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Reynolds Tobacco Company in numerous Engle progeny personal injury/wrongful death cases pending in Florida.{{ FIELD }}TaCara Harris is a partner in the Atlanta office of King \u0026amp; Spalding and serves as Chair of our Pharmaceutical \u0026amp; Medical Device Litigation practice. Her practice concentrates on representing clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer products industries in nationwide product liability litigation. TaCara handles all aspects of large-scale, high-stakes mass tort litigation across the country in state court consolidated proceedings and in multidistrict litigation from early case assessment, through discovery, and on to summary judgment, trial, settlement, and appeal. Having obtained favorable results for clients in eight multi-week, product liability jury trials, TaCara handles each matter with a view toward trial, considering how to communicate effectively to a jury a host of complex scientific, technical, and regulatory issues.  In addition to her litigation practice, TaCara also conducts internal investigations and legal risk assessments, advising clients on liability avoidance and risk mitigation and management strategy.\nAdditionally, TaCara is a zealous advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion.  She co-chairs King \u0026amp; Spalding's Women’s Health Initiative, African American Affinity Group, and Pipeline, Recruitment, Retention, and Promotion Subcommittee of Diversity Committee.\nTaCara earned her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School with honors in 2013. While attending law school, TaCara was a law clerk at the Office of the General Counsel of Vanderbilt University, where she assisted the university and medical center with defense of claims, compliance research and policy drafting regarding Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and other state and federal laws. \nPrior to law school, TaCara worked as an intern for the Office of the General Counsel of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. She is also committed to pro bono work, including assisting military veterans with meritorious claims seeking benefits and healthcare. \nPublications\n\nReport of the Independent Investigation to the U.S. Soccer Federation Concerning Allegations of Abusive Behavior and Sexual Misconduct in Women’s Professional Soccer (co-authored with Sally Q. Yates and an all-female King \u0026amp; Spalding team), October 3, 2022\nTaking a “Hard Look” at Expert Witness Testimony Under Rule 702 | IADC’s Defense Counsel Journal, January 26, 2022\nFDA Warns That Most Hair Smoothing or Straightening Products Release Formaldehyde Gas During the Hair Straightening or Smoothing Process, (March 31, 2021)\nThe Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council and Its Implications for FDA Initiatives and Priorities, March 15, 2021\n“Is Forum Shopping for Equal Rights on the Horizon?” Baker Donelson’s Labor and Employment News, May 2014\n“Defending Against No-Injury Product Liability Litigation,” CLE Presentation – Hot Topics for In-House Counsel, Nashville, November 2013\n\nEducation\n\nVanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 2013\n\nRecipient − Vanderbilt Scholastic Excellence Award for Highest Grade in Legal Writing\nRecipient − Highest Grade in Pre-Trial Litigation\nRecipient − McGuireWoods Diversity Scholarship\nRecipient − Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Diversity Scholarship\nRecipient − Lloyd M. Johnson (Arnold \u0026amp; Porter LLP) Scholarship\nTeaching Assistant − Legal Research and Writing\nResearch Assistant − Professor David Williams\nRecruiting and Retention Chair − Black Law Students Association\nSemi-Finalist − 1L Mock Trial Competition\n\n\n Partner Selected by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” Super Lawyers Lawyers of Color Second Annual Hot List – Issue 2014 (recognizing early- to mid-career attorneys who are excelling in the legal profession)  Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University School of Law Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University School of Law U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Georgia Tennessee Georgia Association of Black Women Lawyers Co-Counsel to TikTok in nationwide litigation in which individual plaintiffs allege personal injuries and school districts and other governmental entities allege economic damages arising from adolescent use of various online communications services, including in the In re Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Litigation MDL pending in the Northern District of California and the In re Social Media Cases JCCP pending in Los Angeles County. Served as a member of the trial team representing GlaxoSmithKline in federal court in Chicago in the matter of Wendy Dolin v. GlaxoSmithKline (N.D. Illinois 2017), for the first-ever tried \"innovator