Keynote Speaker
Legal Issues for global food safety

William D. Marler, Esq.
MarlerClark attorneys at Law

William D. Marler, an attorney at Marler Clark LLP PS (http://www.marlerclark.com) has extensive experience representing victims of bacterial and viral food poisonings. Since 1993, Marler Clark has represented victims of most of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States, including
1993 Jack in the Box E. coli,
1998 Odwalla E. coli,
1999 Sun Orchard Salmonella,
2002 ConAgra E. coli and Chili's Salmonella outbreaks,
2003 Chi Chi's Hepatitis A outbreak, and
2004 Sheetz Salmonella outbreak.
2006 Spinach outbreak

Bill feels that a lawyer should do more than just sue corporations. That is why he speaks frequently on issues of safe food and formed Outbreak, Inc. (http://www.outbreakinc.com), a not-for-profit business dedicated to explaining to companies why it is in their interest to avoid food illness litigation. Bill also has created a blog, (http://marlerblog.com) as a way of updating the Web on issues of interest to him.

Marler Clark developed several Web sites about environmental contamination and foodborne illnesses in the hopes that people suffering can educate themselves about the risks, symptoms and treatment of infection, and can access other information, such as news and links to support groups