Greenberg Traurig LLP

Litigation

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Gregory E. Ostfeld is Co-Chair of the Chicago Litigation Practice. For more than two decades, Greg has focused on providing outstanding representation and exceptional service to clients in regulated industries, with a focus on pharmaceutical and medical device companies, the financial services sector, and the consumer products sector. Greg focuses his litigation and appellate practice on class actions, products liability, and other high-stakes litigation, combining innovative strategies with a deep understanding and appreciation of his clients’ business goals and objectives to deliver superior outcomes. Greg’s litigation practice is nationwide; he has handled individual, multi-district, and consolidated cases at the trial court level in dozens of states, and has led appeals in nearly every federal appellate court and approximately two dozen state appellate courts. The pillars of Greg’s practice are: understanding the client’s business; frequent and consistent communication and collaboration; tailoring legal strategy to client objectives; and principled representation meeting the highest standards of professionalism.

ConcentrationsProducts liability and mass tort litigationClass action litigationPharmaceutical litigationMedical devices litigationConsumer fraud litigationFinancial services litigationAppeals

CapabilitiesLitigation Appellate Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health CareClass Action Litigation Financial Services Litigation

Admission to PracticeIllinoisSupreme Court of the United StatesU.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the First CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitU.S. District Court for the Central District of IllinoisU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of MissouriU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of WisconsinU.S. District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisU.S. District Court for the Northern District of IndianaU.S. District Court for the Southern District of IllinoisU.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

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J.D., with honors, University of Chicago Law School, 1998 Production/Managing Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review B.A., summa cum laude, George Washington University Phi Beta Kappa