Alexandra Walsh
Alexandra Walsh is a nationally recognized trial attorney with extensive experience trying and winning cases in courts throughout the country. After years of defending corporate clients, Alex launched Walsh Law to turn a page in her practice and use her expertise and experience to fight for plaintiffs seeking justice in the nation’s courts. Trial Successes […]
Jessica Grant
Partner at Shook Hardy Bacon LLP and a nationally recognized business trial lawyer, Jessica has significant first-chair experience in high-stakes matters. This includes successfully trying three cases over $100 million and two cases over half a billion dollars. Jessica’s ability to handle trials across disciplines at a moment’s notice makes her a highly sought-after litigation […]
Sarah Johnston
A skilled advocate and creative problem-solver, Sarah works enthusiastically to understand and master the products she is entrusted to defend, whether in a single-plaintiff case or a mass tort setting. Sarah’s clients frequently request her counsel on complex scientific, engineering, and regulatory matters, in and out of the courtroom. Sarah also has extensive first- and […]
Rick Godfrey
Mr. Godfrey, a litigation partner in the Chicago office of Quinn Emanuel, has been described as an “an exceptional trial lawyer” and “stellar example of outside counsel,” having an “extraordinary, encyclopedic knowledge of the law,” “who relishes the challenge and can be counted on to deliver a first-rate product every time.” (Chambers 2017, 2006, 2008, 2011) […]
Mark Cheffo
Mark S. Cheffo is co-chair of Dechert’s product liability and mass torts practice and has extensive experience serving as national coordinating and trial counsel in complex product liability, insurance and mass torts litigation. He acts for corporations and individuals in the pharmaceutical, medical device manufacturing, bioengineering, insurance and industrial products industries, amongst others. Mr. Cheffo […]
Sheila Birnbaum
Sheila L. Birnbaum is a partner at Dechert. She is co-chair of the firm’s product liability and mass torts practice and focuses on complex product liability, mass torts and insurance litigation. Cases victory for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, when the U.S. SC reversed $145 million award against the company national counsel for Dow […]
Tim Hudson
Partner at Barnes & Thornburg, he is Chairing the firm’s Litigation section in Dallas, Tim Hudson is a trial lawyer who provides tailored counsel and representation for clients in matters involving product liability and mass torts in multidistrict litigation (MDL), as well as commercial litigation and trade secrets. Tim currently serves as national coordinating counsel […]
John Hooper
Partner at King & Spalding John’s advises companies to create and execute litigation and strategic resolution options in some of the largest, most complex class actions, commercial litigations and mass torts in federal and state courts. Hooper’s experience ranges from trials and arbitrations to mediations and settlements, and all stages of a case, from prelitigation […]
Mayela Montenegro
Mayela represents product manufacturers in litigation in both state and federal courts. She drafts motions and pleadings, assists in all stages of discovery, prepares witnesses for depositions and trials, provides trial support and collaborates in devising case strategy. Mayela joined Shook after completing a federal clerkship with The Hon. Edward J. Davila of the U.S. […]
Chris Richardson
Christopher’s practice includes a broad range of commercial real estate and banking/finance transactions. His experience includes the representation of lessees, buyers, sellers and developers of commercial real estate as well as lenders and borrowers in lending transactions.