liability\" case. Member of team serving as national coordinating counsel for international pharmaceutical company in Proton Pump Inhibitors Product Liability Litigation involving allegations of acute and chronic kidney disease. Member of team serving as national coordinating and trial counsel for an international medical device company in female pelvic mesh litigation. Representing an SEC university in a putative class action pending in an MDL before the Northern District of Illinois that alleges the university failed to protect football players from concussion-related injuries. Representing an SEC university in a putative class action pending in an MDL before the Northern District of Illinois that alleges the university failed to protect football players from concussion-related injuries. Member of the trial team representing R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in numerous Engle progeny personal injury/wrongful death cases pending in Florida.","searchable_name":"TaCara Harris","is_active":true,"featured":null,"publish_date":null,"expiration_date":null,"blog_featured":null,"published_by":202,"capability_group_featured":null,"home_page_featured":null},{"id":448829,"version":1,"owner_type":"Person","owner_id":664,"payload":{"bio":"\u003cp\u003eStewart Haskins specializes in defending class actions and other complex commercial litigation, particularly cases involving consumers and data privacy issues. 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He also regularly provides clients with counseling on privacy and consumer-related issues.\n\nStewart has extensive experience in all aspects of class action litigation, whether he is litigating complex jurisdictional issues, developing a winning case strategy or defeating class certification.\nThe removal of a case from state to federal court is the first step toward a successful resolution, and Stewart has litigated a wide variety of jurisdictional issues that arise in class actions. Stewart's primary goal in defending clients faced with class actions is the efficient disposition of the case, often by winning the early dismissal of the named plaintiff's claim. If a putative class action proceeds to the class certification stage, Stewart has substantial experience arguing class certification motions and defeating them in cases ranging from product liability claims to insurance services. 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He has litigated such claims in state and federal courts, and has won significant victories for his clients in numerous TCPA cases.\nIn addition to representing clients in class action litigation, Stewart regularly provides compliance and counseling advice to clients to help them try to avoid litigation under the TCPA, CAN-SPAM and other data privacy and consumer protection statutes. S Stewart Haskins Partner 2016 Privacy Practice Group of the Year  Law360 Class Action Group of the Year  Law360, 2010 and 2012 University of Georgia University of Georgia School of Law Mercer University Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law Supreme Court of the United States U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Georgia Georgia Court of Appeals Georgia Superior Court American Bar Association State Bar of Georgia Atlanta Bar Association Represented Home Depot in dozens of putative consumer class actions filed against Home Depot arising out of its widely publicized payment card data breach in late 2014. Successfully defended Home Depot against consumer fraud claims under California law arising out of a charge for an optional damage waiver. Berger v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 741 F.3d 1061 (9th Cir. 2014) (affirming denial of class certification). Won a motion to compel arbitration in a putative nationwide class action filed in California alleging claims under the TCPA. Missaghi v. The Coca-Cola Company, Central District of California (Los Angeles Division), Case No. 2:12-cv-07472-SJO. Won summary judgment for a defendant health insurer in a TCPA class action. Phillip Long Dang, D.C., P.C. v. XLHealth Corp., Case No. 1:09-cv-1076, 2011 WL 553826 (N.D. Ga. Feb. 7, 2011) (fax inviting doctors to a seminar was “informational” and not an “advertisement”). Goldstein v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 609 F.Supp.2d 1340 (N.D. Ga. 2009). Won summary judgment and mooted plaintiff’s pending motion for class certification in a case challenging Home Depot’s collection of permit fees in connection with the installation of water heaters. See Willard v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., No. 5:09-cv-110/RS-MD, 2009 WL 4730644 (N.D. Fla. Dec. 7, 2009). Won a motion to dismiss for NBC Universal in a purported class action that contended the defendant’s promotional game, which aired in connection with the popular game show Deal or No Deal, constituted illegal gambling under Georgia law. The Georgia Supreme Court rejected the plaintiff’s claim and the case was dismissed. See Hardin v. NBC Universal, 283 Ga. 477 (2008). Obtained a landmark order from the Seventh Circuit in a putative class action reversing remand and adopting defendant's argument that injunctive relief should be considered to determine the amount in controversy under CAFA. The Home Depot, Inc. v. Rickher, 2006 WL 1727749, (7th Cir. May 22, 2006). Upon remand, the district court later granted defendant summary judgment and the Seventh Circuit affirmed. Rickher v. Home Depot, Inc., 535 F.3d 661 (7th Cir. 2008). Won an appeal that clarified the defendant's burden in removing cases under CAFA. Frederico v. 