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Born
Admitted to Bar
- 1981 Wisconsin and U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
- 2002 Texas Courts Texas Courts and U.S. District Courts, Western and Northern Districts of Texas
- 2002 Colorado and U.S. District Courts, District of Colorado
- 2004 Washington Courts
- 2007 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- 2007 U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- Over the years, Mr. Slavik has been admitted pro hac vice in both State and federal courts in more than 30 different states.
Education
- 1981 University of Wisconsin-Madison, J.D.
- 1978 University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S.N.E., with honors, Member of Phi Eta Sigma.
Memberships
- State Bars of Wisconsin, Texas, Washington and Colorado
- American Bar Association
- Milwaukee Bar Association
- The American Association for Justice (AAJ)
- The Society of Automotive Engineers
- The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
- American Society for Testing and Materials
- Attorneys Information Exchange Group
- Western Trial Lawyers
- Texas Trial Lawyers
- Wisconsin Association for Justice.
Leadership Positions
- AAJ – Board of Governors
- Chairman of Exchange Advisory Committee
- past Chairman of Computers and Law Office Technology Committee
- past Trustee, National College of Advocacy
- past chair of its Products Liability Section
- Attorneys Information Exchange Group – Immediate Past President, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, 1987 to date
- Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine – Scientific Program Committee, 1995-2001
- Western Trial Lawyers Association – Past President, Executive Committee
- Wisconsin Association for Justice Wisconsin Association for Justice – past member of Board of Directors
- University of Wisconsin – lectured to engineering extension classes
- Has given numerous presentations to various state bar and trial lawyer associations
- Has made presentations to the Society for Automotive Engineers and other technical organizations.
Publications
- Author: “Defective Seat Belts,” TRIAL Magazine, Feb. 1988
- “Motor Vehicle Restraints for Young and Old,” TRIAL Magazine, May 1997
- “Child Restraint System Defects,” TRIAL Magazine, Feb. 2000
- “Manufacturing Responsibility,” Recovery, Fall 1996
- “Cervical Distraction Injuries to Children,” SAE 973302, 1997. Co-author: “Seat Belt Litigation,” TRIAL Magazine, Feb. 1993
- “Computer Network Insecurity,” TRIAL Magazine, Mar. 1995, “Crashworthiness,” AAJ Press, 1989
- “Civil Trial Practice,” Lawyers and Judges Publishing, 2000
- “Products Liability Litigation: Product Studies,” AAJ Press, 1996
- “AAJ’s Litigating Tort Cases,” AAJ Press, 2003
- “Handling Motor Vehicle Accident Cases,” West Publishing, 2003.
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