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Product Liability & Mass Torts Practice

Winston & Strawn LLP

San Francisco, United States
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Major multinational companies trust Winston & Strawn to defend their products and reputations in high-profile, high-stakes product liability and mass tort claims. Winston’s Product Liability & Mass Torts Practice is among the most seasoned in the industry, with a deep bench of experienced lawyers and a unique combination of extensive trial experience and expansive technical knowledge. Our long history of taking cases to trial—and winning—gives our clients confidence in a successful outcome, as well as tremendous settlement leverage.

Chaired by Sandra Edwards—Winston partner and a former San Francisco assistant D.A.—our Product Liability & Mass Torts Practice has tried complex cases all over the country, involving a wide array of products including pharmaceuticals, agricultural products, chemical compounds, and consumer products. With our decades of experience comes a deep understanding of the scientific and technical issues in areas such as toxicology, epidemiology, genetics, medical causation, and quantitative and comparative risk assessment. Our history of creative, aggressive strategies results in successful outcomes and justifies our clients’ ongoing trust. Winston’s product liability and mass tort attorneys regularly collaborate with our colleagues to best utilize Winston’s specialists in other areas.

We frequently serve as lead trial counsel, as well as MDL or statewide coordinating counsel, local counsel, and class action and appellate counsel for our clients. Our team can join a case at any stage and help obtain positive results. But bringing Winston in at the outset of a matter allows us not only to develop strategies that position our clients to successfully try the case but also to show our adversaries that we can and will try the case.