Timothy A. Pratt

Corporate Counsel

Timothy A. Pratt | Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)

Editor: Describe your background and role in FDCC. Pratt: For nearly 30 years, I practiced law with Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City, MO. Six years ago, I became General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Boston Scientific, a multinational medical device company. Over time, I picked up...

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Timothy A. Pratt, Jeffrey W. Lorell | Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)

Editor: We understand that the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC) has created a training video for counsel engaged in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Please tell our readers about the topics covered and why FDCC chose to create this valuable resource. Pratt: Many years...

Finance | Private Equity

Edward P. O’Keefe, Timothy A. Pratt, Bradley E. Lerman, Jeffrey W. Jackson, Jackie Robinson | Bank of America Corporation

The Editor attended the Lawyers for Civil Justice 2011 Membership Meeting on November 30, 2011 – December 2, 2011. The following report covers a roundtable discussion on regulatory and document preservation challenges, including some proposed solutions. The panelists were Edward P. O’...

Timothy A. Pratt | Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

The fairness of a civil justice system can best be evaluated, not in polemic debates or in the lay press, but in the litigation trenches. That is where litigants learn not just what law applies to the case, but how the law is applied - across different jurisdictions, different judges and...