Companies seeking experienced counselors in recalling potentially harmful products and skilled litigators who have served as national coordinating counsel for complex cases, including multi-district litigation and class actions are more often turning to the lawyers in Morris, Manning & Martin’s Products Liability, Mass Torts & Class Actions Practice. The team’s national reputation is evidenced by their nomination as a leading practice by Chambers USA, a leading legal ranking publication. 

Key Services

• Arbitration & mediation
• Class action lawsuits
• Multiple party litigation
• Multi-district litigation
• State & federal trial & appeals

Proven Cost-Value Approach

From manufacturers to retailers, those in this chain of manufacture, distribution and sale know of the business risk presented by threatened and actual product recalls and the ensuing litigation. As businesses involved in the consumer products world quickly learn, defense and liability for a faulty product or environmental hazard can arise against any link in that chain, regardless of an entity’s direct connection to the basis for fault. In these often multi-defendant, multi-jurisdictional cases, your legal team (both in-house and outside counsel) must swiftly and strategically respond to your needs, while at the same time understanding and managing the impact such a threat has on your bottom line and brand. Accordingly, we balance the equation of size and service with a team capable enough to serve Fortune 50 clients, yet one which has an individual client focus. You get top-shelf legal service and personal attention when you need it most, as well as cost-controls that match your needs.

Resourceful Leadership

With MMM, clients discover a legal partner with experience and resourcefulness: experienced products liability, mass tort and class action lawyers who also are skilled managers and crisis coordinators, always on top of the details. We have built a national reputation on our inventive approach and mastery in complex legal disputes.  In addition, our lawyers are active leaders in professional legal societies such as the Defense Research Institute and the American Bar Association’s Tort and Insurance Practice Section, which enable us to affiliate with the best legal teams when local counsel is needed.

National Representation

We represent clients throughout the country in industries ranging from building materials to chemical products to personal care products to pharmaceuticals. We act as lead counsel, trial counsel and national coordinating counsel for companies involved in a variety of  manufacturing, distribution and retail concerns. We will expertly handle the litigation of a single case, but our clients also value our skill sets in coordinating multi-district litigation to ensure a consistent, strategic defense approach, especially regarding issues such as overall defense themes, presentation of corporate representations, discovery and document production. For a discerning litigation manager, our practice handles the vexing problems of a multi-jurisdictional business: how to find responsive, experienced counsel with the goal of bottom-line protection.