on behalf of his clients. John’s practice focuses on contract and business tort cases, consumer class actions, corporate governance disputes, and insurance recovery suits.

Before joining King & Spalding, John was a litigation associate with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. Before entering private practice, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable D. Brooks Smith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and to the Honorable Robert L. Hinkle on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

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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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Lori G. Cohen

tthorp — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:49:09 +0000

Lori G. Cohen is Vice Chair of Greenberg Traurig and serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Litigation Practice, leading a group of over 600 attorneys nationally and internationally. Lori is Co-Chair of the Trial Practice Group, her “brain child” which she created at GT. Upon joining GT, she also built the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Health Care Litigation Practice. Under Lori’s leadership, this practice rose through the ranks and grew to include over 100 attorneys in more than 30 offices in the U.S. and globally; in 2018, the group was named The American Lawyer’s “Product Liability Litigation Department of the Year.”

Nationally recognized for her extraordinary trial record of 58 defense verdicts, Lori leads a global practice that focuses on complex litigation of all types including products liability and pharmaceutical, medical device, and health care litigation. Lori has served as national, regional, and trial counsel for numerous medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, handling all types of litigation, including class actions, multidistrict litigation, and trials nationally. Lori and her team routinely take complex cases to trial and win, including some of the most complex mass torts in history. Well known for her ability to win high-stakes trials, Lori is often called upon to “parachute in” at the last minute before trial, especially in challenging cases in dangerous jurisdictions. Lori is Board Certified in Complex Litigation by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

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Craig Stanfield

tthorp — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:47:31 +0000

Craig A. Stanfield is a trial lawyer who prides himself on having deep expertise in his clients’ businesses and processes. Craig views client relationships a long-term partnership and has been recognized as a BTI Client Service All-Star. This intimate knowledge of his clients, their businesses, processes, and products aids him in providing effective counseling to avoid litigation where possible, or preparing a compelling case if litigation and trial is necessary. Craig is particularly adept at handling disputes involving complex concepts, whether those touch on engineering, scientific, or commercial matters.

Craig litigates commercial, product liability, environmental, construction, and insurance recovery cases throughout the United States. Although he advocates for early, efficient case resolution when possible, Craig takes cases to trial when necessary and has first-chair experience at the US state and federal levels, as well as before arbitration panels. His practice covers manufacturing, automotive, energy, construction, aviation, financial services, computer software, and chemical, among others.

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Paul L. Nettleton

tthorp — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:51:03 +0000

Paul Nettleton’s practice covers all areas of complex trial and appellate litigation, as well as administrative litigation. His experience includes trial, administrative, and appellate litigation in the areas of insurance bad faith and other extra-contractual claims against insurance companies, insurance coverage, commercial disputes, class actions, consumer fraud, civil RICO, software development, product liability, toxic torts, environmental permitting, environmental and natural resources, rulemaking, employment, banking, construction, eminent domain and inverse condemnation, constitutional torts and civil rights, and defamation.

Paul is board certified in Appellate Practice by The Florida Bar.

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Peter R. Schreck

tthorp — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:50:54 +0000

Reilly Schreck is an attorney on King & Spalding’s E-Discovery team. His practice focuses on electronic discovery issues, including creating witness prep kits, subject-matter research, and managing document reviewers. Reilly has particular experience working with clients in matters of government investigations, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and products liability.

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Robert P. Crumpler, Jr.

tthorp — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:50:42 +0000

Robert P. Crumpler, Jr.’s practice predominantly involves representing clients in litigation arising out of disputes in the oil and gas industry. The litigation matters on which he works originate from the countless number of agreements and common law under which the industry transacts business. In addition, Rob has represented multiple clients in addressing environmental issues and claims that emerge as a result of oil and gas production. And Rob routinely represents clients in complex fiduciary/company agreement litigation as well as trade secret and non-compete litigation.

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Perlette Michèle Jura

tthorp — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 22:06:15 +0000

Perlette Jura is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices. Her practice focuses on complex trial and appellate litigation. She co-chairs the firm’s Transnational Litigation Group and its Environmental Social Governance practice. She has played a key role in a number of the firm’s most high-profile transnational, environmental and technology-driven matters. Ms. Jura has extensive experience working with the food and beverage, agricultural, aerospace, automotive, emerging technology and energy industries. The Los Angeles Business Journal named Ms. Jura to its list of “Most Influential Women Lawyers” in Los Angeles, featuring 50 of the most accomplished female attorneys working in the region. For the past four years, Ms. Jura has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation as one of the “Top 250 Women in Litigation.” Benchmark Litigation has also featured Ms. Jura as a California “Litigation Star” for 2023. In 2023 Lawdragon, which recognizes those who specialize in international arbitration, public international law and advise leading corporations recognized Ms. Jura as one of the “500 Leading Litigators in America” and recognized her as a member of Lawdradon Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law. BTI Consulting Group also honored Ms. Jura a Client Service All-Star, an attorney “who stand[s] above all the others in delivering the absolute best in client service.”

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