Firm: Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: Helmsing, Leach, Herlong, Newman & Rouse PC
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: Pittman, Dutton, Hellums, Bradley & Mann, P.C.
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
Jon's primary practice is in the area of civil litigation involving mass torts related to defective medical devices & dangerous prescription drugs. Jon also handles class action cases on behalf of individuals and small businesses involving antitrust, data breaches, and consumer protection matters. Additionally, Jon represents individuals in products liability, wrongful death, auto/trucking accidents, consumer protection, insurance fraud, and general personal injury matters.. Jon is currently representing clients nationwide who received defective medical devices such as recalled hip replacements, metal-on-metal hip implants, recalled knee replacements, and synthetic hernia mesh. Jon is also representing clients who suffered serious side effects from numerous prescription drugs.. Jon handles cases not only throughout the State of Alabama, but also throughout the entire Country. He is admitted to practice before the Alabama Supreme Court as well as the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama. He is a member of the Alabama State Bar Association, Birmingham Bar Association, Alabama Association for Justice and American Association for Justice.. Outside of work, Jon enjoys traveling, spending time outdoors, and being on the water either boating, skiing, or fishing. He is an avid follower of college and professional football and basketball. Jon is an Eagle Scout and continues to volunteer and support many civic organizations.. Pittman, Dutton, Hellums, Bradley & Mann, P.C. is a full-service plaintiff’s law firm that has tenaciously represented the rights of thousands of individuals, consumers and small businesses injured or killed by defective products, auto or trucking accidents, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, medical malpractice, construction accidents, or nursing home abuse, and those defrauded by insurance companies.. Since this may be considered lawyer advertising, Alabama State Bar rules require the following: "No representation is made that the quality of legal services performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers"
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Firm: Huie Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
I am a partner with Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart in Birmingham, Alabama. With a practice focused on product liability, personal injury defense, insurance defense and towing and recovery liability, I routinely represent, among others, automotive companies, heavy equipment manufacturers, product manufacturers, trucking companies, and towing and recovery companies nationally, regionally and locally. I am an Eagle Scout who remains active with the Boy Scouts of America. My wife, Jenny, and I currently reside in Birmingham, Alabama with our two sons, Isaac and Taylor. We are members of Asbury United Methodist Church where I am a member of the Church Council.
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Firm: Norman, Wood, Kendrick & Turner
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: Beasley Allen Attorneys at Law
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: DeGaris & Rogers, LLC
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles, PC
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
Danielle joined Beasley Allen Law Firm as an associate in 2009 and has spent the past seven years in the firm's Mass Torts Section, investigating claims involving dangerous drugs and medical devices. She was named a principal at the firm in 2015 and is the first African-American woman to achieve that status.. Currently, Danielle is the lead attorney handling the firm’s Invokana litigation, representing clients that have suffered adverse side effects, which can include diabetic coma and death, from the blood sugar regulating medicine. In January 2017, Danielle was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) for consolidated multidistrict litigation (MDL) pending in New Jersey federal court concerning Invokana’s link to kidney damage and diabetic ketoacidosis.. The lawsuits allege Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, failed to properly test the type 2 diabetes drug and warn consumers, health care professionals and the medical community of the risks and consequences of using it. U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti was appointed by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to preside over the MDL, which consolidated 55 cases from across the United States.. She also serves as the firm’s lead attorney for its Reglan litigation, where she has done extensive work in ensuring the survival of those claims despite the challenges created by the Supreme Court’s generic preemption decision, Pliva v. Mensing, in 2011. Reglan is associated with the development of uncontrolled muscle movements, a permanent and incurable condition known as Tardive Dyskinesia.. In addition to her work as lead attorney for Invokana and Reglan claims, Danielle devotes the rest of her practice to talcum powder litigation against defendants Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Inc., and Imerys Talc America Inc. In February 2016, Danielle, along with her law partners Jere