Bloomberg Law
May 23, 2018, 12:16 PM UTC

Wake Up Call: Dechert Gets “Toxic Torts Queen,” Two More from Quinn

•Dechert said it snatched law firm Quinn Emanuel’s product liability and mass tort co-chairs Sheila Birnbaum and Mark Cheffo. A third Quinn partner, Douglas Fleming, also joined Dechert inthe latest big departures from that firm. John Quinn, Quinn Emanuel’s managing partner, attributed the move to client conflicts. ( Bloomberg Law via BLB ) Birnbaum, whose litigation prowess got her dubbed the “queen of toxic torts,” spent 33 years at Skadden, where she led that firm’s defense work on products liability cases involving oral contraceptives, breast implants and other tort matters. ( New York Law Journal )

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