Litigation & Appeals

Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Litigation

Stites & Harbison represents a broad cross-section of pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers in complex and high-profile litigation. For over twenty years, we have provided our clients with sophisticated and experienced trial and appellate counsel at the local, regional, and national level.

We serve as national and regional counsel for brand-name companies, defending against federal and state court product liability and mass torts actions, class actions, and multi-district litigation. Our attorneys possess a broad range of skills and experience handling a variety of drug and medical device matters, including off-label promotion and use, misuse, fraud on the FDA, public sector pricing disputes, and defending actions brought by attorneys general.

Stites & Harbison defends a wide spectrum of pharmaceutical and medical products, including:

  • Hydrocodone
  • Catheters and balloons
  • Hormone replacements
  • Pain Pumps
  • Antibiotics
  • Defibrillators
  • Anti-depressants
  • Anesthesia equipment
  • Oral vaccines
  • Ultrasound and x-ray machines
  • Surgical anesthetics
  • Surgical mesh
  • Contraceptive drugs and devices
  • Neurosurgical clips
  • Orthopedic implants and joint replacements
  • Intraocular lenses
  • Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs)
  • Ventilators
  • Cardiovascular stents
  • Kidney lithotripters
  • Diabetes medicines

We strive to provide exceptional client service by understanding our clients’ business concerns and crafting effective legal strategies that both protect our clients’ products and minimize the costs of litigation.

Representative matters include:

  • Trial counsel in state and federal courts nationwide for a manufacturer of implantable orthopedic devices
  • Nationwide defense of a manufacturer of an infusion pump prescribed for patient-controlled analgesia
  • Nationwide defense of a line of cardiovascular catheters used to treat coronary occlusions
  • Supervising trial counsel in mass tort litigation involving more than 2,000 plaintiffs in Kentucky
  • Lead counsel in the defense of a pharmaceutical company in Kentucky resulting in summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
  • Defending brand-name and generic pharmaceutical manufacturers in mass tort claims alleging undisclosed side effects of drug usage.
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Press Releases

Greg Smith and Lauren Paxton Roberts Earn 2023 Best of the Bar Honors

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Nashville Business Journal recently honored Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys Greg Smith and Lauren Paxton Roberts with the 2023 Best of the Bar awards. Smith has been honored nine times for family law. This is Roberts’ first time being honored in the litigation and dispute category.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC September 15, 2023
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Whitney Frazier Watt Named IADC Product Liability Committee Chair

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) has appointed Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Whitney Frazier Watt as Chair of its Product Liability Committee. She will serve a two-year term.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC July 28, 2023
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Lauren Paxton Roberts Selected for Leadership Franklin’s Class of 2023-24

FRANKLIN, Tenn.—Leadership Franklin has selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Lauren Paxton Roberts to join its 2023-24 class. Participants are chosen based on their leadership skills and community involvement.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC July 10, 2023
Events

56th Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (GDLA) Annual Meeting

Date: 6/15/23 - 6/18/23

The Breakers, One South County Road, Palm Beach, FL 33480

Don't miss the 56th GDLA Annual Meeting at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida from June 15-18. Earn CLE hours* and network with your friends and colleagues at various social events. Atlanta office attorney Jennifer Guerra will be a speaker at the event.

Jennifer M. Guerra March 07, 2023
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Stites & Harbison Welcomes Dylan Reeves to the Nashville Office

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC welcomes attorney T. Dylan Reeves as a Member (Partner) based in the firm’s Nashville, Tenn., office. He joins the Business Litigation and Torts & Insurance Practice Service Groups.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC February 10, 2023
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Benchmark Litigation 2023 Honors 15 Stites & Harbison Attorneys

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2023 edition of Benchmark Litigation names 12 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys as “Litigation Stars” and three as “Future Stars” in Kentucky. The guide honors the firms and attorneys who have demonstrated the ability to consistently handle complex, high-stakes cases in multiple jurisdictions.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC November 17, 2022