product liability

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has been named one of the top product liability law firms in the U.S. by Martindale-Hubbell. According to the most recent results, the firm has the fourth-ranked product liability practice in the country. 

Attorneys Barry W. Ford, Walker W. "Bill" Jones and Sterling Kidd of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, and Gordon Sproule and Patrick Strubel of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP, successfully defended Ford Motor Company in litigation claiming that design defects led to injuries resulting from an accident involving a Ford vehicle.

William D. Booth, a senior partner at Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms, was recently named by an international peer rating service as one of its 2012 “Lawyers of the Year.” A former managing partner of Plunkett Cooney, Booth has been named by Best Lawyers as “Detroit Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year.”

Best Lawyers Peer Review Process Also Recognizes Kevin Dunne as Product Liability Litigation Lawyer of the Year and Names 13 Sedgwick Attorneys to 2012 List Sedgwick was ranked by Best Lawyers in the Tier 1 national rankings in the category of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants. Sedgwick San Francisco product liability and class action partner Kevin J. Dunne was designated “San Francisco Best Lawyers Product Liability Litigation Lawyer of the Year,” and 13 Sedgwick attorneys were named to the 2012 list:

Andrea Roberts Pierson of Baker & Daniels LLP has been admitted as a sustaining member of the Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC).

Burr & Forman LLP is pleased to announce that Monika D. Vyas has joined the firm as Associate in the Atlanta, Georgia office.

Jessica Benson Cox has joined the product liability group at Baker & Daniels LLP as an associate in the law firm's downtown Indianapolis office.

After a seven week trial against Lorillard Tobacco Company and Hollingsworth & Vose Company, a San Francisco Superior Court jury awarded nearly $1.4 million to a Placerville, Calif. couple, Don and Monica Lenney. (Case# CGC-10-275529)

Katharine "Kate" E. Heitman has joined Baker & Daniels LLP as an associate litigator in the law firm's product liability practice group.

J. Joseph "Joe" Tanner of Baker & Daniels LLP has been named to Law360's product liability editorial advisory board for 2011. Law360, a daily newswire for business lawyers, covers breaking news and analysis across every major practice area and industry affecting the U.S. and international legal community.