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Bill Ohlemeyer's main practice area is complex litigation, with an emphasis on mass torts, product liability, class actions
and federal multidistrict litigation. He has extensive experience managing and trying large-scale litigation in state and
federal courts across the country.
Mr. Ohlemeyer was formerly Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Altria Group, Inc., where he was responsible for
coordination of the litigation issues facing the Altria group of companies. After joining Altria in 1999, Mr. Ohlemeyer
worked closely with management, investors, outside counsel, and the media in an effort to successfully manage the variety of
legal challenges facing Altria and its operating companies, in particular tobacco products liability litigation. Prior to
joining Altria, Mr. Ohlemeyer was a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, where he successfully defended product liability cases
tried to verdict in state and federal courts across the country. In 1998, the
National Law Journal selected him as
one of the nation's ten top trial lawyers.
Mr. Ohlemeyer is currently a member of the
adjunct faculty at Columbia Law School, where he is a Lecturer-in-Law on Mass
Torts. He was a panelist at the 2006 Eighth Annual Sedona Conference on Complex Litigation and the 2007
Aspen Institute Justice and Society Seminar. Mr. Ohlemeyer is currently a member of the
Sedona Group Punitive Damages Working Group. He is also Co-President of the Board of Governors of the
Little Orchestra Society, New York's oldest teaching orchestra.
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