Mike Papantonio
Senior partner
Levin Papantonio
Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders
Veteran trial lawyer with national pharmaceutical and environmental litigation experience and extensive MTMP visibility.
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Senior partner
Levin Papantonio
Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders
Veteran trial lawyer with national pharmaceutical and environmental litigation experience and extensive MTMP visibility.
Founding partner
Seeger Weiss
New York / New Jersey · Litigation leaders
Plaintiff lawyer with extensive court-appointed leadership experience across mass torts and class actions involving pharmaceuticals, automobiles, and sports injuries.
Founder / trial lawyer
The Lanier Law Firm
Houston, TX · Litigation leaders
Prominent plaintiff trial lawyer whose product liability verdicts and trial teaching give him influence beyond his own docket.
Co-founding member
Weitz & Luxenberg
New York, NY · Firm leaders & originating counsel
Co-founded a major plaintiff firm combining asbestos, environmental, drug, and device litigation with national co-counsel relationships.
Founder
Watts Law Firm
Base not verified · Litigation leaders
Trial lawyer with decades of complex mass tort and environmental litigation experience; current MTMP biography emphasizes wildfire litigation and large plaintiff portfolios.
Named partner
Simmons Hanly Conroy
New York, NY · Litigation leaders
Leads complex plaintiff litigation involving opioids, products, environmental claims, and abuse, with extensive national leadership and trial experience.
Founding partner
Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz
Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders
Founding AWKO partner with pharmaceutical and device MDL leadership experience, including 3M earplugs and Depo-Provera.
President
Levin Papantonio
Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders
Firm president with pharmaceutical, environmental, and national mass tort leadership experience.
Mass Torts Section head
Beasley Allen
Montgomery, AL · Litigation leaders
Leads Beasley Allen’s mass tort practice and helped develop the section after joining in 1996.
Founder & CEO
Broughton Partners
Savannah, GA · Referral & case acquisition
Leads a case acquisition business connecting plaintiff firms with retained claimants and litigation partners; Broughton identifies Goldwater Law Firm as its originating firm.
Founder & attorney
Morgan & Morgan
Orlando, FL · Firm leaders & originating counsel
Founder of a large national plaintiff firm with reach across injury litigation and mass torts.
Partner
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
San Francisco, CA · Litigation leaders
Longstanding plaintiff leader in class actions and complex proceedings involving consumer harms, products, and environmental disasters.
Founder, president & CEO
Consumer Attorney Marketing Group
Woodland Hills, CA · Marketing & claimant audiences
Leads CAMG’s legal marketing business with direct response and multichannel acquisition capabilities.
Partner
Beasley Allen
Montgomery, AL · Litigation leaders
Product liability lawyer with talc MDL co-lead experience and work involving Vioxx and pelvic mesh.
Partner
Weitz & Luxenberg
New York, NY / Cherry Hill, NJ · Litigation leaders
Experienced drug and medical device lawyer with federal and state leadership roles.
Birmingham managing partner; mass tort co-chair
DiCello Levitt
Birmingham, AL · Litigation leaders
Plaintiff lawyer with leadership spanning infant formula, hair relaxer, paraquat, social media harms, public clients, and civil rights.
Founding partner
Douglas & London
New York, NY · Litigation leaders
Co-founded a plaintiff firm focused on complex pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, with multiple national lead and liaison roles.
Founder & attorney
OnderLaw
St. Louis, MO · Firm leaders & originating counsel
Founder of a plaintiff firm with a substantial talc docket and product liability practice.
Attorney / litigation leader
Motley Rice
Base not verified · Litigation leaders
Represents individuals, communities, and public clients in toxic tort and product cases.
Vice president of programs
Mass Torts Made Perfect
Base not verified · Industry connectors
Oversees MTMP conferences and webinars, with additional Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, TrialSchool, and NLVA roles.
Founder / trial attorney
Wagstaff Law Firm
Denver, CO · Litigation leaders
Mass tort trial lawyer associated with the first federal Roundup bellwether; focuses on product liability and national coordinated litigation.
Managing partner
Wisner Baum
Los Angeles, CA · Litigation leaders
Product liability trial lawyer known for Roundup litigation and pharmaceutical cases.
Founding partner; trial practice leader
Napoli Shkolnik
New York, NY · Litigation leaders
Trial lawyer with pharmaceutical, environmental, and opioid litigation experience, including major plaintiff proceedings and discovery leadership.
Partner
Napoli Shkolnik
New York, NY · Firm leaders & originating counsel
Plaintiff lawyer with mass tort, pharmaceutical, medical malpractice, and complex litigation experience.
