Davis, Johnston, & Ringger partner Billy Ringger was recently honored by the SASS-ARENA Foundation for Medical Research at its annual Gala earlier this month in New York City. Billy spoke before a large crowd and proudly accepted the foundation’s “Business Leadership Award” for his efforts in formulating the scientific team whose precedent-setting collaboration established the causal link between coal ash exposure and a myriad of medical conditions present among the Kingston coal ash remediation workers. Davis, Johnston, & Ringger partners Gary Davis and Keith Johnston were also in attendance, as well as several members of the coal ash expert team, including Elizabeth Ward, PhD, Epidemiologist and Chair of the World Trade Center Science Advisory Committee; Joseph Graziano, PhD, Professor Emeritus at Columbia University; Norman Kleiman, PhD, Professor of Environmental Health Science at Columbia University; Francis Arena, MD, Clinical Professor at the NYU School of Medicine and Medical Director at NYU Langone Arena Oncology; Angela Hind, MD, Toxin and Health Expert from Asheville, North Carolina; and Fred Grello, MD, Medicolegal Consultant from Knoxville, Tennessee. Billy’s parents, Bill and Sue Ringger, also travelled to NYC to enjoy the evening with their son.
Davis, Johnston, & Ringger partner Billy Ringger recently spoke at the 42nd annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) in Eugene, Oregon. Billy led a panel presentation before a large group of attendees regarding the dangers of coal ash exposure and his successful efforts in litigating the worker injury cases arising from the TVA Kingston Coal Ash Spill –the largest industrial spill in United States history. Billy was joined by colleagues Norman Kleiman, PhD of Columbia University and Angela Hind, MD, Toxin and Health Expert from Asheville, North Carolina.