Duane Morris LLP

Sharon Caffrey, a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, focuses her practice on products liability and toxic tort cases. She is sought after to try large exposure cases in the most difficult jurisdictions, often referred to as “judicial hellholes.” Ms. Caffrey has a distinguished record of success at trial; of the past ten cases she has tried, she obtained eight defense verdicts and two low-value verdicts. She has tried dozens of mass tort, toxic tort, health effects and medical negligence cases, the vast majority to defense verdicts. In 2024 she obtained a defense verdict in an alleged cancer arising from exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO). Ms. Caffrey is also able to leverage her deep experience to serve as national coordinating counsel for clients looking to guide the management of voluminous litigation consistent with their legal and business priorities.

Ms. Caffrey's background includes defending pharmaceutical, medical device and biologics, automotive and industrial equipment products liability claims, as well as toxic tort claims involving EtO, diesel exhaust, PAHs, pesticides, asbestos, talc, microsilica, silica and benzene. She has also represented several clients in MDL proceedings and clients in a variety of industries in product defect claims. As a result, Ms. Caffrey has a deep understanding of defending a wide array of machinery, tools, equipment and related applications, as well as hazardous exposure claims.

Her automotive experience includes investigating failures of electric powered vehicles and other equipment, such as gantries and forklifts. Ms. Caffrey also represents two Class I railroads in their Pennsylvania-area litigation, ranging from complex preemption issues and the defense of significant third-party personal injury claims. A testament to her tenacity and results, Ms. Caffrey was twice presented with an "Excellence in Trial Advocacy" award by CSX Transportation, Inc., is a fellow in the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, and has been twice listed in Chambers USA in the category of Product Liability and Mass Torts – Nationwide.

Duane Morris LLP - Executive Committee, 2022-Present - Co-Chair, Trial Practice Group, 2018-Present - Partners Board, 2007-Present - Chair, Products Liability and Toxic Torts Practice Group, 2008-2017 - Partner, 2000-Present - Associate, 1997-1999 Dunn, Haase, Sullivan, Mallon, Cherner & Broadt, Media, PA and Westmont, NJ - Associate, 1994-1997 Countess and Shelley, Moorestown, New Jersey - Associate, 1993-1994 Horn, Goldberg, Gorny, Daniels, Paarz, Plackert & Weiss, Voorhees, NJ - Associate, 1991-1993 McCarter & English, Cherry Hill, NJ - Associate, 1989-1991 Parker, McCay and Criscuolo, Marlton, NJ - Associate, 1988-1989 Superior Court of New Jersey - Judicial Clerk, Honorable Dominick J. Ferrelli, JSC, and Honorable Anthony P. Tunney, JSC, 1987-1988

Co-Chair, Trial Practice Group Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers Founder and former Chair, Duane Morris Women's Impact Network for Success Chair of the IADC Product Liability Committee Executive Board, Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel

Widener University School of Law, Delaware, J.D., 1987