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Latham & Watkins LLP

Product Liability: Tobacco

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Latham & Watkins LLP

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Product Liability: Tobacco - USA - Nationwide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Latham & Watkins has dedicated litigators to deal with a range of complex personal injury and product liability cases on behalf of some of the largest corporations in the tobacco industry.
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Strengths

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  • I would rate their ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters as outstanding. They are highly experienced and provide helpful input in a respectful manner, attentive to the peculiarities of local law.

    Product Liability: Tobacco respondentUSA

  • The team is uniformly extremely strong.

    Product Liability: Tobacco respondentUSA

  • Latham & Watkins has deep industry expertise. They are excellent brief writers and legal strategists. They are at the top of the game.

    Product Liability: Tobacco respondentUSA

  • Latham has a very solid team with specialists on all areas required by very complex matters.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Kenneth J Parsigian
    Kenneth J Parsigian

    Kenneth J Parsigian

    Kenneth Parsigian offers notable expertise in mass torts arising from the tobacco industry, in which he represents a number of leading clients. He is also skilled in federal pharmaceutical cases.
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  • Christine Rolph
    Christine Rolph

    Christine Rolph

    Christine Rolph is a go-to for clients facing litigation in the tobacco space.

    • Christine is one of the best and brightest lawyers I know. She has deep legal knowledge and strong technical expertise in damages quantification, which enable her to navigate product liability and mass tort cases with great ease and depth.

      Product Liability: Tobacco respondentUSA

    • Christine is top drawer. She's smart, extremely responsive and practical, and has vast experience in complex product liability work.

      Product Liability: Tobacco respondentUSA

    • Christine is the real deal. She has a great mix of experience, hard work and judgment, and is cool under pressure and able to work collaboratively with local counsel and co-counsel.

      Product Liability: Tobacco respondentUSA

    • Christine's management of expert issues is stellar, as is her day-to-day work advice.

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