Toxic Tort Defense Team Joins
the St. Louis Office of Foley & Mansfield, P.L.L.P.

        St. Louis, Missouri (April 20, 2006) — The law firm of Foley & Mansfield is pleased to announce the addition of a pre-eminent toxic tort defense team to its St. Louis law office. The incoming attorneys, Daniel G. Donahue, C. Raymond Bell, and Robert S. Sanderson, are formerly of the law firm of Herzog Crebs, LLP and are accompanied by an experienced team of litigation professionals, including paralegals and administrative support personnel. The team will add significant depth of talent to the firm’s insurance defense practice.

        The St. Louis office Managing Partner, Robert Brummond, said, "We are pleased to welcome these three experienced litigators and their exceptional staff to Foley & Mansfield. The addition of these talented individuals will enhance the capabilities of an already impressive group of lawyers and professionals at Foley & Mansfield, and will strengthen our position as a national insurance defense firm. Without a doubt, we will provide a new level of exceptional client service to our insurance defense clients.”

        Donahue remarked, “Joining Foley & Mansfield enables us to offer a multitude of valuable resources to our existing clients and to enhance the firm’s profile in defense litigation. The firm’s insurance defense attorneys have already successfully advanced Foley & Mansfield to be a nationally recognized practice within the industry. We’re proud to expand the firm’s capabilities and services on a wide spectrum of defense matters.”

        Donahue has a national client base in defense litigation with an emphasis in asbestos and other toxic tort litigation. He also has extensive experience in complex product liability litigation. He has defended numerous cases involving wrongful death and catmn-web1phic injuries. He brings 20 years of experience as a trial attorney, with bench and trial jury experience in both state and federal courts in Missouri and Southern Illinois, including Madison County, Illinois. Donahue earned his J.D. with honors from the St. Louis University School of Law in 1986.

        Bell has significant experience in insurance defense and insurance coverage litigation, as well as commercial litigation. He has successfully tried many cases to verdict in federal and state trial and appellate courts in Missouri and Illinois. He is a 1989 graduate of Southern Illinois University School of Law and is admitted to practice in both Missouri and Illinois.

        Sanderson focuses his practice in defense litigation and insurance coverage issues, particularly in the areas of toxic tort and asbestos litigation. He is admitted to practice in Missouri as well as Indiana.  Sanderson received his J.D. with honors from Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, Indiana.

        Founded in 1989, Foley & Mansfield is fast becoming one of the nation’s leading litigation law firms. Its attorneys serve clients ranging in size from multi-million dollar corporations to small businesses and their owners in a wide range of civil litigation matters, including commercial litigation, construction law, employment litigation, environmental and pollution claims, insurance coverage matters, intellectual property, probate and trust, and product liability litigation, as well as commercial transactions and bankruptcy. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis and has additional offices in Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, St. Louis, and San Francisco.