Toxic and Mass Tort
- Representing a contract sterilizer of medical devices in ongoing toxic tort litigation in the Circuit Court of Cook County, IL, as well as in Georgia state court. Plaintiffs claim that exposure to a chemical used by the sterilizer led them to develop cancer and other injuries. The defense team obtained a full defense victory in the second trial in Cook County, leading to a settlement of all 800+ claims filed there.
- Represented the owner of a brand of medicated talcum powder on claims by various plaintiffs that asbestos in the talc caused them to develop mesothelioma.
Class Action and Complex Litigation
- Obtained a complete dismissal in a putative class action filed in the Southern District of New York on behalf of a nationwide class of sunscreen purchasers. The plaintiffs alleged that the product was deceptively marketed as hypoallergenic and free of oxybenzone because it contained an alleged contaminant, benzophenone, which results from degradation of an FDA-approved active ingredient, octocrylene. Plaintiffs alleged that the defendants should have changed their product labeling to warn of the risk of degradation and altered their manufacturing processes to remove the FDA-approved ingredient from the product’s formulation. The court granted the client’s motion to dismiss in full.
Business Litigation
- Represented a pharmaceutical company in federal court and multiple arbitrations involving claims of breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets in case involving methods of treatment, inventorship, and FDA regulatory issues.
- Represented an e-retailer as a plaintiff in Schedule A copyright infringement matters in the Northern District of Illinois.
Pro Bono
- Represented an inmate in the Oklahoma prison system through state court post-conviction and federal habeas proceedings on claims that he was convicted of crimes he did not commit on the basis of a false confession.