ABOUT OUR LAW FIRM
The trial lawyers at MCTLaw have over a century and a half of combined legal experience. Our team of attorneys and paralegals have represented clients against multi-national corporations and against the Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services during courtroom trials, hearings, depositions, mediations, and settlement negotiations.
The legal team at MCTLaw is licensed to practice law in states across the country and in federal, district and circuit courts throughout the nation. Listed below is the entire MCT team.
Our work is always driven by MCTLaw’s Core Values:
We will be fair and professional to all while we do what is right.
We will represent our clients to the absolute best of our abilities.
We will outwork any adversary or competitor.
We will not wilt in the face of overwhelming odds even when our colleagues cave.
We will constantly innovate.
When necessary, we will be disrupters.
We will see that justice is done
Attorneys
William Christopher, Of Counsel
Attorney
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Construction & Commercial Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration
40 years experience in arbitration and mediation of complex civil cases
Michael J. Cowgill
Attorney
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Metal on Metal Hip Injury
Medical product liability attorney, former immigration law attorney, and a native Spanish speaker
Brenton Elswick, Esq.
Attorney
Location: Seattle, WA
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Has experience in drug-patent litigation
Alison H. Haskins, Esq.
Attorney
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Complex litigation attorney focused on helping others through legal and non-profit activities
Theodore J. Hong, Esq.
Attorney
Location: Seattle, WA
Areas of Practice: Metal on Metal Hip Injury, Vaccine Injury Compensation
Served in the position of law clerk for two superior court judges
Isaiah R. Kalinowski, Esq.
Attorney
Location: Washington, D.C.
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Served as a judicial law clerk at the United States Court of Federal Claims
Altom M. Maglio, Esq.
Managing Partner
Location: Sarasota, FL
Areas of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation, Metal on Metal Hip Injury,Construction and Commercial Litigation, Rails to Trails Conversions/Land Takings, Medical Product Whistleblower/Qui Tam Law
Managing partner of Maglio, Christopher & Toale, P.A.
Jennifer Anne Gore Maglio, Esq.
Appellate Attorney
Location: Sarasota, FL
Areas of Practice: Metal on Metal Hip Replacement Injury, Construction & Commercial Litigation
Experience briefing legal matters before the U.S. Supreme Court, and Federal and State Courts of Appeal
Jessica Olins, Esq.
Attorney
Location: Washington, D.C.
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Also practices in subpoena enforcement in federal district courts nationwide
Ilyas Sayeg, Esq.
Attorney
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Metal on Metal Hip Injury
Medical product liability attorney litigating nationwide medical product failures on behalf of injured patients
Diana Stadelnikas, Esq.
Attorney
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Vaccine injury attorney and former pediatric critical care nurse
Michele S. Stephan, Esq.
Attorney
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Metal on Metal Hip Injury
2017 Florida Association for Women Lawyers "Leaders in Law" award.
Danielle Strait, Esq.
Attorney
Anne Carrión Toale, Esq.
Attorney
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Has won multiple multi-million dollar judgements on behalf of vaccine clients
Christina E. Unkel, Esq.
Attorney
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Construction & Commercial Litigation, Federal Takings, Rails-to-Trails
Complex litigation trial lawyers and international FIFA soccer (futball) referee
Joseph A. Vuckovich, Esq.
Attorney
Location: Washington, D.C.
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
B.S. Degrees in Neuroscience and Psychology. Master's Degree in Biology
Amber Wilson, Ph.D., Esq.
Attorney
Location: Washington, D.C.
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Has a doctorate in cellular pharmacology, a master's degree in genetics, and a law degree.
Paralegals
Erika Banfelder
Paralegal
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Metal on Metal Hip Injury
Phone: 941.952.5242
Works with clients in the defective metal on metal hip section. Has a B.A. degree in business administration
Kimberly G. Dutra
Advanced Certified Paralegal, Florida Registered Paralegal
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Phone: 941.348.2169
Holds credentials as an Advanced Certified Paralegal in product liability and licensed by the Florida Bar as a Florida Registered Paralegal.
Jennifer L. Gutierrez
Certified Paralegal
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Phone: 941.348.2195
Over 10 years experience as a litigation paralegal
Mandy Houston
Medical Records Paralegal
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Phone: 941.348.2178
Manages medical records for vaccine cases
Emily K. Monahan
Certified Paralegal
Location: Seattle, WA
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Phone: 941.254.6034
Certified paralegal with experience in pharmaceutical health care
Tammie Olagbaju
Paralegal
Location: Washington, D.C.
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Phone: 888.952.5242
Paralegal with Vaccine Injury Clients
Melissa Phillips
Paralegal
Location: Seattle, WA
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Phone: 888.952.5242
Paralegal working with Vaccine Injury Clients
Melissa Powell
Certified Paralegal
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Metal on Metal Hip Injury
Phone: 941.357.7017
Works with metal on metal hip replacement injury clients
Tara Thorn
Paralegal
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation
Phone: 941.222.1161
Works with vaccine injury clients
Leslie Williams
Paralegal
Area of Practice: Metal on Metal Hip Injury
Phone: 941.222.1160
Works with clients injured by metal on metal hip replacements
Stephanie Zolli
Research Assistant
Location: Sarasota, FL
Area of Practice: Metal on Metal Hip Injury
Phone: 941.201.3233
Provides medical and legal research support to our metal on metal defective hip section
Administration
Walt Bower
IT Director
Location: Sarasota, FL
Phone: 941.952.5242
Has a Master's Degree in library and information science from FSU
Melissa Cairo
Marketing and IT Assistant
Location: Sarasota, FL
Phone: 941.952.5242
Graduated with a degree from Hood College in Business Administration
Patricia Deemer
Assistant Bookkeeper
Location: Sarasota, FL
Phone: 941.952.5242
17 years accounting experience
Angie Knapko
Operations Manager
Location: Sarasota, FL
Phone: 941.348.2192
30 years of accounting and law firm administration experience
Altom M. Maglio, Esq.
Managing Partner
Location: Sarasota, FL
Areas of Practice: Vaccine Injury Compensation, Metal on Metal Hip Injury,Construction and Commercial Litigation, Rails to Trails Conversions/Land Takings, Medical Product Whistleblower/Qui Tam Law
Managing partner of Maglio, Christopher & Toale, P.A.
James Tryner Jr.
Technical Support Specialist
Location: Sarasota, FL
Phone: 941.952.5242
Works with all offices to provide IT support