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Sedgwick Included in Top Tier of Mass Tort Firms in the Nation

November 2011

Best Lawyers Peer Review Process Also Recognizes Kevin Dunne as Product Liability Litigation Lawyer of the Year and Names 13 Sedgwick Attorneys to 2012 List

Sedgwick was ranked by Best Lawyers in the Tier 1 national rankings in the category of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants.  Sedgwick San Francisco product liability and class action partner Kevin J. Dunne was designated “San Francisco Best Lawyers Product Liability Litigation Lawyer of the Year,” and 13 Sedgwick attorneys were named to the 2012 list:

Ralph A. Campillo, Los Angeles, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Bruce D. Celebrezze, San Francisco, Insurance Law
David M. Covey, New York, Mass Tort / Class Actions - Defendants
Kevin J. Dunne, San Francisco, Bet-the-Company, Commercial and Product Liability Litigation
Michael F. Healy, San Francisco, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Christina J. Imre, Los Angeles, Appellate Practice
Gordon James III, Fort Lauderdale, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Kirk C. Jenkins, Chicago, Appellate Practice
James H. Keale, Newark, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Elliot D. Olson, Los Angeles, Mass Tort / Class Actions - Defendants
Gregory C. Read, San Francisco, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Lillian G. Stenfeldt, San Francisco, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation - Bankruptcy
Michael A. Tanenbaum, Newark, Mass Tort / Class Actions - Defendants
 
Best Lawyers, one of the oldest peer-review publications in the legal profession, compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
 
Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community was honored as a “Lawyer of the Year.”  Lawyers with this designation received particularly high ratings in Best Lawyers’ surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.

In addition to Sedgwick’s Tier 1 national ranking in mass tort and class action litigation, the firm was also included in various Tier 1 regional rankings for mass tort, product liability and personal injury defense representation. 

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Campillo, Ralph A.
Celebrezze, Bruce D.
Covey, David M.
Dunne, Kevin J.
Healy, Martin J.
Imre, Christina J.
James III, Gordon
Jenkins, Kirk C.
Keale, James H.
Olson, Elliott D.
Read, Gregory C.
Stenfeldt, Lillian G.
Tanenbaum, Michael A.

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