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Weitz & Luxenberg has continued to build on this tradition of success, growing as a firm both in size and resources. W&L today has over 100 attorneys working in world-class facilities located in New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Cherry Hill, N.J., outside of Philadelphia.
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Focus: Defective Drugs and Devices
Phone: (212) 558-5500
Fax: (212) 344-5461
NEW YORK OFFICE
700 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
“Prescription drugs are often rushed to market before their side effects are fully known. In some cases, the side effects turn out to be deadly. In still other cases, the manufacturer and sellers know or at least suspect that these dangerous side effects exist, but are too intent on making profits to do the right things. That’s why Weitz & Luxenberg is here. It’s to hold these makers and marketers responsible, and to see to it that the innocent victims of these products are adequately compensated for the harm they suffered.”
Glenn Zuckerman, an associate attorney in our Drugs & Medical Devices Litigation group, adds immeasurably to the firepower Weitz & Luxenberg brings to bear against corporations that conduct operations without regard to the innocent lives they harm. For example, Mr. Zuckerman was deeply involved in a number of big-win lawsuits, such as those against the makers and sellers of the drugs Bextra, Celebrex, and Vioxx. He also played a significant role in our ASR hips, Pinnacle hips, and Roundup cases.
He is a sought-after speaker in attorney circles: for example, he was tapped as a panelist and lecturer at a gathering of lawyers where he spoke on the topic of “Environmental Law Practice — Recent Developments in CERCLA and Toxic Tort Litigation.” Mr. Zuckerman, a New York native, is a member of the New York State Bar Assn.
He was admitted to practice law in New York in 1997. The previous year, he earned a juris doctor degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (during his time at Cardozo, Mr. Zuckerman became a member of Phi Alpha Delta, a preeminent law fraternity open to men and women). In 1993, Mr. Zuckerman obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New York at Binghamton.
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“Prescription drugs are often rushed to market before their side effects are fully known. In some cases, the side effects turn out to be deadly. In still other cases, the manufacturer and sellers know or at least suspect that these dangerous side effects exist, but are too intent on making profits to do the right things. That’s why Weitz & Luxenberg is here. It’s to hold these makers and marketers responsible, and to see to it that the innocent victims of these products are adequately compensated for the harm they suffered.”
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Focus: Defective Drugs and Devices
Phone: (313) 800-4170
Fax: (646) 293-7992
DETROIT OFFICE
Fisher Building
3011 West Grand Blvd., 24th Floor
Detroit, MI 48202
“I strongly believe in putting people over profit. I am passionate about fighting for the rights of others and strive to be a source of knowledge and comfort to my clients.”
Casey Thal Verville works as a part of Weitz & Luxenberg’s opioid litigation team. She is dedicated to obtaining justice for individuals harmed by the wrongdoing of corporations. Ms. Verville earned her J.D. degree from Wayne State University Law School and began practicing law in 2018. She is admitted to practice law in both Michigan and Oregon.
While in law school, Ms. Verville was an active member of the student chapter of the Detroit National Lawyers Guild where she frequently volunteered as a legal observer. She also served as the symposium editor for the executive board of The Journal of Law in Society, a student-lead publication of Wayne Law that provides scholarly discourse on the intersection of law and society. In that role, she led the execution of a symposium event marking the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit rebellion entitled: Why Detroit Rebelled: The Intersection of Racism and Social Control in the City.
Prior to working at W&L, Ms. Verville worked in the chambers of the Honorable Judge Darlene O’Brien of the Washtenaw County Trial Court, as well as in claimant-side Social Security Disability law where she successfully represented clients in over 100 appellate hearings throughout the state of Michigan and beyond.
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“I strongly believe in putting people over profit. I am passionate about fighting for the rights of others and strive to be a source of knowledge and comfort to my clients.”
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Focus: Defective Drugs and Devices
Phone: (856) 755-1115
Fax: (856) 755-1995
CHERRY HILL OFFICE
220 Lake Drive East, Suite 210
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
“Without a doubt, our clients have placed their trust in the best hands possible. The attorneys at Weitz & Luxenberg are among the most dedicated, knowledgeable attorneys I’ve ever worked with. And it is a privilege to join their efforts in holding companies responsible for their wrongdoings.”
Bharati Sharma joined Weitz & Luxenberg in 2021, bringing two decades of experience handling complex plaintiffs’ consumer class action, pharmaceutical and medical device product liability, and class action securities fraud litigation. At Weitz & Luxenberg, Ms. Sharma is handling defective drug and device cases for us. Specifically, her focus is on ovarian cancer caused by exposure to talcum powder.
