Baker Botts has a long and nationally recognized track record in the defense of product-related litigation. Our lawyers handle a spectrum of product liability and class action matters for a variety of manufacturers, from major corporations to entrepreneurial ventures. We regularly serve as national coordinating counsel and regional counsel in high-stakes product litigation. We distinguish ourselves by defending clients aggressively and trying complex product liability lawsuits to verdict. We have a track record of achieving excellent results.

Pharmaceutical Products
Our firm's product liability lawyers have extensive pharmaceutical experience and have defended a wide variety of experimental drug, prescription drug, medical device, biologic and over-the-counter drug products. In addition to handling and trying these cases, our lawyers also excel at providing counseling advice, including prelitigation risk assessments, labeling/warning reviews, and preparation for FDA and other governmental interactions. We regularly handle products liability claims in parallel with ongoing governmental, criminal and administrative proceedings, and have advised clients in connection with both voluntary and involuntary product recalls.
 
Chemical Products
Baker Botts has significant experience in the toxic tort personal injury arena, handling a wide variety of chemical product claims. These cases stem from all forms of claimed exposure (inhalation, dermal absorption and oral ingestion) to a wide variety of alleged toxins, and have ranged from occupational exposure, to alleged residential contamination of dwellings and neighborhoods, to claims involving Superfund sites.

Consumer and Industrial Products
Our product liability lawyers handle cases involving a variety of consumer and industrial products, including automotive, tire, construction equipment, aircraft, watercraft, food and infant formula products, among many others. We also counsel clients in their dealings with the Consumer Products Safety Commission and other regulatory agencies. 

Consumer Class Actions
We have represented clients in product-related class action litigation for over twenty years. Our work as national coordinating and regional counsel has made us adept at opposing certification, seeking decertification and defending against class actions. We have considerable familiarity with class action litigation under state consumer protection statutes, as well as the Magnuson-Moss Act and the RICO Act.

National Practice, Proven Record
Baker Botts product liability lawyers have long and extensive experience as national coordinating counsel and regional counsel in complex multijurisdiction product litigation. We have handled trial and appellate matters in virtually every state and tried cases to verdict from Alaska to Georgia, and from California to Washington, D.C.  Our lawyers are skilled in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) treatment of claims, both in terms of opposing MDL certification and coordinating MDL proceedings with pending state court litigation.

Extensive Network of Contacts and Experts
Our national practice provides distinct advantages to our manufacturing clients. We have an extensive network of knowledgeable and influential local counsel contacts across the United States. We have also developed a comprehensive and proven list of experts and consultants in a variety of relevant disciplines and locales. In pharmaceutical litigation, we have experts in many disciplines, including pharmacology, toxicology, biology, chemistry, epidemiology, pharmaceutical sciences, FDA regulations, cardiology, neurology, nephrology, pediatrics and many more. In the toxic tort area, our team's list of consultants includes pulmonologists, neurologists, dermatologists, ground water contamination experts and ambient air measurement experts among many others.