Leader in drug pricing litigation efforts against numerous pharmaceutical and medical device companies
Lead negotiator in court-approved settlements totaling more than $2 billion
Currently court-appointed lead counsel for In re Skelaxin Antitrust Litigation, In re Nexium Antitrust Litigation, In re Lipitor Antitrust Litigation, In re Effexor Antitrust Litigation and In re Wellbutrin XL Antitrust Litigation
Appointed lead counsel in MDL No. 2149: In re New England Compounding Pharmacy Litigation Multidistrict Litigation, representing more than 700 victims who contracted fungal meningitis or other serious health problems as a result of receiving contaminated products produced by NECC, resulting in a $200 million settlement
Lead counsel to the Prescription Access Litigation (PAL) project, the largest coalition of health care advocacy groups that fight illegal, loophole-based overpricing by pharmaceutical companies
Recent Success:
Neurontin class action marketing settlement ($325 million)
Flonase direct purchaser litigation settlement ($150 million)
Wellbutrin XL direct purchaser litigation ($37.5 million)
First Databank litigation (4% price reduction of most retail drugs)
McKesson litigation ($350 million)
Zyprexa litigation on behalf of the State of Connecticut ($25 million)
Vioxx third party payor litigation ($80 million)
Paxil direct purchaser litigation ($150 million)
Co-lead trial counsel in the Neurontin MDL ($142 million RICO jury verdict)
Experience:
Seventeen years in large Boston firm handling large complex civil litigation
Special Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the states of New Hampshire and Rhode Island
Private counsel for Massachusetts and New Hampshire in groundbreaking litigation against the tobacco industry (Significant injunctive relief and recovery of more than $10 billion)
Judicial clerk for Chief Justice Allan M. Hale, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1983-1984
Board Chairman, New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans, 1995-2002
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