In various law firms over the years, Ms. Sharma has helped secure millions of dollars on behalf of her clients. In her work handling consumer class action litigation, she achieved settlements valued in excess of tens of millions of dollars. She represented clients in over 30 class actions and assisted in obtaining a top-10 class action settlement in New Jersey.
While working at a law firm handling plaintiffs’ pharmaceutical and medical device product liability, Ms. Sharma assisted in obtaining a $72.6 million pharmaceutical verdict. She oversaw NexGen knee, DePuy hip, and transvaginal mesh litigation, representing clients in both federal and state courts nationwide.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Sharma handled plaintiffs’ class action securities fraud litigation and assisted in securing settlements totaling $116.5 million. At the same firm, she also represented clients in pharmaceutical and medical device product liability litigation. Notably, she oversaw all aspects of hormone therapy litigation in state court, as well as the multidistrict litigation. She second chaired two winning trials of over one million dollars each. The first trial resulted in a $1.5 million verdict, and a retrial resulted in a $3 million verdict.
Before her work on behalf of plaintiffs, Ms. Sharma served for four years as defendants’ counsel in Pennsylvania and New Jersey pharmaceutical, commercial, and casualty defense litigation. Although successful in obtaining defense verdicts in the majority of her arbitrations for clients, she recognized the work she most wanted to do was on behalf of plaintiffs injured by the harmful actions and decisions of large companies.
Prior to that, Ms. Sharma clerked for the Honorable Stephen Skillman, Presiding Judge Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court.
As an undergraduate, Ms. Sharma participated in a program called Semester at Sea. She explained it was life-changing as “It was during this experience I decided I wanted to go to law school. I always knew I wanted to help people. I just wasn’t sure yet how I would do it. Then I saw the state and plight of women and children, the hardships, poverty, and suppression people were facing in countries like Russia and India, and the aftermath of the civil war in Cambodia,” she explains.
“The ship we traveled on was not a luxury cruise ship like the ones we hear about so much today,” she laughs. “This was back in 1994. We were there to learn. We visited orphanages and met with people who had suffered great loss, physically and emotionally. This experience changed me forever and I knew then that to help people I needed to help change the system.”
“It is truly despicable when companies take away our right and ability to make informed decisions about our own bodies. They decide what dangerous chemicals go into the foods we eat, or the medications we take, or the products we buy and then make massive amounts of money at the expense of people’s well-being, even sometimes their lives,” Ms. Sharma points out.
“These actions are completely unacceptable and outrageous. I am excited to be a part of Weitz & Luxenberg’s efforts to use every legal avenue and resource possible to hold these companies accountable and achieve a just outcome for our clients,” Ms. Sharma emphasizes.
“I went to law school to help people. At times my work has involved technical violations in statutes or specific wording in other legal documents,” Ms. Sharma says.
“But what I find most rewarding is working with and helping people one-on-one. During depositions, I want to make my clients feel comfortable, safe, and protected. When it comes to final outcomes, I want my clients to feel vindicated. For them to have justice. For me, the work is never about me. It’s always about helping my clients and achieving the best possible result I can for them,” Ms. Sharma declares.
Ms. Sharma is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey. She also is admitted to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
She entered practice in 2001 following completion of her legal studies at American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., where she obtained a juris doctor degree and was a member of the International Law Review. Ms. Sharma also holds a M.P.A. from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., received in 1998 with honors; and a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1995.
Outside of work, Ms. Sharma loves spending time with her family, as well as cooking, traveling, and exploring different countries and cultures. She also enjoys city life and trying the new restaurants always popping up in Philadelphia, where she lives.
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“Without a doubt, our clients have placed their trust in the best hands possible. The attorneys at Weitz & Luxenberg are among the most dedicated, knowledgeable attorneys I’ve ever worked with. And it is a privilege to join their efforts in holding companies responsible for their wrongdoings.”
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ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY
Focus: Defective Drugs and Devices
Phone: (212) 558-5500
Fax: (212) 344-5461
NEW YORK OFFICE
700 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
“Most individuals who contact us have never before filed a lawsuit. Their primary concern is with their health or that of a loved one. They don’t know what their legal rights are; they’re not sure if they even have any. We assist them in a number of ways, including informing them of what their legal options are and the best course for moving forward.”
David L. Rosenband is an associate attorney in our Drug and Medical Device Litigation group. Part of the Weitz & Luxenberg family since 2001, his mission is to obtain justice on behalf of individuals who innocently placed their trust in a supposedly safe drug or medical device, only to end up suffering a debilitating or life-threatening injury — or, worse, passing along the injury in the form of a birth defect to an offspring.
Mass-tort litigations in which Mr. Rosenband has been involved include Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Baycol, Guidant defibrillators, Medtronic Sprint Fidelis leads, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Vioxx, Bextra, Celebrex, ReNu with MoistureLoc, Zimmer NexGen Knee, Accutane, and Actos.
He was appointed to act as co-plaintiff liaison counsel in the New York Bextra and Celebrex product liability litigation and, in 2012, he was a member of the trial team responsible for securing a $9-million verdict on behalf of a former Accutane user (who subsequently was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and forced to undergo numerous operations culminating in removal of her colon).
Mr. Rosenband earned a juris doctor degree from George Washington University Law School and undergraduate degree from Tufts University.
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“Most individuals who contact us have never before filed a lawsuit. Their primary concern is with their health or that of a loved one. They don’t know what their legal rights are; they’re not sure if they even have any. We assist them in a number of ways, including informing them of what their legal options are and the best course for moving forward.”
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PARTNER AND PRACTICE GROUP CHAIR
Focus: Defective Drugs and Devices
Phone: (212) 558-5500
Fax: (212) 344-5461
NEW YORK OFFICE
700 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
Ms. Relkin, whose practice focuses on medical device and pharmaceutical product liability, as well as toxic tort matters, has represented thousands of plaintiffs injured by defective medical products with a recent focus on the generation of failed metal-on-metal and modular hip implants.
She serves in leadership capacities appointed by courts as the Co-Lead Counsel of the In Re: DePuy ASR Multi-District Litigation (MDL) and the Lead and Liaison Counsel for the New Jersey In Re: Stryker Rejuvenate & ABG II Modular Hip Implant Litigation as well as a member of the Plaintiff Steering Committee in the In Re: Xarelto Product Liability Litigation and the Executive Committee of In Re: Invokana (Canagliflozin) Products Liability Litigation.
She had served on the court-appointed Executive Committee of the MDL involving the birth control patch Ortho Evra, and as the Plaintiffs’ Liaison counsel in the New Jersey consolidated litigation involving the oral contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella, as well as on the Court Appointed Plainitffs’ Steering Committee of the In Re: Biomet Hip Implant Litigation.
In April 2006, she was part of the trial team that secured a $13.5 million verdict in McDarby v. Merckin a failure-to-warn case involving the medication Vioxx and the risk for heart attack, and she successfully defended the compensatory damage verdict on appeal.
Ms. Relkin, who is Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney, is an elected member of the American Law Institute as well as the Summit Council. She is an active member of the American Association for Justice (past chair of its Toxic, Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Torts section); the New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association, where she serves on the Board of Governors; the New Jersey and New York Bar Associations and the American Bar Association, where she was co-chair of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Subcommittee of the ABA Section of Litigation Mass Torts Committee. She is also President of the Roscoe Pound Civil Justice Institute and serves on the Board of Visitors of the University of California at Irvine. She is a frequent lecturer nationally at continuing legal education programs.
She has published law review articles in the Cardozo Law Review and the Dickinson Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, the Chapter on Failure to Warn in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Mass Tort Litigation in the treatise New Jersey Mass Torts and Class Action (2015) published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education and numerous other legal publications. In addition, Ms. Relkin serves on the board of advisors for the BNA Product Safety and Liability Reporter, The Toxics Law Reporter, and the MDEX Daubert Reporter.
She has been consistently named as a ”Super Lawyer” in both New York and New Jersey for the past several years and has been AV-rated by Martindale Hubble for more than two decades.
Her litigation areas include: metal-on-metal and modular hips including Stryker Rejuvenate and AGB II modular stems, the Stryker Accolade, Citation and Meridian stems, DePuy ASR and Pinnacle, Wright Conserve metal-on-metal hips, and the Wright ProFemur modular hip. She also represents women injured by the medications Xarelto, Invokana, as well as women who had Power Morcellators used during laparoscopic hysterectomies.
Ellen Relkin can be reached directly by email at erelkin@weitzlux.com and by phone at 833-749-1960.
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Ms. Relkin, whose practice focuses on medical device and pharmaceutical product liability, as well as toxic tort matters, has represented thousands of plaintiffs injured by defective medical products with a recent focus on the generation of failed metal-on-metal and modular hip implants.
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