Dechert LLP

With a deep bench of product liability lawyers based out of the firm’s East and West Coast offices, Dechert LLP has strength in depth to handle large-scale MDLs and class actions centered around a range of consumer product defects; pharmaceutical products and medical devices remain the firm’s primary strength. Los Angeles-based litigator Jay Bhimani has significant courtroom experience in the field, and is acting in the bellwether jury trials for 3M regarding the combat arms earplugs product liability MDL. New York-based practitioner Sheila L. Birnbaum is also very effective at handling life sciences and pharmaceuticals cases in particular, and co-heads the overarching product liability team alongside Bhimani. Kimberly Branscome departed to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in February 2024.