Practice Areas & Industries: Adams and Reese LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

The pervasive threat of pharmaceutical and product liability lawsuits requires manufacturers to access defense counsel that has the experience and resources to combat the growing tenacity of plaintiffs and their attorneys. Today's manufacturers require astute attorneys with the judgment to offer sound preventative advice, the experience to mount a strong legal defense and the resources to handle mass or multi-jurisdictional claims as efficiently as possible.

Adams and Reese's Pharmaceutical / Products Liability Team has the experience, ability and locations to meet this criteria. Our team members have many years of experience successfully defending an impressive range of product manufacturers, distributors and retailers.

Our attorneys defend all types of pharmaceutical and products liability claims, serving as local, regional and national counsel in design, manufacture and sale of products claims. Team members are experienced in defending multidistrict litigation, complex/class action claims and mass tort litigation. We understand the sensitive nature of manufacturing and work diligently to preserve production and trade secrets and client confidentiality.

The Team includes attorneys with diverse levels of experience, who are able to provide prompt and efficient assistance to our clients for a full range of legal services, including consultation, negotiation, litigation, trial, appeal and arbitration. Our clients have access to all of our seven offices and over 260 attorneys. Because we are seamlessly integrated, we utilize the talents of all our attorneys regardless of office location or team assignments.

To efficiently manage our cases, we have assembled a repository of medical, scientific and technical information, as well as a network of highly respected consultants and experts.

Services Available

Industries Served

• Agricultural Products
• Appliances (hot water heaters, cooking equipment, kitchen appliances, air conditioners)
• Asbestos
• Infant and Baby Products and Children's Goods
• Boiler Equipment
• Building Materials (roofing, siding, windows, EIFS, doors
• Chemicals (agricultural, wood treatment)
• Container and Packaging Materials
• Cosmetics
• Cranes & Heavy Construction
• Diving Equipment
• Farm Equipment
• Firearms
• Flooring
• Food Products
• Furnaces
• Heating and Cooling Equipment
• Heavy Equipment and Engine Manufacturing
• Heavy Industrial Equipment
• Home Appliances
• HVAC
• Industrial Machinery
• Lawn and Garden Products
• Lifting Equipment (cranes, hoists, trucks, man lifts)
• Maritime (Boats, Vessels, Gear, Fuel)
• Medical Devices
• Motor Vehicles and Trailers
• Pharmaceuticals
• Power Tools
• Product Coatings and Resins
• Scaffolding and Aerial Devices
• Security Alarm Equipment
• Sporting Goods and Campers
• Swimming Pools / Jacuzzis
• Utility and Telecommunications Equipment
• Tobacco
• Tools
• Welding Equipment
• Wood Treatment and Products

About Our Team

Adams and Reese attorneys frequently lecture on a national, regional and local basis, and many contribute to a variety of medical, industry and legal journals. Additionally, they have served on numerous committees and associations related to medical, pharmacology and toxicology law. Current and past association memberships and chairs include:

• Tulane University Joint Committee on Medical and Legal Education
• Society of Medical Association Counsel
• Louisiana Medical Disclosure Panel
• Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Foundation
• Health Education Authority of Louisiana Board of Trustees
• Children's Hospital Institutional Review Board
• Products Liability Advisory Council
• Defense Research Institute
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Drug Information Association
• Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution
• Alabama Mental Health Counselors Association
• American Arbitration Association
• American College of Trial Lawyers
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Louisiana Medical Disclosure Panel
• Louisiana Governor's Commission of Medical Malpractice
• Lawyers for Civil Justice
• National Association of Defense Counsel

Our team has assisted in the drafting and enactment of much of Louisiana's medical tort reform legislation. This work included effecting provisions dealing with the statute of limitations, informed consent, blood shield law, repeal of punitive damages legislation and legislatively overruling medical monitoring jurisprudence.