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| | Whatley Drake & Kallas, LLC practices in the following areas of law:
Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Civil Rights/Discrimination; Class Actions; Complex/Multi-District Litigation; Consumer Fraud; Corporate Compliance; Election Law; Environmental Law; Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); Governmental Litigation; Healthcare Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Labor and Employment Law; Mass Torts; Pension and Health and Welfare Funds; Personal Injury; Products Liability, RICO Act - Civil and Criminal; Securities Fraud and Insider Trading. | Firm Profile:
Whatley Drake & Kallas, L.L.C. has a national practice, focusing on class actions and providing legal services from the representation of the individual client to governmental entities, and pension and employee benefit funds. The firm has handled cases in courts of all levels through the United States Supreme Court. Lawyers at Whatley Drake & Kallas have tried more than 250 jury cases to verdict and countless non-jury cases on behalf of clients. The firm's practice is concentrated on complex civil litigation including healthcare, governmental, anti-trust, consumer and securities fraud, labor and employment law, and products liability. Additionally, the firm has extensive experience in white collar criminal defense. Whatley Drake & Kallas lawyers handle mass torts including exposure of workers, and injuries arising from medical and pharmaceutical products. | Languages:
SpanishFrench. | Clients:
COUNSEL FOR: The Connecticut State Medical Society; California Medical Association; Florida Medical Association; Louisiana State Medical Society; Texas Medical Association; the Medical Society of the State of New York; the Medical Society of New Jersey; South Carolina Medical Association; Tennessee Medical Association; Northern Virginia Medical Societies; North Carolina Medical Society, Nebraska Medical Association, Washington State Medical Association, Hawaii Medical Association, Alaska Medical Association, Rhode Island Medical Society; Vermont Medical Society; New Hampshire Medical Society; El Paso County Medical Society of Colorado; California Chiropractic Association; United Steelworkers of America. |
Other Office Locations of Whatley Drake & Kallas, LLC
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS | | Joe R. Whatley, Jr. (Member) born Selma, Alabama, June 14, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Alabama; 1997, Texas; 2006, New York; 2007, Colorado; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth, Sixth and Second Circuits; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2002, Colorado; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1975); University of Alabama (J.D., 1978). Recognized, Best Lawyers in America, Labor & Employment, 2007. Speaker, "Class Actions: A Day in the Life of a Complex Litigation Lawyer," Complex Litigation, Mass Torts & Class Actions Continuing Legal Education Summit, Whatley Drake LLC, 2006. Law Clerk to Chief U.S. District Judge Frank H. McFadden, Northern District of Alabama, 1978-1979. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation); Federal Bar Association (Past President, Birmingham Chapter, 1990-1991); Alabama State Bar (Past President, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1990-1991); Birmingham Bar Association; American Association for Justice; Alabama Association for Justice; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Reported Cases: PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. v. Book, 538 U.S. 401, 123 S.Ct. 1531 (2003); In re Managed Care Litigation, 246 F.Supp.2d 1363 (Jud. Pan. Mult. Lit. 2003); In re Humana Inc. Managed Care Litigation, 285 F. 3d 971 (11th Cir. 2002); In re Managed Care Litigation, 209 F.R.D. 678 (S.D. Fla. 2002); In re Managed Care Litigation, 135 F.Supp.2d 1235 (S.D. Fla. 2001); Thompson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 2003 WL 21222151 (SDNY 2003); United States v. State of Alabama, 571 F. Supp. 958 (N.D. Ala. 1983), 574 F. Supp. 762 (N.D. Ala. 1983), 582 F. Supp. 1197 (N.D. Ala. 1984), aff'd, 762 F.2d 1021 (11th Cir. 1985), 791 F.2d 1450 (11th Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1085 (1987); 628 F. Supp. 1137 (N.D. Ala. 1985), rev'd, 828 F.2d 1532 (11th Cir. 1987); 787 F.Supp. 1286 (N.D. Ala. 1991), Aff'd in part, rev'd in part 14 F.3d 1534 (11th Cir. 1994), on remand, 900 F.Supp. 272; Dunn v. ConRail, 890 F. Supp. 1262 (M.D.La. 1995); Shuford v. Alabama State Board of Education, 894 F. Supp. 1511, 897 F. Supp. 1535 (M.D.Ala. 1995); Cox v. Administrator, 17 F.3d 1386 (11th Cir. 1994); Kelly v. Arrington, 599 So.2d 24 (Ala. 1992), 624 So.2d 546 (Ala. 1993). Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Civil Rights; Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Consumer Fraud; Election Law; ERISA; Health Care Litigation; Labor Law; Mass Torts; Pension and Health and Welfare Funds; Personal Injury; Products Liability; RICO; Insurance Litigation; Civil Practice; Securities Fraud; Insider Trading. Email: Joe R. Whatley, Jr. | | Edith M. Kallas (Member) born New York, N.Y., May 3, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third and Sixth Circuits. Education: The Juilliard School (B.M., 1984), Sigma Alpha Iota; Fashion Institute of Technology (A.A.S., summa cum laude, 1984); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1987). Member, Cardozo Moot Court Board. Co-Author: "Gender Bias and the Treatment of Women as Advocates," Women in Law, 1998. Faculty Member/Speaker: "Class Action Health Care Litigation," ALI-ABA Health Care Law and Litigation Conference, 1999; "Class Actions: