Best Lawyers Near You in New York, New York for Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
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Contact UsKaren I. Bray is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Karen I., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Karen I. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Richard Zielinski, who practices in Boston and New York, is a nationally known ‘bet the company’ trial lawyer who handles a wide range of complex, high-stakes commercial litigation. He is also known for his specific expertise in legal malpractice defense. According to Chambers USA, Richard is ‘very smart, thorough and knowledgeable. ’ Clients say he is ‘fantastic on his feet’ and ‘thinks seven steps ahead of everyone else.’ He has extensive tria...
Leah is a commercial litigator who enjoys aggressively pursuing early resolution of her clients’ disputes and proactively preparing cases for trial. She is a member of the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Litigation group and has over twenty years of experience in state and federal courts and arbitration proceedings throughout Mississippi. In addition to general litigation disputes her practice areas include complex commercial litigation, product liability, transportation l...
Philip H. Cohen is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Philip H., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Philip H. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Vivian Quinn is Deputy Chair of Nixon Peabody’s Litigation department as well as the Deputy Group Leader of the Products team and Class Action & Aggregate Litigation team. She is experienced in all aspects of civil litigation with primary emphasis on national, regional and local products liability disputes. What do you focus on? I devote a significant amount of time defending food, pharma and medical device companies as well as counseling clients regarding safety and regulatory comp...
Grant Esposito focuses his trial and arbitration practice on complex commercial litigation, including accountants’ liability, intellectual property, product liability, and securities law. Mr. Esposito has particular expertise in representing clients in the life sciences and professional-services industries in the United States, Canada, and Europe. A former Chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Litigation Department, he also advises on litigation management and business development is...
Kelly Jones is passionate about her role at Harris Beach Murtha in New York, New York, where she leads the Medical & Life Sciences Practice Group. With nearly twenty years of dedication, Kelly focuses on defending intricate legal cases across areas such as product liability litigation for defendants, class actions, toxic tort, general liability, and health care litigation. Her extensive practice extends to handling cases as national and regional counsel in multidistrict litigation (MDLs),...
Jennifer Filippazzo is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Jennifer, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jennifer is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Glenn S. Kerner is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Glenn S., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Glenn S. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
David Cohen works as science counsel in the defense of product liability and mass tort litigation. Building upon his early success at the fen-phen Daubert hearing in Philadelphia federal district court, David has spent the past two decades battling junk science allegations of general and specific causation, design defect, and failure to warn. He has cross examined more than 125 treating physicians and expert witnesses at deposition and evidentiary hearings. His team at Butler Snow includes la...
Jay Lefkowitz is a litigation partner at Kirkland. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, where he teaches a seminar on Supreme Court advocacy. Jay has served as lead trial and appellate counsel in a wide variety of substantive areas, including shareholder disputes, antitrust, product liability, litigation against the FDA and False Claims Act matters. He has also conducted numerous internal investigations for public companies and audit committees. In its 2013 release of &ldqu...
Anthony Balzano is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Anthony, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Anthony is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Meghan Agostinelli is an associate in the Litigation & Investigations Group. Meghan received a J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and served as the Executive Production Editor on the Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights. She also received a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Deena Crimaldi is a client-focused litigator who strives to develop strategies that are not only successful but tailored to each client’s specific needs. Ms. Crimaldi concentrates her practice on construction, product liability, general commercial, and mass liability toxic tort litigation. She has experience representing corporations involved in talc and asbestos litigation, toxic tort litigation, construction, and other complex cases in multiple jurisdictions. Ms. Crimaldi has ten year...
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