Todd P. Photopulos
Todd Photopulos is an accomplished labor and employment attorney with significant trial, arbitration, and consulting experience. He regularly represents U.S. and international employers in business immigration matters, including Specialty Occupations (H-1B), Intra-Company Transfers (L-1), NAFTA Occupations (TN), Extraordinary Ability (O), Investor Visas (E-2), and physician J-1 Waiver and National Interest Waiver visa cases, as well […]
W. McDonald Plosser
Mac is a member of Butler Snow’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare group. He is involved in multiple aspects of complex pharmaceutical and medical device product liability litigation. In addition to his work for pharmaceutical and medical device clients, Mac has experience representing clients in medical malpractice cases, working with clients, expert witnesses, and trial […]
Adam D. Porter
Adam focuses his practice on the representation and defense of manufacturers in products liability litigation, with an emphasis on complex pharmaceutical medical device litigation in both state and federal courts, including multidistrict litigation. He has provided on-site trial support to lead trial counsel in multiple medical device jury trials, which has included preparing defense experts, […]
Orlando R. Richmond, Sr.
Rod Richmond is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and American College of Trial Lawyers and an Associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has over 30 years of experience and has served as lead counsel or co-counsel in numerous jury trials in state, federal, and military venues. He has […]
M. Elizabeth Roper
Beth is a member of Butler Snow’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare group. She focuses her practice on appellate and written advocacy and drug and device litigation. She drafts dispositive motions on the motion teams in the pelvic mesh product liability litigation and other major product liability litigations. She has also served as appellate counsel […]
Paul S. Rosenblatt
Paul specializes in leading national science teams to strategically develop and coordinate scientific defense strategies for MDLs and mass tort cases. He has been an integral member of the national discovery teams, expert teams, and trial teams in some of the largest and most complex MDLs in history. Paul has extensive experience preparing, defending, and […]
Deondrey Rashad Russell
Drey practices primarily within Butler Snow’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Litigation Group. Since joining Butler Snow, he has successfully argued before political party executive committees, Mississippi trial and appellate courts, and multiple federal district courts across the nation. His varied practice includes general products liability, the defense of pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, and criminal […]
Christine Scifert, M.S., M.E.M.
Christine is a co-founder of MRC-X (previously known as Memphis Regulatory Consulting) and has been a managing partner of the regulatory and quality systems-based consulting group for medical devices for 10 years. Prior to consulting, Christine spent nine years at Medtronic Spinal and Biologics directing the regulatory department of 22 people. As senior director of […]
Ben J. Scott
Ben Scott a member of the Firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Group with a practice focused on drug and device litigation, general litigation, commercial litigation and professional liability. He is an active member of the Federal Bar Association and the Tennessee Bar Association. Ben obtained his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and is […]
Scott B. Shanker
Scott Shanker has extensive experience representing hospitals and health systems, single- and multi-specialty physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers and ancillary service providers. He advises these clients in compliance with fraud and abuse, physician self-referral (Stark Act), self-disclosure and reporting, fee-splitting issues, licensure, enrollment and corporate practice of medicine issues. He also regularly assists clients with […]
Allison C. Simpson
Allison is a member of Butler Snow’s Health Law group. Her practice focuses on addressing healthcare providers’ regulatory issues including reimbursement, audits, licensing, certification, provider enrollment, medical staff matters, certificates of need, and compliance with both state and federal laws. Allison also represents clients in transactions for the purchase, sale and lease of practices and […]
Matthew D. Sitton
Matt is a member of the Health Law Group and focuses his practice on healthcare compliance with federal and state law, the structuring of business transactions for healthcare providers, and the defense of healthcare clients in commercial litigation and governmental audits. Matt regularly provides counsel to institutional and individual providers to ensure contemplated business transactions […]