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This was the first NPDES stormwater citizen-suit tried to verdict in Georgia in almost a decade.{{ FIELD }}Successfully defeated class certification in a federal court class action involving more than 200 putative class members against an automotive parts manufacturer for claims of chemical exposure and property damage from groundwater.{{ FIELD }}Successfully defended an electric utility in appeal of Clean Water Act NPDES wastewater discharge permit for coal-fired power plant.{{ FIELD }}Successfully defended a manufacturer in a suit alleging environmental property damage claims related to vapor intrusion of volatile organic compounds.{{ FIELD }}Successfully defended national scrap metal recycler in disputes related to large industrial fire and related state and local regulatory violations.{{ FIELD }}Obtained defense verdict as trial counsel in federal bench trial in the Southern District of Florida in a lawsuit involving international retail chain. {{ FIELD }}Successfully defended two national grocery retail chains in federal district and appellate courts in a restrictive covenant property dispute involving claims for lost profits in excess of $70 million.{{ FIELD }}Represented Am Law 100 firm in dispute alleging claims for legal malpractice totaling over $100 million.{{ FIELD }}Nicholas Howell is a first-chair trial lawyer who defends companies in high-stakes environmental and toxic tort litigation across the country. He has tried multiple cases to verdict in federal and state courts and in administrative proceedings, securing defense wins in personal injury, toxic exposure, and environmental permitting disputes. Nicholas defends clients in class actions, mass torts, and individual personal injury claims arising from alleged exposure to hazardous substances and environmental contaminants. He also represents industrial clients in actions brought by state attorneys general, including statewide claims for natural resource damages tied to alleged contamination of surface water, groundwater, soil, and air. In addition to litigation, he guides companies through incident response and internal investigations involving OSHA, worker safety, and whistleblower allegations. \nWidely recognized for his expertise, Nicholas is ranked by Chambers USA as an “Up and Coming” lawyer in environmental law and has been named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Environmental Law. He is a frequent author and speaker on trial strategy, toxic tort trends, and emerging contaminants, and has held multiple leadership roles within the State Bar of Georgia’s Environmental Law Section, serving as an officer for five years and as President in 2023.\nBefore joining King \u0026amp; Spalding, Nicholas served as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Randal Hall of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. He also worked as an Associate at a large international law firm in Atlanta, Georgia, focusing on environmental, toxic tort litigation. 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Randal Hall, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Obtained full defense verdict as lead trial counsel in six-week long jury trial brought by residents near a medical device manufacturing and sterilization facility alleging development of various diseases due to exposure to ethylene oxide emissions Lead trial counsel in month-long jury trial defending medical device manufacturer against claims that its permitted emissions of ethylene oxide caused nearby residents to develop cancer Lead trial counsel in month-long jury trial, successfully resolving all claims brought by residents near manufacturing facility Successfully defeated class certification and obtained complete dismissal of all claims brought on behalf of class of residents near medical manufacturing and sterilization facility Successfully defended an international medical device manufacturer and sterilizer against the State of Georgia in a lawsuit seeking a shutdown of its sterilization operations due to use of ethylene oxide. Obtained defense verdict as trial counsel in a federal jury trial in the Northern District of Georgia involving allegations of violations of the Clean Water Act. This was the first NPDES stormwater citizen-suit tried to verdict in Georgia in almost a decade. Successfully defeated class certification in a federal court class action involving more than 200 putative class members against an automotive parts manufacturer for claims of chemical exposure and property damage from groundwater. Successfully defended an electric utility in appeal of Clean Water Act NPDES wastewater discharge permit for coal-fired power plant. Successfully defended a manufacturer in a suit alleging environmental property damage claims related to vapor intrusion of volatile organic compounds. Successfully defended national scrap metal recycler in disputes related to large industrial fire and related state and local regulatory violations. Obtained defense verdict as trial counsel in federal bench trial in the Southern District of Florida in a lawsuit involving international retail chain.  Successfully defended two national grocery retail chains in federal district and appellate courts in a restrictive covenant property dispute involving claims for lost profits in excess of $70 million. Represented Am Law 100 firm in dispute alleging claims for legal malpractice totaling over $100 million.","searchable_name":"Nicholas H. Howell","is_active":true,"featured":null,"publish_date":null,"expiration_date":null,"blog_featured":null,"published_by":202,"capability_group_featured":null,"home_page_featured":null},{"id":448858,"version":1,"owner_type":"Person","owner_id":905,"payload":{"bio":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Hyman is a partner in our Corporate, Finance and Investments practice. 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John represents public and private companies, as well as private equity firms, in a wide variety of corporate transactions, with a primary focus on mergers and acquisitions.\nJohn has represented clients in acquisitions and divestitures of stock and assets; equity financing transactions; leverage buyouts; strategic and venture capital investments; joint ventures; recapitalizations; and other control and non-control transactions. He also handles general corporate and securities matters.\nWith experience in a wide range of corporate transactions, John works with clients in a number of sectors, including consumer products, industrial distribution, logistics, healthcare, energy, restaurants and retail. John M Hyman Partner Yale University Yale Law School University of Virginia University of Virginia School of Law Georgia Illinois","searchable_name":"John M. 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Ms. Howard\u0026rsquo;s experience includes trial preparation and participating at trial; deposing plaintiffs and treating physicians; participating in expert discovery, including depositions; preparing expert witnesses and corporate representatives for deposition and trial; briefing and arguing dispositive, procedural, and Daubert motions; coordinating discovery; and briefing appeals. Ms. Howard\u0026rsquo;s involvement has included federal and state cases in trial and appellate courts across the country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMs. Howard\u0026rsquo;s achievements in this litigation include:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026bull; Serving on the trial team for the first \"innovator liability\" prescription medication case to go to trial,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eDolin v. GlaxoSmithKline\u003c/em\u003e. Ms. Howard was also part of the team that successfully handled the case on appeal.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eDolin v. 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App\u0026rsquo;x 610 (9th Cir. 2010).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026bull; Obtaining summary judgment in Louisiana federal court based on the plaintiff\u0026rsquo;s failure to timely disclose expert testimony; and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eAutery v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.\u003c/em\u003e, No. 05-0982, 2011 WL 1812793 (W.D. La. Apr. 12, 2011), adopted by 2011 WL 1828343 (W.D. La. May 12, 2011),\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eaff\u0026rsquo;d\u003c/em\u003e, 496 F. App\u0026rsquo;x 388 (5th Cir. 2012).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026bull; Obtaining summary judgment in Alabama state court on statute of limitations grounds; and defending the appeal of that judgment.\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;Brown v. GlaxoSmithKline\u003c/em\u003e, 51 So. 3d 1128 (Ala. Civ. 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Barksdale on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.\u0026nbsp; Ms. Howard successfully completed the\u0026nbsp;International Association of Defense Counsel\u0026rsquo;s Trial Academy.