Find Lawyers in Atlanta, Georgia for Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Joseph Angersola defends clients in a variety of disputes, with an emphasis on product liability, personal injury and commercial litigation. In addition to representing clients in Georgia, Joe has defended clients as regional and national counsel in Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Joseph understands that each client, whether it is a large corporation, local business or an individual, has specific objectives and challenges in litigation....
Brannon’s practice focuses on civil litigation with an emphasis on product liability, catastrophic injury and professional liability. Admitted to practice in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, Brannon has represented a broad range of clients in cases involving serious injury and wrongful death across the country. Her clients include manufacturers and sellers of heavy equipment, component parts, consumer products, medical devices and automotive equipment, as well as trucking companies...
Terry Brantley is licensed to practice in Georgia and South Carolina, and his civil litigation practice focuses on defending clients facing a broad range of disputes. He serves as a valued business partner and litigation counsel for corporate entities, individuals and insurers. His clients include international auto manufacturers, Fortune 500 retailers, national insurance providers, preeminent consumer and commercial product manufacturers, national restaurant and hospitality companies, and tr...
Chris Byrd's practice focuses on civil litigation, representing clients in both state and federal courts in claims of wrongful death, product liability, premises liability, breach of contract, mass and complex torts, and construction law. Chris has represented clients in more than 10 states throughout the country.
Lori G. Cohen has a national litigation practice focusing on product liability litigation and specifically, medical device and pharmaceutical litigation. Lori is National Counsel for a medical device manufacturer, handling its litigation including class actions, multidistrict litigation, and trials nationally. She has served as both National Counsel and Regional Counsel for pharmaceutical and medical device companies and has expertise in mass tort, multidistrict and class action litigation. S...
Jackson “Jad” Dial represents a multitude of clients in high exposure, catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases throughout Georgia and the United States. Jad has obtained many successful results for his clients both at trial and during pre-trial proceedings. When he is not representing clients, Jad enjoys spending time with his wife Katie and their five children.
With over 38 years of litigation experience, Ted Eichelberger has handled a broad range of commercial and tort litigation matters for both plaintiffs and defendants. Ted is recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© . Ted currently concentrates his practice around medical malpractice, representing hospitals, medical schools, and individual health care providers. For over 21 years, Ted has served as lead counsel for the largest teaching hospital in the Atlanta area, and the area’s o...
Scott Elder is the leader of the firm’s products liability group and represents corporations in complex litigation throughout the country. Clients call on Scott for his extensive experience in mass torts and class actions as well as in individual cases alleging personal injuries from defective products. In the class action area, he frequently litigates cases that intersect the areas of product defect and false advertising and also provides advice on advertising claim construction, produ...
With a broad and winning first-chair litigation practice, Jonathan (“Johnny”) Friedman serves as national counsel, regional counsel, and trial counsel for companies in the automotive, consumer products, industrial, hospitality, and transportation industries. A recipient of ALM Law.Com's "Legal Innovator" Award in 2023, Johnny is a problem-solver, managing large volume dockets and high-value matters with data analytics, deep thinking, and strong “soft skills.” He uses l...
Jenny Hergenrother is a partner with Alston & Bird’s Products Liability Group, where she focuses on products liability and other complex litigation. Her practice experience includes representing companies in a variety of product litigation, including allegations of false and deceptive advertising, high-value personal injury and wrongful death cases, claim substantiation, and product-related class and mass actions. She chiefly represents automotive, food and beverage, and pharmaceuti...
Johnny Krawcheck leads Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial’s Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Practice Group. He has served as national defense and national coordinating counsel for major manufacturers embroiled in mass torts or subjected to repeat claims, and counsels excess insurers regarding this rapidly evolving industry. Johnny also frequently defends various product manufacturers and transportation companies in litigation throughout the country. Johnny is a Managing Co-Direc...
C. Bradford Marsh focuses on the defense of catastrophic injury, property damage and commercial cases. His practice is diverse and includes products, premises, professional malpractice and general liability cases. Brad represents automobile, electrical and heavy equipment product manufacturers, along with individual and corporate clients in Georgia and across the United States. Brad is equipped to handle every conceivable matter that his clients have based on over three decades of litigation ...
David Matthews' practice focuses on construction litigation, including both commercial (contractors, owners, subcontractors and suits involving architects) and residential (owners, contractors and sub-contractors) construction. David represents businesses in all types of commercial litigation, including contract disputes and dissolution of business entities. He also represents businesses in local and national national product liability actions. In addition, David defends premises liability an...
Patrick Moore's litigation practice focuses on civil litigation with significant experience in healthcare, medical malpractice, nursing home liability, transportation, environmental law, insurance disputes, product liability, employment law, commercial litigation, criminal defense and plaintiff’s personal injury cases. He has represented clients in litigation in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texa...
Richard B. North, Jr. is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Atlanta where his litigation practice includes pharmaceutical and medical device defense, aviation law, product liability, and commercial litigation. A former leader of the Firm's General Litigation practice group, he presently heads up a litigation team.
M. Diane Owens specializes in products liability, employment discrimination, premises liability, environmental and toxic torts. Ms. Owens has also handled a significant number of matters involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death litigation. She practices in all state and federal courts in Georgia and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. M. Diane Owens graduated from Mercer University with an A.B. degree, summa cum laude, in 1977, and her J.D. degree, magna cu...
Rick Sager's civil litigation practice focuses on catastrophic injury, transportation-related litigation, product liability, road construction litigation, class action, premises liability, and skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Clients entrust him with their high-exposure cases throughout the United States. Rick was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© as “Lawyer of the Year” in Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants) for 2023, the sole winner of this award...
Seslee S. Smith is a litigator and trial lawyer with more than 23 years experience who focuses her practice on the defense of companies in complex litigation. Ms. Smith is a partner in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice and has successfully litigated commercial disputes, products liability actions, insurance coverage disputes and healthcare related matters in federal and state courts, including jury trials, as well as before regulatory agencies, in arbitration proceedings and in ...
Ashley C. Webber is a partner in the firm’s civil litigation section. Ashley has a diverse practice that includes products liability, premises liability, professional malpractice, environmental liability, automobile/trucking litigation and mass tort defense. She has significant experience in litigating catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases in both state and federal courts and has handled several matters at the appellate level. Ashley defends some of the world’s largest heav...
Josh Barnette is an attorney in the firm’s Atlanta and Lexington offices. He is a member of the Torts & Insurance Practice Service Group and an affiliate member of the Business Litigation Service Group. Josh focuses his practice on torts, insurance, white collar criminal defense, civil rights, products liability, and general business litigation. Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements Stites & Harbison and Tucker Ellis Obtain Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death Mesothelio...
Caroline W. Suydam is an Associate in the firm's Commercial, Class Action and Products Liability Litigation Practices. Her practice focuses primarily on the areas of general liability defense and insurance disputes. She has experience representing a broad range of clients in complex litigation and arbitration matters, including business torts, class actions, insurance and reinsurance disputes and products liability cases in state and federal courts. Prior to joining the firm, Caroline practic...
Jason T. Vuchinich’s civil litigation practice focuses on catastrophic injury cases, often in the premises liability, transportation, and product liability contexts. He has represented a broad range of clients from national corporations and manufacturers, commercial and residential property owners, transportation companies, and small businesses. Jason has litigated a wide variety of cases from the pre-suit stage up through defense verdicts at trial. With litigation experience in both Fe...
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