While often retained to provide solutions to specific legal issues, most clients do not have in-house counsel and require a close, sustained engagement that allows me to effectively address global as well as day-to-day issues. By working directly with business owners and senior managers, and developing a thorough understanding of a client’s business, I am able to deliver effective, nuanced counsel and services on a broad array of existing and developing issues and anticipate challenges that have not yet occurred to a client.Practice Areas and Sub-specialties:General Commercial Law; Business Counseling; Real Estate; Drafting of Contract and Operational Documents; Negotiation; Debtor-Creditors’ Rights/Debt Restructuring; Litigation; Consumer Fraud; Regulatory Compliance; Sale and Acquisition of Business Assets; Tax Compliance; and Dispute Resolution.

Senior Associate responsible for all aspects of product liability litigation, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical and medical device product liability litigation, class action litigation, as well as medical malpractice, resulting in over $75 million dollars in total recoveries for clients. Lead attorney responsible for management of Fen Phen, Baycol and Prempro litigation, as well as other product liability cases such as those involving childhood vaccines, dietary supplements and psychiatric medications. Pharmaceutical product liability practice included involvement in several class actions in both associate counsel and lead counsel status.