Office of the Clerk of Court
Michael E. Kunz, Clerk of Court
MDL 875
Official Contacts
All Inquiries regarding MDL 875 should be directed to the MDL 875 Law Clerk at michele_ventura@paed.uscourts.gov. Do not contact judicial officers unless otherwise directed to do so.
 Court Administration
 Judicial Officers
 Plaintiffs' Land-Based Steering Committee
 Defendant's Land-Based Steering Committee

Court Administration
Clerk of Court: Michael E. Kunz
United States District Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Room 2609
James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse
601 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Telephone: (215) 597-7704
MDL 875 Law Clerk: Michele Ventura, Esq.
Email: michele_ventura@paed.uscourts.gov
Telephone: (267) 299-7422
MDL 875 Summary Judgment Law Clerk: Heather Dixon, Esq.
Email: heather_dixon@paed.uscourts.gov
Telephone: (267) 299-7427
(Please notify Heather Dixon of any withdrawals or voluntary discontinuances of summary judgment motions as soon as possible.)
Case Administrator for MARDOC cases: Christopher Lyding, Esq.
Email: christopher_lyding@paed.uscourts.gov
Telephone: (267) 299-7562
Special Master for Eastern District of Virginia cases: Bruce Lassman, Esq.
Deputy Clerk: Jeffrey Lucini

Judicial Officers

Plaintiffs' Land-Based Steering Committee
Peter Angelos, Esq.
100 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Telephone: (800) 556-5522
Janet Ward Black, Esq.
Ward Black Law
208 West Wendover Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27401
Telephone: (504) 581-9056, (336) 273-3812
Roger Lane, Esq.
1601 Reynolds Street
Brunswick, GA 31520
Telephone: (912) 264-8296
John Cooney, Esq.
Cooney & Conway
Suite 3000
120 N. LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60602
Steven Kazan, Esq.
Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Lyons, Greenwood & Harley, PLC
171 Twelfth Street, 3rd Floor
Oakland, CA 94607
Telephone: (510) 302-1000
Peter Kraus, Esq.
Waters & Kraus
3219 McKinney Avenue
Dallas, TX 75204
Telephone: (214) 357-6244
Joseph Rice, Esq.
Motley Rice
28 Bridgeside Boulevard
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Telephone: (843) 216-9159
Russell Budd, Esq.
Baron & Budd
The Centrum, Suite 1100
3102 Oak Lawn Avenue
Dallas, TX 75219
Telephone: (214) 521-3605
Michael Thornton, Esq.
Thornton & Naumes
30th Floor
100 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02110
Telephone: (617) 720-2445

Defendant's Land-Based Steering Committee
Kevin Jordan, Esq.
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
One Shell Plaza
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002-4995
William Mahoney, Esq.
Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney
1 IBM Plaza, Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60611
Telephone: (312) 645-7806
W.G. Watkins, Esq.
Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy
City Centre, Suite 100
200 South Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Telephone: (601) 960-8600
David Landin, Esq.
Hunton & Williams
951 East Byrd Street
P.O. Box 1535
Richmond, VA 23218-1535
Telephone: (804) 788-8387
John McShea, Esq.
McShea Tecce
Bell Atlantic Tower
1717 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone: (215) 599-0800
Thomas Packer, Esq.
Gordon & Rees
Embarcadero Center West, Suite 2000
275 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 986-5900
Philip McWeeny, Esq.
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Legal Department, 8-OSG
One Seagate
Toledo OH, 43666
Telephone: (419) 247-1004
Robert Malaby, Esq.
Malaby, Carlisle & Bradley
Suite 600
150 Broadway
New York City, NY 10038
Telephone: (212) 791-0285
Paul Kalish, Esq.
Cromwell & Moring
1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20004-2595
Telephone: (202) 624-2644