[[--readmore--]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublications and Presentations\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCourse Presenter, \u0026ldquo;The Learned Intermediary Doctrine \u0026ndash; Defense Lessons for the Regulatory Professional,\u0026rdquo; University of Southern California School of Pharmacy\u0026rsquo;s Regulatory Science Graduate Program Course on Medical Products and the Law, annually, 2013-2021\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModerator, \u0026ldquo;I Want You: What In-House Counsel Want from Young Lawyers,\u0026rdquo; DRI Drug \u0026amp; Medical Device Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2017\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeaker, \u0026ldquo;New Rules in Town: An Update on the Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,\u0026rdquo; 27th Annual ICLE Tropical Seminar, Cartagena, Colombia, January 2017\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor, \u0026ldquo;Stuck in Limbo \u0026ndash; the Effect of West Virginia\u0026rsquo;s Recent Adoption of the Learned Intermediary Doctrine Remains a Mystery,\u0026rdquo; DRI\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eRx for the Defense\u003c/em\u003e, January 2017\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModerator, \u0026ldquo;How to Become Indispensable: An Interactive In-House Panel,\u0026rdquo; DRI Drug \u0026amp; Device Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, May 2016\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeaker, \u0026ldquo;Millennials: In the Workplace, the Courtroom, and Social Media,\u0026rdquo; 26th Annual ICLE Tropical Seminar, Paradise Island, Bahamas, February 2016\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor, \u0026ldquo;Pharmacist Prescribing: A New Challenge to the Learned Intermediary Doctrine?\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp; DRI\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eRx for the Defense\u003c/em\u003e, February 2016\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeaker, \u0026ldquo;Spoliation of Evidence: How to Avoid It, and What is at Stake\u0026rdquo;, 25th Annual ICLE Tropical Seminar, Cancun, Mexico, February 2015\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCo-Author, \u0026ldquo;A Light at the End of the Tunnel? 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Ms. Howard\u0026rsquo;s experience includes trial preparation and participating at trial; deposing plaintiffs and treating physicians; participating in expert discovery, including depositions; preparing expert witnesses and corporate representatives for deposition and trial; briefing and arguing dispositive, procedural, and Daubert motions; coordinating discovery; and briefing appeals. Ms. Howard\u0026rsquo;s involvement has included federal and state cases in trial and appellate courts across the country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMs. Howard\u0026rsquo;s achievements in this litigation include:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026bull; Serving on the trial team for the first \"innovator liability\" prescription medication case to go to trial,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eDolin v. GlaxoSmithKline\u003c/em\u003e. Ms. Howard was also part of the team that successfully handled the case on appeal.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eDolin v. 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Feb. 1, 2017).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026bull; Obtaining summary judgment in New Mexico state court based on lack of causation for an injury allegedly caused by a generic competitor\u0026rsquo;s medication; and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to the New Mexico Court of Appeals.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eSilva v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.\u003c/em\u003e, No. 31,276, 2013 WL 4516160 (N.M. Ct. App. Feb. 7, 2013).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026bull; Obtaining summary judgment in Florida state court based on lack of causation under Florida\u0026rsquo;s learned intermediary doctrine, and separately on the plaintiffs\u0026rsquo; claims of manufacturing defect, and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to Florida\u0026rsquo;s Second District Court of Appeal.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eLayton v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.\u003c/em\u003e, 137 So. 3d 384 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026bull; Obtaining summary judgment in Louisiana federal court on alternative grounds of the learned intermediary doctrine and judicial estoppel; and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eAllgood v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline\u003c/em\u003e, No. 06-3506, 2008 WL 483574 (E.D. La. Feb. 20, 2008),\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eaff\u0026rsquo;d\u003c/em\u003e, 314 F. App\u0026rsquo;x 701 (5th Cir. 2009).