Biography • Life Sciences - Product Liability

Harvey Kaplan is a partner of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP (SHB) in Kansas City, Missouri. He is chair emeritus of the firm's pharmaceutical and medical device litigation division and has served as a member of its executive committee. Mr Kaplan is well known for defending pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies. His litigation practice also includes other products liability cases and complex commercial litigation.

Mr Kaplan has tried high-profile pharma cases in many jurisdictions, including Arizona, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. He has won defence verdicts in cases involving serious personal injuries alleged to have been caused by drugs and devices such as DES, the Cu-7 IUD, the Dalkon Shield IUD and the FenPhen diet drug combination. In addition, he has argued cases in the appellate courts of Missouri and Michigan and in the Fifth, Eighth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal.

Mr Kaplan is a fellow of: the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; the International Society of Barristers; the American Bar Foundation; and the Litigation Counsel of America. He has served on the board of directors of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) and the Defense Research Institute (DRI). He has been director of the IADC's Defense Counsel Trial Academy; co-chair of the DRI Corporate Counsel Roundtable; and he was also at the forefront of launching DRI Europe. In 2010, he received the Burton Award for Excellence in Legal Writing.

Mr Kaplan was named 'Global Product Liability Lawyer of the Year' from 2008-2011 by Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. He was also named 'the World's Leading Product Liability Lawyer' in 2009-2011 by the Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Product Liability Lawyers. Law360 profiled Mr Kaplan in 2010 as one of the 10 most admired product liability lawyers. He has also been featured in articles about SHB's selection as The American Lawyer's product liability litigation department of the year. The ABA Journal referred to him as "the godfather of product liability law" in an article featuring SHB as "the firm many of the world's biggest companies turn to at the first hint of trouble with one of their products."

He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (biotechnology law, mass tort litigation and product liability litigation); Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (listed in Band 1 as one of the six leading lawyers in nationwide product liability and mass torts); the Legal 500 United States (which describes him as 'one of the top pharma lawyers in the country"), Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (Global Product Liability Lawyer of the Year 2008-2011; listed as one of the 10 most highly regarded lawyers worldwide), Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers ('Kaplan once again received more votes from clients and peers worldwide than any other individual"), Lawdragon: The 500 Leading Lawyers in America ("the nation's top defense-side choice for bet-the-company litigation related to pharmaceuticals and medical devices"), Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys (named a National Star for product liability); The Legal Media Group: "Best of the Best" 2012; Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators, Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers, Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers, Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, PLC Life Sciences Handbook and PLC Dispute Resolution Handbook.

Mr Kaplan is admitted to practise before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, the United States Tax Court, the Missouri Supreme Court and the United States District Courts in Missouri, Kansas, Arizona and Nebraska.

Biography • Commercial Litigation

Harvey Kaplan is a partner of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP (SHB) in Kansas City, Missouri. He is chair emeritus of the firm's pharmaceutical and medical device litigation division and has served as a member of its executive committee. Mr Kaplan is well known for defending pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies. His litigation practice also includes other products liability cases and complex commercial litigation.

Mr Kaplan has tried high-profile pharma cases in many jurisdictions, including Arizona, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. He has won defence verdicts in cases involving serious personal injuries alleged to have been caused by drugs and devices such as DES, the Cu-7 IUD, the Dalkon Shield IUD and the FenPhen diet drug combination. In addition, he has argued cases in the appellate courts of Missouri and Michigan and in the Fifth, Eighth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal.

Mr Kaplan is a fellow of: the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; the International Society of Barristers; the American Bar Foundation; and the Litigation Counsel of America. He has served on the board of directors of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) and the Defense Research Institute (DRI). He has been director of the IADC's Defense Counsel Trial Academy; co-chair of the DRI Corporate Counsel Roundtable; and he was also at the forefront of launching DRI Europe. In 2010, he received the Burton Award for Excellence in Legal Writing.

