Brian is a litigator who delivers results for the nation’s largest companies in high-stakes products liability and commercial disputes. He has built a career going head-to-head in complex, high-pressure courtroom battles and winning them. He handles litigation at every scale, including multidistrict litigations (MDLs), class actions, coordinated state court proceedings, and single-plaintiff actions.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation: Representing C.R. Bard, Inc. and Davol, Inc. in federal multidistrict litigation involving hernia mesh patches, as national counsel and trial team member in all three bellwether trials.
Johns v. C.R. Bard (S.D. Ohio) (August 2021): Representing C.R. Bard in first "bellwether” trial for the Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation MDL, resulting in complete defense verdict.
Milanesi v C.R. Bard, (S.D. Ohio) (April 2022): Representing C.R. Bard in the second bellwether trial for the Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation MDL. This was a plaintiff selected case, which resulted in a defense verdict on six of seven claims and plaintiffs’ verdict on the one remaining claim for $255,000.
Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation: Representing C.R. Bard, Inc. and Davol, Inc. in federal multidistrict litigation involving hernia mesh patches, as national counsel and trial team member in all three bellwether trials.
Johns v. C.R. Bard (S.D. Ohio) (August 2021): Representing C.R. Bard in first "bellwether” trial for the Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation MDL, resulting in complete defense verdict.
Milanesi v C.R. Bard, (S.D. Ohio) (April 2022): Representing C.R. Bard in the second bellwether trial for the Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation MDL. This was a plaintiff selected case, which resulted in a defense verdict on six of seven claims and plaintiffs’ verdict on the one remaining claim for $255,000.
Stinson v C. R. Bard (S.D. Ohio) (November 2023): Representing C.R. Bard in the third bellwether trial for the Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation MDL. This was another plaintiff selected case, which resulted in a defense verdict on design and punitive damage claims and a plaintiff verdict for $500,000 on the remaining claims.
Recognitions
- Featured on Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, 2018, 2023-2025
Credentials
Education
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2014, J.D., cum laude, Senior Supervising Editor, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly; National Finalist, Evan A. Evans Moot Court Competition; Moot Court Board Member; Witkin Award for Academic Excellence in Legal Writing and Research
- University of California, Santa Barbara, 2011, B.A., History and Political Science, With Honors
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- California
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- DRI, Drug and Medical Device Committee
- Member, Steering Committee, 2024-present
- DRI, Young Lawyers Committee
- Member, Steering Committee, 2018-2024
- Co-Chair, Online Programming Subcommittee, 2023-2024
- Co-Chair, Online Community Subcommittee, 2022-2023
- Co-Chair, Corporate Counsel Development Subcommittee, 2020-2022
- Co-Chair, Online Education Subcommittee, 2019-2020
- Vice-Chair, Online Education Subcommittee, DRI, 2018-2019
- Associate Representative, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Young Lawyers Division, 2021-2024
- Co-Chair, Discovery Strategies Subcommittee, American Bar Association Mass Torts Committee, 2019-present
- Southern California Marketing Liaison, DRI Annual Conference, 2019
- Young Lawyer Liaison Chair, DRI, Trial Tactics Committee, 2018-2019
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
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Insights
Insights
American Bar Association
The Expansion of Discovery After an ESI Protocol
Insights
American Bar Association
Don't Make Agreements You Can't Keep
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