In a significant move showing the growing demand for litigation matters across the legal sector, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer has expanded its product liability litigation practice with a six-lawyer trial team. The team has been poached from Shook, Hardy & Bacon and includes distinguished litigators covering a variety of industries.
The experienced group headed by Frank Cruz-Alvarez, Brian Jackson, Christopher Nease, David Thorne, and Michael Walden, who all joined as partners, together with Rachel Forman who came on board as counsel, have a track record of representing clients in the medical device, tobacco, and pharmaceutical industries among others. All are renowned for their work in pretrial litigation, as trial and appellate counsel.
With the increasing load of litigation matters and a continually growing demand in Big Law, the addition of this dynamic team marks a notable expansion for Arnold & Porter. The firm’s capability to handle complex litigation matters across a plethora of sectors will be surely enhanced.
More details on this development can be found in the original report by the National Law Journal.