Sharon Desh

Product Liability and Mass Torts Litigation

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Sharon Desh is a courtroom-proven trial lawyer with extensive experience in multidistrict, class action, and complex commercial litigation, including cases involving parallel proceedings in state and federal courts. She is a frequent writer and speaker on trial strategy and case management, with a focus on emerging trends in mass tort and high-profile litigation. Named a “Key Lawyer” by The Legal 500 in life science and product liability defense, Sharon has extensive experience working with and examining witnesses, as well as in setting case strategy for joint defense groups in complex matters.

Sharon concentrates her practice on product liability and mass torts and has represented Fortune 500 companies in high-profile class actions and multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the pharmaceutical and consumer product industries. She has been a key member of several trial teams, including representing a major pharmacy chain in litigation related to the distribution and sale of prescription opioid medications, described by the Washington Post as “the most complex civil lawsuit in U.S. history.” Sharon previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edith Brown Clement of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.