Greenberg Traurig LLP’s ‘thorough’ and highly skilled team is regularly called upon to serve as national, regional, special trial, or science counsel in mass torts, MDLs, class actions and individual cases for leading pharma manufacturers and medical device companies. The team has handled significant and complex litigation in areas including the opioids crisis, Zantac, and pelvic and hernia mesh cases. Atlanta-based Lori Cohen is widely recognized for her trial expertise in defending pharma and medical device companies in high-stakes litigation. Also in Atlanta, Sara Thompson and Victoria Lockard craft and execute sophisticated legal strategies to resolve complex litigation, having represented Teva Pharmaceuticals in MDLs involving generic ranitidine (Zantac) and valsartan, respectively. Gregory Ostfeld, in Chicago, is a first-chair trial and appellate attorney with experience handling large product claims and class actions, while Austin Evans, who splits his time between Denver, Atlanta, and Philadelphia, joined the team from King & Spalding LLP.
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Témoignages
Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.
‘The best trial team in the business.’
‘They are thorough, tough and if you have a complicated or mass tort matter, this is the team to go with.’
Clients clés
- Albertsons Companies, Inc.
- Bausch Health Companies, Inc.
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Medtronic, Inc.
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- Qualcomm Incorporated
- Sandoz
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
- GE Healthcare
- Eli Lilly and Company
Points forts
- Acting as national counsel and trial counsel for product liability litigation for Medtronic Inc. arising from its business units, including its implantable cardiovascular devices (ICDs).
- Acting as national counsel for Sandoz in litigation related to the chemotherapy drug Taxotere (docetaxel), including the 11,000+ case MDL involving allegations of permanent hair loss, a new secondary MDL alleging eye injuries, a New Jersey multicounty litigation, and an action by the Mississippi Attorney General.
- Representing a consortium of contract manufacturers of over-the-counter cold medicines and seven retail pharmacies that sold store-brand over-the-counter medications containing phenylephrine in the MDL regarding sales and marketing practices in the Eastern District of New York.
Avocats
Hall of Fame
Avocats au sommet de leur profession, largement reconnus et respectés par l'ensemble du marché pour leur expertise éprouvée et leur intervention récurrente et longue date dans les dossiers les plus complexes et prestigieux.
Les grands avocats du marché
Avocats associés reconnus parmi les leaders du marché par leurs pairs et leurs clients, régulièrement présents dans les grands dossiers dans lesquels ils sont au premier plan.
Victoria Lockard
Gregory Ostfeld
Sara Thompson
Responsable de la pratique
Lori Cohen; Sara Thompson; Gregory Ostfeld
Autres avocats clés
Austin Evans; Will Wagner; Victoria Lockard