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Product Liability

Butler Snow has a long history of strongly defending product liability claims on a regional and national basis. Our group has extensive experience in handling the defense of single plaintiff and complex, multidistrict class-action and mass tort litigation. Our clients include manufacturers, distributors and service providers from a broad range of industries, including aviation, automotive and truck, firearms, agricultural chemicals and industrial chemicals.


Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare

Few firms in the U.S. have been called upon as often as our firm to serve as local, regional or national counsel in significant pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare cases. Our litigators play leading roles in federal multi-district proceedings and try a broad range of cases, including bellwether cases. Our attorneys are experienced in responding to regulatory, compliance and policy challenges.


Recent Work Highlights

  • We serve as national coordinating counsel for a pharmaceutical company in pelvic mesh multi-district litigation.
  • We represent a chemical company as national counsel in various agricultural chemical product liability cases. 
  • We have been lead trial counsel for an automobile manufacturer in cases across Texas and several other states for 25 years. 
  • We serve as national counsel for a manufacturer handling all commercial and products related claims and lawsuits throughout the U.S.

Chambers Review

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Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite - USA - Nationwide

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Butler Snow has a strong reputation for its knowledge of the life sciences sector, where it regularly acts for a number of leading entities in complex product liability claims. Also noted for its handling of disputes involving agricultural chemicals and automobiles. Substantial experience handling major multidistrict litigation and widely regarded as one of the leading litigation firms in the Southeast, while making significant inroads elsewhere in the country.

Work Highlights

Provided by Butler Snow LLP

  • Butler Snow served as lead trial and appellate counsel for Minerva Surgical in a case where the plaintiff alleged that its Endometrial Ablation System is defective, resulting in extensive and permanent injuries.

Strengths

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"Butler Snow has a strong, cohesive team approach and is responsive to the issues at hand. They work to understand clients' business strengths and weaknesses and bring an approach to resolve the issues."

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"The firm is fantastic at handling complex litigations in multiple jurisdictions."

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Notable Practitioners

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William Gage
2
William Gage
2
Band 2

William Gage is renowned for acting as lead counsel for major pharmaceutical trial companies in large MDLs, drawing particular praise for his achievements in pelvic mesh litigation.

"He is a senior litigator and great trial lawyer who is very good at managing complex litigations in multiple districts. That is his specialty."

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Orlando R. Richmond
4
Orlando R. Richmond
4
Band 4

Orlando Richmond regularly serves as lead counsel and co-counsel on a range of mass tort litigations, including both pharmaceutical cases and toxic torts.

"He is a skilled attorney."

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William Gage
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William Gage
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Orlando R. Richmond
4
Orlando R. Richmond
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Members

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Alyson Bustamante Jones

Head of Department

Fred E. Bourn III

Head of Department