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ATLANTA, GA 30309
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Andy Bayman

Position
Andy Bayman serves a wide range of clients in life sciences and healthcare, including pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, as well as automotive and other manufacturers and retailers in product liability and toxic tort cases. He is a partner and the leader of the Trial & Global Disputes practice group.
Mr. Bayman is a trial lawyer who has tried over 20 cases in state and federal courts around the country.
Previously, Andy led the Life Sciences & Healthcare area of focus. With more than 300 lawyers and professionals across eleven practice groups – including over 30 M.D.s, Ph. Ds, and others with advanced medical, scientific, and technical degrees – this area of focus serves every segment of the life sciences and healthcare sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
(Leading partners)King & Spalding LLP represents clients in every segment of the life sciences industry in high-stakes product liability, class action, and mass torts. Leveraging its cross-practice expertise, the team collaborates closely with appellate, regulatory, and life science lawyers. It regularly serves as national and regional coordinating counsel, and its strategic resolution team has favorably resolved large litigations. The practice is led by Atlanta’s Andy Bayman, who serves as lead counsel for Boehringer Ingelheim in litigation involving Zantac; and Houston’s Tracie Renfroe, who represents clients in federal and state civil jury trials, MDLs, and class actions. TaCara Harris, in Atlanta, chairs the firm’s pharmaceutical & medical device litigation practice group. Shaila Rahman Diwan departed the team in May 2025.
United States > Dispute resolution > International litigation
King & Spalding LLP boasts an impressive international litigation practice, with particular experience handling disputes involving multiple jurisidictions and parallel proceedings. Blue chip multinationals across a range of industry sectors rely on the expertise of the team, including clients in the energy, banking, healthcare, and pharmaceutical sectors. The team works closely with the commended international arbitration, trade, and white-collar practices of the firm. Based in Houston, Reggie Smith has extensive expertise in the energy sector, acting on complex disputes in the oil and gas and renewable energy sectors. In the same office,Wade Coriell leads the team, while in Atlanta, Andy Bayman and Elizabeth Silbert act as heads of the team. In New York, Richard Marooney is skilled at handling cross-border commercial litigation, M&A litigation, and securities litigation. Also on the East Coast, Randy Mastro represents clients in complex civil cases, securities litigation, and white-collar criminal matters, with vast knowledge of the federal and state appellate courts. Olivia Radin advises global companies on internal investigations, regulatory investigations, and global risks. Radin represents clients in the technology, financial services, and consumer industries.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- International litigation United States > Dispute resolution
- Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Government > Government relations
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Government > State attorneys general
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation