Cast of Characters

The Drug Enforcement Administration

D. Linden Barber, associate chief counsel; drug company lawyer

Ruth Carter, diversion investigator and program manager

Kathy Chaney, diversion supervisor

Jack Crowley, supervisory investigator; Purdue Pharma executive

Jim Geldhof, supervisor, Detroit field division

Michele Leonhart, administrator

John J. Mulrooney II, chief administrative law judge

Imelda “Mimi” L. Paredes, executive assistant, Office of Diversion Control

John Partridge, executive assistant, Office of Diversion Control

James Rafalski, diversion investigator, Detroit field division

Joseph T. Rannazzisi, deputy assistant administrator, Office of Diversion Control

Clifford Lee Reeves II, associate chief counsel

Jack Riley, acting deputy administrator

Chuck Rosenberg, acting administrator

David Schiller, assistant special agent in charge, Denver field office

The Department of Justice

James M. Cole, deputy attorney general

James H. Dinan, associate deputy attorney general

Stuart M. Goldberg, chief of staff to James Cole

Jamie Gorelick, deputy attorney general; lawyer for Cardinal Health, Inc.

Eric H. Holder Jr., attorney general

Craig Morford, deputy attorney general; legal affairs for Cardinal Health, Inc.

Randolph D. Moss, assistant attorney general; lawyer for Cardinal Health, Inc.

The Plaintiffs’ Attorneys

Jayne Conroy, Simmons Hanly Conroy

Paul T. Farrell Jr., Farrell Law

Richard W. Fields, Fields PLLC

Michael J. Fuller Jr., McHugh Fuller

Paul J. Hanly Jr., Simmons Hanly Conroy

Anthony Irpino, Irpino Avin Hawkins

Evan M. Janush, Lanier Law Firm

Eric Kennedy, Weisman Kennedy & Berris

Anne McGinness Kearse, Motley Rice

Mark Lanier, Lanier Law Firm

Mike Papantonio, Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Mark P. Pifko, Baron & Budd

Amy J. Quezon, McHugh Fuller

Joe Rice, Motley Rice

Pearl A. Robertson, Irpino Avin Hawkins

Hunter J. Shkolnik, Napoli Shkolnik

Linda Singer, Motley Rice

The Defense Attorneys

Mark S. Cheffo, Dechart LLP, representing Purdue Pharma

Geoffrey E. Hobart, Covington & Burling, representing McKesson Corporation

Enu A. Mainigi, Williams & Connolly, representing Cardinal Health, Inc.

Robert A. Nicholas, Reed Smith, representing AmerisourceBergen Corp.

Brien T. O’Connor, Ropes & Gray, representing Mallinckrodt

Paul W. Schmidt, Covington & Burling, representing McKesson Corporation

Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr, Bartlit Beck, representing Walgreens

The Drug Manufacturers

Actavis, Davie, Florida (purchased by Teva)

Victor Borelli, national sales manager, Mallinckrodt

Cephalon, Inc., Fraser, Pennsylvania (purchased by Teva)

Endo Pharmaceuticals, Malvern, Pennsylvania

Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, St. Louis, Missouri

Purdue Pharma, Stamford, Connecticut

Burt Rosen, vice president, government affairs, Purdue Pharma

Teva Pharmaceuticals, Jerusalem, Israel

Watson Laboratories, Corona, California (purchased by Teva)

The Drug Distributors

AmerisourceBergen Corp., Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Cardinal Health, Inc., Dublin, Ohio

Harvard Drug, Livonia, Michigan

H.D. Smith, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (purchased by AmerisourceBergen Corp.)

Healthcare Distribution Alliance (“The Alliance”)

John Gray, president, The Alliance

KeySource Medical, Cincinnati, Ohio

Masters Pharmaceutical, Forest Park, Ohio

McKesson Corporation, San Francisco, California (now in Irving, Texas)

Sunrise Wholesale, Broward County, Florida

The Pharmacies

CVS Health Corporation, Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Rite Aid Corporation, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

Walgreens, Deerfield, Illinois

Walmart, Bentonville, Arkansas

Congress

U.S. Representative Tom Marino, Republican of Pennsylvania

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee

U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island

The Courts

Judge David A. Faber, U.S. District Court, Charleston, West Virginia

Judge Dan Aaron Polster, U.S. District Court, Cleveland, Ohio

Judge Reggie B. Walton, U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C.