Heidi Levine

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HEIDI LEVINE is a global co-leader of the Product Liability and Mass Torts practice, member of the firm’s Executive Committee, serves on Sidley’s Global Life Sciences Leadership Council, and is a firmwide co-chair of the firm’s women’s initiative. She has defended companies in a wide variety of product liability and mass tort litigation involving pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, environmental toxic torts, and other products. Heidi also advises clients on risk management, analysis and prevention, as well as conducts pre-litigation assessments and due diligence.

Heidi most often acts as lead national litigation counsel in the mass tort context, representing clients in federal actions, typically in multidistrict litigation proceedings, as well as in coordinated state court actions and related litigation outside the U.S. As national counsel, Heidi formulates and implements the pre-trial, trial and/or end-game strategy with her clients and leads the strategy on all other aspects of the engagement, including coordination relating to regulatory, patent, and business issues. Heidi also has significant experience in alternative dispute resolution, designing and implementing innovative resolution programs for companies faced with complex litigation.

Advocacy on behalf of her clients has earned Heidi notable awards and acknowledgement in numerous industry publications. In addition to her nationwide Product Liability & Mass Torts ranking in Chambers USA, Heidi has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America, LMG Life Sciences, Law360, Crain’s New York Business, Who’s Who Legal, and Lawyer Monthly, among others, with clients in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA noting that they “would trust her with any matter. She's super responsive, smart, quick on her feet and has a unique ability to get along with people.”