Product manufacturers have turned to us to lead their defense in connection with high-profile multidistrict litigation (MDL), class actions, other aggregated and mass tort matters, as well as single-plaintiff cases across numerous, diverse industries. We have been called upon to represent matters in industries that include chemical and specialized materials (from asbestos to emerging contaminants); consumer products; pharmaceuticals and medical devices; engineered products and components; industrial machinery; food and beverage; and recreational and sporting equipment. We have represented some of our largest and most prestigious product-manufacturing clients for more than four decades.
Manufacturers consistently rely on Phillips Lytle as their go-to national, regional, local and science counsel in complex product liability disputes involving alleged personal injury and health effects, environmental contamination and premises liability claims. We successfully achieve our clients’ business and litigation objectives by leveraging our deep knowledge of science, technology, and our clients’ products and industries to optimal advantage both inside and outside the courtroom.
As trial lawyers who have successfully tried many cases to defense verdicts, we understand that early resolution of litigation is often paramount to our clients’ objectives. Our extensive record of prevailing early on summary judgment and Daubert grounds, obtaining dismissals and voluntary discontinuances, creating successful exit strategies and achieving favorable settlements, speaks to our ability to achieve our clients’ goals in a variety of contexts, pre-suit through trial. We develop and deploy strategies to resolve major litigations early on, providing our clients with the expertise, confidence and certainty they need to focus on their business rather than litigation.
Successfully managing product liability and mass tort controversies requires a sophisticated understanding of both law and science and the development and implementation of strategies harnessing that relationship inside and outside the courtroom. Clients regularly turn to Phillips Lytle’s deep experience in product liability and mass tort litigation for sage, proactive case management and litigation savvy, to resolve efficiently even the most complex litigation. This often involves complex, cutting-edge scientific and engineering challenges that not only drive the litigation but also determine the trajectory and outcome. Our demonstrated mastery of those complexities and challenges have made us the go-to firm for industries facing bet-the-company litigation.
Our trial lawyers know and understand the science relevant to the issues faced by our clients. Many of our attorneys have advanced scientific degrees in fields including epidemiology, biochemistry, neurobiology, chemistry, pharmacology, physiology and engineering. This expertise, in conjunction with our strong, longstanding relationships with leading experts nationwide, from chemical engineering, to environmental science, to oncology, enable to us provide winning solutions to clients time and again, regardless of venue.
Our proficiencies extend beyond the courtroom and we are equally adept at assisting clients in preventing and diffusing potential litigation. We counsel our clients in litigation avoidance strategies to address emerging pre-litigation controversies in a range of manufacturing sectors. We provide proactive risk assessment and mitigation strategies regarding product development, regulatory compliance, labeling, warnings, advertising and product recall. We also assess the potential risks associated with our clients’ acquisition of products that are, or have the potential to be, the subject of litigation.
Our law firm pulls from a long history of knowledge and experience to serve our clients in a number of industries.
Our deep commitment to our clients is exhibited in our understanding of the nuance and sensitivity involved in every case. Our Appellate attorneys have distinguished themselves in their ability to represent clients effectively before state and federal appellate courts. Each is a highly skilled written and oral advocate, and has successfully briefed and argued multiple appeals.
Learn MoreOur attorneys have represented numerous companies, including manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, contractors and premises owners. Additionally, our team has dealt with ever-emerging targets and theories in asbestos litigation.
Our extensive history of handling a wide variety of asbestos cases allows us to develop and implement proactive defense strategies in handling all aspects of asbestos litigation. We understand the constantly evolving theories, trends and strategies being utilized by plaintiffs, and tailor our defense to the unique objectives and circumstances of our clients.
Learn MorePhillips Lytle has extensive experience with chemical exposure and toxic tort litigation. This includes the defense of the hundreds of personal injury actions with respect to Love Canal. Our experience encompasses class actions, MDL proceedings, one-off cases and much more. We use the know-how of our attorneys to whittle down claims, make early dispositive motions, obtain summary judgment and voluntary dismissals, achieve favorable settlements, and win trials and appeals for our clients.
Learn MoreIn addition to defending litigation in the courtroom, we assist clients with product warning and recall issues, product safety counseling and product liability due diligence for major transactions. Our product liability litigators have tried cases and represented clients from the automotive industry to companies that manufacture medical devices, and virtually everything in between.
Learn MoreThe extensive experience of our environmental attorneys includes representing clients in state and federal courts, before administrative panels, arbitration tribunals and arguing appeals. Our attorneys’ experience includes land use and zoning-related approvals, denials and variances; defense and prosecution of enforcement proceedings and cost recovery claims involving the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA); the Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the New York Oil Spill Act; and New York’s State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).
Learn MoreWe often find ourselves at the forefront of legal challenges to unreliable science in the courtroom. Our experience includes navigating high-stakes, complex product liability and other health effects litigation. Phillips Lytle’s Health Care and Life Sciences attorneys draw upon their broad expertise in the health care and life sciences field to offer comprehensive representation to our clients.
Learn MoreWe work in conjunction with our environmental law attorneys to represent clients facing regulatory action or other legal challenges related to emerging contaminants such as per- and polyfluoroakyl substances (PFAS). Our representation includes both perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and 1,4 dioxane.
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