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026bull; Obtaining summary judgment in California federal court on statute of limitations grounds; and defending the appeal of that judgment to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eSchuetze v. GlaxoSmithKline\u003c/em\u003e, 384 F. App\u0026rsquo;x 610 (9th Cir. 2010).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026bull; Obtaining summary judgment in Louisiana federal court based on the plaintiff\u0026rsquo;s failure to timely disclose expert testimony; and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eAutery v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.\u003c/em\u003e, No. 05-0982, 2011 WL 1812793 (W.D. La. Apr. 12, 2011), adopted by 2011 WL 1828343 (W.D. La. May 12, 2011),\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eaff\u0026rsquo;d\u003c/em\u003e, 496 F. App\u0026rsquo;x 388 (5th Cir. 2012).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026bull; Obtaining summary judgment in Alabama state court on statute of limitations grounds; and defending the appeal of that judgment.\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;Brown v. GlaxoSmithKline\u003c/em\u003e, 51 So. 3d 1128 (Ala. Civ. 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Ms. Howard’s experience includes trial preparation and participating at trial; deposing plaintiffs and treating physicians; participating in expert discovery, including depositions; preparing expert witnesses and corporate representatives for deposition and trial; briefing and arguing dispositive, procedural, and Daubert motions; coordinating discovery; and briefing appeals. Ms. Howard’s involvement has included federal and state cases in trial and appellate courts across the country.{{ FIELD }}Ms. Howard’s achievements in this litigation include:\n• Serving on the trial team for the first \"innovator liability\" prescription medication case to go to trial, Dolin v. GlaxoSmithKline. Ms. Howard was also part of the team that successfully handled the case on appeal. Dolin v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC, 901 F.3d 803 (7th Cir. 2018), cert. denied, 139 S. Ct. 2636 (2019), aff'd on further appeal, 951 F.3d 882 (7th Cir. 2020).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in Connecticut federal court in a case alleging that maternal Paxil use caused congenital heart defect, on two separate grounds: first, because of a lack of admissible expert testimony after the Court excluded plaintiffs' case-specific expert; and second, because plaintiffs' claims were time-barred. K.E. v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC, No. 3:14-cv-1294(VAB), 2017 WL 440242 (D. Conn. Feb. 1, 2017).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in New Mexico state court based on lack of causation for an injury allegedly caused by a generic competitor’s medication; and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to the New Mexico Court of Appeals. Silva v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., No. 31,276, 2013 WL 4516160 (N.M. Ct. App. Feb. 7, 2013).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in Florida state court based on lack of causation under Florida’s learned intermediary doctrine, and separately on the plaintiffs’ claims of manufacturing defect, and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal. Layton v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 137 So. 3d 384 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in Louisiana federal court on alternative grounds of the learned intermediary doctrine and judicial estoppel; and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Allgood v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline, No. 06-3506, 2008 WL 483574 (E.D. La. Feb. 20, 2008), aff’d, 314 F. App’x 701 (5th Cir. 2009).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in California federal court on statute of limitations grounds; and defending the appeal of that judgment to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Schuetze v. GlaxoSmithKline, 384 F. App’x 610 (9th Cir. 2010).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in Louisiana federal court based on the plaintiff’s failure to timely disclose expert testimony; and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Autery v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., No. 05-0982, 2011 WL 1812793 (W.D. La. Apr. 12, 2011), adopted by 2011 WL 1828343 (W.D. La. May 12, 2011), aff’d, 496 F. App’x 388 (5th Cir. 2012).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in Alabama state court on statute of limitations grounds; and defending the appeal of that judgment. Brown v. GlaxoSmithKline, 51 So. 3d 1128 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009).\n• Member of a team that successfully defeated certification of a nationwide class.