Kinsella Media Announces Two New Vice Presidents, Including Recognized Legal Notice Expert Dr. Shannon Wheatman
Posted: February 03, 2010
Kinsella Media, LLC and Rust Consulting, Inc. are pleased to announce additions to Kinsella Media of two vice presidents, Shannon Wheatman, Ph.D., and Belinda Bulger, Esq.
Dr. Wheatman is joining Kinsella Media as Vice President, Notice. She began her class action career in 2000 at the Federal Judicial Center where she was instrumental in the development of model notices to satisfy the plain language amendment to Rule 23. Dr. Wheatman has been involved in more than 100 class actions and has been recognized as a notice expert in state and federal courts across the U.S. and in Canada. She has authored numerous articles on class actions and other legal issues. Her Ph.D. is in Social Psychology from the University of Georgia; she also holds a Masters in Legal Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Bulger has been promoted to Vice President, Projects and Legal Research, from her previous position as Projects Director. She joined the Kinsella Media team in early 2008 after nearly a decade practicing law and managing legal and research staff. She worked as a criminal prosecutor in her home state of California and later as a senior policy attorney for a national nonprofit organization in Washington, DC. Bulger is a 1998 graduate of The George Washington University Law School and a 1995 graduate of the University of Washington, and is a member of the State Bar of California (inactive) and the District of Columbia Bar.
Kinsella Media is the leading expert firm in the design, preparation and dissemination of legal notice. Kinsella Media partners with Rust Consulting, the national leader in the class action settlement administration industry. Together, the firms offer a full complement of services including class member location, data management, notification, claims processing, call center services, distribution and tax reporting. Rust Consulting is headquartered in Minneapolis and has offices nationwide; Kinsella Media is headquartered in Washington, D.C.