In the 21st century, products liability and mass tort litigation has become a complex, multidisciplinary practice requiring the integration of medical, scientific and engineering expertise with sophisticated litigation management and trial strategies. At the same time, the stakes for corporate defendants have grown to “bet the company” magnitude in many instances. Companies in these situations count on Goodwin Procter to ensure their interests are optimally protected.

Each of our senior products liability litigators has more than 20 years’ experience in the field, extensive contacts in the medical and scientific communities, and a wealth of firm resources to draw upon, including in-house science advisors and litigation technology specialists.

Over the past 25 years, Goodwin Procter attorneys have defended against national mass tort litigation involving pharmaceuticals, tobacco, building materials, food and supplements, recreational equipment, medical devices, asbestos, automotive components, lead, silica, petroleum, computers, industrial machinery, sporting equipment, cell phones, cosmetics and consumer products. Our attorneys have also litigated a host of other high-profile products, mass tort and class action cases, including those involving manufacturing processes and alleged chemical and environmental exposures.

In these diverse matters, we have served as national counsel, supervising teams of local counsel and developing nationwide defense strategies. Goodwin Procter lawyers have also served as regional counsel and defense and strategic coordinators as well company counsel and as insurer-appointed counsel on a national basis, and have been appointed by courts to serve as lead counsel for defendants in federal multidistrict litigation, as well as participants on numerous defense steering committees. As a result, we have extensive experience with issues relating to the national management of mass tort and products liability cases, including class actions, consolidations, multidistrict litigation and multiple, similar cases filed in state and federal courts across the country.