Adams

Kasey Adams focuses her practice on pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare litigation. She has been a member of multiple trial teams in pharmaceutical product liability cases that resulted in defense verdicts, one of which was named one of CVN’s Top 10 Defense Verdicts of 2015 and another which was recognized as one of “CVN’s Top 10 Most Impressive Defense Verdicts of 2022. She served as a key member of the deposition and national expert teams in the pelvic mesh litigation. She is also experienced in defending pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in consumer protection litigation brought by attorneys generals. Best Lawyers in America® recognized her in its “Ones to Watch” for Health Care Law and Products Liability Litigation, she was named a Mid-South Rising Star by Super Lawyers® for Personal Injury-Products Defense in 2023, and she was recognized as a 2019 “Rising Star” by the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.

• Drug & Device Litigation
• Products, Catastrophic & Industrial Litigation

Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare

In addition to her work on the pelvic mesh litigation, Kasey’s experience includes serving as a key member of the Pradaxa litigation team. In 2018, she assisted the trial team in obtaining a defense verdict in the second bellwether Pradaxa trial in Connecticut, and she has been extensively involved in case work-up and trial preparation for other Pradaxa trials that have resulted in defense verdicts. She has significant experience preparing experts for depositions and trials and drafting motions to exclude opposing experts. She also served on the national counsel team defending the Propecia litigation in the federal MDL and coordinated litigation in New Jersey. She supported all aspects of the litigation, with a particular emphasis on providing support to case management of the MDL. She also serves as a key member of case work-up teams in hernia mesh litigation. She has significant experience in pre-trial evidentiary arguments and pre-trial preparation work in cases that span multiple industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, and trucking catastrophes.

Kasey is active in the American Bar Association and currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Young Lawyers Subcommittee of the Mass Torts Committee. She has written multiple articles and Practice Points pieces for the ABA newsletter and website, and she recently organized and moderated a panel sponsored by the Young Lawyers Subcommittee at the ABA’s Environmental and Energy, Mass Torts and Product Liability Litigation Committees’ 2019 Joint CLE Seminar. She is also active in the Defense Research Institute and Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, where she serves as the Young Lawyers Division liaison.

She volunteers a significant amount of her time to community and professional organizations, including serving as a Bar Exam Mentor for law students in Mississippi and an attorney coach of Mississippi College School of Law’s Arbitration Team, which was named the 2016 National Champions of the American Bar Association’s Arbitration Competition under her coaching. She has also volunteered for Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women, where she applied her advocacy skills to developing leadership workshops for collegiate women and providing services when risk management issues arise.

Kasey received her J.D., summa cum laude, from Mississippi College School of Law, where she was Associate Editor of the Mississippi College Law Review, Chair of the Moot Court Board, and a member of the National Order of Barristers. She obtained her B.A., summa cum laude, in Business Administration from The University of Southern Mississippi, where she was President of the Student Government Association, participated in countless other organizations and volunteer programs, and served as a recruitment counselor for the University. Based on her dedication and involvement, she was inducted as a member of the University of Southern Mississippi Hall of Fame.

• Dandy v. Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, Case No. 3:20-cv-431, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and Snowden v. Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, Case No. CC-19-05461-D, Dallas County, Texas Court of Law No. 4: Served as a key member of the trial teams in two pelvic mesh trials, winning critical evidentiary arguments before and during trial. Both trials resulted in defense verdicts, and the Snowden case was recognized as one of “CVN’s Top 10 Most Impressive Defense Verdicts of 2022.”
• Richards v. Ethicon, Inc. Case No. 5:21-cv-00092, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas: Assisted the trial team in a pelvic mesh trial that resulted in a defense verdict in October 2022.
• Krolikowski v. Ethicon Inc. Case No. 140102704, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania: Assisted the trial team in a pelvic mesh trial that resulted in a defense verdict in April 2019. “J&J Dodges Pelvic Mesh Claims In Philadelphia Trial,” Law360, April 17, 2019
• In re: Propecia (Finasteride) Product Liability Litigation, MDL 2331, United States District Court of the Eastern District of New York and In re: Propecia Litigation, Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division: Middlesex County: Key member of the team defending Merck as national counsel. 
• In re Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2327, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia: Core member of the gynemesh deposition and expert teams.  
• Jackson v. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Case No. ATL-L-880-13, Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County: Assisted the trial team in obtaining a defense verdict following a four-week trial.  This verdict was named one of CVN’s “2015 Top 10 Defense Verdicts.”
• Gallam v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. HHD-CV-16-6067874-S, Connecticut Superior Court, Judicial District of Hartford: Assisted the trial team in the second bellwether Pradaxa trial resulting in a defense verdict. “Boehringer Scores 2nd Bellwether Win In Conn. Pradaxa Suit,” Law360, May 7, 2018.
• Actively involved in defending a number of lawsuits brought by the Mississippi Attorney General alleging violations by pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers of the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act. 
• Led two slip and fall cases to successful resolution for premises’ owners after aggressive case work-up and motion practice.
• Walker et al. v. Monsanto Co. et al., Case No. 1122-CC09621-01, Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri – Assisted the trial team at first PCB Food Chain trial. 

