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Jones, Thames Named Among Top Product Liability Lawyers In World

Butler Snow attorneys Christy Jones and Lee Davis Thames are among the top product liability lawyers in the world, according to a respected survey of corporate counsel and other leaders in the field. The 2007 Guide to the World’s Leading Product Liability Lawyers named Ms. Jones, Chair of Butler Snow’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Industry Department, in the Top 10 in the world.

The guide is part of Legal Media Group’s Expert Guides series, which covers key practice areas of business law. To identify top liability lawyers, researchers sent questionnaires to senior in-house counsel of Fortune 500 firms, partners at leading law firms and other practitioners in more than 40 jurisdictions worldwide. After a thorough interview and screening process, the leading nominees were chosen for the guide.

Jones has extensive national experience in litigation involving prescription and over-the-counter medications, medical devices, vaccines and other biologicals, contraceptives, herbicides, pesticides, asbestos and plastics. Jones is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. The Best Lawyers in America ® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) named her in the categories of Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation.

Lee Davis Thames, a member of the firm’s Product Liability Group, concentrates his practice on drug and medical device litigation, toxic torts, product liability law, commercial litigation, complex litigation, and environmental liability law. He has tried more than 150 cases here and abroad. Thames has appeared in Best Lawyers since the first edition in 1983, and is named in the 2007 edition in the areas of Personal Injury Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Litigation.




Christy Jones Featured Speaker at ACI's Drug and Device Expert Witness Summit

Butler Snow Attorney Christy D. Jones will present "Effective Strategies for Prepping and Utilizing Witnesses to disprove the Plaintiff's Case" at the American Coference Institute's Drug and Device Expert Witness Summit on July 16, 2008, in Philadelphia, Penn.  The summit will bring together veteran drug and device litigators and jurists who will share proven insights on a number of topics relative to the industry.  Additional details on the event can be found at www.americanconference.com


Butler Snow Attorney a Feature Speaker at DRI Drug and Medical Device Seminar

Butler Snow Attorney William M. Gage is a featured speaker at the upcoming Defense Research Institute Drug and Medical Device Seminar in New Orleans.  Gage will present "To Catch A Thief." The seminar is scheduled for May 1-2 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel.  Additional details on the event can be found by clicking here




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