Paul A. Del Aguila is an Associate in the Litigation Department in Greenberg Traurig's Chicago office. Paul focuses his practice on defending product manufacturers in personal injury litigation and business in breach of commercial contract cases.
Areas of Concentration
· Product liability litigation
· Pharmaceutical/medical device litigation
· Toxic tort litigation
· Professional malpractice litigation
· Insurance coverage litigation
· Complex commercial litigation
· Business/shareholder litigation
Significant Representations
· Counsel for Medtronic, Inc. in multidistrict litigation pending in the District of Minnesota, involving one of Medtronic's most important products and divisions including 34 putative class actions, more than 30 state court actions, and over 300 cases in total. The cases involved allegations of products liability as well as third-party beneficiary and Medicare secondary payor claims.
· Counsel for Bayer in the Baycol multidistrict litigation pending in the District of Minnesota. Paul served as a negotiator in the resolution of hundreds of claims, utilizing mediations, judicial settlement conferences and informal negotiations, the majority of which involved the most prominent mass tort plaintiff attorneys and firms in the country.
· Counsel for cigarette manufacturer in two putative class actions pending in Illinois.
Professional & Community Involvement
· Member, American Bar Association
· Member, Illinois Bar Association
· Member, Chicago Bar Association
· Member, Missouri Bar Association
· Member, Hispanic National Bar Association
· Member, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
· Member, Defense Research Institute