Cristina Delise

Cristina Delise

New York, NY recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021
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4 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

Biography

Cristina Delise represents clients in a variety of civil litigation matters, centering on mass torts, class actions, and business litigation in The Lanier Law Firm’s New York office.

She has been a key member of trial teams in high-profile products liability matters, including litigation involving the diabetes drugs Actos, medical devices manufactured by Ethicon, the antipsychotic drugs Risperdal and Invega, and defective earplugs for military service members manufactured by the 3M Company. She also served as a member of the trial team representing San Antonio’s Harlandale Independent School District in successful litigation charging that HVAC equipment installed in school buildings created a hazardous mold problem.

Ms. Delise has served as a panelist at multiple legal forums and in recent years has presented at three HarrisMartin MDL conferences. She has been selected to the National Trial Lawyers’ Civil Plaintiff Attorney’s Top 40 Under 40, and has been recognized as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” since 2018 for her work in Class Actions and Mass Torts.

She earned her undergraduate degree from St. John’s University and her law degree from the St. John’s University School of Law in 2015. She is accredited by The United States Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of assisting with the preparation, presentation and prosecution of VA benefit claims. Ms. Delise is a member of the New York City Bar Association and proudly serves on the New York City Bar Association’s National Moot Court Competition Committee.

Burns Charest LLP

4 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • St. John's University, J.D., graduated 2015
  • St. John's University, B.A., magna cum laude, graduated 2011

  • New York, New York State Bar

  • New York City Bar Association - Member
  • New York City Bar Association’s National Moot Court Competition Committee - Member
  • The American Association for Justice - Member
  • The American Bar Association - Member

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • New York, New York State Bar
  • New York City Bar Association - Member
  • New York City Bar Association’s National Moot Court Competition Committee - Member
  • The American Association for Justice - Member
  • The American Bar Association - Member
  • St. John's University, J.D., graduated 2015
  • St. John's University, B.A., magna cum laude, graduated 2011
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Awards:
  • Recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Plaintiffs, 2021-2026
  • Lawdragon 500 X - The Next Generation, 2023-2025

  • New York Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2018-2025
  • Top Young Woman Attorney in the New York Metro Area, 2018-present

  • Outstanding Young Lawyer in the New York Metro Area, 2018-present

  • Third Best Brief, 8th Annual Emory Civil Rights & Liberties Moot Court Competition; Emory University School of Law, 2014
  • Champion, 43rd Annual William B. Spong, Jr. Invitational Moot Court Tournament; William & Mary Law School, 2014
  • Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers

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Case History

Cases
  • Representative Cases
  • Co-led the trial team and spearheaded several efforts of In Re: EpiPen (Epinephrine Injection, USP) Marketing, Sales Practices & Antitrust Litigation, No. 2:17-md-02785-DDC-TJJ (D. Kan.), resulting in a $609 million settlement.
  • Performed substantial common benefit work in In Re: 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation MDL No. 2885 on behalf of the PSC’s Early Vetting Subcommittee.
  • Performed substantial common benefit work in In Re: Acetaminophen – ASD-ADHD Liability Litigation MDL No. 3043 on behalf of the PSC’s Discovery Subcommittee.
  • Served on the trial team for a coalition of sugar farmers and producers, in their suit against agribusiness conglomerates for false advertising. Western Sugar Cooperative, et al. vs. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, et al., 2:11-cv-03473 (C.D.Cal.).
  • Key member of the trial team that secured a favorable settlement for San Antonio’s Harlandale Independent School District in litigation charging that HVAC equipment installed in school buildings created a hazardous mold problem. Harlandale I.S.D. vs. Trane America LLC, et al., Cause No. 2014-CI-14693, 57th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas.
  • Key member of the trial team that secured a favorable settlement on behalf of a Texas medical education company for claims that a potential business partner stole the company’s trade secrets and competed against it in violation of a Non-Disclosure Agreement. Graduate Medical Education Development, LLC v. St. George’s University, LTD., et al. 4:15-cv-02641 (S.D. Tex.).

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