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Angi Whittaker-Pion’s practice focuses on litigation involving multiple parties, multiple claims, and allocation of liability among related corporate entities. She is actively involved in the day-to-day mass torts defense nationally for a publicly traded manufacturing client - coordinating discovery, company witnesses, documents, and trial preparation. She has conducted many forensic product-line investigations relating to claims arising out of products manufactured many decades before, often by divested or now non-existent companies. Ms. Whittaker-Pion defends asbestos-related personal injury and wrongful death suits, as well as mass torts alleging occupational exposure to silica, benzene, nickel, lead and perchlorate. Outside the products liability area, Ms. Whittaker-Pion’s practice encompasses a range of complex civil matters, including nationwide class action litigation and business disputes. In addition to her litigation experience, she represents clients before the Consumer Product Safety Commission in connection with corrective action plans (recalls), civil penalties and reports and investigations under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Ms. Whittaker-Pion also represents policyholders (including large publicly traded and privately held companies) in insurance coverage and/or insurance-related disputes. She conducts forensic insurance coverage investigations, locating lost insurance policies or secondary evidence of coverage issued many decades ago. Ms. Whittaker-Pion represents and advises policyholder clients on insurance coverage issues relating to asbestos, silica, mold, and other indoor air quality issues arising out of liability and first-party policies. Practice Areas: Commercial & Business Litigation Class Actions Commercial Litigation Insurance Recovery & Risk Management Coverage Disputes & Litigation Coverage Evaluations & Forensic Coverage Investigations Insurance Asset Management Risk Prevention & Management Mass Torts / Environmental Asbestos/Occupational Exposures Class Actions Products Liability CPSC & Other Regulatory Compliance Industrial Machinery Litigation Bar Admissions/Court Admissions:District of Columbia Maryland Education:The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D. 1999, Cum Laude, CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Policy. University of Maryland at College Park, B.A. 1996. Affiliations, Associations and Special Achievements: American Bar Association: Tort & Insurance Law Committee Defense Research Institute Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc. Maryland State Bar Association The Bar Association of Baltimore City: Young Lawyers Division Publications: Distinguishing Between Asbestosis and Silicosis: A Lawyer's Primer on the Proper Diagnosis of Each Disease, MIM Reporter, Vol. VIII, No. 1 (June 2005). Lawyers, Guns & Money: We've Got You Covered, Defense Research Institute, For The Defense, Vol. 2, No. 9 (2000). Mold Claims May be Excluded from Your CGL Policy -- 2002 Update, Mealey's, Litigation Report: Mold (May 2002). Without Consent: Establishing a Corporation Successor's Rights to the Predecessor's Insurance Coverage, 37 Torts & Insurance Law Journal 1, 105 (2001). Not thy Brother’s Keeper: Whose Duty Is It?, Defense Research Institute, For The Defense, Vol. 47, No. 10 (2005). Speaking Engagements: Preventing Mold Claims: Prudent Investments Reap Savings, Maryland Multi-Housing Council, Baltimore, Maryland (May 2002). Securing Predecessor Insurance Coverage, RPM International, Inc. Third Annual Corporate Counsel Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland (May 2003).
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