NEW ORLEANS – May 8, 2017 – Evan C. Holden and Sara Deskins Tucker, shareholders in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Atlanta office, will speak at the 2017 DRI Drug and Medical Device Seminar, taking place in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 11 and 12. Greenberg Traurig is also a sponsor of the conference.
Tucker, a shareholder in the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice, will be presenting on “Successfully Challenging Expert Testimony: It Starts with the Deposition.” Holden, also a shareholder in the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice, will be moderating a panel titled “I Want You: What In-House Counsel Want from Young Lawyers.” Both sessions are part of the event’s “Young Lawyer Blockbuster,” presented by DRI’s Young Lawyer’s Division.
The annual event is the foremost educational and networking opportunity for practitioners in the pharmaceutical and medical device defense space, featuring presentations by in-house and outside counsel, a federal judge, deans of the drug and device defense bar, and the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center. DRI is the leading organization of defense attorneys and in-house counsel.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice
The Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice is an integral part of the firm’s 600-plus member national Litigation Practice. The team is nationally recognized for its dynamic courtroom presence, responsiveness to clients, and deep subject matter knowledge. Recent recognitions include national rankings for 2016 “Products Liability & Mass Torts” from Chambers USA Guide; national rankings for 2016 “Practice Liability & Mass Torts Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices” from The Legal 500 United States; and being named the Products Liability/Mass Torts Litigation Department of the Year by the Daily Report in 2013, and from 2015 - 2017. In addition, Greenberg Traurig is recognized as a "Product Liability Litigation Standout" in the BTI Litigation Outlook 2017 published by BTI Consulting Group.
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GTLaw) has more than 2,000 attorneys in 38 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East and is celebrating its 50th anniversary. One firm worldwide, GTLaw has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, was named the second largest firm in the U.S. by Law360 in 2016, and among the Top 20 on the 2016 Am Law Global 100. Web: www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.