Markland Hanley

Markland Hanley is a Texas based litigation firm with a national practice. We bring a sophisticated approach and decades of experience to defending autonomous and other advanced products. We defend major manufacturers in wrongful death and catastrophic injury product liability cases, including high stakes cases brought by well-financed plaintiff attorneys in jurisdictions that are customarily unfriendly to business. We are committed to helping manufacturers of autonomous and other advanced products usher in the bright future made possible by such products. Our intensive preparation, powerful advocacy, and unparalleled knowledge of the technical and legal issues applicable to the products we defend provide our clients with a sense of calm and confidence in the new product liability world. We advocate with strength and precision and provide our clients with valuable, cost-effective counsel both in the courtroom and at the bargaining table. The firm focuses on the defense of driverless vehicles, pilotless aircraft, robots, nano-medical devices, artificial intelligence, genetically modified products, and advanced pharmaceuticals and has developed deep knowledge of the legal and technical issues confronting the manufacturers of these products. Markland Hanley's attorneys have tried hundreds of cases and have successfully defended major manufacturers throughout the country in a wide variety of product liability cases involving complex technical issues and allegations of defective design, manufacture, and marketing. We have represented manufacturers of automobiles, other passenger vehicles, heavy trucks, a wide variety of heavy equipment, manufacturers of the components in such products, including rollover protection systems, tires, seatbelts, seats, brakes, and fuel and electrical systems, among others, and manufacturers of pharmaceutical products, plastics, chemicals, and other industrial products.