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About Terry F. Quill
EDUCATION
1988 Juris Doctor,
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI
1983 M.S., Toxicology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1977 M.S., Biology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1976 B.S., Biology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LEGAL PRACTICE
QUILL Law Group, LLC, Washington DC (3/2007 to Present)
- Advise clients
concerning risk assessment and risk communication.
- Advise clients
concerning product defense in public, regulatory, legal and
legislative arenas.
- Provide
litigation and litigation-support counseling related to
environmental, product and health matters.
- Prepare
comments on science and health issues to regulatory agencies.
- Develop and
manage science and experts in product and health-related
litigation.
- Prepare
science-based motions in litigation; develop deposition and
trial outlines related to scientific issues in litigation.
- Challenge
agency rulemakings.
SCIENTIFIC
CONSULTING
In Limine LLC,
Principal (3/2007 to Present)
- Provide
toxicology, regulatory, risk assessment, risk management and
science policy counseling.
- Provide
litigation-support services related to environmental, product
and health matters.
- Assist clients
in responding to agency actions.
- Focus on
developing science in litigation for purposes of bringing and
defending Daubert motions.
Senior Vice
President for Product Defense, The Weinberg Group, Washington, DC
(7/2005-2/2007)
- Advised
clients regarding development and defense of products.
- Assisted
clients in responding to threats to corporate image, business
and brands.
- Activities
included risk assessment, risk management, science policy and
regulatory advice, and litigation-support services related to
environmental, product and heath matters.
- Assessed the
toxicity and environmental fate of chemical substances.
- Advised
clients concerning regulatory and political processes related to
environmental, product and health issues.
- Member of
firm’s Management Committee. Responsible for marketing and
business development for the Product Defense Group. Managed the
Product Defense Group, which consisted of a number of scientific
professionals.
ATTORNEY –
Environmental and Administrative Law; Product Liability Litigation
Partner, Duane
Morris LLP, Washington, DC (5/2000 to 6/2005)
Of Counsel,
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, DC (10/1988 to 5/2000)
Experience in
Environmental and Administrative Law
- Provided legal
counseling and litigation services concerning a variety of
environmental and regulatory issues.
- Represented
clients in legal and technical matters associated with potential
human and environmental exposures to toxic substances.
- Advised
clients regarding risk assessment and risk communication.
- Extensive
involvement in the regulatory and political processes concerning
dioxin.
- Extensive
experience in assessing the toxicity and environmental fate of
dioxins, PCBs, and endocrine disruptors.
- Advised
clients on international activities concerning persistent
organic pollutants.
- Experience in
environmental and toxic tort litigation, administrative hearings
and appellate challenges to EPA rulemakings under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Safe Drinking Water
Act (SDWA).
- Involved in
the development of and challenges to state water quality
standards for dioxins and toxics.
- Represented
clients in matters under the Clean Water Act; the Toxic
Substances Control Act; the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act; SDWA; and, RCRA.
Clients included a
number of pulp and paper companies, sectors of the chemical
industry, mining groups, municipal waste and hazardous waste
incinerators, and a variety of other industrial companies.
Litigation
Experience
- Provided
litigation services related to product liability and personal
injury defense.
- Managed
science issues and scientific experts in litigation.
- Provided
advice concerning product defense.
- Prepared
scientific theories for product liability and personal injury
litigation.
- Prepared
Daubert challenges opposing adverse experts.
- Prepared
strategies for opposing adverse scientific positions.
Clients included
dietary supplement manufacturers and sectors of the chemical and
automotive industry.
ENVIRONMENTAL
TOXICOLOGIST (9/1983 to 5/1985)
Macomb County
Health Department, Mt. Clemens, MI
County Toxicologist
responsible for addressing health concerns, community relations,
citizen education and complaint response associated with potential
human exposure to toxic wastes and toxic materials.
- Developed and
administered county toxicology programs.
- Communicated
health and environmental risks to the public, news media,
environmental groups, health agencies and public officials.
- Worked closely
with and provided assistance to state agencies, other county and
city health departments, and fire and police departments.
- Provided toxic
spill and emergency incident response.
- Developed
health advisories for a variety of chemical contaminants in air,
drinking water, surface water and soils that were associated
with landfills, industrial operations and household chemical
use.
- Made numerous
toxicology presentations at state conferences and community
meetings.
- Organized and
served as chairperson for a statewide environmental toxicology
committee consisting of representatives from local health
departments and state agencies.
METALLURGICAL
LABORATORY ASSISTANT (10/1980 to 2/1981)
Atlas Foundry Co.,
Detroit, MI
- Activities
focused on quality control of gray and nodular iron castings for
automotive dies, machine and prototype parts.
STAFF RESEARCH
ASSOCIATE II (12/1979 to 9/1980)
University of
California at Irvine, Irvine, CA
- Conducted
laboratory research in tumor immunology.
RESEARCH
ASSISTANT IN IMMUNOLOGY (6/1978 to 12/1979)
Wayne State
University, Dept. of Immunology, Detroit, MI
- Conducted
laboratory research in immunochemistry.
GRADUATE
RESEARCH/TEACHING ASSISTANT (4/1976 to 12/1977)
Wayne State
University, Dept. of Biology, Detroit, MI
- Conducted
laboratory research in molecular and developmental genetics.
- Instructed
biology laboratory classes and biology discussion classes.
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
American Bar Association Special Committee on Science and
Technology, Past Chairman
International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology,
Treasurer, Past President
Life Sciences Research Office, Vice Chairman - Board of Directors
EDITORIAL BOARD
Regulatory
Toxicology and Pharmacology, Editorial Board Member
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