R. Graham Esdale, Jr. concentrates his practice on products liability litigation and workplace injuries. Mr. Esdale began his legal career with the Jefferson County District Attorneys office where he was involved in over 150 trials and was a member of the homicide and sex abuse division. Mr. Graham speaks regularly at various legal seminars on discovery and trial strategies. He is a member of Birmingham Bar, Mobile County Bar, Montgomery County Bar Associations and Alabama State Bar. Mr. Esdale is a shareholder in the law firm of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. in Montgomery, Alabama.
Julie Braman Kane practices in the areas of class action litigation, products liability, and personal injury. She is a former cochair of the AAJ’s National College of Advocacy Board of Trustees. Ms. Kane has previously served as chair of both AAJ Products Liability Section and Women’s Caucus. A frequent lecturer throughout the United States and Canada, Ms. Kane also serves as an officer of the Miami-Dade Florida Association of Women Lawyers, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, where she is a past Chair of both the Young Lawyers Division and the Women’s Caucus. Ms. Kane is a partner at Colson Hicks Eidson in Coral Gables, Florida.
Terrence E. McCartney concentrates his practice on automobile, pharmaceutical products liability, and complex products liability litigation. Mr. McCartney lectures on the topic of automobile crashworthiness law at both the state and national level and has been published several times. He is active in the Attorney’s Information Exchange Group, American Association for Justice, American Bar Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Prior to attending law school, he was an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and held the rank of Major in the Marine Reserves. Mr. McCartney is a partner in the law firm of Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, Shkolnik & McCartney LLP located in New York City.
Donald H. Slavik has a degree in engineering and professional engineering license, as well as bar licenses in Wisconsin, Texas, Colorado and Washington. He concentrates his practice in products liability litigation and has extensive experience with cases involving electrical products, aircraft, automobiles, farm equipment, industrial machinery and utility negligence. His automobile defects cases include those involving seat belt failures, handling defects, seat design, roof crush in rollover accidents, air bags, and defects in child car seats. He is listed in the “Best Lawyers in America.” Mr. Slavik is an attorney in the firm of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
