Practice Experience

• Steve Krigbaum originally joined Carlton Fields in 1993.  At present, he is Co-Leader of the Firm's Products and Toxic Tort Liability Practice Group.  He represents and counsels corporate defendants in mass and class action litigation.
• Mr. Krigbaum returned to Carlton Fields as a shareholder in 2006 after serving Altria Group, Inc. as Vice President and Associate General Counsel where his responsibilities included counseling senior executives and managing a broad range of corporate legal, regulatory, litigation, and compliance issues as well as oversight of significant legal issues arising from the global affiliates and investments of Altria Group.
• He also served as Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel to Kraft Food’s Asia-Pacific Region where he managed the law department and all legal issues for Kraft throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Before that, Mr. Krigbaum was appointed to a position with Philip Morris as Associate General Counsel, Litigation where he managed a variety of litigation throughout the U.S.
• Earlier in his career, Mr. Krigbaum was appointed to the position of Group Leader, Special Litigation, The Dow Chemical Company, where he and his group were responsible for the defense of Agent Orange and other mass and class action litigation.
• From his private practice and in house experience, Mr. Krigbaum brings a long and successful track record defending complex litigation and providing sound counsel on corporate legal, regulatory and compliance issues for publicly traded companies.

Professional and Civic Activities

• Palm Beach County Bar Association
• The Florida Bar
• American Bar Association
• Product Liability Advisory Council (1991-1992)
  Case Selection Committee
  

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Florida

COURT ADMISSIONS

• Florida State Courts
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Background

• Altria Group. Inc. (New York, NY)
  Vice President and Associate General Counsel (2003-2006)
• Kraft Foods International (Melbourne, Australia)
  Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel, Asia Pacific (2002-2003)
• Philip Morris Management Corp. (New York, NY)
  Corporate Law Group, Associate General Counsel (2000-2002)
• Philip Morris Management Corp. (New York, NY)
  Litigation Group, Associate General Counsel (1998-2000)
• Carlton Fields P.A. (West Palm Beach, FL)
  Shareholder (1993-1998)
• The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, MI)
  Senior Attorney (1986-1993)
• Haskell & Perrin (Chicago, IL)
  Associate (1983-1986)
  
  

Education

• Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D., 1983)
  Editor, Valparaiso University Law Review (1982-1983)
• Western Kentucky University (B.S., in Finance, 1980)