Partner
Fibich Leebron Copeland & Briggs
Houston, TX · Litigation leaders
Plaintiff lawyer with Paragard and Suboxone lead roles and hair relaxer steering committee work described in her MTMP biography.
Partner; mass tort managing member
Flint Cooper Cohn Thompson & Miracle
Illinois · Litigation leaders
Leads a mass tort practice involving pharmaceuticals, devices, and abuse claims, with co-lead roles described by MTMP.
Trial attorney / firm leader
Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
Alexandria, LA · Litigation leaders
Experienced plaintiff lawyer and complex litigation educator with Actos and DePuy Pinnacle leadership and trial experience.
Founding partner / trial attorney
Douglas & London
New York, NY · Litigation leaders
Trial lawyer focused on products and environmental toxic torts, including PFAS/C8 trials and scientific case development.
Senior partner; mass tort section head
Ashcraft & Gerel
Washington, DC · Litigation leaders
Drug and device plaintiff lawyer with national steering committee experience, talc co-lead work, and medical science expertise.
Founder & CEO
Bridge Legal
Base not verified · Technology, AI & data
Legal technology entrepreneur who previously founded Total Attorneys; Bridge combines workflow technology, intake, and support for high-volume plaintiff litigation and funders.
Founder / attorney
Goldwater Law Firm
Arizona · Referral & case acquisition
Plaintiff lawyer whose firm serves as the originating law firm in Broughton’s acquisition model.
Attorney / industry speaker
Reciprocity Industries
San Diego, CA · Referral & case acquisition
Attorney known for institutional abuse representation and connecting claimants with legal representation; speaks about intake risk and client quality.
Founder
American Law Firm Capital
Scottsdale, AZ · Funding & banking
Legal funding entrepreneur with multiple law firm finance businesses and longstanding mass tort financing experience.
Founder & president
A Case for Women
Dallas, TX · Marketing & claimant audiences
Built a women-focused legal advocacy and acquisition organization after serving as Baron & Budd’s CMO.
CEO & founder
Whitehardt
Nashville, TN · Marketing & claimant audiences
Co-founded a legal advertising agency serving local injury firms and national mass tort campaigns.
Founder & CEO
Mass Tort Ad Agency; formerly X Social Media
Winter Garden, FL · Marketing & claimant audiences
Legal advertising entrepreneur focused on digital plaintiff mass tort acquisition; the company rebranded from X Social Media in 2025.
Founder & CEO
CASE Legal Media
Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences
Leads CASE Legal Media and Sequoia Media Group, with experience in media buying, advertising strategy, and client acquisition.
Business Funding Group
Plainview, NY · Funding & banking
Co-founded BFG and leads its legal lending division, arranging financing for plaintiff practices.
Shareholder; mass tort/class action practice head
Burg Simpson
Base not verified · Litigation leaders
Leads drug, device, and class action work with prior experience at Seeger Weiss and as a New York prosecutor.
Shareholder
Levin Papantonio
Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders
Board-certified civil trial attorney focused on mass torts and product liability, including recent hernia mesh trial work.
Partner
Taft
Cincinnati, OH · Litigation leaders
Environmental attorney associated with decades of PFAS litigation and advocacy involving contaminated drinking water.
Co-founding member
Weitz & Luxenberg
New York, NY · Firm leaders & originating counsel
Co-founded W&L and helps direct the operational and preparatory work supporting its plaintiff litigation platform.
Litigator
Seeger Weiss
New York / New Jersey · Litigation leaders
Mass tort and class action lawyer with trial, discovery, and expert development experience.
Trial lawyer
Motley Rice
Rhode Island · Litigation leaders
Plaintiff lawyer working on mesh, GLP-1, and social media harms, with leadership, trial, and electronic discovery experience.
Founder / trial lawyer
Holland Law Firm
St. Louis, MO · Litigation leaders
Trial lawyer with product liability, railroad, and complex litigation experience, including talc trials and national leadership.
Owner / founder
TorHoerman Law
Edwardsville, IL · Firm leaders & originating counsel
Founded a pharmaceutical and injury practice after leading pharmaceutical work at the Simmons firm.
Co-founder & CEO
Filevine
Salt Lake City, UT · Technology, AI & data
Former plaintiff litigator who co-founded a legal case management and AI platform; prior practice included injury, mass tort, and employment matters.
Executive vice president of mass torts
ARCHER
Houston, TX · Settlement & litigation support
Leads mass tort business development and client/project management involving settlement administration, liens, data systems, and qualified settlement funds.
Chairman
Business Funding Group
Plainview, NY · Funding & banking
Finance executive overseeing BFG strategy, with prior healthcare company and investment banking leadership.
