John C. McMeekin II will speak at the 26th Annual National Forum for Environmental & Toxic Tort Issues (FETTI) Conference on September 27, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois. He will speak on the topic “Navigating Talc Litigation: A view from the mine to bankruptcy.”  John will discuss industrial talc vs. cosmetic use, regulatory issues associated with talc, and causation and source tracking. The conference agenda is available here. John is a partner in Rawle & Henderson LLP’s Philadelphia office and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. He represents clients as local, national and trial counsel in environmental, toxic and mass torts product and related class actions, products liability, insurance coverage and aviation litigation. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law. John is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland and related U.S. District Courts. John is a former firefighter and emergency medical technician, and is Hazmat certified. He has been published in professional and law review journals on a variety of topics related to toxic tort and environmental litigation. He was recently elected Chair Elect of the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section. He currently serves as Vice Chair of ABA TIPS.  He will assume the role of the Section Chair in August 2020. Mr. McMeekin has also served the American Bar Association as a Council Member, Section Secretary, the Section Revenue Officer, Chair of the Toxic Tort & Environmental Law Committee, Chair of the International Law Committee, and Chair of the CLE Board. He is currently co-chairing the Corporate Counsel Initiative Task Force.  In addition to his service with the ABA, Mr. McMeekin chaired the Philadelphia Bar Association Environmental and Toxic Tort Law Committee and has been a member of the Delaware Valley Environmental Inn of Court. His significant cases can be found in the BNA Law Reports and Law360. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected as a 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer. John can be reached directly at: (215) 575-4324 • jmcmeekin@rawle.com