Education: Northwestern University School of Law
Degree: JD
Year: 2001
Honors: cum laude

Key Practice Experience

• Pharmaceutical and medical device litigation
• Mass torts
• Product liability
• Contract disputes
• Real estate litigation

Key Industry Experience

• Pharmaceutical and Medical Device
• Manufacturing

Representative Cases/Transactions

• Defense of pharmaceutical manufacturers in product liability cases involving antibiotics (multi-district litigation)
• Defense of pharmaceutical manufacturers in product liability cases involving hormonal birth control medication, opioid analgesic medication and medication for the treatment of HIV/AIDS
• Defense of pharmaceutical manufacturer in product liability cases involving dopamine agonist medication used to treat Parkinson’s Disease and Restless Leg Syndrome (multi-district litigation)
• Defense of medical device manufacturer in product liability cases involving heart valves and devices used in coronary artery bypass graft surgery
• National counsel for major manufacturer in trace benzene litigation
• National counsel for chemical manufacturer in public nuisance and personal injury matters involving alleged exposure to lead paint/pigment

Publications/Presentations

• The Effects of Levine on Preemption: What is Left for Pharmaceutical and medical Device manufacturers, and Consumers, Medical Devices Litigation Reporter, October 26, 2009
• What Riegel, Levine and the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009 Mean for the Future of the Preemption Defense, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association Products Liability Committee Presentation, April 2009

Professional Associations

• Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association – Co-chair, Products Liability Committee
• Defense Research Institute – Drug and Medical Device, Trial Tactics and Young Lawyers Committees

Bar Admissions

• State of Minnesota
• U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
• State of Indiana
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana

Other Education

• B.A., Political Science (1998), Indiana University, with distinction