Very few lawyers can say they have tried a class action, and even fewer can say they tried both a class action as well as a bellwether mass tort case in the largest ever medical device multi-district litigation (“MDL”). Ed has done both and, with co-counsel, achieved plaintiff jury verdicts in each case.
Ed has has gained a national reputation for integrity, efficiency, strategic planning, understanding the relevant science, and achieving success in complex multi-party trials. In this role, he has served in multiple leadership positions, including as a member of plaintiffs’ steering committees in the transvaginal mesh MDLs, In re Ethicon, MDL No. 2327; In re Boston Scientific Corp.; In re AMS, MDL No. 2325; and In re C.R. Bard, Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2187.
Ed was an instrumental part of trials in these cases in a series of “firsts.” For example, though it was a defense verdict, Ed is proud to have tried the first transvaginal mesh case with co-counsel in the coordinated proceedings in Boston, involving the Pinnacle device manufactured by Boston Scientific. Thanks to co-counsel’s willingness to see that verdict through appeal, the defense verdict was later reversed by the appellate court.
Just weeks after trying the Pinnacle case, Ed served as lead trial counsel in the first Ethicon “sling” plaintiffs’ verdict in Federal Court, where he and co-counsel secured a $3.27 million verdict in the Ethicon MDL proceedings. Ed served as co-lead counsel in the certified ERISA class action, Jammal v. American Family Ins. Co., (13-cv-00437), where he and co-counsel tried the case to verdict on behalf of over 7,000 current and former insurance agents. He also currently serves as an executive committee member and lead counsel in several complex litigations in various parts of the country.
Last updated Sep 2020
