“The Asbestos Litigation Crisis Continues - It is Time for Congress to Act”

February 26, 2003

NOTICE OF FULL COMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on "The Asbestos Litigation Crisis Continues - It is Time for Congress to Act" on Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.

Chairman Hatch will preside.

By order of the Chairman

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TENTATIVE WITNESS LIST

Senate Committee on the Judiciary

"The Asbestos Litigation Crisis Continues - It is Time for Congress to Act"

Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Senate Hart Building Room 216
2:00 p.m.

Panel I:

The Honorable Max Baucus
U.S. Senator [D-MT]
Washington, DC

The Honorable George V. Voinovich
U.S. Senator [R-OH]
Washington, DC

Panel II:

Melvin McCandless
Williamston, NC

Brian Harvey
Vashon, WA

David Austern, Esq.
President
Claims Resolution Managment
General Counsel for the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust
Fairfax, VA

Dennis Archer, Esq.
President-Elect
American Bar Association
Washington, DC

Jonathan Hiatt, Esq.
General Counsel
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO)
Washington, DC

Steven Kazan, Esq.
Partner
Kazan, McClain, Edises, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons & Farrise
Oakland, CA