{{ FIELD }}Representing Merck Sharp \u0026amp; Dohme Corp. in multidistrict litigation in New Jersey federal court involving allegations of injuries from use of the company’s osteoporosis medication. Ms. Howard was a member of the trial team in the first “bellwether” trial, Glynn v. Merck, in which the jury returned a full defense verdict, after which the court granted judgment based on federal preemption. Glynn v. Merck \u0026amp; Co., 915 F. Supp. 2d 695 (D.N.J. 2013).{{ FIELD }}Representing a specialty retailer in a South Carolina federal personal injury action involving allegations of burn injuries resulting from the use of fire pot and gel fuel products.{{ FIELD }}Representing the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Tort Reform Association, and the National Association of Manufacturers as amicus curiae in Cerveny v. Aventis, in which the Tenth Circuit affirmed in part the federal district court’s grant of summary judgment for Aventis. Cerveny v. Aventis, Inc., 855 F.3d 1091 (10th Cir. 2017), aff'd, 783 F. App'x 804 (10th Cir. 2019).{{ FIELD }}Representing the Products Liability Advisory Council, Inc. (PLAC) as amicus curiae in Wyeth v. Weeks, in which the Supreme Court of Alabama addressed whether a brand-name drug manufacturer can be held liable to consumers of generic drug products. Following the court’s opinion, Ms. Howard again represented PLAC as amicus curiae in support of Wyeth’s application for rehearing.{{ FIELD }}Representing Purdue Pharma as part of a King \u0026amp; Spalding team serving as national coordinating co-counsel and trial counsel in nationwide product liability and consumer fraud litigation involving the company’s pain medication. Ms. Howard’s achievements in this litigation include drafting a successful motion to dismiss.{{ FIELD }}Drafting a successful motion for protective order in response to a challenge to a pharmaceutical manufacturer’s confidential documents.{{ FIELD }}Heather Howard is counsel in King \u0026amp; Spalding’s Trial \u0026amp; Global Disputes Practice.  Ms. Howard has experience in large-scale, class action and multidistrict litigation, as well as individual product liability, consumer fraud, and toxic tort cases.  Her practice focuses on product liability and the representation of clients in the pharmaceutical industry.  Ms. Howard joined King \u0026amp; Spalding after serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  Ms. Howard successfully completed the International Association of Defense Counsel’s Trial Academy.\nPublications and Presentations\n\nCourse Presenter, “The Learned Intermediary Doctrine – Defense Lessons for the Regulatory Professional,” University of Southern California School of Pharmacy’s Regulatory Science Graduate Program Course on Medical Products and the Law, annually, 2013-2021\nModerator, “I Want You: What In-House Counsel Want from Young Lawyers,” DRI Drug \u0026amp; Medical Device Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2017\nSpeaker, “New Rules in Town: An Update on the Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” 27th Annual ICLE Tropical Seminar, Cartagena, Colombia, January 2017\nAuthor, “Stuck in Limbo – the Effect of West Virginia’s Recent Adoption of the Learned Intermediary Doctrine Remains a Mystery,” DRI’s Rx for the Defense, January 2017\nModerator, “How to Become Indispensable: An Interactive In-House Panel,” DRI Drug \u0026amp; Device Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, May 2016\nSpeaker, “Millennials: In the Workplace, the Courtroom, and Social Media,” 26th Annual ICLE Tropical Seminar, Paradise Island, Bahamas, February 2016\nAuthor, “Pharmacist Prescribing: A New Challenge to the Learned Intermediary Doctrine?”  DRI’s Rx for the Defense, February 2016\nSpeaker, “Spoliation of Evidence: How to Avoid It, and What is at Stake”, 25th Annual ICLE Tropical Seminar, Cancun, Mexico, February 2015\nCo-Author, “A Light at the End of the Tunnel? An Update on Innovator Liability,”  DRI’s Rx for the Defense, January 2014\nCo-Author, “But I Took Your Drug Too! What Happens When a Plaintiff Claiming Injury From a Generic Medication Previously Took the Branded Version and Seeks to Hold the Branded Manufacturer Liable?” DRI’s Rx for the Defense, January 2013\nSpeaker at DRI Annual Meeting, Drug \u0026amp; Medical Device CLE Session, “New Lessons From an Old Doctrine -- An Update on the Learned Intermediary Doctrine”, New Orleans, October 2012\nSpeaker at DRI Drug \u0026amp; Medical Device Seminar, Young Lawyers Blockbuster, “The Learned Intermediary Doctrine: Alive and Well or on Its Last Leg?”,  Chicago, May 2011\nThe Negligent Enablement of Imposter Fraud: A Common-Sense Common Law Claim, 54 Duke J. 1263 (2005)\n Counsel Rising Star in Personal Injury - Products: Defense and Class Action / Mass Torts, 2018 \u0026amp; 2019 Georgia Super Lawyers Washington and Lee University Washington and Lee University School of Law Duke University Duke University School of Law Supreme Court of the United States U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Georgia American