Best New York Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Lawyers
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...
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...
Laurie Styka Bloom represents clients in complex and commercial litigation as well as environmental based litigation claims. What do you focus on? I use my 30 years of litigation and environmental law experience to assist my clients in solving their disputes efficiently and effectively. My practice is focused on litigation arising out of environmental issues, such as alternative energy, cell tower siting and land use as well as commercial and products liability/personal injury issues. Environ...
Tracey Scarpello represents companies in a wide variety of commercial and complex business disputes throughout the country. She devotes a significant amount of time defending and counseling clients involved in the aviation, food, pharmaceutical, medical device, manufacturing and health care industries and has successfully represented clients in federal and state courts. What do you focus on? Commercial Litigation & Regulatory Compliance Much of my work involves defending companies in all ...
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),...
Jessica Davidson is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Jessica practices law in New York, New York Best Lawyers has recognized Jessica Davidson since 2020. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Jessica Davidson is held by othe...
John Weinholtz is a member of the Products: Class Action, Trade & Industry Representation group. He represents companies in federal and state court litigation and counsels companies on regulatory and industry compliance matters. What do you focus on? Today I focus my practice on three main areas, leveraging more than 20 years of experience to help clients manage their most complex litigation and significant regulatory compliance issues. Complex Tort & Commercial Litigation I represent...
John F. Queenan is a partner at Rivkin Radler LLP in Albany, New York. His practice focuses on Commercial Litigation , Health Care Law , and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants. John represents businesses, health care providers, and other organizations in complex disputes and regulatory matters. He regularly appears before state and federal trial courts, appellate courts, and administrative agencies in matters involving disciplinary proceedings, professional licensing, and audit r...
Karen I. Bray is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Karen I. practices law in New York, New York Best Lawyers has recognized Karen I. Bray since 2020. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Karen I. Bray is held by other lawyers.
Upon graduating from law school, where he received the Most Outstanding Advocate Award, Steve became a member of the U.S. Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG Corps). He served as a prosecutor and later became the lead prosecutor at Mayport Naval Station in Mayport, Florida, which involved his supervising other attorneys and their support staff in addition to trying cases. As a prosecutor, he handled some of the Navy's most high profile cases and tried over seventy cases to verdict. He ...
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...
Mike focuses on litigation involving high exposure and value civil cases involving toxic exposures, motor vehicle accidents, products liability, commercial disputes, labor law claims and construction accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice, and mass torts and industry-wide litigation. He represents Honeywell International, which named Harris Beach a Go-To Law Firm® for torts litigation in the In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies as published by Corporate Counsel. M...
Julie Fink is the Managing Partner at Hecker Fink LLP. Julie leads active commercial, employment and public interest litigation practices and oversees all aspects of the firm’s management, growth, and strategic planning. Before joining the firm, Julie worked as in-house counsel at Pfizer Inc. and as an attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. As managing partner, Julie has been recognized for her “revolutionary” approach to firm operations and her sizabl...
