Sidley Austin LLP

Product Liability and Mass Torts

Partner

MICHELLE RAMIREZ serves as a co-leader of Sidley’s Product Liability and Mass Torts practice, and is a nationally recognized trial lawyer and litigation strategist. She has served as lead counsel for numerous companies in a variety of industries, including pharmaceutical and medical device, consumer products, sports, manufacturing, and food and beverage. She has appeared as lead and/or trial counsel in numerous federal and state courts across the country, and has taken/defended critical fact and expert witness depositions all over the world. In addition, Michelle advises clients on matters arising out of recalls, contractual disputes, artificial intelligence, and regulatory matters with potential to impact clients’ interests or reputations.

A leader within the firm, Michelle is a co-leader of Chicago SidleyWomen, and serves on several committees including the Inclusion committee and a member of Sidley’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force. She also is a former member of the Summer Associate committee (2016–2024). Prior to joining Sidley, Michelle was a staff attorney at Legal Aid Society and represented survivors of domestic violence in a variety of civil litigation matters and evidentiary hearings in state court, including emergency and temporary orders of protection, and prior to law school, was an eighth grade English teacher at a public school in Las Vegas, Nevada through Teach For America.