Jan Schlichtmann is the attorney who in 1986 rose to national prominence for his representation of eight Woburn, Massachussetts families against WR. Grace and Beatrice Foods for the contamination of the Woburn City water supply. Mr. Schlictmann's career and involvement in the Woburn case is chronicled in the national bestseller, A Civil Action which is being made into a movie starring John Travolta as Mr. Schlichtmann. He resides in Massachusetts with his wife and two children.