• Best Lawyers in America®
  • Ones to Watch, Health Care Law, 2021-2024
  • Ones to Watch, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2021-2024
  • Ones to Watch, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs, 2021-2024
• Super Lawyers®
  • Mid-South Rising Stars, Personal Injury - Products: Defense, 2023
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association “Rising Star,” 2019
• Attorney Coach of Mississippi College School of Law Arbitration Team, 2016 National Champions, American Bar Association’s Arbitration Competition

• Mississippi, 2015
• U.S. District Courts
• Mississippi: Northern, Southern
• U.S. Court of Appeals
• 5th Circuit

• Mississippi College, J.D., summa cum laude, 2015
  • Associate Editor, Law Review
  • Chair, Moot Court Board
  • National Order of Barristers
• University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., Business Administration, summa cum laude, 2011
  • President, Student Government Association
  • The University of Southern Mississippi Hall of Fame
  • President, Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women

• American Bar Association
  • Young Lawyers Subcommittee of Mass Torts Committee
    • Co-Chair, 2018-2023
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
  • Liaison, Mississippi College School of Law Chapter, 2017-2019
  • Liaison, Young Lawyers Division, 2019-2023
• Charles Clark American Inn of Court, 2015-2017
• Capital Area Bar Association
• Jackson Young Lawyers, 2015-2021
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)

• Author, “Fact Checking from a Trial Perspective,” ABA Practice Points, January 31, 2023
• Author, “Look What You Made Me Do,” ABA Practice Points, June 26, 2023
• Author, "The Pro Bono You Know," ABA Practice Points, August 29, 2022.
• Presenter, “To Repair or Note to Repair: The Shakespearean Question of 2021,” Webinar, August 19, 2021.
• Author, "Young Lawyering in a Post-Pandemic World," Practice Points, American Bar Association Newsletter, January 26, 2021.
• Author, "50-State Survey: The Learned Intermediary Doctrine," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 13, No. 4, November 2020.
• Author, "Being Zenon: Lawyer of the 21st Century and Taking Virtual Depositions," Practice Points, American Bar Association Newsletter, April 26, 2020.
• Co-Author, “The Mongoose Strikes Back: How to Thwart a Reptilian Attack,” Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 12 No. 3, September 2019.
• Author, “Professional Responsibility for the Public Good,” Practice Points, American Bar Association Newsletter, September 23, 2019.
• Author, “You Gotta Nourish to Flourish,” Practice Points, American Bar Association Newsletter, April 30, 2019. 
• Speaker, “To Climb or Not to Climb,” Sound Advice, American Bar Association Section of Litigation’s Newsletter, March 2019. 
• Author, “If It Walks Like a Duck…,” Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 12 No. 1, March 2019.
• Co-Author, “Who’s on First: The FDA or the FTC?” Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 12 No. 1, March 2019.
• Moderator, “Rising Through the Ranks: Associate Advancement from an In-House Perspective,” American Bar Association Section of Litigation, 2019 Environmental and Energy, Mass Torts and Products Liability Committee Joint CLE Seminar, Laguna Beach, Calif., January 11, 2019.
• Author, “The Shakespearean Solo Litigation:  To Climb or Not to Climb,” Practice Points American Bar Association Newsletter, November 19, 2018. 
• Presenter, “If You Label It, They Will Come,” The Mississippi Bar’s Young Lawyers Division “Bridge the Gap” CLE, November 2, 2018. 
• Author, "Personal Versus Professional Ethics: Are The (or Should They Be) the Same?" Mass Torts Litigation Newsletter, American Bar Association, July 31, 2018.
• Author, “Diversity and Inclusion in Litigation: Less Talk, More Action,” Mass Torts Litigation Newsletter, American Bar Association, February 28, 2018.
• Presenter, "If You Label It, They Will Come," Medmarc Insurance Group webinar, February 27, 2018. 
• Co-Author, “Daubert and Frye and Anything Goes, Oh My!” Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 10, No. 1, March 18, 2017.
• Co-Author, “Coordination among Federal Prosecutors, Regulators, and Civil Enforcers: Questions Abound, “ Mass Torts Litigation Newsletter, Vol. 14, No. 3, American Bar Association, Summer 2016.

• Mississippi Heritage Trust
  • President, Executive Committee 2021-2022
  • Vice President, Executive Committee 2020-2021
  • Secretary, Executive Committee, 2018-2020
  • Board of Trustees, 2015-2022
• Mississippi College School of Law
  • Bar Exam Mentor, 2016-2019
• Stewpot Legal Clinic
  • Pro Bono Attorney Volunteer
• Pi Beta Phi Fraternity of Women
  • Membership Specialist
  • Volunteer and Workshop Presenter