King & Spalding LLP

King & Spalding LLP‘s consumer products litigation team is reputed for the range and complexity of it’s product liability and class action matters. With a dedicated bench of expert trial lawyers, the practice defends manufacturers and producers across all manner of industry sectors and business industries, including high-profile and nationally significant mass tort litigations at both trial and appellate levels. Notable clients of the firm include leading pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble, leading global manufacturers and distributors like Nestle, retail companies like Wal-Mart, and media businesses such as Tik-Tok. Significant recent matters for the firm include defending Wal-Mart in a multidistrict litigation alleging that Tylenol manufacturers failed to warn about potential risks to pregnant women, while the firm also achieved a defense verdict for Johnson & Johnson in the long-running talcum powder litigation. As practice manager of the firm’s product liability and mass torts group, Atlanta based Geoffrey Drake brings veteran grade experience litigating in multi-district and class action cases, frequently defending at trial and counselling on nationwide personal injury and economic damages cases. LA based Keri Borders regularly appears before state, federal and appellate courts, representing and defending clients against product labeling and advertising claims, with a particular expertise in environmental and sustainability claims. Morton Dubin departed the team in May 2025.