Luther was Of Counsel with Butler Snow until his retirement in December 2021.  He concentrated his practice on appellate matters, media law, constitutional law, professional liability, and product liability defense. He is a past president of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and is the co-author of Mississippi Appellate Practice (2021).  He obtained his J.D. from the […]

Dawn has spent the past 19 years in the medical device industry working with venture capital backed start-ups and larger companies alike. She focuses her work on regulatory, strategy, and submissions, along with clinical study design and study execution, for products such as navigation devices for neurosurgical and cardiac indications, high intensity ultrasound for cardiac […]

David Ohlwein has extensive experience in healthcare regulatory and transactional matters, including: medical device transactions, the federal Anti-kickback statute (AKS), False Claims Act (FCA), HIPAA, Stark Act, and FDA compliance. He previously served as Sr. Legal Director in wide variety of commercial transactions for a $3.5 billion division of a medical device company. David obtained […]

Amy Pepke is the immediate past chair of the Firm’s Appellate and Written Advocacy Group. Her experience includes cases involving: class actions, mass torts, breach of contract, business disputes, unfair competition, patent infringement, antitrust and corporate investigations. She recently participated as a member of a Deferred Prosecution Federal Monitor Team for a medical device company. […]

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 […]

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 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, […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 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 […]