Public Policy Attorneys

The public policy attorneys at the law firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (SHB) contribute significantly to the civil justice reform in our country. Our 25 years of experience in complex litigation, government affairs and media relations has earned us a place at the forefront of cutting-edge liability law issues. Our skilled public policy attorneys routinely handle litigious cases on a nationwide basis by employing both traditional advocacy and clever defense strategies. Our reputation for dynamic problem-solving and counseling excellence among peers, legislators and government regulators is due, in particular, to the way our public policy attorneys supplement our trial expertise with an emphasis on education to our clients and the public. We offer litigation prevention counseling; legislative tort reform; amicus work; media outreach; and legal scholarship.

Our public policy attorneys are part of the SHB Public Policy Practice. Led by nationally-recognized product liability experts, veteran litigators and former faculty at prominent law schools, we are extremely visible in this legal arena in a variety of venues, including authoring papers and casebooks, speaking at conferences and participating on committees. One of our leading public policy attorneys co-authored the nation’s leading torts casebook, Prosser, Wade & Schwartz’s Torts (11th ed. 2005), as well as the principle text on the subject, Comparative Fault (3d ed. 2004). That same public policy attorney also served as general counsel to the American Tort Reform Association and co-chairs the American Legislative Exchange Counsel’s (ALEC) Civil Justice Task Force and is the only defense attorney in the United States to sit on the advisory committees of all three American Law Institute Restatement (Third) of Torts projects: Products Liability, Apportionment of Liability and General Principles.

Another of our esteemed public policy attorneys has published numerous articles on tort issues in leading national journals and has been quoted in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the National Law Journal and the Journal of Commerce. His professional honors include a Burton Award for Legal Achievement in recognition of his writing and an award from several national organizations for major research contributing to civil justice reform.

With access to these kinds of established industry leaders, why would you trust your case to other public policy attorneys? Contact us today to learn how we can tailor our services to meet your needs.