Drumke to Speak at the 2025 ABA Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation Conference
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Partner Michael W. Drumke will serve as a moderator at the 2025 Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation Conference hosted by the American Bar Association (ABA) Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section on April 24, 2025, in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Drumke will join fellow panelists in a session titled “Asbestos Litigation Update: Current Trends and Challenges,” where he will help facilitate a discussion on the ongoing asbestos claims against automotive manufacturers including new theories and recent decisions. The session will also feature contributions from Humma Siddiqi, Esq., Managing Counsel at Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX; Craig L. Hodgson, Esq., of Segal McCambridge in San Francisco, CA; and Samuel Jones, Esq., of Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN.
This conference hosted by the ABA will provide opportunities to learn and network with the nation's leading motor vehicle product liability experts and industry professionals. The program highlights many legal and technical issues relevant to motor vehicle product liability litigation, as well as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), regulatory developments, generative AI, causation issues related to injuries in rear-end collisions, legal ethics, trial-related topics, and much more. For more information and to register, click here.
Michael W. Drumke has served as a Governor on the ABA Board of Governors and as a member of the ABA House of Delegates. He is a Past Chair of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section and the ABA Section Officers Conference. At Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Drumke focuses his practice on Toxic Tort Litigation, Product Liability, Class Action Defense, Commercial Litigation, and Business Disputes. Learn more about Michael Drumke and his practice here.
