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Brenda S. Fulmer

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA
  • Recognized Since:
    2013
  • Recognized in:
    Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
  • Law School:
    Stetson University
  • Website:
    http://www.searcylaw.com
  • E-mail:
    bsf@searcylaw.com
  • Languages:
    English
  • Ethnicity:
    White
  • Location:
    2139 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard
    West Palm Beach, FL 33409-6601
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BRENDA S. FULMER is a shareholder with the law firm of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, one of the largest personal injury law firms in Florida. For the past 20 years, her practice has focused on the areas of pharmaceutical and medical device mass torts litigation. Over the years, she has represented thousands of claimants in individual actions filed in state and federal courts involving Actos, Avandia, Baycol, Biomet Metal on Metal Hip Implants, Breast Implants, AMO and Bausch & Lomb Contact Lens Solution, CardioGen PET scans, DePuy ASR and Pinnacle Metal on Metal Hip Implants, Diet Drugs, Digitek, Fosamax and bisphosphonates, Gadolinium, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Heart Devices, Heparin, Hormone Therapy, Kugel Mesh, Levaquin, Mirena, NuvaRing, Ortho Evra, Orthopedic Implants, Pain Pumps, PPA, Power Morcellator, Pradaxa, Propulsid, Reglan, Smith & Nephew Hip Implants, SSRI Antidepressant Birth Defect Cases, Stryker Rejuvenate, ABG II, and Accolade Modular Hip Implants, Sulzer Hip and Knee Implants, Transvaginal and Bladder Slings (Bard, Coloplast, Johnson & Johnson/Ethicon, Mentor, Boston Scientific, AMS, ARIS, and ProteGen), Trasylol, Vioxx and Bextra Cox-2 Inhibitors, Wright Medical Metal on Metal Hip Implants, Drospirenone Birth Control Pills (Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella, Gianvi, Beyaz, Safyral, and Loryna), Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implants, Viagra, Xarelto, Zimmer Kinectiv Modular Hip Implants, Zimmer NexGen Knee Implants, and Zofran.

She has been named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers Association, selected as a Super Lawyer from Florida, listed as one of Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite, and included in The Best Lawyers in America. She has also been named a Fellow to the Litigation Counsel of America. She serves on the Board of Governors for AAJ and the Florida Justice Association and works each year lobbying on state and federal drug and medical device issues. She is also active in the Palm Beach County Bar Association, Palm Beach County Justice Association, The Florida Bar, Florida Justice Association (FJA), American Association for Justice (AAJ), Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG), and various mass torts-related litigation groups and consortiums. She is currently co-lead of the AAJ Pradaxa litigation group, and has recently been court appointed to the Discovery Subcommittee of the Stryker Rejuvenate litigation; and is a frequent lecturer on mass tort marketing, drug and medical device litigation, and consumer drug safety issues. She has received the Bronze Eagle, “Shoe Leather,” and Cornerstone awards from the Florida Justice Association for her efforts in membership, political fundraising, and lobbying. She has also received the President’s Award from the American Justice Association for her membership recruitment work for that national trial lawyers’ organization. She recently co-authored Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit, published by Trial Guides.

Ms. Fulmer graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.S. in Finance, and received her Juris Doctor degree cum laude from Stetson College of Law. She was an Assistant Editor of the Stetson Law Review, and twice earned recognition as an Outstanding Law Review member. She served as a Federal Judicial Intern, and worked on pro bono projects as a Florida Bar Foundation Public Service Fellow and an intern with Gulf Coast Legal Services.

Ms. Fulmer has been appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees for the Pradaxa MDL in East St. Louis, Illinois and the Biomet M2A Magnum Hip Implant MDL in South Bend, Indiana. She is also involved in state and federal court multi-district litigation discovery committee common benefit work for various national pharmaceutical and medical device mass torts projects, including breast implants; diet drugs; Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella; ProteGen bladder slings; Vioxx; Mentor ObTape; DePuy ASR; Stryker Rejuvenate & ABG II Hip Implants; BP Oil Spill claims; and Biomet.

An Indiana native, Ms. Fulmer has been an active volunteer with a number of charitable organizations: Seagull Industries; Supporters of the Pre-Law Magnet, Inc. at Palm Beach Lakes High School; Buddy Break (providing respite care for autistic and physically-challenged children); Special Olympics; Girl Scouts; and Trial Lawyers Care (providing free legal services to the victims of 9/11 and those impacted by disasters). She has also volunteered as a foster parent and exchange student host parent.

