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November 20, 2013
As R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.’s top gun in nearly 1,200 Engle progeny cases, Jones Day’s Stephanie Parker has spent the last year scoring a string of low or complete defense verdicts in high-profile tobacco liability trials, earning her a spot among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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November 19, 2013
Within a one-month span, Hollingsworth LLP partner Eric Lasker won two separate rulings tossing thousands of Ecuadorean plaintiffs' claims against DynCorp. International Inc. over an herbicide that allegedly caused personal injuries and damaged their property, an accomplishment that landed him among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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November 18, 2013
Bowman and Brooke LLP executive managing partner Vincent Galvin leveraged his ability to turn complicated automotive jargon into an aggressive and effective defense strategy, to help steer Toyota Motor Corp. to victory in the first bellwether trial in unintended acceleration litigation against the company, earning him a spot among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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November 15, 2013
Paul Cereghini's nearly 30 years of experience defending manufacturers of vehicles big and small, off-road and on, paid off for a trio of the world's biggest carmakers in 2013 with resounding trial victories in three states, earning the Bowman and Brooke LLP partner a spot among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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November 08, 2013
Beginning this week, Law360 will profile the elite law firm partners whose exemplary work on critical litigation, mammoth deals and first-of-their-kind global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.
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December 13, 2012
Jones Day partner Stephanie Parker’s success in defending R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in the first of nearly 4,500 federal cases that sprang out of the Florida Supreme Court’s Engle decision has earned her a spot on Law360's list of Product Liability MVPs.
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December 12, 2012
O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Charles Lifland scored recent appellate victories for Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co. Inc. allowing the drug companies to avoid paying millions in punitive damages and dodge costly failure-to-warn claims, securing himself a spot among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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December 11, 2012
Covington & Burling LLP partner Michael Imbroscio was the brains behind an unprecedented decision to rescind mass tort status for litigation over Hoffman-La Roche Inc.'s acne treatment Accutane as well as a key ruling backing Roche's warnings about the drug, earning him a place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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December 10, 2012
Kaye Scholer LLP’s James Herschlein has become a go-to litigator for resolving major product liability suits in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, and recent victories on behalf of companies such as Pfizer Inc. have earned him a place as one of Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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December 07, 2012
Greenberg Traurig LLP's Hilarie Bass convinced not just one court that it possessed jurisdiction over a Chinese manufacturer in the massive litigation over defective drywall, but two — groundbreaking feats that earned her a place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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November 30, 2012
Over the next several weeks, Law360 will profile the winners of this year's MVP awards honoring attorneys whose achievements in major litigation or transactions have set a new standard for accomplishment in corporate law.
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December 19, 2011
In October, King & Spalding LLP's Chilton Davis Varner won her second pharma liability trial in less than a year when she secured a victory for Merck & Co. in a plaintiffs' choice bellwether case in Fosamax multidistrict litigation, earning her a spot among Law360's product liability MVPs.
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December 16, 2011
Using her ability to interestingly and effectively convey the facts of high-stakes tort disputes to juries, Diane Sullivan of Dechert LLP helped Philip Morris USA Inc. beat a group of hospitals' $455 million dollar suit over the costs of treating uninsured smokers, earning her a place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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December 15, 2011
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Andrew McGaan has won over juries in emotionally charged cases against tobacco giants, winning wrongful death disputes and a 12-year battle waged by Missouri hospitals, earning him a place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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December 14, 2011
Reed Smith LLP's Patrick E. Bradley earned his place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs by delivering 2011 courtroom victories for Cirrus Aircraft in manufacturing defect suits stemming from fatal plane crashes — including litigation over the high-profile wreck that killed former New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle.
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December 13, 2011
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's John Beisner convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a challenge to a settlement program he created resolving thousands of personal injury claims against Merck & Co. Inc. in multidistrict litigation over the painkiller Vioxx, one of several victories that earned him a spot among Law360's product liability MVPs.