CEO & co-founder
Tort Experts
Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences
Legal marketing entrepreneur with a law background focused on lead and retained-case acquisition for plaintiff firms.
Founder
Social Media Victims Law Center
Pacific Northwest · Litigation leaders
Founded a firm focused on social media harms alongside a broader product liability practice, with asbestos and consumer litigation experience.
Drug/device litigation attorney
Weitz & Luxenberg
New York, NY · Litigation leaders
Joined W&L in 2023 with nearly three decades of litigation experience; current profile emphasizes emerging drug/device and exposure matters.
Partner
Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz
Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders
Complex litigation lawyer with substantial research, briefing, and bellwether support experience.
Attorney / firm leader
Bullock Legal Group
Base not verified · Litigation leaders
Plaintiff lawyer focused on children’s rights and technology-related harms, including video game addiction and school district litigation.
Founder
Top Class Actions
Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences
Founded a consumer-facing class action and settlement information platform connecting readers with settlements and plaintiff attorneys.
Founder & CEO
SimplyConvert
Base not verified · Intake & conversion
Built an intake platform from operational needs at TorHoerman Law; current company team page lists her as founder and CEO.
Chief revenue officer
Shield Legal
Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences
Leads revenue and business development at a legal case acquisition provider focused on mass tort acquisition and growth.
Vice chairman, CEO & president
Esquire Bank
Jericho, NY · Funding & banking
Leads a bank serving contingency-fee law firms, with prior banking and accounting experience.
Founder
Amicus Capital Group
Base not verified · Funding & banking
Legal finance entrepreneur focused on contingency-firm cash flow, with Themis Capital and law firm advisory experience.
CEO
Counsel Financial
Base not verified · Funding & banking
Leads a specialist legal finance company serving law firms through lending and underwriting.
CEO & chairman
Advocate Capital
Base not verified · Funding & banking
Leads a case expense financing provider; joined as CFO in 2002 and participates in credit underwriting and firm strategy.
Managing director & co-founder
Statera Capital
Chicago, IL · Funding & banking
Litigation finance professional responsible for investment selection, fund operations, investor relations, and general counsel duties.
Leadership team member
All Tort Solutions
Coral Gables, FL / Summit, NJ · Marketing & claimant audiences
ATS leadership professional with financial services sales and growth experience; company provides mass tort marketing, intake, and claimant acquisition.
Typhon founder; acquisition-announcement CEO
Typhon Interactive / Factua’s Nexus7Media
Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences
Founded the digital legal marketing business associated with InjuryClaims.com; a 2025 announcement identifies its acquisition by Factua’s Nexus7Media.
Founder & CEO
Validity Finance
New York, NY · Funding & banking
Litigation finance leader with trial practice and investment experience, including Credit Suisse litigation funding and Bentham’s U.S. business.
Partner
DiCello Levitt
Base not verified · Technology, AI & data
Plaintiff litigator focused on electronic discovery and data systems, with discovery leadership in hair relaxer and infant formula litigation.
Plaintiff litigation attorney
Lockridge Grindal Nauen
Minneapolis, MN · Litigation leaders
Drug, device, and consumer litigation lawyer with consolidated case leadership, class trial experience, and electronic discovery work.
Trial lawyer
Littlepage Booth Leckman
Base not verified · Litigation leaders
Product liability trial lawyer with historical leadership in hormone replacement therapy and Rezulin, plus trial teaching experience.
Trial lawyer
Walkup Melodia Kelly & Schoenberger
San Francisco, CA · Litigation leaders
Experienced plaintiff trial lawyer associated with wildfire resolution and the first DePuy ASR trial.
Attorney / firm founder
Hammers Law Firm; MTMP lists Schneider Hammers
Atlanta, GA · Litigation leaders
Plaintiff lawyer with complex product litigation experience, including IVC filters, following an earlier defense practice.
Mass tort attorney
Levin Papantonio
Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders
Federal mass tort and class action lawyer with extensive judicial clerkship experience before joining LP.
General counsel
Levin Papantonio
Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders
Firm general counsel with litigation and federal court experience, providing a connection into governance and firm operations.
Shareholder
Levin Papantonio
Pensacola, FL · Litigation leaders
Mass tort shareholder with recent work on Washington State opioid litigation against grocery-chain pharmacies.
Founding partner
Belluck Law
New York, NY · Litigation leaders
Asbestos and mesothelioma lawyer who previously represented New York State in tobacco litigation; co-founded the firm with Jordan Fox in 2002.
