ALLAN KANNER (B.A., University of Pennsylvania; J.D., Harvard Law School) is the founder and senior member at Kanner & Whiteley, L.L.C. Mr. Kanner has a wealth of experience litigating complex class action lawsuits, and practices in the areas of environmental, toxic tort, commercial litigation, and consumer fraud. In addition to his trial practice, Mr. Kanner also serves the legal profession as an Adjunct Professor at Tulane Law School (1990-2004), a Visiting Lecturer in Law at University of California, Berkeley (Spring 2004), at Yale Law School (Fall 2002), Visiting Senior Lecturer at Duke University (Fall 2000) (Spring 2004), and Visiting Professor at the University of Texas Law School (Spring 2001). Mr. Kanner is a frequent lecturer and speaker on a variety of topics, and is the author of ENVIRONMENTAL AND TOXIC TORT TRIALS (Lexis-Nexis) (2d ed.), as well as over sixty articles in the diverse fields of torts, trial practice, civil discovery, civil RICO, environmental law, toxic torts, class actions, and business and consumer fraud. During 1998 and 1999, Mr. Kanner was one of the principal authors of the LOUISIANA JUDGES' COMPLEX LITIGATION BENCH BOOK, and he has also been an instructor at the Louisiana Judicial College. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he clerked for the late Judge Robert S. Vance of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. He is a member of the bars of California, District of Columbia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico (Federal), U.S. Supreme Court and all other relavant Federal Courts, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and has successfully handled novel and complex matters throughout the United States. Leading Cases