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Product Liability
SmithAmundsen
’s Product Liability Practice Group consists of attorneys who possess almost 70 years of trial experience as well as the business sense needed to defend the integrity of our clients’ products. Our lawyers successfully represent the product brands of prestigious manufacturers, distributors, and retailers across the nation. We are knowledgeable about the latest advancements in failure analysis, biomechanics, consumer product safety, federal regulations, and trade secret protection.
We have served as regional counsel for manufacturers who value our experience in court and our knowledge of the industry and their businesses. While our attorneys are comfortable in the courtroom, they have also developed an ability to provide clients with creative solutions, often resulting in early exits from costly litigation and the mitigation and transfer of risk to accountable parties.
Recent presentations and publications include:
Chapter Co-author, “Special Considerations in a Product Liability Case,” Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s Illinois Civil Discovery Practice Supplement, 2006, 2009, and 2011.
Chapter Co-author, “Special Considerations in a Premises Liability Case,” Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s Illinois Civil Discovery Practice Supplement, 2006, 2009, and 2011.
Authors, “
Foreign Evidence in U.S. Product Liability Law
,”
For the Defense
, October 2010.
Author, "
The Commercial Loss Doctrine: Ladies and Gentleman of the Jury ... Look at this Tangle of Thorns
,"
DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal
, Summer 2010.
Author, "
Advising Small Manufacturing Clients on the Reporting Requirements Under the Consumer Product Safety Act
,"
IDC Quarterly
, Vol. 18, No. 4, Fourth Quarter 2008.
Invited Speaker, "Consumer Product Safety Act," USLAW Conference, Charleston, SC, March 2009.
Auditor, Product Compliance for Leading Chair Manufacturer, Consumer Product Safety Act, 2007.
Chapter Author, “Inside the Minds: Product Liability Litigation and Dispute Resolution,” November 2007.
Speaker/Moderator/Panelist, USLAW Product Liability Summit, Tucson, AZ, March 16, 2007.
Auditor, Product Compliance for Leading Chair Manufacturer, Consumer Product Safety Act, 2007.
Speaker, “Roofing Products & Warranties,” SmithAmundsen Fall Roofing Seminar, October 2006.
Speaker, “Trade Secret Protection and Consumer Product Safety Act Compliance,” USLAW Conference, Austin, TX, March 2006.
Speaker, “Emerging Trends in Product Liability Law and Trade Secrets,” SmithAmundsen client seminar, 2004.
Speaker, “Product Liability,” client seminar, Fall 2002.
Author, “Product Liability 3rd Party Practice,” Chapter 7, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1995 and 2000.
Speaker, “Mitigation of Damages,” client seminar, Spring 1995.
Lew R.C. Bricker
Mark P. Broderick
Heather A. Bub
Michelle L. Casper
Corinne E. Cater
Craig A. Cappas
Don Carrillo
Dennis J. Cotter
Joseph M. Eichberger
Sandra J. Engelking
Alan L. Farkas
Michael Fenwick
Margaret C. Firnstein
Simul S. Jhaveri
David A. Johnson
Gregory L. Knapp
Thomas J. Lyman, III
Patrick J. Lubenow
Brandt R. Madsen
Suzanne J. Massel
Michael J. McGowan
Michael S. McGrory
Raymond J. Melton
Christopher T. Miller
Tanya N. Petermann
Ruth E. Robinson
Brian A. Rosenblatt
Thomas P. Scherschel
Joshua S. Singewald
Lawrence R. Smith
Sandy Williams
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