Quackwatch Legal Advisory Board

(Titles are listed for identification only)

Our legal advisors help us with legal issues, regulatory matters, and questions related to insurance fraud and utilization review. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are also interested in filing lawsuits on behalf of quackery victims. To join our legal advisory board, please contact Dr. Stephen Barrett.

Attorneys, United States (25)

*R. Christopher Barden, PhD, JD, LP (attorney and licensed psychologist)
President, National Association for Consumer Protection in Mental Health Practices
1093 East Duffer Lane
North Salt Lake, UT 84054
Telephone: (888) 947-6281

Michael Botts, Esq.
Alexandria, VA

Douglas M. Brooks, Esq. (consumer protection and class action suits)
Gilman and Pastor LLP
60 State Street, 37th Floor
Boston, MA 02109
Tel: (617) 742-9700

*Robert H. Buesing, Esq.
Trenam Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye & O'Neill, P.A.
2700 Bank Of America Plaza
101 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33601
Telephone: (813) 223-7474

*Brandon L. Clark, Esq.
Davidson Law Firm, Ltd.
P .O. Box 1300
Little Rock, AR 72203
Telephone: (501) 374-9977

*Robert Denham, Jr., Esq.
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy
191 Peachtree Street, N.E., 16th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
Telephone: (404) 572-6940

*Michael A. Galpern, JD
Greitzer and Locks
220 Lake Drive East, Suite220
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Telephone: (609) 779-8200

Gary E. Gamerman, MS, JD
Chief Counsel & Senior Vice-President
IATROS BIO/PHARMA LLC
Chantilly, Virginia
Telephone: (703) 375-6402

*Richard Gergel, Esq.
1400 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone: (803 ) 779-8080

Scott Goodroad, JD, MBA, BA
Cancer Fraud Action Network
3829 Upton Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55410

*Christopher Grell, Esq.
The Broadlake Plaza
360 22nd Street, Suite 320
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: (510) 832-2981
URL: http://grell.lawoffice.com

Gerald A Griffin, MD, JD
Wilson, Khoe & Winingham
2859 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Telephone (317) 920-6400, extension 38

*Elizabeth T. Kertscher, Esq.
The Watkins Building
114 East Ponce de Leon Ave.
Decatur (Atlanta), GA 30030
Telephone: (404) 377-8644

*Peter Kohn, Esq.
Berger & Montague, P.C.
1622 Locust St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone: (215) 875-3000 | main
Telephone: (215) 5712 | direct
URL: http://www.bergermontague.com

Grace Powers Monaco, JD
Director, Medical Care Ombudsman Program
Medical Care Management Corporation
Bethesda, Maryland

*William J. Pinilis, Esq.
17 Academy Street, 9th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Telephone: (973) 565-0100

Michael A. Roter, Esq. (insurance fraud defense specialist)
Morristown, New Jersey
Telephone: (973) 540-0877

*Franklin Radoff, Esq. (sexual harassment, discrimination, class actions nationwide)
19528 Ventura Blvd., #572,
Tarzana, CA 91356
Telephone: (800) 595-2948

*Mark Sanders, DC, JD
2549 Waukegan Road, Suite 154
Bannockburn, IL 60015
Telephone: (847) 940-7678

*Howard L. Siegel, JD
101 N. Adams Street
Rockville, MD 20850
Telephone: (301) 738-1314

Shelley Slade, Esq. (health fraud and qui tam cases)
Vogel & Slade, LLP
1225 19th St., N.W. Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 223-4710

*Joseph Paul Smith, Esq.
Lewallen & Smith, PLC
26 W. Center, Suite 204
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Telephone: (479) 444-6937

*Gregg Wagman, Esq.
5 Shaw's Cove, Suite 200
New London, CT 06320
Telephone: (860) 444-0100

Francis Womack, JD
Weber Goldstein Greenberg & Gallagher
One Evertrust Plaza, 9th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Telephone: (201) 915-0909

Attorneys, Other Countries (2)

Barry Windsor, BComm, LLB
8210 Rankin Drive
Regina, Sasketchewan
Canada S4Y 1J4
Phone: (306) 777-7989

*Barry Turner, BA, MPhil (specialty: psychiatry and the law)
13 Hungate
Lincoln, LN1 1ES
United Kingdom

Others (1)

Diane M. Felice, RN, MSA
Certified Legal Nurse Consultant
Quality Assurance/Utilization Management
Troy, Michigan

This page was revised on March 31, 2006.

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