Drug and Medical Device Litigation

Product Liability Litigation

Toxic Tort/Chemical Exposure Litigation

Mass Tort Litigation

Class Actions

Commercial Litigation

Litigation Department, Lexington Office, Director

Drug and Medical Device Committee, Chair

Early Evaluation Committee, Member

• Kentucky, 1989

• University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 1989
• • Order of the Coif
    
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    Indiana University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1977, summa cum laude

Susan is a member of Frost Brown Todd LLC and practices in the Lexington office, concentrating in civil litigation. A substantial portion of her practice relates to product liability litigation, drug and medical device litigation, toxic tort litigation, and commercial litigation.

While in law school, she was managing editor of the Kentucky Law Journal, was a member of the Order of the Coif, and graduated first in her class. Upon graduation, she clerked for Chief Justice Robert F. Stephens of the Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Experience

Vioxx® litigation; 24 state court cases, and 303 cases pending in the Multidistrict Litigation

OxyContin® litigation, representing the interests of Abbott Laboratories. Obtained three dismissals and defeated a class certification motion and motions to remand.

Average wholesale price litigation initiated by the Kentucky Attorney General's office against pharmaceutical manufacturers

Breast implant litigation, representing the interests of 3M

Product liability litigation, defending DuPont's Nomex® Fiber, complete defense verdict after six-week trial

Animal vaccine litigation

Toxic tort litigation, defending the interests of Weyerhaeuser

Commercial litigation, representing the interests of Louisville Gas & Electric in a breach of contract suit filed by the City of Springfield, IL

• The Best Lawyers in America® for Mass Tort Litigation and Product Liability Litigation, 2011, 2012
• Selected for inclusion in Kentucky Super Lawyers®
• AV® Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®

• American Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Fayette County Bar Association
• Kentucky's Mass Tort Litigation Committee, Member
• Defense Research Institute, Drug and Medical Device Committee

Past

• Lexington Humane Society, Chair, Board of Directors
• Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter; Former Chair, Board of Directors; Executive Committee