Beasley, Ted Meadows and David Dearing, secured a $72 million verdict against these defendants in St. Louis City Court on behalf of the family of Jackie Fox. The verdict includes $10 million in actual damages and $62 million in punitive damages. The jury found Johnson & Johnson guilty of negligence, conspiracy and fraud.. The talc litigation trial team secured a second verdict in May on behalf of plaintiff Gloria Ristesund, and a third in October on behalf of plaintiff Deborah Giannecchini. The jury awarded Ms. Ristesund $55 million, including $5 million in actual damages and $50 million in punitive damages, and the jury awarded Ms. Giannecchini $70 million, including $575,000 in medical damages, $2 million in compensatory damages, and $65 million in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson and $2.5 million in punitive damages against Imerys. In May 2017, the team secured a fourth verdict on behalf of Lois Slemp. That jury awarded Ms. Slemp $110 million, including $5.4 million in compensatory damages and $105 million in punitive damages against the two companies.. More than 1,200 others nationwide claim that Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products, when used in the perineal area, significantly increases a woman’s risk of developing ovarian cancer. There are multiple trial settings this year, and Danielle will be a member of the trial team for all upcoming cases. Danielle and the other members of the talc litigation team were nominated as a finalist for the 2016 Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Award in recognition of their work on these cases.. Danielle’s civil litigation experience has focused primarily on claims that impact and highlight important issues in women’s health, a cause for which she is most proud to advance. Prior to moving full-time to the talc litigation, she was one of the attorneys litigating claims related to transvaginal mesh (TVM). Transvaginal mesh is used to repair conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. Reported complications from transvaginal placement of the mesh include erosion of the mesh into the vaginal tissue, organ perforation, pain, infection, painful intercourse and urinary and fecal incontinence. Often women require surgery to remove the mesh. In some cases, this can require multiple procedures without successful removing all of the mesh. The TVM claims involve transvaginal mesh manufactured by Bard, Boston Scientific, Caldera, Cook Medical and Johnson & Johnson and more than 70,000 women have been affected by these unreasonably dangerous products.. As an associate, Danielle was an integral part of the Hormone Replacement Therapy litigation. Hormone Replacement Therapy, including drugs such as Premarin, Prempro and Provera, have been associated with the development of breast cancer, and a black box warning was added to these products to address this very serious risk. The drugs also were promoted for off-label uses, including prevention of cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease, however, these promoted “benefits” were shown to be non-existent. Because of the nature of the injury, Danielle routinely handled the in extremis plaintiff depositions for these cases, where she prepared these very sick and dying women for depositions to preserve their testimony for trial. Danielle was also part of the trial team that secured a $72.6 million verdict in 2011, on behalf of three plaintiffs in Philadelphia, who took HRT drugs and later developed breast cancer.. In August 2010, Danielle was specially appointed by the Chief Justice of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Ed Carnes, to brief and orally argue a claim on behalf of a pro se petitioner before the appellate court. Despite this being her first time before the 11th Circuit, she won the appeal on behalf of her client.
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Firm: Beasley Allen Law Firm
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: Beasley Allen Law Firm
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: Hollis Wright Clay & Vail, PC
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: Beasley Allen Attorneys at Law
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
Kendall grew up in LaGrange, Ga., and graduated with honors from LaGrange High School in 1989, after serving his senior class as president. He was awarded a full scholarship throughout his matriculation at the University of Georgia. Kendall earned a degree in Corporate Finance from UGA. Among a host of UGA honors, Kendall says one of his most treasured honors was being elected President of the Zeta Iota chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated.. Kendall says he was inspired to law from two sources. One was a legal television serious popular in the 1980s called “L.A. Law,” which initially piqued his interest in the legal field. As he began to explore the field, Kendall says he realized the importance of the court system to the Civil Rights movement. Landmark court cases decided by the Courts in that fight were a major inspiration to his pursuing a legal career.. A recipient of the Calloway Scholarship, Kendall is a graduate of the University of Alabama School Of Law and is licensed to practice in both Alabama and Georgia. He has participated in numerous legal and community organizations, including a task force charged with reconfiguring Alabama’s method of rendering legal services to the