Partner
Bailey & Glasser
Madison County, IL / Missouri · Litigation leaders
Plaintiff trial lawyer with products, abuse, employment, and mass tort experience, including talc claimant representation in J&J bankruptcy proceedings.
Senior litigation counsel, mass torts
Parker Waichman
New York · Litigation leaders
Mass tort lawyer with GLP-1 and Exactech steering committee work and trial experience involving DePuy Pinnacle and talc.
Trial lawyer
Stokes & Hobbs; MTMP also lists Lanier
Houston, TX · Litigation leaders
Plaintiff trial lawyer with hernia mesh leadership and trial experience; current MTMP materials show two firm affiliations.
Chief strategy officer
Bridge Legal
Base not verified · Funding & banking
Plaintiff lawyer and litigation funder working on Bridge’s investments in high-volume consumer litigation and relationships with firms and funders.
Founder & CEO
Eve
San Mateo, CA · Technology, AI & data
Leads a plaintiff-focused AI company, with prior AI and technology experience at Facebook, Rubrik, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Co-founder & CEO
EvenUp
San Francisco, CA · Technology, AI & data
Leads a plaintiff legal AI company providing case preparation and personal injury workflow tools.
Co-founder & chief product officer
Pattern Data
Charlotte, NC · Technology, AI & data
Leads product and complex litigation implementations, with prior data science and predictive analytics experience at Garretson Resolution Group.
Chief revenue officer
Supio
Base not verified · Technology, AI & data
Commercial leader at a legal AI provider and MTMP speaker on AI’s impact on case lifecycle speed and outcomes.
Senior vice president of delivery
Filevine
Salt Lake City, UT · Technology, AI & data
Oversees delivery of legal technology and automated workflows, following Army JAG and technology operations roles.
Director of partnerships
Eve
San Mateo, CA · Technology, AI & data
Partnerships leader at a plaintiff-focused legal AI provider, with an MTMP speaking role in the AI case lifecycle program.
Vice president of sales
Tavrn
Base not verified · Technology, AI & data
Technology sales leader overseeing Tavrn’s sales organization and strategy for AI-powered plaintiff case preparation.
Vice president, mass tort settlement/lien operations
Epiq
Beaverton, OR; company contact office · Settlement & litigation support
Oversees mass tort settlement administration and lien resolution, including program design, budgets, quality assurance, and database systems.
Director of market development
TransUnion
Base not verified · Technology, AI & data
Works with plaintiff firms on identity, data quality, claimant diligence, and communications.
CEO & director
Datavault AI
Base not verified · Technology, AI & data
Technology executive and inventor with data, advertising, accessibility, and cybersecurity experience; speaks about claim tokenization.
Co-founder & president
LawRank
San Diego, CA · Marketing & claimant audiences
Leads a legal SEO agency and speaks about law firm branding and websites.
IMG Legal / International Media Group
Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences
Leads a legal advertising business specializing in mass tort and motor vehicle acquisition.
Founder & CEO
Lawmatics
San Diego, CA · Intake & conversion
Former criminal defense lawyer who founded legal software businesses; Lawmatics provides marketing automation, intake, and relationship management.
Chief technology officer
SmartAdvocate
Melville, NY · Technology, AI & data
Leads technology at a plaintiff case management provider working on AI-assisted document tools and integrated workflows.
Co-founder; operations & growth
Juvo Leads
Catawba, NC; company contact office · Intake & conversion
Co-founded a lead capture provider combining live chat, calls, forms, and SMS; oversees operations and growth.
Named company business contact
Intake Desk
Fort Lauderdale, FL; company office · Intake & conversion
Named contact for Intake Desk in public MTMP exhibitor materials across multiple years.
CEO
Lexitas
Houston, TX · Settlement & litigation support
Leads a technology-enabled litigation services provider; became CEO in January 2025 as Gary Buckland moved to chairman.
President; director of associate & client experience
Advocate Capital
Base not verified · Funding & banking
Legal finance executive focused on client education, staff development, and firm relationships, with board and credit committee participation.
Director of vendor services
Mass Torts Made Perfect
Base not verified · Industry connectors
Manages MTMP vendor services and serves as the public contact for sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities.
Chief strategy officer
CASE Legal Media
Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences
Leads agency assets, resources, and strategy, including acquisition tools and campaign profitability initiatives.
Chief revenue officer
CASE Legal Media
Base not verified · Marketing & claimant audiences
Business development and revenue leader with advertising, management, sales, and client relationship experience.
CEO & founder
Clio
Vancouver, BC · Technology, AI & data
Co-founded a legal cloud and AI platform supporting practice management and a broad technology integration ecosystem.