• J.D. Wayne State University Law School ('85)
• B.S. Michigan State University ('82)

• Illinois
• Pennsylvania
• Michigan
• Arizona
• Wisconsin

• Kitch, Saurbier, Wagner, P.C. ('85- '88)
• Kemper Insurance Companies ('89- '03)
• O'Connell & Associates ('04)

• Mass Tort
• Asbestos Litigation
• Products Liability
• Trucking
• E&O and Bad Faith

Mr. Sullivan has been involved in the defense of a wide variety of toxic tort cases for 20 years, including, single plaintiff and multi plaintiff claims arising from alleged exposure to asbestos, mold, benzene, PCB's and an assortment of other hazardous substances. He has tried 16 asbestos cases to verdict (nine defense verdicts) and has represented various defendants, including, energy companies, premises owners, real estate professionals, construction companies and manufacturers of friction material, wire and cable, packing and gaskets, heat treatment equipment and component part manufacturers.

• Defense Research Institute (Committees on Diversity, Toxic Torts, Trucking Law and Life, Health and Disability)
• Council on Litigation Management

• In Re: TMJ Implants Products Liability Litigation, 97 F. 3d 1050.

In this medical device case, the court upheld the doctrine that an entity supplying a non-defective raw material or a non-defective component part is not strictly liable for defects in the final product over which it had no control. Click on the following link to read about this case.

• Speaker at Strafford Publications Promoting Diversity in the Legal Profession.