Patrick Clyder > McGuireWoods LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Displaying a ‘thorough approach to engagements’, which includes a detailed knowledge of the substantive and procedural law, McGuireWoods LLP provides ‘educated and strategic advice’ to manufacturers across a range of consumer-facing products throughout the life cycle of their litigation. Much of the product liability work is led from its Richmond-based headquarters, although the firm’s Chicago office recently received a boost following the arrival in March 2022 from litigation boutique Swanson, Martin & Bell of Patrick Clyder , whose trial experience includes product liability cases throughout the country, including before Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, one of the nation’s most challenging venues for defendants. Team head Diane Flannery  leads from the front and regularly co-ordinates large-scale defenses in class action and MDLs, including her continued work for a hardwood flooring retailer in more than 140 class actions and dozens of personal-injury cases stemming from alleged formaldehyde contamination in the company’s laminate flooring made in China.