Mr Kaplan was named 'Global Product Liability Lawyer of the Year' from 2008-2011 by Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. He was also named 'the World's Leading Product Liability Lawyer' in 2009-2011 by the Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Product Liability Lawyers. Law360 profiled Mr Kaplan in 2010 as one of the 10 most admired product liability lawyers. He has also been featured in articles about SHB's selection as The American Lawyer's product liability litigation department of the year. The ABA Journal referred to him as "the godfather of product liability law" in an article featuring SHB as "the firm many of the world's biggest companies turn to at the first hint of trouble with one of their products."

He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (biotechnology law, mass tort litigation and product liability litigation); Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (listed in Band 1 as one of the six leading lawyers in nationwide product liability and mass torts); the Legal 500 United States (which describes him as 'one of the top pharma lawyers in the country"), Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (Global Product Liability Lawyer of the Year 2008-2011; listed as one of the 10 most highly regarded lawyers worldwide), Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers ('Kaplan once again received more votes from clients and peers worldwide than any other individual"), Lawdragon: The 500 Leading Lawyers in America ("the nation's top defense-side choice for bet-the-company litigation related to pharmaceuticals and medical devices"), Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys (named a National Star for product liability); The Legal Media Group: "Best of the Best" 2012; Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators, Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers, Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers, Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, PLC Life Sciences Handbook and PLC Dispute Resolution Handbook.

Mr Kaplan is admitted to practise before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, the United States Tax Court, the Missouri Supreme Court and the United States District Courts in Missouri, Kansas, Arizona and Nebraska.

Biography • Product Liability Defence

Harvey Kaplan is a partner of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP (SHB) in Kansas City, Missouri. He is chair emeritus of the firm's pharmaceutical and medical device litigation division and has served as a member of its executive committee. Mr Kaplan is well known for defending pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies. His litigation practice also includes other products liability cases and complex commercial litigation.

Mr Kaplan has tried high-profile pharma cases in many jurisdictions, including Arizona, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. He has won defence verdicts in cases involving serious personal injuries alleged to have been caused by drugs and devices such as DES, the Cu-7 IUD, the Dalkon Shield IUD and the FenPhen diet drug combination. In addition, he has argued cases in the appellate courts of Missouri and Michigan and in the Fifth, Eighth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal.

Mr Kaplan is a fellow of: the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; the International Society of Barristers; the American Bar Foundation; and the Litigation Counsel of America. He has served on the board of directors of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) and the Defense Research Institute (DRI). He has been director of the IADC's Defense Counsel Trial Academy; co-chair of the DRI Corporate Counsel Roundtable; and he was also at the forefront of launching DRI Europe. In 2010, he received the Burton Award for Excellence in Legal Writing.

Mr Kaplan was named 'Global Product Liability Lawyer of the Year' from 2008-2011 by Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. He was also named 'the World's Leading Product Liability Lawyer' in 2009-2011 by the Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Product Liability Lawyers. Law360 profiled Mr Kaplan in 2010 as one of the 10 most admired product liability lawyers. He has also been featured in articles about SHB's selection as The American Lawyer's product liability litigation department of the year. The ABA Journal referred to him as "the godfather of product liability law" in an article featuring SHB as "the firm many of the world's biggest companies turn to at the first hint of trouble with one of their products."

He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (biotechnology law, mass tort litigation and product liability litigation); Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (listed in Band 1 as one of the six leading lawyers in nationwide product liability and mass torts); the Legal 500 United States (which describes him as 'one of the top pharma lawyers in the country"), Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (Global Product Liability Lawyer of the Year 2008-2011; listed as one of the 10 most highly regarded lawyers worldwide), Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers ('Kaplan once again received more votes from clients and peers worldwide than any other individual"), Lawdragon: The 500 Leading Lawyers in America ("the nation's top defense-side choice for bet-the-company litigation related to pharmaceuticals and medical devices"), Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys (named a National Star for product liability); The Legal Media Group: "Best of the Best" 2012; Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators, Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers, Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers, Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, PLC Life Sciences Handbook and PLC Dispute Resolution Handbook.

Mr Kaplan is admitted to practise before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, the United States Tax Court, the Missouri Supreme Court and the United States District Courts in Missouri, Kansas, Arizona and Nebraska.