Product Liability

• Represented pharmaceutical company in personal injury product liability and consumer class action litigation related to ranitidine (Zantac) drug products and alleged exposure to N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), over cancer risk claims in consolidated/coordinated state court action pending in California.
• Defended a large talc manufacturer in numerous wrongful death, mesothelioma and other personal injury asbestos actions throughout the U.S.; deposed hundreds of plaintiffs in connection with this litigation leading to several successful dismissals.

Labor, Employment and Investigations

• Served as outside counsel to a glass manufacturer and distributor in connection with internal investigations and responding to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sexual harassment complaints.
• Serves as one of the lead partners representing a major manufacturer in state-wide class action litigation involving complex and novel claims of discrimination and harassment. 

Trade Secrets Litigation

• Won multiple preliminary injunctions in favor of a California university in connection with preventing further misappropriation of trade secrets by the university's former employee.