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BRENDA S. FULMER is a shareholder with the law firm of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, one of the largest personal injury law firms in Florida. For the past 20 years, her practice has focused on the areas of pharmaceutical and medical device mass torts litigation. Over the years, she has represented thousands of claimants in individual actions filed in state and federal courts involving Actos, Avandia, Baycol, Biomet Metal on Metal Hip Implants, Breast Implants, AMO and Bausch & Lomb Contact Lens Solution, CardioGen PET scans, DePuy ASR and Pinnacle Metal on Metal Hip Implants, Diet Drugs, Digitek, Fosamax and bisphosphonates, Gadolinium, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Heart Devices, Heparin, Hormone Therapy, Kugel Mesh, Levaquin, Mirena, NuvaRing, Ortho Evra, Orthopedic Implants, Pain Pumps, PPA, Power Morcellator, Pradaxa, Propulsid, Reglan, Smith & Nephew Hip Implants, SSRI Antidepressant Birth Defect Cases, Stryker Rejuvenate, ABG II, and Accolade Modular Hip Implants, Sulzer Hip and Knee Implants, Transvaginal and Bladder Slings (Bard, Coloplast, Johnson & Johnson/Ethicon, Mentor, Boston Scientific, AMS, ARIS, and ProteGen), Trasylol, Vioxx and Bextra Cox-2 Inhibitors, Wright Medical Metal on Metal Hip Implants, Drospirenone Birth Control Pills (Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella, Gianvi, Beyaz, Safyral, and Loryna), Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implants, Viagra, Xarelto, Zimmer Kinectiv Modular Hip Implants, Zimmer NexGen Knee Implants, and Zofran.

She has been named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers Association, selected as a Super Lawyer from Florida, listed as one of Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite, and included in The Best Lawyers in America. She has also been named a Fellow to the Litigation Counsel of America. She serves on the Board of Governors for AAJ and the Florida Justice Association and works each year lobbying on state and federal drug and medical device issues. She is also active in the Palm Beach County Bar Association, Palm Beach County Justice Association, The Florida Bar, Florida Justice Association (FJA), American Association for Justice (AAJ), Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG), and various mass torts-related litigation groups and consortiums. She is currently co-lead of the AAJ Pradaxa litigation group, and has recently been court appointed to the Discovery Subcommittee of the Stryker Rejuvenate litigation; and is a frequent lecturer on mass tort marketing, drug and medical device litigation, and consumer drug safety issues. She has received the Bronze Eagle, “Shoe Leather,” and Cornerstone awards from the Florida Justice Association for her efforts in membership, political fundraising, and lobbying. She has also received the President’s Award from the American Justice Association for her membership recruitment work for that national trial lawyers’ organization. She recently co-authored Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit, published by Trial Guides.

Ms. Fulmer graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.S. in Finance, and received her Juris Doctor degree cum laude from Stetson College of Law. She was an Assistant Editor of the Stetson Law Review, and twice earned recognition as an Outstanding Law Review member. She served as a Federal Judicial Intern, and worked on pro bono projects as a Florida Bar Foundation Public Service Fellow and an intern with Gulf Coast Legal Services.

Ms. Fulmer has been appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees for the Pradaxa MDL in East St. Louis, Illinois and the Biomet M2A Magnum Hip Implant MDL in South Bend, Indiana. She is also involved in state and federal court multi-district litigation discovery committee common benefit work for various national pharmaceutical and medical device mass torts projects, including breast implants; diet drugs; Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella; ProteGen bladder slings; Vioxx; Mentor ObTape; DePuy ASR; Stryker Rejuvenate & ABG II Hip Implants; BP Oil Spill claims; and Biomet.

An Indiana native, Ms. Fulmer has been an active volunteer with a number of charitable organizations: Seagull Industries; Supporters of the Pre-Law Magnet, Inc. at Palm Beach Lakes High School; Buddy Break (providing respite care for autistic and physically-challenged children); Special Olympics; Girl Scouts; and Trial Lawyers Care (providing free legal services to the victims of 9/11 and those impacted by disasters). She has also volunteered as a foster parent and exchange student host parent.

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Education:

  • Stetson University , J.D., graduated 1993
  • University of South Florida, BS, graduated 1990

Bar Admissions:

  • Florida, The Florida Bar

Affiliations:

  • American Association for Justice (AAJ) - Board of Governors
  • Florida Justice Association - Board of Governors
  • National Trial Lawyers Association - Member
  • Palm Beach County Bar Association - Committee Member
  • Palm Beach County Justice Association - Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, West Palm Beach (2016)
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, West Palm Beach (2013)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
 

Awards:

  • Nominated for Super Lawyers (2012) for plaintiffs’ class action and mass tort litigation
  • Named in Best Lawyers (2012) and awarded Lawyer of the Year for Plaintiffs’ Mass Tort Lawyers (2012) by U.S. News and World Report
  • Awarded FJA Shoe Leather Award (June 2012) for work as a lobbyist in 2012 in the Florida Legislature
  • Awarded FJA Bronze Eagle Award (June 2012)
  • Top 100 Trial Lawyers (2008-2013), Awarded by the National Trial Lawyers Association
  • Participant (inaugural class), AAJ Leadership Academy
 

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Lawyer Case History

Fen Phen Litigation

Successfully represented more than 1,200 clients in coordinated state and federal court proceedings

Vioxx Litigation

Successful representation of several hundred plaintiffs injured by Vioxx in state and federal courts

Yaz, Yasmin & Ocella Litigation

Representation of several hundred women and teenage girls who suffered heart attacks, strokes, DVT, PE, sudden cardiac death and other injuries attributable to drospirenone-containing birth control pills
 
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