Dechert LLP

Product Liability and Mass Torts

Mark S. Cheffo is co-chair of Dechert’s product liability and mass torts practice and has extensive experience serving as national coordinating and trial counsel in complex product liability, insurance and mass torts litigation. He acts for corporates and individuals in the pharmaceutical, medical device manufacturing, bioengineering, insurance and industrial products industries, amongst others. Mr. Cheffo has also handled numerous toxic and environmental exposure suits.

Mr. Cheffo has taken part in several trial teams in high-profile pharmaceutical litigation, managing all stages of a dispute from negotiation, through pre-trail proceedings to trial. In addition to defending expert and company witness depositions, Mr. Cheffo has briefed and conducted numerous Daubert and Frye challenges. He has also briefed and argued dispositive motions and appeals in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Mr. Cheffo also has considerable experience conducting arbitrations and mediations relating to disputes.

New York City Bar Association; International Association of Defense Counsel

Stony Brook University, B.A., with Honors, 1987, Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta International History Honor Society; Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1990, Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Law & Medicine, Paul J. Liacos Scholar