REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Obtained findings of fraudulent joinder supporting removal to federal court leading to settlements favorable to the client in multiple medical device suits.
- Obtained multiple dismissals of claims against a biomaterials supplier at the pleadings stage based on the Biomaterials Access Assurance Act.
- Obtained dismissal of claims by 96 non-resident plaintiffs at the pleadings stage in a product liability mass action.
- Obtained a favorable outcome for a medical device manufacturer in a complex breach of contract action seeking to recover damages from a component part manufacturer and supplier resulting from a large-scale consumer product recall.
- Handles all aspects of federal and state civil litigation, including pleadings, motion practice, and trial preparation.
- Drafts and researches pleadings during all stages of litigation, including motions to dismiss, discovery motions, dispositive motions, motions in limine, Daubert motions, and other complex procedural motions.
- Takes and defends depositions in local and national contexts.
- Effectively and efficiently handles pretrial discovery, including the management of large-scale electronic discovery in product liability matters.
- Experienced in insurance defense litigation including drafting coverage opinions.
- Performs advanced legal research and analysis on a variety of topics.
- Completed extensive research as a law student through various research assistantships in the area of product liability, including assisting a professor with his groundbreaking article on autonomous vehicle liability, “A Roadmap for Autonomous Vehicles: State Tort Liability, Automobile Insurance, and Federal Safety Regulation,” 105 Calif. L. Rev. 1611 (2018).
- Served as Judicial Clerk to Justice Neal Hendel of the Supreme Court of Israel where he drafted portions of Justice Hendel’s opinions on a wide range of subjects including defamation of public officials, treatment of terrorists, securities law, expansion of the doctrine of res ipsa, and marriage equality.