Sydney Fairchild Williamson

Sydney Fairchild Williamson: Attorney with Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Biography

Sydney Fairchild Williamson defends pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer product manufacturers in complex civil litigation, focusing on products liability and mass torts. Sydney contributes to the development and execution of strategic litigation tactics. Her experience also includes medical malpractice defense, environmental and toxic torts, business torts, financial services, and contractual disputes.

Sydney has cultivated her career and skillset around the principle that an effective litigator masters the art of storytelling. In litigation, the story connects facts, science, law and business. Her practice centers on these elements and is driven by a commitment to serving not only her clients’ immediate needs, but also furthering their broader strategic goals and legal objectives.

Most recently, Sydney’s practice has evolved to meet the needs of her clients to include a nuanced area of litigation at the cross-section of products liability and environmental toxic torts involving chemicals such as ethylene oxide and PFAS.

Judicial Clerkships

•U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Mark Coulson, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2014-2015

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Team Member, Daily Report, Southeastern Legal Awards, 'Products Liability Group of the Year,' 2025
•Team Member, BTI’s Most Recommended Law Firms, Big Pharma, 2025
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America
•Litigation - Environmental, 2026
•'Ones to Watch,' Product Liability Litigation, 2021-2025
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Dispute Resolution> Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action- Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, 2024
•Team Member, a Law360 “Product Liability Practice Group of the Year,” 2021-2022
•Team Member, The American Lawyer’s “Regional Litigation Department of the Year - Georgia,” 2021

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Areas of Practice (5)

  • Products Liability & Mass Torts
  • Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation
  • Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care
  • Trial Practice
  • Complex Torts

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Muhlenberg College, B.A., 2009
Law School Attended:
University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude; Associate Editor, University of Baltimore Law Forum Journal, 2012
Year of First Admission:
2013
Admission:
Georgia; Maryland
Reported Cases:
Experience: Representative Matters: Defends medical device manufacturers in products liability lawsuits in state and federal courts nationwide.; Advises a global manufacturing company with regard to risk mitigation and potential litigation involving alleged environmental contaminants involved in the production of main product lines.; Member of team that represented a university and medical center in a lawsuit by 800 Guatemalans relating to studies conducted in the 1940s.; Member of a team that served as co-national coordinating counsel for a major pharmaceutical company confronting more than 2,500 lawsuits and claims filed by patients who alleged that their use of an atypical antipsychotic resulted in compulsive gambling behavior and other impulse disorders.; Member of a team that represented a major financial institution in a $100 million check fraud claim brought by the District of Columbia after one of its employees issued fraudulent tax refund checks totaling more than $40 million through an account maintained by the bank.; Member of a national trial counsel team for defendants involved in mass torts litigation.; The above representations were handled by Ms. Fairchild prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
ISLN:
922543289

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Location

  • Atlanta, GA
    Terminus 200 , Terminus 200, 3333 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 2500
    Atlanta, GA 30305

    678-553-2100 Phone
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