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Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite

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

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What the Team is Known For

DLA Piper has a strong reputation as a go-to trial and coordination counsel for marquee names in the pharmaceutical sector. The firm offers expertise across broader products claims, including medical device and personal injury disputes as well as environmental toxic tort proceedings. The team stands out for its experience in multijurisdictional disputes and is able to draw upon significant global resources.

Work Highlights

  • DLA Piper continued to serve as co-national counsel for Sanofi in matters related to Zantac, a heartburn medication allegedly contaminated with NDMA, a possible carcinogen.

Strengths

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They have excellent strategic judgment, keep the big picture in mind and are always a few steps ahead.

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The DLA Piper team is dynamite.

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The attorneys are really high-caliber in terms of their knowledge in the field.

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The DLA Piper team are formidable. They take a lead role in complex litigation.

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DLA Piper thinks strategically and the team knows the opposition and the judges very well. It has a very strong offering.

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Notable Practitioners

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Loren H Brown
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Loren H Brown
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Loren Brown is a highly respected trial lawyer who is best known for his strengths in pharmaceutical mass torts and medical device cases.

Loren is relied upon as a key leader for managing the highest exposure cases.

Loren is very experienced, has a lot of credibility and is excellent at dealing with plaintiffs' counsel groups.

Loren has great judgment and acumen, and he gets great results.

Loren Brown is top of the heap.

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Hildy Sastre
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Hildy Sastre
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Hildy Sastre regularly defends clients in major trials across the medical device, tobacco and pharmaceutical industries. Her caseload includes pelvic mesh and hip implant litigation.

Hildy Sastre is an excellent litigator. She is both knowledgeable and collaborative in her approach.

Hildy Sastre is called in to try high-stakes cases.

Hildy is a superb attorney who is aggressive and firm without offending any jury or judge. She's a tenacious advocate.

Hildy is a highly sought after trial lawyer because she tries cases for the big players.

Hildy is an exceptional trial lawyer. Her case assessment and trial strategies are thoughtful, data-driven, and grounded in extensive experience.

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Christopher Campbell
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Christopher Campbell
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Christopher Campbell chairs the firm's product liability and mass torts practice and possesses widespread experience in the space, including acting in a national coordinating role as well as providing trial and regulatory counsel.

Christopher Campbell is the strategic master mind for complex topics.

Christopher Campbell always anticipates the key legal issues.

Christopher Campbell is both a skilful and knowledgeable attorney.

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Lyn P Pruitt
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Lyn P Pruitt
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Lyn Pruitt is widely renowned for her considerable trial expertise and is frequently sought after for first-chair complex product liability trials and consumer class actions on behalf of pharmaceutical and medical device companies, among others.

Lyn Pruitt is excellent trial counsel.

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Matthew Holian
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Matthew Holian
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Matthew Holian has developed an increasingly strong reputation for defending major pharmaceutical companies as national counsel in MDLs, handling everything from discovery to resolution.

Matthew is an excellent litigator with great technical skill.

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Cara Edwards
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Cara Edwards
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Cara Edwards advises on an array of product liability disputes, including large-scale medical device MDLs.

Cara Edwards is an excellent attorney.

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Loren H Brown
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Loren H Brown
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Hildy Sastre
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Hildy Sastre
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Christopher Campbell
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Christopher Campbell
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Lyn P Pruitt
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Lyn P Pruitt
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Matthew Holian
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Matthew Holian
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Cara Edwards
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Cara Edwards
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