Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP is well-placed to represent medical device and pharmaceutical companies across a range of single plaintiff and mass tort actions across the US. Indianapolis-based Andrea Pierson has an excellent reputation handling medical device mass torts and continues to spearhead the firm’s ongoing work for Cook Medical on its MDL relating to its inferior vena cava filter product. In New Jersey, Susan Sharko is also very skilled at handling pharmaceutical and medical device MDL matters, where she regularly works with expert witnesses to develop the case, as well as working against opposition experts in Daubert hearings. Minneapolis-based Amy Fiterman heads up the overarching products liability and mass tort team.
Key clients
- Cook Medical
- Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. (PLAC)
- Zimmer Biomet
- Johnson & Johnson (and its family of companies)
- Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Elanco Animal Health
- Medtronic
- Exactech
Work highlights
- Representing Cook Medical as national counsel in multidistrict litigation involving its inferior vena cava (IVC) filter product.
- Representing Zimmer Biomet, Inc., as national counsel in hip and knee litigation, includes defending over ten thousand product liability cases in four MDLs in the past five years.
- Representing Johnson & Johnson (and its family of companies) on many complex cases.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Amy Fiterman