Allison A. Waase is an associate with Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP in New York. Ms. Waase focuses in the fields of general liability, fire and explosion, premises liability, product liability, construction, and labor law.  She represents clients, including building owners, management companies, hotels, business owners, security companies, and trucking companies in all aspects of civil defense.  Ms. Waase serves on the steering committee for the DRI Young Lawyers Committee and as a young lawyer liaison to the DRI Product Liability Committee and DRI Fire Science and Litigation Committee.
 

Baxter D. Drennon is a partner at Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Drennon is an experienced litigation attorney having served as lead counsel in hundreds of cases and as trial counsel in over a dozen cases. Drennon recently tried three cases in four months, all resulting in defense verdicts. Mr. Drennon often assists product manufacturers, including manufactures in the aerospace, automotive, heating & cooling, electrical component and vertical transportation industries, in the defense of their products. Mr. Drennon is the Chair of the DRI Young Lawyers Committee and is a member of DRI’s Membership Committee.