Marilyn is a member of the firm’s Life Sciences Health Industry Group. Her focus is on product liability defense, complex litigation defense, and healthcare matters. She has significant trial experience in defending corporations and insurers against tort and commercial litigation claims, including personal injury, property damage, class actions, multi-district litigation, mass torts, toxic torts, environmental hazards, medical monitoring, premises liability, breach of contract, breach of warranty, and deceptive trade practices.
Her product liability work focuses on defending medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, including cases that involve:
Defending a Fortune 500 manufacturer in mass tort, medical device litigation on state, regional, and national levels
Defending a multinational maker of surgical devices
Working on behalf of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies in mass tort prescription drug litigation
Implantable and Wearable Drug Delivery Systems
Cosmetic Lasers
Dermatologic Injectables
Pharmaceutical Ophthalmics
She also defends manufacturers and distributors of a wide variety of industrial and consumer products, such as:
Commercial High Performance Coatings
Industrial Manufacturing Equipment
Commercial Construction and Insulation Products
Combustion Systems and Equipment
Agricultural Machinery
Outdoor Power Equipment
Child Safety Devices
Home Appliances
Fire and Smoke Alarm Systems
Her work on behalf of healthcare industry clients includes:
Defending Hardline Medical Liability Claims Against Physicians and Surgery Centers
Evaluating and Mitigating Liability Risks
Developing Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Relating to Standards of Care
Creating Specialized Protocols for High-Risk Patients
Federal and State Regulatory Reporting Requirements
Credentialing and Peer Review
HIPAA; EMTALA; CMS Regulations and Guidance
Counseling Medical Product and Drug Manufacturers in FDA Processes for New Product Investigation, Premarket Approval Applications, Reclassification Procedures, and Post-Sale Reporting Requirements
Marilyn is particularly skilled in the tactical development and discovery of scientific and medical expert witnesses, leadership and coordination of multifaceted defense trial teams, creation of winning defense strategies on causation and damages, development of uniform discovery programs to ensure consistency across multiple jurisdictions, structuring vast settlement programs to forestall future litigation and preserve client’s profitability, and resolution of high stakes litigation through dispositive motions, dismissals, and cost effective settlements.
Credentials
University of Tulsa College of Law, 1988, J.D., with honors, Tulsa Law Journal – Editor-in-Chief; Order of the Curule – Chair (a/k/a Order of the Coif); American Jurisprudence Awards: Torts I, Torts II, Commercial Law I, Civil Procedure II, Professional Responsibility
Oklahoma State University, 1985, B.S., Political Science, with honors
