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Achievements: National leader in antidepressant Paxil, Prozac, and Zoloft suicide litigation; His firm helped to bring about the black box suicidality warning for children and young adults, now on most antidepressant labels; Helped spur funding for scores of hemophiliacs infected with HIV by contaminated medication;A leader in the fight against federal preemption, a doctrine pushed by the pharmaceutical industry to wipe out consumers’ rights to sue drug companies for injuries caused by their drugs. Preemption was finally defeated in 2009 with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Wyeth v. Levine;Created the first class action ever filed against an SSRI-antidepressant manufacturer, ending with the successful resolution of more than 3,000 Paxil injury cases;Helped negotiate the first official public apology by an airline for the 2003 Air Midwest Flt. 5481 Charlotte, North Carolina crash;Eliminated California law that protected tobacco companies from certain lawsuits; Created coalitions of activists, attorneys, and Baum Hedlund staff, who work together to resolve global problems caused by harmful and defective drugs, which no individual could accomplish alone.Governmental Testimony:Taiwan’s Ministry of Health emergency meeting regarding hemophilia HIV contaminated medication, February 18, 2004Areas of Practice: Abilify Compulsive Gambling, Alere INRatio Injuries , Antidepressant Birth Defects, Catastrophic Injury, Class Action Litigation, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Consumer Fraud Litigation, Defective Medical Devices, IVC Filter Failure, Laparoscopic Power Morcellator Cancer, Monsanto Roundup Cancer, Onglyza Heart Failure, Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability, Qui Tam Claims, Risperdal Gynecomastia, Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer, Toxic Torts, Whistleblower Protection, Wrongful Death LawAttorney Advertising

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