Following are the names of the 30 Pennsylvania attorneys who have been selected as this year's "Lawyers on the Fast Track." Claudine Homolash is one of these attorneys.
With the help of editorial staff of The Legal Intelligencer and the Pennsylvania Law Weekly , a panel of judges has selected from your nominations these individuals as the future leaders of the state's legal community:
Michael Berry, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz
Todd A. Borow, Johnson Matthey
Shanon J. Carson, Berger & Montague
Frank A. Dante, Blank Rome
Michael Drossner, Drossner Law
Megan J. Duryea, Fox Rothschild Amy C. Foerster, Saul Ewing
Anthony L. Gallia, Duane Morris
Paulyne A. Gardner-Smith, Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst
John R. Gotaskie Jr., Fox Rothschild
Michael B. Hayes, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads
Claudine Q. Homolash, Sheller
Nikki Johnson-Huston, City of Philadelphia Law Department
Jennifer Lin, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office
John D. Martini, Reed Smith
Mary C. McGinley, Meyer Unkovic & Scott
Stephanie J. Mensing, Wisniewski & Mensing
Susan V. Metcalfe, McNees Wallace & Nurick
Joe Nguyen, Reed Smith
Michael D. O'Mara, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
Paul Thomas Oven, Dougherty Leventhal & Price
Gregory T. Parks, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Riley H. Ross III, Drinker Biddle & Reath
Rachel Castillo Rosser, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Matthew M. Ryan, Duane Morris
David G. Shapiro, Dechert
Shari Shapiro, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel
Erica Smith-Klocek, McCarter & English
Tracy L. Steele, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Mark D. Villanueva, McCarter & English
Full profiles of this year's honorees will be included in a supplement to be published in the Legal on Monday, Sept. 28. The winners will also be honored at a dinner at the Doubletree Hotel in Philadelphia Thursday, Oct. 22. For information on purchasing tickets, contact Lana Ehrlich at 215-557-2392. •
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Perspective of a Legal Specialist in Whistleblower Law and Pharmaceutical Injury
Monday, August 3, 2009
Medical Device Safety Act Hearing before the Senate HELP Committee
Tomorrow we will hear from the following people regarding the Medical Device Safety Act, at at hearing before the Senate HELP Committee entitled, "Protecting Patients from Defective Medical Devices,":
- William H. Maisel, MD, MPH, Director, Medical Device Safety Institute,Beth Israel, Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Professor Thomas O. McGarity, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Administrative Law, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
- Michael Mulvihill, Patient, Bettendorf, IA
- Peter Barton Hutt, Esq., Senior Counsel in Food and Drug Law, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC
- Michael Roman, Patient, Kirkwood, MO
For those who are not aware, the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009 will restore patients rights to sue a manufacturer of a faulty / defective medical device when they have been injured. The current state of the law provides a 'Get out of jail for free' card to device manufacturers so long as their device is FDA-approved. Without this law, patients will have no recourse for their injuries, and the cost will be shifted to taxpayers for medical bills, among other things. Medical device manufacturers should be accountable for their products, and allowing lawsuits will ensure that device manufacturers put the safest products on the market. We've learned from many other product liability lawsuits that large companies many time put profits over people. A Lawsuit is just one of the many mechanisms that will provide adequate checks and balances.
The hearing will begin at 2:30 p.m. on August 4, 2009 in SD-430.
- William H. Maisel, MD, MPH, Director, Medical Device Safety Institute,Beth Israel, Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Professor Thomas O. McGarity, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Administrative Law, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
- Michael Mulvihill, Patient, Bettendorf, IA
- Peter Barton Hutt, Esq., Senior Counsel in Food and Drug Law, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC
- Michael Roman, Patient, Kirkwood, MO
For those who are not aware, the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009 will restore patients rights to sue a manufacturer of a faulty / defective medical device when they have been injured. The current state of the law provides a 'Get out of jail for free' card to device manufacturers so long as their device is FDA-approved. Without this law, patients will have no recourse for their injuries, and the cost will be shifted to taxpayers for medical bills, among other things. Medical device manufacturers should be accountable for their products, and allowing lawsuits will ensure that device manufacturers put the safest products on the market. We've learned from many other product liability lawsuits that large companies many time put profits over people. A Lawsuit is just one of the many mechanisms that will provide adequate checks and balances.
The hearing will begin at 2:30 p.m. on August 4, 2009 in SD-430.
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