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Diane P Sullivan

Diane P Sullivan

USA 2026

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Ranked in 4 practice areas

About

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Practice Areas

Diane Sullivan is a renowned trial attorney who is routinely retained as lead trial counsel in high-stakes litigations involving “first-of-kind,” “bet-the-company,” or otherwise high-profile matters that have garnered extensive media coverage across a range of practice areas and industries. She has successfully tried cases for Fortune 500 companies in complex commercial, mass tort, class action, antitrust, patent, and environmental litigations in jurisdictions around the U.S. She has represented some of the biggest, most recognizable companies across industries, including Johnson & Johnson, Altria, AstraZeneca, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Campbell Soup Company, Duke Energy, ESPN, ExxonMobil, Frontier Communications, General Electric, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, PepsiCo., Philip Morris USA, Procter & Gamble, Repsol, SAC Capital, Sanofi, Toyobo, and Walgreens.

Professional Memberships

New Jersey Bar; New York Bar; DC Bar; admitted to practice before several federal courts.

Personal

Fairfield University (BA, 1984); University of Pennsylvania Law School (JD, 1987).

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Litigation: Trial Lawyers - USA - Nationwide

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Individual Editorial
Diane Sullivan is renowned for her trial work, with particular expertise defending large medical device and pharmaceutical companies in major product liability trials, including high-stakes mass torts. She is based in the New York office at Weil.

Product Liability & Mass Torts - USA - Nationwide

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Individual Editorial
Diane Sullivan is an esteemed trial lawyer with experience acting as lead counsel on numerous market-leading mass torts. Alongside her experience in representing Fortune 500 companies on nationwide talc litigation, she is also active in environmental and natural resource cases.

Litigation: Product Liability - New Jersey

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Individual Editorial

Diane Sullivan of Weil, Gotshal & Manges comes highly recommended for her handling of high profile product liability claims and commercial disputes.

Litigation: General Commercial - New Jersey

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Individual Editorial

Diane Sullivan of Weil, Gotshal & Manges comes highly recommended for her handling of high profile product liability claims and commercial disputes.

Strengths

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  • Diane is an outstanding trial lawyer.

    Litigation: Trial LawyersChambers Guide to the USA
  • Diane Sullivan is an excellent trial lawyer.

    Product Liability & Mass TortsChambers Guide to the USA

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California

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District of Columbia

Florida

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