Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite
USA Guide 2024 : USA - Nationwide
Band 4
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Provided by Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper’s team of product liability attorneys defend clients who manufacture a wide variety of products in mass tort, personal injury, and other product liability litigation throughout the country. While we litigate individual cases, our greatest distinction is our skill in managing multiple cases involving the same product or arising out of the same event. We have served as national or regional trial counsel for global pharmaceutical companies in claims involving anti-coagulants, antibiotics, antipsychotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, diabetes treatments, medical devices, gynecological products, cosmetics and a wide range of other products.
We are experienced in defeating personal injury, mass tort, and product liability claims as individual claims, class actions, and in federal MDLs. We have been successful in traditionally plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions, and have successfully opposed many of the leading plaintiffs’ firms in the country.
The firm’s role has varied from handling individual cases with particularly high exposure or claims of first impression, to managing every aspect of the defense of thousands of cases as national coordinating counsel, national trial counsel, and national discovery counsel. Our wide experience includes defending manufacturers of automobiles, trucks, industrial equipment, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, asbestos products, building products, consumer products, and a wide range of other products and materials.
Chambers Review
Troutman Pepper has a respected national practice with a strong emphasis on drug and medical device cases. Strong reputation for its work as national coordinating counsel, regularly acting for blue-chip clients in major product liability litigation, including appeals. Draws on deep industry expertise in life sciences and healthcare to provide a full-service approach to litigation.
Work Highlights
- Troutman Pepper served as coordinating counsel for Abbott Laboratories in personal injury cases alleging Abbott and Mead Johnson’s specialized infant formulas and fortifiers caused premature infants to develop necrotizing enterocolitis.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Troutman Pepper has some really great lawyers, is very sophisticated in product liability and public nuisance theories and has distinguished itself in that practice."
"Troutman Pepper has some really great lawyers, is very sophisticated in product liability and public nuisance theories and has distinguished itself in that practice."
Notable Practitioners
Nina Gussack attracts widespread recognition for her longstanding presence in pharmaceutical and medical device mass torts. She acts as trial counsel and national coordinator in both class actions and MDLs.
Sean Fahey has experience handling MDLs across a wide range of areas, including pharmaceutical and medical device mass torts, class actions and concussion litigation.
"Sean is a fantastic lawyer, an extension of our in-house team and works hard to understand business considerations. He is a great asset, a true partner and a pleasure to work with."
Barry Boise is highlighted for his experienced representation of clients in complex product liability litigation involving pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
"Barry works on cutting-edge issues and is well respected on life sciences matters."
"He is responsive and confident, has worked in this space for decades and has a great understanding of the plaintiff Bar."
Eric Rumanek represents clients in pharmaceutical and medical device MDLs, as well as mass torts and personal injury cases.
"He is a very good trial lawyer who thinks strategically and long-term in trials."
"Eric is very impressive and handles multiple complex trials very efficiently. He also has a good understanding of business partners."
Halli Cohn has a broad base of experience in product liability mass tort and class action matters.
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