Bar Association Atlanta Bar Association Lawyers Club of Atlanta Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit International Association of Defense Counsel Defense Research Institute (DRI), Drug \u0026amp; Medical Device Steering Committee and Publications Chair American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Judicial Clerk, Rhesa H. Barksdale, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Member of national trial counsel team representing an international medical device company in litigation in federal and state cases across the country, and formerly in a multidistrict litigation (MDL), relating to injuries allegedly caused by the company’s female pelvic mesh devices. Member of national coordinating and trial counsel team representing GlaxoSmithKline in nationwide product liability litigation concerning allegations of a link between the company’s antidepressant and an increased risk of suicidality in adult and pediatric patients, as well as an increased risk of certain congenital defects. Ms. Howard’s experience includes trial preparation and participating at trial; deposing plaintiffs and treating physicians; participating in expert discovery, including depositions; preparing expert witnesses and corporate representatives for deposition and trial; briefing and arguing dispositive, procedural, and Daubert motions; coordinating discovery; and briefing appeals. Ms. Howard’s involvement has included federal and state cases in trial and appellate courts across the country. Ms. Howard’s achievements in this litigation include:\n• Serving on the trial team for the first \"innovator liability\" prescription medication case to go to trial, Dolin v. GlaxoSmithKline. Ms. Howard was also part of the team that successfully handled the case on appeal. Dolin v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC, 901 F.3d 803 (7th Cir. 2018), cert. denied, 139 S. Ct. 2636 (2019), aff'd on further appeal, 951 F.3d 882 (7th Cir. 2020).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in Connecticut federal court in a case alleging that maternal Paxil use caused congenital heart defect, on two separate grounds: first, because of a lack of admissible expert testimony after the Court excluded plaintiffs' case-specific expert; and second, because plaintiffs' claims were time-barred. K.E. v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC, No. 3:14-cv-1294(VAB), 2017 WL 440242 (D. Conn. Feb. 1, 2017).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in New Mexico state court based on lack of causation for an injury allegedly caused by a generic competitor’s medication; and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to the New Mexico Court of Appeals. Silva v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., No. 31,276, 2013 WL 4516160 (N.M. Ct. App. Feb. 7, 2013).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in Florida state court based on lack of causation under Florida’s learned intermediary doctrine, and separately on the plaintiffs’ claims of manufacturing defect, and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal. Layton v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 137 So. 3d 384 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in Louisiana federal court on alternative grounds of the learned intermediary doctrine and judicial estoppel; and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Allgood v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline, No. 06-3506, 2008 WL 483574 (E.D. La. Feb. 20, 2008), aff’d, 314 F. App’x 701 (5th Cir. 2009).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in California federal court on statute of limitations grounds; and defending the appeal of that judgment to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Schuetze v. GlaxoSmithKline, 384 F. App’x 610 (9th Cir. 2010).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in Louisiana federal court based on the plaintiff’s failure to timely disclose expert testimony; and successfully defending the appeal of that judgment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Autery v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., No. 05-0982, 2011 WL 1812793 (W.D. La. Apr. 12, 2011), adopted by 2011 WL 1828343 (W.D. La. May 12, 2011), aff’d, 496 F. App’x 388 (5th Cir. 2012).\n• Obtaining summary judgment in Alabama state court on statute of limitations grounds; and defending the appeal of that judgment. Brown v. GlaxoSmithKline, 51 So. 3d 1128 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009).\n• Member of a team that successfully defeated certification of a nationwide class. Representing Merck Sharp \u0026amp; Dohme Corp. in multidistrict litigation in New Jersey federal court involving allegations of injuries from use of the company’s osteoporosis medication. Ms. Howard was a member of the trial team in the first “bellwether” trial, Glynn v. 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