Profile: Debra E Pole
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Law Firm: | Sidley Austin LLP |
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| Office: |
Sidley Austin LLP 555 West Fifth Street 90013 |
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| City: | Los Angeles | |
| State: | California | |
| Country: | USA | |
| Tel: | +1 213 896 6623 | |
| Fax: | +1 213 896 6600 | |
| Email: | dpole@sidley.com |
Product Liability
Biography: Product Liability
Debra E Pole is a seasoned trial attorney with experience in multidistrict litigation, class actions and products liability litigation. Ms Pole has extensive jury trial experience in both federal and state courts involving mass tort litigation, class actions, complex litigation and Daubert proceedings.Ms Pole acted as national coordinating counsel for defendants in the high-profile silicone breast implant litigation and the diet drug litigation, and as lead trial attorney in PCB litigation. She acts as lead trial counsel in HRT litigation, drug infusion litigation, and other pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. Additionally, Ms Pole is trial counsel in mask and respirator litigation (asbestos and silica). She served as the former National Discovery Coordinator for a major pharmaceutical company involved in mass tort litigation. Ms Pole has supervised numerous defence law firms involved in complex pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, and has had responsibility for national financial management of mass tort litigation. She also provides products liability counselling for companies planning to introduce new products into the marketplace and has extensive experience in early assessment and resolution of products liability matters. She has briefed major appellate matters, provided strategic advice to defendants in multi-district litigation, and examined independent medical and scientific expert witnesses appointed by an MDL court pursuant to FRE 706.
Ms Pole is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers - national trial competition programme, co-chair of the mass torts committee of the ABA class action and derivative lawsuits committee, and a former member of the executive committee of the California Bar's litigation section; former member of the steering committee, Defense Research Institute; a member of Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles, and a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), where she has served as a faculty member of the IADC's Trial Academy.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Product Liability Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.
Life Sciences
Biography: Life Sciences
Debra E Pole is a seasoned trial attorney with experience in multidistrict litigation, class actions and products liability litigation. She has extensive jury trial experience in both federal and state courts involving mass tort litigation, class actions, complex litigation and Daubert proceedings.Ms Pole acted as national coordinating counsel for defendants in the silicone breast implant litigation and the diet drug litigation, and as lead trial attorney in PCB litigation. She also acts as lead trial counsel in HRT, drug infusion, and other pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. Additionally, Ms Pole is trial counsel in mask and respirator litigation (asbestos and silica).
She also served as the former National Discovery Coordinator for a major pharmaceutical company involved in mass tort litigation, has supervised numerous defence law firms involved in complex pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, and has had responsibility for national financial management of mass tort litigation. She also provides products liability counselling for companies planning to introduce new products into the marketplace and has extensive experience in early assessment and resolution of products liability matters. She has briefed major appellate matters, provided strategic advice to defendants in multi-district litigation, and examined independent medical and scientific expert witnesses appointed by an MDL court pursuant to FRE 706.
Ms Pole is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers - national trial competition programme, co-chair of the mass torts committee of the ABA class action and derivative lawsuits committee, and a former member of the executive committee of the California Bar's litigation section. Ms Pole is also a former member of the steering committee of the Defense Research Institute, a member of Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles, and a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC). Most recently, Ms Pole was appointed by the IADC's president to be the director of the IADC's Trial Academy for 2010.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.