Alabama Affiliates in Action IDCA Honors Reynolds; Updates from AL, KS <strong>The</strong> annual meeting of the Alabama <strong>Defense</strong> Lawyers Association (ADLA) was held June 14–17, <strong>2012</strong>, at the Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort with outgoing president David K. Howard of Florence presiding. At the annual business meeting of the members on June 16, the election process resulted in the following slate of new Officers and Board Members: • Melody H. Eagan of Birmingham, President • Joseph J. “Jay” Minus, Jr. of Mobile, President-Elect • W. Dudley Motlow, Jr. of Birmingham, Secretary-Treasurer • Gary K. Grace of Huntsville, District I Director • Christie J. Strange of Birmingham, District II Director • Robert C. Ward, Jr. of Montgomery, District III Director • Ricardo A. Woods of Mobile, District IV Director • John P. Browning of Mobile, President—Young Lawyers’ Section 8 ■ <strong>For</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Defense</strong> ■ <strong>November</strong> <strong>2012</strong> Melody H. Eagan Joseph J. “Jay” Minus, Jr. Iowa Member Kevin M. Reynolds was awarded the Ed Seitzinger Award by the Iowa <strong>Defense</strong> Counsel Association (IDCA) at its annual meeting and dinner on September 13, <strong>2012</strong>. This honor is bestowed annually on the IDCA member who has contributed the most to the organization over the past year. Mr. Seitzinger, for whom the award is named, was in-house counsel for Farm Bureau Insurance Company. He was one of the founders and first presidents of the IDCA when it was formed in 1969. Whitfield & Eddy has had a close relationship with the IDCA from its inception. Firm members David Phipps, Jaki Samuelson, and Megan Antenucci are all former presidents of the IDCA. Mr. Reynolds was also appointed to the IDCA Board of Directors and will be serving in that capacity during <strong>2012</strong>–2013. <strong>The</strong> IDCA is the largest association of lawyers in Iowa who are committed to the pursuit of justice and the representation of defendants in litigation. It is one of the oldest and most active state defense organizations in the United States. As a product liability defense attorney, Mr. Reynolds has tried dozens of cases to jury verdict in state and federal courts for over 30 years. He is sensitive to the needs of self- insured manufacturers and insurers who underwrite these unique risks, and has represented wholesalers, distributors, and retailers in product cases as well. He is intimately familiar with such issues as product recalls; conducting evidentiary Daubert hearings in federal court; spoliation of evidence; defenses based on federal preemption; protective orders against the dissemination of internal, confidential, and proprietary trade- secret type design information; and keeping proof of other accidents, claims or lawsuits out of evidence. Mr. Reynolds is also an experienced instrument- rated private pilot, with over 1,700 flight hours since 1989. His flying experience gives him a distinct advantage when he works on aviation- related matters. His extensive jury trial, litigation and appellate- court experience provides him with a solid background when litigating commercial cases. Mr. Reynolds is a past Kevin M. Reynolds chair of the <strong>DRI</strong> Product Liability Committee and a current member of its steering committee. Kansas <strong>The</strong> Kansas Association of <strong>Defense</strong> Counsel (KADC) annual conference is set for December 7–8, <strong>2012</strong>, at the Marriott Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. Highlights this year include Kansas Supreme Court Justice Dan Biles, a highly entertaining presentation by Malcolm Kushner on persuasiveness and use of humor to make your point, illustrated by video clips of U.S. Presidents, a panel discussion led by USDC Magistrate Judge David Waxse and Johnson County Judge David Hauber on electronic discovery in federal and state court, and Steve Kerwick and Sarah Warner’s ever- popular case law update. In conjunction with the annual meeting, the KADC will again hold a trial skills workshop on December 6, which will focus on cross examination of the plaintiff and plaintiff’s expert witness. A full year’s worth of CLE credits, including two hours of ethics, are available at this single conference, where you can also mingle with colleagues, network with clients and enjoy all the Plaza has to offer during the holidays. Registration and additional information is available at http://www. kadc.org/. In other news, in an effort to bolster membership, the KADC Board of Directors recently adopted new membership incentives, as follows: • Lawyers admitted to the bar five years or less who join KADC will receive one free registration to the annual conference in their first year of KADC membership (a value of up to $410). • Lawyers who are members of <strong>DRI</strong>, but who have never been a KADC member, will receive a free one-year membership in KADC (a value of up to $190). • Law students who are members of KADC will receive free registration to the annual conference while they are full time students.
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