Ingham v. J&J: A Supreme Court Petition Spotlights Due-Process Concerns in America’s Mass Tort Environment

As president and CEO of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dan Mehan leads Missouri’s foremost advocacy group for job growth and economic expansion. Dan and the Missouri business community are currently implementing a 15-year strategic plan called Missouri 2030: An Agenda to Lead. The Missouri 2030 plan includes components to improve Missouri’s workforce preparation, economic competitiveness, job-supporting infrastructure and business leadership. Prior to joining the Missouri Chamber, Dan worked for Washington University in St. Louis. He has also been involved in several statewide and regional campaigns. He was a staff assistant to former U.S. Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond.

Evan M. Tager is a Partner in Mayer Brown LLP’s Washington, D.C. office. A co-leader of the firm’s Supreme Court and Appellate practice, Evan has been integrally involved in a range of issues of paramount importance to the business community, including punitive damages, class-certification standards, admissibility of expert testimony, and enforceability of arbitration agreements. He is editor-in-chief of Mayer Brown’s blog on punitive damages, Guideposts and represented the Chamber of Commerce of the U.S., the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the American Tort Reform Association on an amicus brief filed with the Missouri Supreme Court in Ingham v. Johnson & Johnson. Evan is a member of WLF's volunteer Legal Policy Advisory Board.

Sherman Joyce is President of the American Tort Reform Association, the nation’s first organization exclusively dedicated to reforming the civil justice system. Founded in 1986, ATRA is a nationwide network of state-based liability reform coalitions backed by 142,000 grassroots supporters. Mr. Joyce served as Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator John C. Danforth until 1984 and after being admitted to the Virginia Bar, he became minority counsel to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, where he worked on product liability legislation. Mr. Joyce assumed his current position in August 1994.