Ms Mara Cusker Gonzalez > Dechert LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Dechert LLP Offices
Three Bryant Park, 1095 Avenue of the Americas
NEW YORK, NY 10036-6797
NEW YORK
United States
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Ms Mara Cusker Gonzalez
Work Department
Product Liability and Mass Torts
Position
Partner
Career
Mara Cusker Gonzalez specializes in representing manufacturers in complex product liability and mass tort cases in federal and state courts. She has extensive experience litigating personal injury, consumer fraud, RICO, and False Claims Act cases filed by individuals, third-party payors, class action lawyers, and attorneys general. Her expertise includes counseling pharmaceutical manufacturers in national litigations involving the marketing and labeling of FDA-approved medicines, and she has in-depth knowledge of federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) practice and state court coordinated proceedings. Ms. Cusker Gonzalez has managed hundreds to thousands of cases involving statins, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, pain medications, and chemotherapy. She has also represented major chemical manufacturers and home builders in cases alleging environmental exposure.
Ms. Cusker Gonzalez regularly leads the briefing of complex dispositive motions and appeals. She has won motions to dismiss False Claims Act and consumer fraud class actions and motions to exclude experts and for summary judgment in federal and state courts. Her appellate work includes obtaining a decision affirming summary judgment orders that shut down an entire MDL involving more than 3,000 cases in In re Lipitor (Atorvastatin Calcium) Marketing, Sales Practices & Products Liability Litigation (No II) MDL 2502, 892 F.3d 624 (4th Cir. 2018).
Ms. Cusker Gonzalez has been recognized for her work on pro bono immigration, employment and housing cases, and for her dedication in training and mentoring junior lawyers.
Education
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S., 1998, Phi Beta Kappa
- New York University, M.U.P., 2001
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 2005, Stone Scholar, Managing Editor of Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate finance
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation