Rodney M. Hudson

• Counsel for numerous pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in eight federal MDL and seven state coordinated proceedings involving thousands of plaintiffs alleging injuries from prescription and over-the-counter medications and medical devices.°
• Obtained voluntary dismissal of a significant portion of the docket for a leading medical device manufacturer facing thousands of lawsuits in California state court.
• Won numerous motions dismissing claims against medical device manufacturer filed throughout the country based on federal law preemption.
• Secured milestone trial court rulings in a mass tort proceeding that the claims of more than one thousand plaintiffs alleging that the label on a brand name prescription medicine was inadequate were preempted as a matter of federal law.°
• Prevailed at Rule 702 evidentiary hearing to exclude plaintiff’s lead expert witness, resulting in summary judgment in favor of the client.
• Led legal strategy in coordinated proceeding that resulted in the filing of 35 motions for summary judgment, with only two cases proceeding to pre-trial work up.°
• Lead or liaison counsel in four California statewide coordinated proceedings for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers involving thousands of plaintiffs.°
• Over a period of a few years, member of nine trial teams for cases pending in jurisdictions throughout the country, including California, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi and Pennsylvania.°
• Argued and won significant appellate rulings affirming that the primary claims of thousands of plaintiffs in a coordinated proceeding were preempted as a matter of federal law.°
• Prevailed on numerous summary judgments dismissing claims of plaintiffs alleging that the label on a prescription medicine was inadequate under various state laws.°
• Won summary judgment in favor of a pharmaceutical manufacturer against claims that plaintiffs were injured from off label use of prescription medicine.°
• Secured dismissals of class action allegations, defeated class certification and secured dismissal of claims of putative class members in several cases.°
• Defended global manufacturer of notebook computers against class allegations and claims brought under the laws of various states.°

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Hudson prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

• Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center, 1999-2001

• Team Member, a Law360 “Product Liability Practice Group of the Year,” 2021-2022

• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Defense Research Institute