Nicholas J. Drakulich (Nick) is the founder of THE DRAKULICH FIRM, A Professional Law Corporation, with offices in California and Nevada. Mr. Drakulich has been uniquely honored to have been appointed by several Federal Courts across the nation to serve as a member of Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee or Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in nationally prominent Multi-District Litigations (MDL’s) against the world’s largest pharmaceutical and medical device corporations, recovering several billions of dollars on behalf of injured plaintiffs. Mr. Drakulich was also selected to be the lead trial counsel in several of these cases and a member of the trial team in others.
Mr. Drakulich was one of the core members on the trial team together with Mark Lanier, Richard Arsenault, Paul Pennock, and Neil Overholtz in the Actos MDL that secured a historic verdict of over $9 Billion Dollars, which was reported to be the seventh largest punitive damages verdict in U.S. history. The Actos MDL ultimately ended in a $2.4 Billion Dollar settlement. As the court noted following the successful resolution of the Actos MDL:
Mr. Drakulich provided much oversight and input to the trial team throughout the trial. He was instrumental in the development of the case against Eli Lilly & Co. He attended the trial and was heavily relied upon for his advice and counsel through settlement due to his extensive experience in complex litigation. Mr. Drakulich maintained a day to day overview of most MDL activities and was literally consumed with the litigation.
In addition to his MDL work, Mr. Drakulich also successfully represented along with co-counsel in state court nearly two thousand individuals against the manufacturers of spinal implants that were alleged to have caused serious injuries. These cases ultimately resulted in a confidential settlement following several years of protracted and intensive litigation.
Following a jury verdict against one of the world’s largest medical device manufacturers, the trial counsel for this giant corporation, opined that Mr. Drakulich is an “exceptionally able, senior, seasoned litigator who was extremely well prepared and clearly spent considerable time and effort to ensure the best possible representation of his client.”
Mr. Drakulich has also been honored to be selected as a Super Lawyer, a member of the National Trial Lawyers, The Million Dollar Advocates Forum, The Multi- Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. For many years, Mr. Drakulich has been consistently rated (“AV”) by Martindale Hubbell, America’s preeminent peer-reviewed lawyer rating service. He has been an invited speaker at several dozen legal seminars across the United States, including the prestigious MDL Judicial Summit, the Class Action Law Forum, Mass Torts Puerto Rico, and others sponsored by the AAJ, HarrisMartin, Mealey’s and numerous State Bar Associations.
Mr. Drakulich focuses his practice in catastrophic personal injury, products liability, and mass torts. He has enjoyed a diverse and rewarding trial practice for more than thirty-five years having recovered several hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of his injured clients. Mr. Drakulich is proud to be a trial lawyer and humbled to champion his clients’ quest for justice.
