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Alyson Bustamante Jones
Product Liability Group
Pharmaceutical Medical Device and Healthcare Industry Team
Greater Jackson Office
Tel: (601) 985-4427
Email:
alyson.jones@butlersnow.com
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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.
Papers, Presentations & Publications
"Mississippi Tort Reform Faces Judicial Nullification Effort,"
Legal Opinion Letter
, Washington Legal Foundation, February 12, 2010.
Co-Author
, "To Catch A Thief," Defense Research Institute, Drug and Device Seminar.
"Navigating Through the Serious Implications of an FDA Warning Letter,"
Pro Te: Solutio,
Vol. 1 No. 2, 12-17 (April 2008).
"Limiting Adverse Verdicts: Tort Reform in Mississippi,"
Pro Te: Solutio,
Vol. 1 No. 4, 2-5 (October 2008).
"Case Law: Sales Representatives, Diversity Jurisdiction and Fraudulent Joinder: Where do the Courts Stand,"
Pro Te: Solutio,
Vol. 2 No. 3, 13 (July 2009).
"Update on Tort Reform Caps: Are They Constitutional?"
Pro Te: Solutio,
Vol. 3 No. 3, 6-7 (August 2010).
Mississippi Dental Society Annual Meeting.