Greg Ostfeld

Gregory E. Ostfeld is Vice Chair of the firm’s Pharmaceutical Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice and Co-Chair of the Chicago Litigation Practice.  Greg is a proven advocate at the trial and appellate levels, with numerous bench and jury trials and arbitrations and scores of appellate oral arguments to his credit. He has represented dozens of indigent clients in cases involving discrimination, victim advocacy, prisoner rights, and civil rights, and has written and filed amicus briefs on behalf of dozens of major bar associations and public interest organizations in the U.S. Supreme Court, numerous federal appeals courts, and state courts around the country.

Experience

• Represented a group of major pharmaceutical companies in a series of multi-state consumer fraud class actions filed in federal courts around the country, asserting unfair practices in connection with the design of the containers for the defendants’ prescription eye drop products. Successfully argued and secured dismissal of plaintiffs’ claims before the First Circuit and Seventh Circuit, in decisions named among the top ten drug and medical device rulings of 2017 and 2018. Following these successful appeals, plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed all remaining lawsuits nationwide.
• Represent a major national pharmaceutical and medical device company in its entire nationwide portfolio of products liability and class actions, as well as commercial and real estate litigation.
• Represent a major national bank in multiple class actions, including actions alleging violations of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, negligence in the bank’s design and monitoring of its mobile check capture deposit system, and reordering of debit card transactions to collect excessive overdraft fees.
• Represent a major generic pharmaceutical manufacturer in numerous ongoing multi-district product liability litigations and individual product liability cases, class actions, and state and municipal lawsuits.
• Represent a major manufacturer of regulated consumer products in arbitration and multiple state appeals, including in Florida, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Ohio, arising out of a multi-state master settlement agreement, including arbitration of amounts owed under the settlement agreement, appeals challenging product seizures, appeals relating to amendments to the master settlement agreement, and appeals relating to payment adjustments under the settlement agreement.
• Represent a major manufacturer of brand and generic pharmaceuticals in multiple class actions, product liability suits, and commercial litigation involving marketing royalties.

Education

• J.D., with honors, University of Chicago Law School, 1998
  • Production/Managing Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review
• B.A., summa cum laude, The George Washington University
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkship

• Hon. W. Eugene Davis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1998