Ms Kathleen Hardway > Venable LLP > Baltimore, United States > Lawyer Profile

Venable LLP is recognized for its ‘broad, deeply experienced’ pharma and medical device product liability team, with attorneys serving as lead counsel for manufacturers in federal MDLs and statewide coordinated proceedings. The team has also defended clients against international mass tort claims, while similarly representing them in nationwide consumer class actions, frequently defeating class certification in federal courts. The practice is led by Baltimore-based Kathleen Hardway – who is ‘very skilled in the scientific and medical aspects of pharmaceutical litigation, particularly offensive and defensive expert work’ – and Jason Rose, who currently serves as deputy co-national counsel to Takeda in litigation related to its proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) medications. 2024 saw the team expanding with the addition of three experienced litigators from Steptoe LLP – Jeremy Goldkind and Derek Smith in Chicago, and Joo Cha Webb in Los Angeles.