Weitz & Luxenberg is pleased to welcome Joseph Tyler Osborne to our defective drug and medical device team, this time as an attorney. Mr. Osborne served as a law clerk for our firm for nearly two years. After graduating from New York Law School in May 2022, and receiving his New York bar admission in…

Kate Mercer-Lawson brings more than a decade of litigation experience to the Environmental, Toxic Tort & Consumer Protection team at Weitz & Luxenberg. During her legal career, she has handled a wide variety of cases — including toxic torts (asbestos, PCBs, PFAS), stray voltage, other agricultural and environmental issues, catastrophic injuries, products liability, Section 1983, and whistleblowing….

Laura J. Baughman has joined Weitz & Luxenberg, bringing her nearly 30 years of litigation experience to our Drug and Medical Device Litigation team. She has worked on behalf of thousands of clients in a range of litigations. This includes mass torts, multidistrict litigation (MDL), and class action lawsuits. Currently, Ms. Baughman is focusing on…

Mr. Weitz has made the area of pretrial investigatory research his primary focus for the past 6½ years. This type of work has become his passion. He works on one case at a time, devoting his full attention to that litigation. During the course of his career, Mr. Weitz has worked for a variety of…

Nowhere is this sentiment more desirable than in the work of the Appellate Unit. Meredith Abrams is part of Weitz & Luxenberg’s demanding and talented team. As part of our Appellate Unit, she focuses on assisting our asbestos exposure litigation team. Ms. Abrams also covers clients and cases for our other W&L practice groups, including…

Before becoming an associate attorney, Nicole A. Hyatt has been working in Weitz & Luxenberg’s Trusts and Estates Department as a law clerk for several years. She works alongside her colleague and supervisor, attorney David Kaufman. They are instrumental in guiding, supporting, and assisting our clients and their families as they face some of the…

In order to win your pharmaceutical or medical device lawsuit against a wrongdoer corporation, a number of things must first occur. One is the development and presentation of the most compelling medical and scientific evidence possible in order to successfully persuade the judge and jury of the merits of your case. Our Melinda Davis Nokes…

Practicing for three dozen years representing people injured by dangerous products — including medications, medical devices, and toxic chemicals — I have observed a terrible unifying theme. Manufacturing corporations fail to do the right thing: whether it be inadequately testing the product before releasing it on the market (and in our clients’ bodies); failing to…

Michael E. Pederson fights for the rights of adults and children who become injured by pharmaceuticals and medical products purported to be safe. He conducts this work in his capacity as an associate attorney assigned to our Drugs & Medical Devices Litigation group. Mr. Pederson holds privileges to represent clients in the courts of the…

Lauren Weitz is an associate attorney in our Drugs & Medical Devices Litigation group who works at our New York headquarters office. She joined Weitz & Luxenberg in 2013, having earlier distinguished herself as an associate in the New York office of Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, a commercial litigation firm. Prior to that, Ms….