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Bobby Woo focuses on product liability defense, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals and other consumer products. As a partner in our Mass Tort and Toxic Tort practice, Bobby represents healthcare-related firms and consumer product companies in a variety of matters.
With more than 20 years of experience in state and federal courts, Bobby represents pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in product liability litigation, particularly in mass tort settings.
Bobby was part of the team that served as national coordinating co-counsel for Purdue Pharma in product liability litigation involving the pain medication OxyContin®. In that litigation, Purdue obtained more than 400 dismissals, including over 30 orders granting summary judgment, and defeated 15 putative class actions.
More recently, Bobby has represented GlaxoSmithKline as part of the company's national coordinating counsel in product liability litigation involving the antidepressant Paxil®. Bobby served as lead counsel for defendants in case conferences and special master hearings for the Paxil® pregnancy cases in the Pennsylvania Mass Tort Program, which at the time had been designated as the number one “Judicial Hellhole” in the country for two years running by the American Tort Reform Foundation.
Bobby has been recognized by Legal 500 (2010–2011) for Product Liability/Mass Tort defense in pharmaceutical and medical device cases. He has also received recognition in Georgia Super Lawyers magazine (2005–2007, 2009).
Bobby is active in the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, which awarded him the Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award, NAPABA’s highest honor, in 2002. Bobby also received the inaugural Judge Alvin T. Wong Pioneer Award for his leadership in the Georgia APA legal community. Within our firm, Bobby has served on the Diversity and Hiring Committees and is the immediate-past Hiring Partner for the Atlanta office.
Bobby has appeared on panels addressing issues such as the attorney-client privilege, expert witnesses and scientific evidence, diversity, professionalism, and civil procedure; for the last seven years, has been responsible for training the firm’s new attorneys on efficient legal research techniques.
J.D., Harvard University, cum laude
B.A., Harvard University, magna cum laude
Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Law Clerk, Hon. Stanley F. Birch Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network (Board Member 2006)
International Association of Defense Counsel (2008–Present)
Leadership Atlanta (2000)
Leadership DeKalb (1996)
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Georgia Chapter (1994- )
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Georgia Chapter (1994–Present)
Outstanding Atlanta (1998)
State Bar of Georgia (1995–Present)
State Bar of Georgia Access to Justice Committee (f/k/a Pro Bono Committee) (1999)
State Bar of Georgia Diversity Program (1999)
State Bar of Georgia, Women and Minorities in the Profession Committee (1999)
Supreme Court of Georgia's Commission on Fairness and Access in the Courts (2006–Present)
February 23, 2017
King & Spalding Advises Carter’s in $140 Million Acquisition
April 4, 2016
In Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, King & Spalding Wins Trial on Directed Verdict
Defended a major pharmaceutical company facing more than 600 cases alleging that maternal use of a prescription medication caused congenital malformations; lead attorney in case management and special master hearings in the Mass Tort Program (MTP) in Philadelphia, where the bulk of these cases are pending.
Drafted amicus brief to the Supreme Court of Georgia on behalf of the four largest Asian-Pacific American civil rights groups in the country regarding the use of court interpreters for criminal defendants during plea bargain negotiations; resulted in conviction being vacated and case remanded for re-trial.
Defended a major pharmaceutical company involved in more than 1,300 individual and class action suits, filed in more than 32 states, alleging failure to warn and overly-aggressive marketing of a prescription medication; part of a team that defeated class certification in numerous courts and obtained 410 dismissals, including 27 orders granting summary judgment.
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February 23, 2017
King & Spalding Advises Carter’s in $140 Million Acquisition
April 4, 2016
In Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, King & Spalding Wins Trial on Directed Verdict
Defended a major pharmaceutical company facing more than 600 cases alleging that maternal use of a prescription medication caused congenital malformations; lead attorney in case management and special master hearings in the Mass Tort Program (MTP) in Philadelphia, where the bulk of these cases are pending.
Drafted amicus brief to the Supreme Court of Georgia on behalf of the four largest Asian-Pacific American civil rights groups in the country regarding the use of court interpreters for criminal defendants during plea bargain negotiations; resulted in conviction being vacated and case remanded for re-trial.
Defended a major pharmaceutical company involved in more than 1,300 individual and class action suits, filed in more than 32 states, alleging failure to warn and overly-aggressive marketing of a prescription medication; part of a team that defeated class certification in numerous courts and obtained 410 dismissals, including 27 orders granting summary judgment.
See more
February 23, 2017
King & Spalding Advises Carter’s in $140 Million Acquisition
April 4, 2016
In Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, King & Spalding Wins Trial on Directed Verdict
J.D., Harvard University, cum laude
B.A., Harvard University, magna cum laude
Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Law Clerk, Hon. Stanley F. Birch Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network (Board Member 2006)
International Association of Defense Counsel (2008–Present)
Leadership Atlanta (2000)
Leadership DeKalb (1996)
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Georgia Chapter (1994- )
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Georgia Chapter (1994–Present)
Outstanding Atlanta (1998)
State Bar of Georgia (1995–Present)
State Bar of Georgia Access to Justice Committee (f/k/a Pro Bono Committee) (1999)
State Bar of Georgia Diversity Program (1999)
State Bar of Georgia, Women and Minorities in the Profession Committee (1999)
Supreme Court of Georgia's Commission on Fairness and Access in the Courts (2006–Present)