SEAN P.
SHEEHAN

Practice Description

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Sean P. Sheehan focuses his practice on trials involving complex litigation matters, including toxic torts, personal injury, wrongful death, and asbestos products, premises, supplier, distributor, contractor, and employer liability.

Bar/Professional Associations

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• Madison County Bar Association
• The Missouri Bar

Law School Honors/Involvement

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• International Law Society
• James S. McDonnell Scholar

Other Professional Activities

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• Pro bono legal assistance, Madison County Legal Self-Help Center
• Interviewer, St. Louis University Scholarship Committees
  • Presidential Scholarship
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship
• Evaluator, Missouri State High School Activities Association Mock Trial Competition

Published Legal Writing

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• “Medicare Secondary Payer News, Notes, and Trends for 2022,” HeplerBroom Blog (January 25, 2022). (This blog post can be read here.)
• “PAID Act Heralded as Benefit to Those Resolving Injury Claims with Medicare Beneficiaries,” HeplerBroom Blog (January 28, 2021). (This blog post can be read here.)
• “MAP Can Bring Secondary Payer Private Cause of Action,” CLM Magazine (December 2018).
• “Madison County and Cook County Trial Courts Disagree on the Interpretation of Illinois' Corporate Dissolution Statute in Asbestos Cases," Midwest Toxic Release, Vol. 18 No. 3 (2018). (This article can be read here.)
• “U.S. House Bill Requires CMS to Disclose Beneficiaries’ Enrollment Status in Private Medicare Parts C & D and Medicaid,” HeplerBroom Blog (June 13, 2018). (This blog post can be read here.)
• “Developments and Considerations Affecting Resolution of Claims with Plaintiffs Enrolled in Medicare Part C or Part D,” IDC Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2018). (This article can be read here.)
• “Private Health Insurance Companies Can Seek Double Damages Remedy Under Medicare Secondary Payer Act,” HeplerBroom Blog (December 5, 2017).  (This blog post can be read here.)
• “Garretson Resolution Group Introduces Product to Streamline Medicare’s Recovery and Reporting Requirements in Malignant Asbestos Injury Cases,” HeplerBroom Blog (March 2, 2016). (This blog post can be read here.)
• “Regulation of Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste,” St. Louis University International Law Monitor (1993)

Legal Lectures & Presentations

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• “Mental Health and Substance Abuse in the Legal Field,” HeplerBroom University, Edwardsville, Illinois (2020, 2018)
• “Settling the Asbestos Claim,” Asbestos and Mesothelioma Claims Litigation webinar, National Business Institute (2018) (co-presenter)
• "Settlement Documents: Who Should Sign," HeplerBroom University, Edwardsville, Illinois (2017, 2015)
• "Medicare Reporting Under MMSEA§111: Why, Who, When, How, What," HeplerBroom University, Edwardsville, Illinois (2012)