L. NEAL ELLIS, JR.

Practice focuses on commercial litigation, business torts, toxic torts, products liability, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and environmental litigation.

Relevant Experience

• Represented pharmaceutical drug and medical device manufacturers in class action and complex multidistrict litigation.
• Defended numerous companies and trade associations in mass toxic tort actions and Superfund claims brought by government and private parties.
• Obtained multimillion dollar recoveries for plaintiffs in personal injury cases including record verdict in one jurisdiction.
• Prosecuted and defended unfair trade practice and securities-based actions arising out of corporate mergers and acquisitions.
• Represented banks and other financial institutions in connection with breach of fiduciary duty, business tort and statutory claims.
• Defended telecommunications carriers in connection with claims arising under 1996 Telecommunications Act.
• Defended and prosecuted claims relating to manufacture of defective software and implementation of software systems.
• Briefed or argued over forty appeals in the highest state courts, federal circuit courts of appeal and U.S. Supreme Court.
• Defended numerous Fortune 500 companies in product liability actions filed in state and federal courts.
• Led second career as Army Reserve judge advocate, trained as Airborne Ranger, serving in special operations and airborne units.

Background

Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve