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Eric is a member of the Life Sciences Health Industry Group, practicing in the area of product liability and commercial litigation. His product liability work focuses on the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, and the defense of complex product liability cases as national and local counsel in state and federal courts, including multi-district litigation.

Representative Matters

• Member of national counsel team defending leading pharmaceutical manufacturer in litigation involving interferon medications.

• Member of national counsel team defending leading U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturer in litigation involving injectable type-2 diabetes medication.

• Member of trial team that won total defense verdict on behalf of national prosthetic hip device manufacturer in Los Angeles Superior Court after three weeks of trial in litigation involving recalled product; work included preparation of pre-trial documents.

• Defended U.S. pharmaceutical manufacture in litigation involving antidepressant medication; work included managing large document review team.

• Member of national coordinating counsel team in Welding Rod Litigation; assisted in the defense workup of thousands of cases for more than 20 distributors sued both in state courts and the MDL in Ohio.

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Publications

• Co-author, “West Virginia Appellate Court Declines to Adopt Learned Intermediary Doctrine,” Product Liability Update, Vol. 3, No. 7, August 2007
• Co-author, “Does Pioneer Leave California Product Liability Defendants Without Clear Guidance on Disclosure of Consumer Information?” Product Liability Update, Vol. 3, No. 4, May 2007

Experience

Legal Education

Undergraduate Education

Professional Admissions / Qualifications

• California