Message from the Chair

Terry F. Quill
Duane Morris LLP

On behalf of the Special Committee on Science and Technology leadership, I am pleased to welcome you to a new year of Committee activities involving science and technology in the practice of law. I am also pleased to present our Committee Newsletter. We are coming off a very successful year in which we addressed a number of legal issues related to science and technology, including the use of science in litigation, scientific and legal issues related to homeland security, the science underlying California's Prop. 65, and genomics in litigation, to name a few cutting-edge issues. We plan to pick up where we left off and address some issues left on the table last year (such as the Data Quality Act, toxicogenomics and dioxin). We will also continue to look for new hot topics in science and law that we can address in our Newsletter or in conferences. In that regard, please send us your ideas.

I would like to repeat our theme from last year: This is your Committee and the Committee leadership would like to respond to your information needs, provide a forum for you to share your expertise in the area of science and technology, and accommodate your desire to become more involved in the Committee. We are delighted to have the opportunity to assist and work with you on matters involving science and technology in the practice of law. Those matters form the basis of our practices and we feel we have much to share and learn. Our Committee will be successful only to the extent you get involved. If you are not yet a Committee member, please join us. If you wish to become more active in our committee or just want to share your ideas, please give us a call. The Committee chair and vice-chairs are listed below with contact information.

Our Committee addresses a broad range of health, technology and scientific issues that underlie much of environmental, energy and resource law. Our Committee can provide a valuable service to legal practitioners throughout our Section and the ABA. This year we plan to continue our outreach efforts to our Committee members, work more with other Section committees and collaborate with other ABA sections. We are working with the Committee on Pesticides, Chemical Regulation and Right-To-Know to conduct a teleconference this December on the Data Quality Act. We are also planning in the next month or two to conduct a conference or workshop concerning dioxin. We will keep you posted on these and other Committee activities. In that regard, we intend to utilize our Committee list serve to better communicate with you. We hope to have that up and running soon.

Again, welcome to an exciting and fruitful year. Please enjoy your newsletter.

2002-03 Committee Leadership

Chair
Terry F. Quill
Duane Morris LLP
Washington, DC
202/776-7894
tfquill@duanemorris.com

Vice-Chairs
Joshua Bloom
Bingham McCutchen LLP
San Francisco, CA
joshua.bloom@bingham.com

Sarah Brozena
American Chemistry Council
Arlington, VA
sarah_brozena@americanchemistry.com

Elliot Eder
Washington, DC
EEder@att.net

David Fischer
Chlorine Chemistry Council
Arlington, VA
David_fischer@americanchemistry.com

Sunil Garg
Westcott Ecoshelf, LLC
Summit, NJ
Sgarg@ecoshelf.com

David Giamporcaro
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC
Giamporcaro.david@epamail.epa.gov

Philip Kessack
MWA Americas, Inc.
Broomfield, CO
philip.d.kessack@mwhglobal.com

Brian Negele
Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohen
Detroit, MI
jbn@honigman.com

Thomas Richichi
Beveridge & Diamond, PC
Washington, DC
trichichi@bdlaw.com

Please feel free to contact the vice-chairs or me at any time.