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Brian J. McKeen

Detroit, MI

Brian McKeen began practicing law in 1982. During his career, he has become a powerful advocate for his clients and one of the foremost medical malpractice attorneys in Michigan. He has tried cases throughout the United States. He currently sits on the executive boards of the Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ) and the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Mr. McKeen formerly served as chair of the AAJ Professional Negligence Section, Medical Negligence Exchange Group and Birth Trauma Litigation Group (BTLG). Since 2001, McKeen & Associates has generated the year's top verdict in Michigan four times, including securing the state's largest medical malpractice verdict on record in 2001, when a jury rendered a verdict award of $55 million in the case of Hall v Henry Ford Health System. McKeen & Associates also topped all Michigan verdict awards in 2002, with an award of $22.5 million in the case of Blazo v McLaren Regional Medical Center, et al; in 2006 with an award of $16 million in the case of Lowe v Henry Ford Health System; and in 2007, with an award of $35 million in the case of Oppenheim v Aeneas C. Guiney. Mr. McKeen was recently inducted to The Inner Circle of Advocates and named Top Attorneys in Michigan as published by The New York Times in September 2012.

Michael Maggiano

Fort Lee, NJ

Michael Maggiano is the founder and senior partner of Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi, specializing in personal injury litigation for over 45 years, focusing on motor vehicle collisions, trucking accidents, and train wrecks. He has handled high-profile cases, achieving seven and eight-figure recoveries. He is certified as a civil trial attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a past President of the New Jersey Association for Justice and the Melvin M. Belli Society. He has received numerous awards including the NJAJ Gold Medal Award, Professor Clapp Lecturer Laureate, and the 'Mel' Award for Lifetime Achievement in Civil Litigation.

Bruce A. Hagen

Decatur, GA

Bruce A. Hagen decided very early on that he was going to devote his entire career to helping injured people. After graduating from George Washington University Law School in 1986, Bruce spent the early years of his practice training under incredible mentors before launching his own law firm in 1992 in Atlanta. He took on auto accidents, truck wrecks, slip and fall cases, and listened to every victim that came his way to learn everything he could about personal injury law. Practice makes better - with more than 200 civil trials under his belt, Bruce built a name for himself in Georgia courtrooms and amongst his peers as The People’s Lawyer. The verdicts he won and settlements he obtained, have changed the lives of his clients for the better. In return, his clients kept coming back with more cases and Bruce built his practice the old school way - through word of mouth and personal referrals from satisfied customers. As his law practice grew, Bruce pursued a long-time passion and began representing injured cyclists and doing advocacy work on behalf of the cycling community in Georgia. Through Bike Law Georgia, Bruce spends a substantial part of his time hosting educational programs for bicyclists, drivers, and law enforcement officers to help ensure that people are aware of both their rights and responsibilities, as well as to help promote safety for all road users. Bruce is also heavily involved in working with both State legislators and Municipal leadership in crafting laws intended to help protect bicyclists and pedestrians. Throughout his legal career, Bruce Hagen has appeared on television and radio to discuss personal injury law and to provide a legal opinion on current situations on the news. He is a frequent guest on 680 The Fan and his weekly podcast “Where Sports Meets The Law” is a listeners favorite. Bruce Hagen co-authored the book Litigating Minor Impact Soft Tissue Cases Vol. 1, 2 & 3 with trial lawyer Karen K. Koehler and Dr. Michael D. Freeman. By sharing his knowledge and experience in this book, Bruce hopes to shape the next generation of personal injury lawyers. First published in 2015, it has been updated annually and has become a tool for plaintiff’s attorneys nationwide. Bruce Hagen has been recognized as a Georgia Super Lawyer for twenty consecutive years. In 2016, his son Matt Hagen joined him in his law practice as an attorney and has been recognized as a Georgia Rising Star for eight consecutive years. Community has always been at the heart of Bruce’s career. His law firm and legal team are involved in a variety of community outreach activities ranging from sponsoring various bike events, to collecting used bikes for kids, and teaching bike safety lessons at a local middle school. As the founding partner of Hagen Rosskopf LLC, Bruce Hagen is no stranger to the challenges of being a small business owner and running a successful law firm. One of his best accomplishments is the team at Hagen Rosskopf, many of whom have been with the firm for decades and who consider each other family. Although Bruce Hagen already has an impressive legal career to boast about, he remains focused on the needs of his clients and the rapidly changing legal landscape for injured people in Georgia.

Carl L. Solomon

Columbia, SC

Carl L. Solomon is the Founder and Managing Attorney of Solomon Law Group, LLC, established in 2010. A native of Columbia, South Carolina, he holds a B.S. in Economics from Florida State University (1991) and a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law (1994). He specializes in complex litigation, including catastrophic injury, pharmaceutical litigation, product liability, wrongful death, and mass torts. Carl served as President of the South Carolina Bar (2010-2011) and as a City of Columbia Municipal Judge (2011-2015). He is recognized with numerous awards including Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers In America, Martindale Hubbell (AV Rated), Million and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and is a Fellow of the National College of Advocacy. He has extensive experience in mass tort and class action cases, including AFFF, JUUL, and Opioid litigations, and has presented nationally on trial advocacy.

Darren W. Penn

Atlanta, GA

Darren W. Penn is a trial lawyer handling a wide variety of tort and business litigation in state and federal courts across the United States. His practice areas include products liability, trucking and auto collisions, wrongful death, medical malpractice, aviation, business tort, entertainment, and intellectual property cases. He began his career in 1994 as a trial lawyer for State Farm, trying over a hundred bench and jury trials. He was a founding member of Penn & Pate LLP, then merged into Scherffius, Ballard Still & Ayres LLP, and later co-founded Harris Penn Lowry LLP, securing over $750 million in verdicts and settlements. He is the founder of Penn Law LLC. Darren is past President of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA), a member of the Board and past Chair of the Georgia State Bar’s General Practice & Trial Law Section, and past Chair of the Civil Justice PAC of Georgia. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, consistently named to Super Lawyers, Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite, and the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America and Georgia. He earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Georgia.

John A. Day

Brentwood, TN

John Day is the founder and owner of The Law Offices of John Day, P.C., with over 30 years of experience in personal injury and wrongful death law. He is an active author and speaker, having written multiple books and over fifty articles, and given over 300 legal speeches. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and board-certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and a Medical Malpractice Specialist by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys.