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Parrish, Steven C.

(PM, Sr. VP, General Counsel) Partner of industry law firm Shook Hardy and Bacon before going to work for PM. Was VP of PM Corporate Scientific Affairs in 1990. Defends PM on television.

Steven C. Parrish worked for Philip Morris, Inc., at 120 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017. The phone number is (212) 880-5000. Steven C. Parrish is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Philip Morris-U.S.A. In 1990 he worked on the EPA's draft risk assessment and draft work place policy guide on environmental tobacco smoke. During this time, he was Vice President of Corporate Scientific Affairs for Philip Morris in 1990. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from the University of Missouri and received a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1975. While in law school he served as editor of the law review. (DOCS 000033) Parrish was a member of the firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon beginning in 1975 and became a partner in 1980. He has knowledge of Philip Morris' and the tobacco industry's participation in public fraud and disinformation relative to health hazards of tobacco, the manipulation of nicotine in tobacco products and marketing of tobacco products to children. He served as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel for Philip Morris in 1986 and again from 1992 to 1993. He served as Senior Vice President of Executive Affairs, Secretary, General Counsel and served on the Board of Directors from 1994 to 1995. (Source: Philip Morris Summary - PMI Liability Notebook) He was born on April 13, 1950 in Moberly, Missouri. (DOCS 000040) MR. Parrish, who had defended Philip Morris on the "MacNeil - Lehrer News Hour" and other news programs, used to be a lawyer at Shook, Hardy and Bacon, a Kansas law firm that has represented the company in numerous tobacco liability cases. As an in-house lawyer for Philip Morris, he worked on the Rose Cipollone case, a landmark liability case at the cigarette company's loss, but later won on appeal. (NYT 8/28/95) Not long after he started working for Philip Morris, Steven Parrish, then 40 years old, highly educated, well to do, surprised himself by taking up smoking. Experts say almost no one starts smoking so late in life. So why did Parrish? It wasn't from anxiety or curiosity or the pressures of the new job, he says. In fact, He struggles to explain it. "There are times when I like fiddling with a cigarette before I even light it. There are times when I like to see the smoke go up. I like the sensation in the back of my throat. Sort of all those things. I don't know. I have never really thought about it, I guess." (Washington Post National Weekly Edition, January 13, 1997, pg. 9)


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