Dispute resolution
‘Outstanding attorney’ Tarek Ismail is based in the Chicago office of Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP, from which he defends a roster of major pharmaceutical clients facing product liability MDLs and antitrust disputes. May and August 2024 saw Ismail secure defense verdicts for GSK in relation to claims that the heartburn drug Zantac contained a carcinogen. Similarly, he was also able successfully defend Bayer in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, where he secured a jury verdict for the defendant where a plaintiff brought suit alleging Bayer’s Roundup herbicide caused cancer.
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Profile
Work Department
Litigation
Position
- Partner, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP
Memberships
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, an invitation-only legal association made up of attorneys considered by judges and peers to be among the best trial lawyers
- Fellow, International Society of Barristers, an invitation-only society made up of the era’s best advocates committed to preserving the ideals of jury trials, the adversarial system, and an independent judiciary
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America’s Trial Lawyer Honorary Society, an invitation-only membership known for “its excellence in trial and appellate work, its integrity in practice, and its commitment to diversity throughout every aspect of the profession of law and the administration of justice”
Education
- University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude)
- Carleton College (B.A., Economics)
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Testimonials
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- 'Tarek Ismail is especially gifted in focusing on the important things. His calm style is effective with judges and juries.'
- 'Tarek Ismail is an outstanding attorney.'
- 'Goldman Ismail's trial practice includes the smartest, most talented, and hardest working trial lawyers in the country.'
- 'They are unique in that their multiple first chair trial lawyers are not only skilled at communicating with juries, but they also have exhaustive knowledge of the facts, know how to use technology effectively, and work very well with other law firms when clients put together virtual law firms to try their most important cases.'
- 'Goldman Ismail delivers unparalleled results, winning defense verdicts consistently in many of the country's most challenging venues. '
- 'Tarek Ismail and Shayna Cook, and Emma Ross are incredible communicators and very skilled at discerning what messages will resonate best with their audience.'
- 'Goldman Ismail are unlike almost any other trial lawyers in the country in that they know every detail about their clients' cases and they deploy those details to great effect in achieving amazing results over and over again.'
- 'The Goldman Ismail team focuses on the important issues and avoid the common rabbit holes other firms fall into.'
- 'Jen Greenblatt is excellent at client communication and in sorting through difficult legal issues.'
- 'Very strong and effective lawyers who are very good team players.'