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Tucker Ellis LLP

Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite

USA Guide 2026 : USA - Nationwide


Tucker Ellis LLP

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About

Provided by Tucker Ellis LLP

The Tucker Ellis Mass Tort & Product Liability Practice represents a diverse portfolio of companies at both trial and appellate levels in tens of thousands of cases filed in state and federal courts nationwide. The team focuses on the national, regional, and local defense of premises and product liability cases involving industrial, commercial, and consumer products - including allegations specific to a unique product - as well as toxic tort or repeat litigation related to alleged similar product defects - and exposures to substances such as super absorbent polymers, asbestos, silica, coal mine dust, benzene, diacetyl, talc, vinyl chloride, lead and heavy metals, formaldehyde, PFAS, and mold.

The Tucker Ellis Medical Device & Pharmaceutical Liability Practice brings a combination of deep industry insight, trial acumen, and strategic vision to defending disputes in the life-sciences sector. The team works with nationally known experts to defend medical device and pharmaceutical liability cases, translating complex science and technical knowledge into compelling narratives to seek favorable rulings and verdicts. They serve as national, regional, or trial counsel in proceedings involving hundreds to thousands of individual plaintiffs in federal MDLs, coordinated state actions, and single-plaintiff bellwethers nationwide and have obtained complete defense verdicts in notoriously plaintiff-friendly venues – including wins in preterm infant formula, pelvic-mesh, and talc.

Industries (10)

  • Medical Devices
  • Mining and Metals
  • Consumer Product Manufacturing
  • Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences
  • Industrial and Construction Machinery
  • Aerospace & Defense
  • Automobiles & Parts
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Chemicals
  • Commercial & Professional Services

Chambers Review

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

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

Tucker Ellis has an impressively comprehensive team that is commended for its strategic thinking and courtroom advocacy. The firm offers significant experience in serving as national coordinating counsel to major pharmaceutical clients. Members of the team are also frequently active in litigation regarding medical devices and toxic torts, both at trial and appellate level. Its strong national platform sees the firm act in multidistrict litigation consolidated in courts across the USA.

Strengths

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  • The lawyers at Tucker Ellis are not only smart, experienced and talented, they are also pragmatic, collaborative and nice to work with.

    Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite respondentUSA
  • Tucker Ellis is a terrific firm that gets great results at competitive prices.

    Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite respondentUSA
  • Tucker Ellis has extensive trial and litigation experience in state and federal courts throughout the country.

    Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite respondentUSA
  • The attorneys at Tucker Ellis provide clear and actionable advice.

    Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite respondentUSA
  • They are accomplished litigators with a depth of knowledge, depth of bench, great judgment and contacts.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Laura Kingsley Hong
    Band 1Laura Kingsley Hong

    Laura Kingsley Hong

    Laura Kingsley Hong chairs the firm's product liability group and frequently acts as first-chair trial counsel in mass torts at both the state and federal level.
    • Laura is one of the most talented 'expert whisperers' in the country.

      Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite respondentUSA
    • Laura is very smart, diligent, and thorough, and is great to work with.

      Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite respondentUSA
  • Band 3Sherry Knutson
    Band 3Sherry Knutson

    Sherry Knutson

    Sherry Knutson is widely respected for her experience in high-profile product liability MDLs, regularly acting in pharmaceutical cases and toxic torts.
    • Sherry Knutson is outstanding and is recognized for her successful trial experience.

      Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite respondentUSA
  • Band 6Michael Zellers
    Band 6Michael Zellers

    Michael Zellers

    Michael Zellers comes recommended for his representation of clients facing challenging litigation at both the state and national level, regularly handling large MDLs.
  • Band 6Mollie Benedict
    Band 6Mollie Benedict

    Mollie Benedict

    Mollie Benedict is a go-to lawyer for pharmaceutical manufacturers facing complex product liability claims and frequently serves as trial counsel and in national coordinating roles in multidistrict litigation.
    • Mollie is a really good role model and a great attorney.

      Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite respondentUSA
    • Mollie Benedict is fantastic and gives practical guidance.

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  • Up and ComingCharissa N. Walker
    Up and ComingCharissa N. Walker

    Charissa N. Walker

    Charissa Walker is highlighted for growing expertise as a trial advocate in complex product liability matters. She has particular expertise in consumer product cases.

Ranked Individuals at Tucker Ellis LLP (5)

USA - Nationwide

Members

Provided by Tucker Ellis LLP

  • James Shultz

  • Drew Kemp

  • Joseph Manno

  • Karen Ross

  • Christopher Gardino

  • Amanda Villalobos

  • Cicely Lubben

  • James Cunningham

  • Scott Hunsaker

  • Rebecca Biernat

  • Anthony Brosamle

  • Ryan Winkler

  • Andrea Przybysz

  • Valeria Golodnitska

  • Nicole Lewis

  • Jeffrey Whitesell

  • Brittany Weiss

  • David Bernstein

  • Nicholas Janizeh

  • Traci Shafroth

  • Brendan Kelley

  • Kelli Novak

  • Christina Marino

  • John Favret

  • Sarena Holder

  • Raymond Krncevic

  • Courtenay Jalics

  • Scott Wilkov

  • Charissa Walker

  • Madeline Dennis

  • Aggie Lee

  • Madeline Fogel

  • Nicole Gage

  • Patrick Barkley

  • Caroline Tinsley

  • Nathan Newman

  • Brenda Sweet

  • DeAngelo LaVette

  • Nathan Nasrallah

  • Andrea Lowe

  • Giuseppe Pappalardo

  • Elizabeth Cummings

  • Rita Maimbourg

  • Maxwell Huber

  • Elizabeth LaSavio

  • Jennifer Steinmetz

  • Edward Taber

  • Justin Rice

  • Richard Dean

  • James Mizgala

  • Peter Choate

  • K. Michele Anderson

  • Julie Callsen

  • Tariq Naeem

    Head of Department

  • Su-Lyn Combs

  • Michael Anderton

  • Jeffrey Sandler

  • Daniel Kelly

  • Jonathan Cooper

  • Josh Wes

  • Lance Wilson

  • Ernest Auciello

  • Knight Anderson

  • Monica Williams Monroe

  • Joseph Morford

  • Frank Garritano

  • Christopher Caryl

  • Jack Goldwood

  • Brian Huelsmann

  • Mollie Benedict

  • Peter Voudouris

  • Victoria Vance

  • Clifford Mendelsohn

  • Thomas Baker

  • Kelly Baldini

  • V Sathienmars

  • DT Amajoyi

  • Karl Borgsmiller

  • Chang Stephanie

  • Michael Choi

  • Bradley Dennis

  • Seema Kadaba

  • Riley Shaw

  • Abigail Williams

  • Celia Carroll

  • Dylan Boyd

  • Connor Doughty

  • Kaitlyn Pangburn

  • Ashley Saferight

  • Sherry Knutson

    Head of Department

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  • Laura Kingsley Hong

    Head of Department

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