Practice Areas & Industries: Carlton Fields, P.A.

Practice/Industry Group Overview

America's pharmaceutical industry has literally revolutionized health care. Decades of clinical research and investments in the trillions of dollars have produced new generations of drugs that have replaced expensive surgeries, eliminated diseases, and given hope to countless people. Yet, pharmaceutical companies still face a growing array of complex and serious business, political, regulatory, and legal issues involving patents, generic drugs, clinical trials, compliance, fraud and abuse investigations, licensure, reimbursements, marketing, HIPAA privacy, joint ventures, and a host of others. At Carlton Fields, we help our pharmaceutical clients strategically assess their risks, challenges, and opportunities. We understand and regularly work with complicated, interconnected state and federal agency regulatory systems. Moreover, we provide government representation for industry members who must make their case before Congress and legislatures throughout the southeastern United States.

Carlton Fields' pharmaceutical and medical device industry practice group has extensive knowledge and experience in litigating pharmaceutical and medical device cases for our national and international clients. The firm has defended a diverse group of manufacturers and sellers with respect to a wide variety of products in jurisdictions throughout the state of Florida .

Commitment to Clients

Through our representation of numerous industry leaders, we understand their business environment, and efficiently and effectively represent their interests. Carlton Fields has been a leader in developing the law in Florida on such key issues as the learned intermediary doctrine, preemption, market share and the statute of limitations. On the cutting edge, and with more than 30 years of experience working with the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, our lawyers take pride in our client focused strategies.

Commitment to Professionalism

Our attorneys are recognized in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries through their service in numerous professional and bar activities. Our attorneys lecture, publish and participate in continuing legal education offered by national organizations such as the Defense Research Institute, Products Liability Advisory Council, American Bar Association, Florida Defense Lawyers Association, and others.

Commitment to Diversity

We foster a climate of inclusion at Carlton Fields, and our goal is to recruit, retain, and promote attorneys and staff who are racially and ethnically diverse. Our practice group shares that diversity, reflecting the goals of our clients in achieving diversity in their outside counsel.