Asbestos Litigation: Demystifying Trends, Developments, and Defense Strategies

Andy Voss represents clients in the defense of lawsuits in federal and state courts involving asbestos, toxic torts, product liability, construction, premises liability and general commercial litigation. He had his first asbestos deposition in 1998 and has continued to represent asbestos defendants for over twenty years. He has extensive experience in some of the country’s most challenging venues, including the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and Madison County and St. Clair County, Illinois. He also has experience handling matters in the MDL 875, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Andy handles all aspects of litigation from the time a case is filed until its resolution, including substantive motion practice, discovery issues, taking and defending expert depositions, and ultimately, trial. In the field of asbestos, he has successfully argued complex motions, in particular motions to dismiss based upon lack of personal jurisdiction and motions to dismiss based on forum non conveniens. He has taken hundreds of depositions, including depositions of plaintiffs, plaintiffs’ fact witnesses, treating physicians and expert witnesses, served as national coordinating counsel and has been lead counsel on thousands of asbestos cases

Timothy L. Krippner represents dozens of manufacturers in product liability and toxic tort matters throughout the United States. His current responsibilities include retention as trial, local, regional and national coordinating counsel. Mr. Krippner also has considerable experience defending general product liability, professional liability, medical malpractice, and construction matters. At Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Mr. Krippner served on the firm’s Executive, Marketing and Budget Committees during a period of growth from one local office, to offices in Chicago, Austin, Detroit, Jersey City, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.