Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s growing practice defends global pharma and medical devices companies in product liability litigation. With dedicated teams on both coasts, the firm regularly serves as lead trial counsel in bellwether cases and as national coordinating counsel in multidistrict litigation. In South Carolina, David Dukes led the firm’s defense of Merck in the Gardasil HPV vaccine MDL. Atlanta-based Richard North is national lead for Beckton Dickinson and its subsidiaries in litigation regarding C. R. Bard’s inferior vena cava filter, currently handling cases in federal courts throughout the country. Washington DC’s Terri Reiskin brings extensive experience in class action defense and mass torts. The broader litigation group is led by South Carolina’s Mark Jones, who has acted as counsel in nationwide pharma litigation, and Minneapolis-based Alana Bassin, who has served as national and lead counsel for global medical device manufacturers in consolidated actions and mass torts.