State’s underprivileged population. Kendall is a charter member of the 100 Black Men of Birmingham.. Before coming to work at Beasley Allen, Kendall worked in the litigation section of a prominent defense firm for two and a half years. At Beasley Allen, Kendall practices in the areas of Product Liability, General Personal Injury, and Workers’ Compensation cases involving defective industrial machinery. Kendall has worked on numerous cases with goals of compensating clients for their losses and influencing corporations to design and manufacture safer products.. Kendall was a member of the trial team that handled a wrongful death case against a corporate defendant resulting in the largest jury verdict ever in Selma, Ala. That suit also influenced the corporate defendant to outfit its entire fleet of trucks with audible backup alarms. Kendall handled the bus collision case in Huntsville, Ala., that resulted in the death of four students and numerous injuries. The suit resulted in the cancellation of the contract between the County and the Defendant, which had the duty to safely transport students to school in Madison County.. Most recently, Kendall has been involved in several multimillion dollar lawsuits, including a $24.75 million verdict in a premises liability case; an $18.79 million verdict in a commercial truck product liability case; a $5.75 million verdict for the children who lost their father in a maritime lawsuit; and a $4.7 million verdict in a seat belt failure case. He and his Beasley Allen law partner Mike Andrews also recently secured an $8 million jury verdict on behalf of a woman serious injured when her Volkswagen suddenly accelerated out of her control and crashed.. About his practice, Kendall says, “I am most proud of my ability to help people, especially those people who have been injured through the fault of product manufacturers. A catastrophic injury can dramatically change a person and their family’s lives. It is good to know that we can help people with at least one aspect of their recovery. You can’t replace a body part of a loved one, but you can ease the burden by explaining what happened, obtaining a financial recovery to facilitate their ‘new normal’ and by influencing change for safety through litigation. I often find that clients are more satisfied when they know their litigation was instrumental in fostering safety changes so they will know that another innocent person won’t have to suffer as they are.”. Kendall says he believes Beasley Allen’s goals and purpose sets it apart from other law firms, in that the firm’s mission statement of “Helping those who need it most” is not just a slogan, it’s who we are and what we do. He says he thinks it is most interesting that Beasley Allen consists of a group of lawyers who could easily be independently successful in other places, but stay together by choice. Kendall believes Beasley Allen is a strong firm because the lawyers lean on each other, help each other, and support each other as they all strive for a greater good.. Kendall has served as the president of both the Alabama Lawyers Association and the Capital City Bar Association. He recently completed a term as a Board Member for the National Bar Association. He served on the Board of the Montgomery County Bar Association until he was elected to the Executive Committee. Kendall is Past President of the Montgomery County Bar Association having the distinct honor of being the first African-American President. He is a member of the Alabama State Bar and serves on the Diversity Committee, a position appointed by the State Bar President. He serves on the Alabama Curriculum Committee for the Board of Examiners, where he is authoring the new Tort section. Additionally, he authored the Torts section and videotaped the presentation to be viewed by all taking the Alabama Bar Exam.. Beasley Allen was recognized by Law360 as one of the Top 10 Law Firms for Black Attorneys in the U.S., and also for having the highest percentage of African-American partners among the top 10 firms.. Kendall was selected as Beasley Allen’s Litigator of the Year in 2013, and again in 2015. In 2014, Kendall was recognized as our firm’s Personal Injury Section Lawyer of the Year. He also has been selected for inclusion on the Best Lawyers in America list since 2016. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.. Kendall is married to Samarria Munnerlyn Dunson. Samarria, a lawyer, is Director of the Office of Compliance and Ethics for the Alabama Department of Public Health. Kendall and Samarria have three children. The Dunsons worship at both First Baptist Church and Resurrection Catholic Church. In his spare time, Kendall is an avid golfer and reader. He loves science fiction TV shows and movies. Kendall says he is also forced to watch more Nick Junior and Disney Junior than he cares to admit at the behest of his daughters. But he confesses that he and his son enjoy watching and discussing professional wrestling.
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Firm: Cory Watson PC
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: Janice Keeton, PC
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: Whitaker, Mudd, Luke & Wells, LLC
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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Firm: Strength & Connally, LLC
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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