The
Trial Lawyer
A MAGAZINE FOR TRIAL LAWYERS & A VOICE FOR JUSTICE www . thetriallawyermagazine . com
Spring 2025 • Volume XIII , Number I
PUBLISHER Premier Legal Productions , LLC John Givens , Sara Papantonio
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Adair Baine-McDonald
EXECUTIVE EDITOR Farron Cousins
SENIOR EDITORS Mike Papantonio , Angela Mason , Keith Givens , Harlan Schillinger
The Trial Lawyer magazine is published quarterly by Premier Legal Productions , LLC , 430 West Main Street , Dothan , AL 36301 . The Trial Lawyer , Vol . XIII , No . 1 , Spring 2025 ( ISSN 2159-7413 ) © 2025 , Legal Productions , LLC . — All rights reserved . Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is strictly prohibited . POSTMASTER : Send address changes to Legal Productions , LLC , 430 West Main Street , Dothan , Alabama 36301 .
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Julia Conley , Jessica Corbett , Farron Cousins , Michelle Ellner , Melissa Garriga , Ken Hardison , Thom Hartmann , David Hastings , Sonali Kolhatkar , Ralph Nader , Mark J . Nagle , Rene Rocha , Martha Rosenberg , David C . Shay , Richard Wolff
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