Areas of Emphasis
  • Drug and Medical Device
  • General Litigation
  • Personal Injury
  • Product Liability Law
Distinctions
  • Graduate, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Academy, Stanford Law School
  • Mid-South Rising Stars®, Personal Injury Defense: Products
Education & Honors
  • University of Tennessee, J.D., Research Editor, Tennessee Law Review, cum laude, 2004
  • University of Mississippi, B.A., English and Spanish, cum laude, 2001
Associations
  • American Bar Association
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Hispanic National Bar Association
  • Mississippi Bar Association
  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • Capital Area Bar Association
Bar Admissions
  • Mississippi, 2004
  • Tennessee, 2004
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Tennessee: Eastern, Middle and Western Districts
    • Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
Legal Experience
  • Assisted the Merck trial team in Vioxx litigation in following cases:
    • Kozic v. Merck & Co., Inc., No. 03-9248, Hillsborough County Circuit Court, Florida, 2007
    • Humeston v. Merck & Co., Inc.; No. ATL-L-2272-03-MT -- Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division: Atlantic County, New Jersey, 2005
    • Cona v. Merck & Co., Inc.; No. ATL-L-3553-05-MT -- Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division: Atlantic County, New Jersey, 2006
    • John McDarby v. Merck & Co., Inc.; No. ATL-L-1296- 05-MT-- Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division: Atlantic County, New Jersey, 2006
    • Albright v. Merck & Co., Inc.; No. CV-05-02316 -- Jefferson County Circuit Court, Alabama, 2006
  • Assisted the trial team in following cases:
    • Sabrina Brierton Johnson v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. California trial involving first product liability case in connection with Children s Motrin and Stevens-Johnson syndrome
    • Shirley Boles v. Merck & Co., Inc. First bellwether MDL trial in the Fosamax litigation
  • Hunter v. Covin, et al., Forrest County Second chair in 3-day jury trial.
  • Client Secundment, January 2010-Present.
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