Samuel L. Tarry Email & Phone Number

I am a partner with McGuireWoods LLP, and former chair of the firm’s Product and Consumer Litigation Department. For three decades, I have represented clients in tort, environmental, and public health litigation in both state and federal courts across the country, and have successfully managed thousands of cases to resolution. I’m an editor and contributing author of the ABA practice guidebook - Infectious Disease Litigation.I have also served as punitive damages counsel for a variety of clients when corporate conduct is at issue, coordinating defenses at both the trial and appellate levels. I am a frequent speaker and commentator on issues relating to professional ethics in mass tort litigation. Our defense teams have achieved dismissal with prejudice of state court dockets in excess of one thousand asbestos claims.I have been fortunate to receive a number of professional honors including Martindale-Hubbell's AV Preeminent peer rating. Virginia Business has named me repeatedly to its "Legal Elite" General Litigation, while The Legal 500 has also recognized me for the past several years for Excellence in Product Liability Law. While earning my LL.M. at Georgetown University Law Center, I received the CALI Award for Academic Excellence in Global Health Law. As a law student at the University of Richmond School of Law, I was a member of the National Moot Court team and won best advocate at the Carrico First Year Moot Court Competition. My classmates selected me to deliver the commencement address.I am a former president of the John Marshall Inn of Court and board member of Partnership for the Future, an organization that mentors high-potential high school students from challenging backgrounds and helps them attain college degrees.

Listed skills include Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Civil Litigation, Product Liability, and 25 others.