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October 15, 2020Ben Steinberg Honored at American Antitrust Institute Enforcement Awards
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October 13, 2020Robins Kaplan Receives High Rankings by Benchmark Litigation 2021
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October 13, 2020Stacey Slaughter Named to Twin Cities Business’ Notable Women in Law List
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October 22, 2020Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts (WBA) 2020 Gala
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October 13, 15, 20, and 22, 2020Third Annual LF Dealmakers Forum
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October 23, 2020LGBTQ Legal Services: Transgender Name Change Clinic
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October 2, 2020Does an AB Rating Fill Out a Skinny Label?
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October 1, 2020How The Music Industry Can Weather COVID-19
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Summer 2020Following a Varied Legal Career, Judge Jonathan Kobes Begins on the Eighth Circuit
Gary L. Wilson
Gary L. Wilson
Partner
Experience
- Robins Kaplan LLP, 1986-present.
- Practice focuses on complex litigation, including plaintiff-side product liability matters, commercial disputes, and appellate litigation.
Plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel in Abilify Multi-District Litigation
Counsel in In re Chantix Litigation MDL. Represented plaintiffs and developed experts in products liability action leading to a global settlement.
Counsel in Charbonneau v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Pfizer, Inc.. Represented plaintiffs in first Mirapex products liability bellwether trial. On July 30, 2008, jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $8,279,300, including $7.8 million in punitive damages for failing to warn of risk of compulsive behaviors, including pathological gambling, from the Parkinson's drug Mirapex.
Counsel in Zwayer v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Pfizer, Inc.. Represented plaintiffs in second Mirapex bellwether trial. Case was confidentially settled prior to closing argument.
One of the partners heading the firm's litigation on behalf of persons injured by Vioxx.
One of the partners leading the firm's litigation representing clients injured by the St. Jude mechanical heart valve.
One of the attorneys who represented the State of Minnesota and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota against the tobacco industry.
Worked on the litigation concerning the defective Bjork-Shiley artificial heart valve.
One of the attorneys who represented the Government of India against Union Carbide regarding the Bhopal India gas disaster.
- Named a “2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Mass Torts,” American Lawyer
- Named a "Litigation Star," Benchmark Litigation (2013, 2016 editions)
- Recognized as “AV-Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell
- California
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- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
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- University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif (1986); Articles Editor, Wisconsin Law Review
- University of Wisconsin, B.A.
- American Law Institute, Elected Member
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- American Association for Justice
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- Minnesota State Bar Association (Food and Drug Committee)
- Benicar Settlement Update
Mass Torts Made Perfect, Las Vegas, Nevada (October 19, 2017) - Hypothetical Ethics Exercise: Preserving Privilege in a Food, Drug or Medical Device Case
Panelist, HB Litigation Conference: Food, Drug and Medical Device Litigation Forum, Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 24, 2012) - Ghostwriters, Buried Data and Other Big Pharma Tricks: Tools and Dissecting and Revealing Errors in Published Clinical Drug Trials
Minnesota Association for Justice, Alexandria, Minnesota (August 13, 2011) - Hypothetical Ethics Exercise Preserving Privilege in a Food Drug or Medical Device Case
Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, Minneapolis, MN (May 22, 2003) - Hypothetical Ethics Exercise Preserving Privilege in a Food Drug or Medical Device Case
Faculty Presenter, Minnesota Trial Lawyers' Association, Minneapolis, MN (May 14, 1999) - Hypothetical Ethics Exercise Preserving Privilege in a Food Drug or Medical Device Case
Minnesota Law and Politics, Minneapolis, MN (April 11, 1999) - Hypothetical Ethics Exercise Preserving Privilege in a Food Drug or Medical Device Case
Faculty Presenter, Minnesota Law and Politics, Minneapolis, MN (September 8, 1997)
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