HMOs and Health Care Providers Under Attack," ALI-ABA Life and Health Insurance Litigation Conference, 2000; "Providers (Suits by Doctors and Hospital Class Actions)," ALI-ABA Health Care Law and Litigation Conference, 2000: "The Application of ERISA and RICO Theories in the Age of Managed Care," The Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert, 2000; "Health Care Litigation: What You Need to Know After Pegram," Practicing Law Institute, 2000; "Provider Suits by Doctors and Hospitals v. HMOs," ALI-ABA Health Care Law and Litigation Conference, 2001; The Joint Seminar Session of the School of Allied Health and Health Law Section at Quinnipiac University School of Law, 2001; The CLE Conference presented by the American Society of Medical Association Counsel, 2002; "The Unique Role of the Medical Society Effectively Litigating for Change in the Healthcare Arena," American Academy of Otolaryngology Presidential-Board of Governors Special Seminar, 2002; "The Future of Class Action Litigation in America," The CLE Conference presented by the American Bar Association, 2005; "Gender Bias in Litigation and the Trend Toward Diversity in Multi-District Litigation Proceedings," Whatley Drake LLC Continuing Legal Education Conference, 2006. Named by the New York County Lawyers' Association as one of the "Outstanding Women of the Bar," 2004. Honored by thirteen State and County Medical Societies, "For the Success Attained in her Relentless Pursuit of Justice for the Physicians of America and their Patients," 2004. Co-chair, Class Action Preservation Project, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 2006. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association; New York County Lawyers Association; The American Society of Medical Association Counsel; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Health Care Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation. Email: Edith M. Kallas | | Deborah Clark-Weintraub (Member) born Patchogue, New York, August 20, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: St. John's University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); Hofstra University (J.D., with distinction, 1986). Staff Member, 1984-1985 and Research Editor, 1985-1986, Hofstra Law Review. Author: Note, "The Use of Videotaped Testimony of Victims in Cases Involving Child Sexual Abuse: A Constitutional Dilemma," 14 Hofstra Law Review 261, 1985. Law Clerk to Hon. Jacob Mishler, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of New York, 1986-1987. Co-author: "Gender Bias and the Treatment of Women as Advocates," Women in Law, 1998; "Dissenting Introduction," 1994; "Securities Class Actions: Abuses and Remedies," National Legal Center for the Public Interest. Member: American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Securities; Class Actions. Email: Deborah Clark-Weintraub | | Joseph P. Guglielmo (Member) born New Rochelle, New York, September 13, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, New York; 1997, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1999, Colorado; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court; 2007, Connecticut. Education: Catholic University (B.A., cum laude, 1992; J.D., 1995). Certificate of Public Policy, 1995. Co-author, "Class Actions In The Healthcare Context," published for the following healthcare conferences: Class Action Health Care Litigation, ALI-ABA Health Care Law and Litigation Conference, 1999; Class Actions: HMOs and Health Care Providers Under Attack, ALI-ABA Life and Health Insurance Litigation Conference, 2000; Providers (Suits by Doctors and Hospital Class Actions), ALI-ABA Health Care Law and Litigation Conference, 2000; The Application of ERISA and RICO Theories in the Age of Managed Care, The Judges And Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert, 2000; and Health Care Litigation: What You Need to Know After Pegram, Practicing Law Institute, 2000. Co-author, "An Overview Of Class Action Litigation In the Managed Care Context," published for the following healthcare conferences: Provider Suits by Doctors and Hospitals v. HMOs, ALI-ABA Health Care Law and Litigation Conference, 2001, and American Society of Medical Associations Counsel, Fall 2002. Presenter, "Forum Shopping: Defendants Do It Too," American Bar Association, Business Litigation Committee, Winter 2007. Member: New York State, District of Columbia Bar and American Bar Associations and The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Practice Areas: Health Care Litigation; Antitrust; Securities Litigation; Consumer Litigation; Securities Fraud Class Actions. Email: Joseph P. Guglielmo | | Mitchell M. Breit (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, June 25, 1950; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia; 1989, New Jersey; 1990, New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1972); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1979). Chair: LexisNexis Wall Street Forum. Mass Tort Litigation, New York, N.Y., 2005; Mealey's Toxic Tort Litigation Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002. Presenter: ATLA Heart Device Litigation Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2005; Colorado Bar Association Pharmaceutical Torts, Denver, Colorado, 2005; Mealey's: Zyprexa Litigation Conference, Pasadena, California 2004; Fen-Phen Litigation Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2002; Water Contamination Conference, Pasadena, California, 2004; MTBE Litigation Conference, Pasadena, California, 2001. