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2011Sponsorship Faculty

Lead Sponsors:

 
Covington has one of the world’s most active and respected Pharmaceutical Litigation and Investigations Practices, with over 150 fi rm lawyers engaged in this work. Drawing on the expertise of
the fi rm’s pre-eminent FDA regulatory practice, our litigators have helped guide some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies through all aspects of diffi cult investigations and lawsuits. Covington represents more pharmaceutical companies in more criminal and civil investigations by federal and state government agencies, including high-profi le congressional inquiries – such as the Food & Drug Administration, the Department of Justice, Congress, and State Attorneys General – than any firm in the country. Our litigation experience is broad, encompassing many areas including suits under the False Claims Act, product liability litigation, patent litigation, pricing and antitrust litigation, litigation with federal agencies, and insurance coverage disputes. For more information visit www.cov.com
Greenberg Traurig LLP is one of the largest law firms in the United States with an unprecedented domestic and global presence, 1,800 attorneys and governmental affairs professionals, and more than 30 locations in the United States, Europe and Asia. As an integral part of the firm’s 500+ member litigation practice, GT’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & H ealth Care Litigation team offers clients unmatched national coverage, as well as sophistication and experience in managing complex, high-profile cases for a wide range of clients. The team is supported by complementary resources in the areas of insurance recovery, health care law and regulation, governmental investigations and governmental affairs. For more information, visit www.gtlaw.com.
hhr Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP is ranked #1 in the U.S. on
The American Lawyer’s “A-List”, its 7th year on the list. The
fi rm has long been recognized for its management and defense
of major pharmaceutical product liability matters, mass disaster
cases and toxic tort litigation.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon is a premier international firm with over 500 attorneys in nine offices worldwide. The firm has successfully represented leading pharmaceutical and medical device companies in product liability and other high-stakes litigation matters for nearly 40 years. In January 2010, The American Lawyer magazine named SHB a finalist in its fifth biennial Product Liability Litigation Department of the Year competition. This followed the firm’s 2008 recognition as winner in the Product Liability category.   The firm has been named Global Product Liability Law Firm of the Year for six consecutive years by Who’s Who Legal.
www.shb.com.
Morgan Lewis is a global law firm with 1400 attorneys in 22 offi ces worldwide. Our comprehensive life sciences practice includes more than 200 lawyers, scientists and other technical specialists, many with advanced degrees, who have the experience and capability to represent the full life cycle of FDA-regulated products. Our strength is our ability to work collaboratively across several practice areas, such as products liability, consumer fraud, government investigations and FDA regulatory counseling and compliance, to provide strategic solutions for the multi-faceted challenges our clients face. Morgan Lewis offers extensive capabilities and decades of experience coordinating complex national litigation, in addition to providing effi cient, powerful solutions for the increasingly demanding discovery environment. We are nationally recognized for our leadership and innovation in developing alternative fee structures.
For more information, please visit www.morganlewis.com

Main Event Cocktail Sponsor:

 
King & Spalding is an international law firm with more than 800 lawyers in 17 offices across the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.  More than 300 of our lawyers, scientists and consultants are dedicated to representing life sciences companies, with specialized experience at every stage of the product life cycle.  Our product liability practice is consistently ranked by both Chambers and The American Lawyer as among the best.  We add to this a range of trial experience that is increasingly unusual in large firms.  www.kslaw.com

Welcoming Cocktail Sponsor

 

 
Working Groups Sponsor:

 
Nixon Peabody LLP is one of the largest multipractice law firms in the United States, with offices in seventeen cities and more than seven hundred attorneys collaborating across twenty-five major practice areas. Our Life Sciences attorneys provide in-depth counsel to clients whether emerging biotechnology companies or one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers. Service areas include: financing, joint ventures and alliances, intellectual property, products liability, litigation, regulatory matters, and general corporate support. The firm’s size, diversity, and state-of-the-art technological resources enable it to offer value and comprehensive legal services to organizations of all sizes in local, state, national, and international matters. Visit us at www.nixonpeabody.com

Associate Sponsor:

 
Nationally recognized for providing superior client service, Thompson Hine serves premier businesses worldwide. The
lawyers in our Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation practice have the knowledge and experience to develop
practical, effi cient solutions to the challenges pharmaceutical and medical device companies face when confronted with personal injury, commercial, or consumer litigation.www.ThompsonHine.com

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Baker & Daniels LLP product liability lawyers represent global pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. With nearly 370 professionals in seven offices worldwide, Baker & Daniels LLP offers an array of integrated services to help achieve the goals of life sciences corporations. Our team includes professionals with expertise in the product liability issues unique to pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. In addition, our professionals counsel clients in areas of risk management, compliance, reimbursement, government affairs and crisis communications. Employing a results-oriented approach, we help our clients to find practical, cost-effective solutions to complex product liability issues in state and federal courts throughout the country and in Canada. www.bakerdaniels.com
Reed Smith's Life Sciences Health Industry (LSHI) Group is comprised of more than 250 professionals across numerous corporate, regulatory and litigation practice areas who are dedicated to our clients who help save patients' lives and preserve their health, whether through biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, life sciences or delivering health care. Reed Smith's LSHI Group consistently has been recognized as one of the premier life sciences practices nationally and internationally. In 2010, Reed Smith was named by The American Lawyer as the “Litigation Department of the Year” for Product Liability. www.reedsmith.com
Bowman and Brooke LLP is a nationally recognized trial firm with one of the largest product liability practices in the country. The firm’s nearly 200 attorneys defend a variety of corporate clients, including many Fortune 500 and internationally-based companies, in widely publicized catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters, and in other complex litigation throughout all 50 states. Bowman and Brooke’s lawyers regularly represent their clients and try cases in courthouses across the United States. Our Drug and Medical Device Litigation practice is comprised of experienced trial lawyers serving as national, regional and local counsel in some of today’s most high profi le individual and mass tort litigation. With a passion and drive for mastering complex medical, scientifi c, epidemiological, ngineering and regulatory issues, Bowman and Brooke’s lawyers deliver legal representation that is innovative, cost conscious and complements core business objectives. For more information on the firm visit www.bowmanandbrooke.com.