Tamar B Kelber

Tamar Kelber has been a member of Gass Turek since July 2015. Before joining the firm, Ms. Kelber was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, Illinois for 13 years, and an associate at Sidley for seven years. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation and mass tort litigation, including individual cases in multiple jurisdictions across the country. She represents a wide range of clients, including health insurance, financial services and construction companies, in commercial matters. Her product liability experience spans a variety of areas including consumer products, pharmaceuticals and biologics. She has substantial experience coordinating multi-jurisdictional multi-plaintiff litigation and defense of individual single-plaintiff cases and leads all aspects of litigation from pretrial discovery through fact and expert witness development, trial and appeal in both state and federal courts. She also counsels clients on the prevention and reduction of risks before litigation, and has worked on an independent monitor team overseeing a major manufacturer’s compliance with its Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the Department of Justice.

Tamar served a two-year term as Managing Member of Gass Turek from 2018 through 2019.