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Committees on: Judiciary, 2004—; Federal Legislation, 2003-2004; State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, 1988-2001; Secretary, Committee on Law Student Perspectives, 1992-1995); American Bar Association; Federal Bar Council Inn of Court; Virginia State Bar; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Water Pollution; Drug and Medical Device Litigation; Mass Torts; Toxic Tort Class Actions. Email: Mitchell M. Breit | | Patrick Joseph Sheehan (Member) admitted to bar, 1998, Massachusetts; 2000, New York; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: College of Holy Cross (B.A., 1993); Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 1997). Co-author, "Class Actions In The Healthcare Context," published for the following legal conferences: "Class Action Health Care Litigation," ALI-ABA Health Care Law and Litigation Conference, 1999; "Class Actions: HMO and Health Care Providers Under Attack," ALI-ABA Life and Health Insurance Litigation Conference, 2000; "Providers (Suits by Doctors and Hospital Class Actions)," ALI-ABA Health Care Law and Litigation Conference, 2000; "The Application of ERISA and RICO Theories in the Age of Managed Care," The Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert, 2000; and "Health Care Litigation: What You Need to Know After Pegram," Practicing Law Institute, 2000. Co-Author, "An Overview of Class Action Litigation In the Managed Care Context," published for the following legal conferences: "Provider Suits by Doctors and Hospitals v. HMOs," ALI-ABA Health Care Law and Litigation Conference, 2001 and American Society of Medical Associations Counsel, Fall 2002. Member, Board of Directors, Holy Cross Lawyers Association. Editor, Nu Forum Law Journal, Northeastern University School of Law. Member: Massachusetts and New York State Bars; American Bar Association; American Association for Justice; Massachusetts Bar Association; Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys; Boston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Consumer Law; Insurance Litigation; Information Security; Class Actions. Email: Patrick Joseph Sheehan | | ASSOCIATES | | Dominique Day (Associate) born New York, N.Y., April 29, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1996); Stanford University (J.D., 1999). Law Clerk to the Hon. Sterling Johnson, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1999-2000. Staff Attorney, The Bronx Defenders, Bronx, New York, 2000-2004. Keynote Speaker, "Effective Strategies in Experiential Education," Capital Region Conference on Service Learning, Albany, New York, 1997. Co-author, "The Benefits of Family-Focused, Strength-Based Methods: Women Under Community Justice Supervision and their Families," Community Corrections Report, Nov/Dec 2004. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Securities Class Actions; False Claims Act. Email: Dominique Day | | Mr. Laurence J. Hasson (Associate) born New York, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2003); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member, Executive Board, Moot Court Honor Society. Memorandum of Law Editor and Heyman Scholar, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Member: New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association; New York County Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Securities; Complex Commercial Litigation; Consumer Class Actions; Health Care Litigation. Email: Mr. Laurence J. Hasson | | Elizabeth Rosenberg (Associate) born Roslyn, New York, January 1, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, New York. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1998); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2001). Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation. Email: Elizabeth Rosenberg | | Lili R. Sabo (Associate) born Queens, New York, March 31, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., 1997); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Consumer Litigation; Securities Litigation. Email: Lili R. Sabo | | Mathew J. Spilka (Associate) born Fort Dodge, Iowa, March 17, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, California. (Not admitted in New York). Education: University of California at Davis (B.A., 1983); University of Washington (J.D., 1986). Member, The Sedona Conference, Working Group on Electronic Discovery. Member: State Bar of California, American Bar Association. Email: Mathew J. Spilka | | Ilze Caroline Thielmann (Associate) born West Islip, New York, August 17, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1988); Columbia University Law School (J.D., 1994). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Member, Law Review, Columbia University Law School. Practice Areas: Health Care Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation. Email: Ilze Caroline Thielmann | | OF COUNSEL | | Roberto Ramirez (Of Counsel) born Puerto Rico, 1950; admitted to bar, 1997, New York. Education: New York University (B.S.; J.D., 1993); Bronx Community College (A.D.). New York State Assembly for the 78th Assembly District, Bronx, New York, 1990-2000. Chair: Urban Health Care Subcommittee; Administrative Regulations Review Commission (ARRC); Social Services Committee; Real Property Tax Committee. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Promote Public Trust and Confidence Committee). | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Birmingham, Alabama Office: 2001 Park Place North, Suite 1000, Birmingham, Alabama 35203. Telephone: 205-328-9576. Fax: 205-328-9669. Email: webmaster@wdklaw.com.
Boston, Massachusetts Office: 60 State Street, 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02109. Telephone: 617-573-5118. Fax: 617-573-5090. Email: webmaster@wdklaw.com.
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