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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Product Liability & Mass Torts

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

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Products liability is the largest practice in the litigation practice area at Nelson Mullins with over 160 products liability lawyers. The Firm is national, regional, and local counsel for companies in the pharmaceutical, medical devices, chemical, construction, automobile, high-tech, industrial, manufacturing, consumer products, and transportation spaces. Lawyers handle multi-district litigation, mass torts, class actions, catastrophic injury and death cases. Clients are Fortune 500 companies and other leading global companies.

Our team includes trial attorneys who have tried cases in some of the most difficult jurisdictions. The Firm has a law and motions group that has prevailed on personal jurisdiction challenges at both the trial court and appellate level throughout the country. 

Our science team assesses and distills complex scientific and medical causation evidence at the heart of most products liability mass tort litigation. Nelson Mullins is engaged by other firms coordinating MDL and national-level pharmaceutical, environmental, and mechanical products liability litigation to cooperatively develop science strategies focused on taking the fight to plaintiffs’ experts on their own turf, identifying and developing qualified but relatable defense experts, and presenting jury-friendly scientific and medical evidence to juries in the courtroom. 

Lawyers are in Atlanta, Baltimore, Charleston, Columbia, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Richmond, and San Diego. 

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What the Team is Known For

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough has an established team of seasoned trial specialists. It regularly tries cases on behalf of blue-chip clients in the pharmaceutical and medical device arena as well as major automotive manufacturers. The team also handles environmental tort claims, particularly those arising from asbestos exposure. It offers extensive advocacy capabilities and courtroom experience. The attorneys at Nelson Mullins handle cases across federal, state and appellate courts.

Work Highlights

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  • Nelson Mullins obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of American Honda Motor in an automotive product liability case tried in Dallas County.

Strengths

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  • The team is simply terrific at all aspects of mass tort work.

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  • Nelson Mullins fields a fantastic team in the product liability space.

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  • Nelson Mullins has good wide knowledge in the product liability space.

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  • Nelson Mullins has a quality practice.

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  • The attorneys at Nelson Mullins really care about their clients.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Kurt C. Kern
    Band 1Kurt C. Kern

    Kurt C. Kern

    Kurt Kern is highly regarded for his trial skill and frequently acts for clients in the automotive sector on complex product liability cases.
    • Kurt is a really good trial lawyer. He tries a lot of cases and wins a lot.

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    • Kurt smashes it at trial.

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  • Band 1Michael Brown
    Band 1Michael Brown

    Michael Brown

    Michael Brown is an experienced trial lawyer who offers strength across the space, regularly handling toxic tort, pharmaceutical and personal injury claims.
    • Michael Brown is an amazing trial lawyer.

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    • Michael Brown is fantastic and gifted in front of juries. He comes up with amazing strategies to win cases.

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    • Michael Brown is very good on his feet with jurors.

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  • Band 1Sandra Ezell
    Band 1Sandra Ezell

    Sandra Ezell

    Sandra Ezell has enviable expertise acting as trial counsel on behalf of major players in automotive manufacturing in a wide array of product liability litigation filed in courts across the country.
    • Sandra is very knowledgeable of us as a business.

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    • I really enjoy working with Sandra. She is responsive and able to neatly reconstruct a matter.

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  • Band 1Terri Reiskin
    Band 1Terri Reiskin

    Terri Reiskin

    Terri Reiskin is particularly noted for her representation of automotive manufacturers, while also offering experience across a broad range of consumer and product liability claims.
    • Terri is a true trial attorney and is great on class handling.

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  • Band 2David E Dukes
    Band 2David E Dukes

    David E Dukes

    David Dukes leads on several major MDLs in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as handling environmental cases. He is also accomplished in litigation within the technology sector.
    • David Dukes is a tremendous lawyer.

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  • Band 4Richard B North Jr
    Band 4Richard B North Jr

    Richard B North Jr

    Richard North handles a wide range of product liability disputes, with expertise handling major pharmaceutical MDLs and aviation disputes.
    • Richard is an excellent attorney and is easy to work with.

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    • Richard handles both strategy and trials exceptionally well.

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    • Richard North is an outstanding attorney.

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  • Band 5Amanda S. Kitts
    Band 5Amanda S. Kitts

    Amanda S. Kitts

    Amanda Kitts is a talented litigator who offers notable strength in product liability claims and maintains a broad practice, spanning toxic tort, pharmaceutical and medical device-related disputes.
    • Amanda is a real coordinator. She is an excellent attorney with a good head for strategy.

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    • Amanda Kitts is an excellent attorney.

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    • Amanda Kitts is a fantastic attorney.

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