About
Janet G. Abaray acts as coping with shareholder for the Cincinnati Ohio workplace of Burg Simpson. She has litigated substantially in the location of pharmaceutical products liability and represents plaintiffs in employment, coverage and settlement disputes. She became appointed Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs inside the Depakote Products Liability Cases (SDIll); served as Science Co-Chair in the Yasmin MDL (SDIll); member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee within the Heparin MDL (NDOH); appointed National Co-Lead Counsel inside the Orthro Evra MDL (NDOH), and served as National Liaison Counsel for the Ephedra MDL (SDNY) She also served as Chair of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission Sub-Committee on the Judicial Branch and Administration of Justice. She advised with the Kentucky Lawyer General to symbolize the Commonwealth in purchaser claims towards Bayer Pharmaceuticals. Best Lawyers named Ms. Abaray Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury in Cincinnati 2020 and 2015 Top 15 Business Women in Ohio with the aid of the National Diversity Council. She has been recognized as a Super Lawyer, 2005-2020. She become named 2014 Lawyer of the Year by using Carl B. Rubin Legal Society. She earned her B.A. (1979) and J.D. (1982) ranges from the University of Cincinnati, graduating Summa Cum Laude from the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences and Order of the Coif from the College of Law. Ms. Abaray obtained the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences. She has published in Trial Magazine, the American Bar Association Litigation Journal, the University of Cincinnati Law Review, the University of Dayton Law Review and the American Bar Association Products Liability Newsletter. She serves as Chair of the AAJ Preemption Litigation Group and is a member of the AAJ Legal Affairs Committee. She lectures regularly in the areas of products legal responsibility litigation, trial techniques, civil procedure and epidemiology. › ›
Location
Legal Issues
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Car Accidents
- General Civil
Costs
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Free Consultation
I can meet with you in character or by means of phone to confidentially speak your potential claim. - Conditional Fees
Certificates
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
In re Depakote Products Liability Litigation - has membership of Plaintiffs Executive Committee and Naitonal Liaison Counsel
In re Ephedra Products Liability Litigation (MDL 1598) - Co-lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
In re Ortho Evra Products Liabity Litigation (MDL 1742) - Executive Committee
In re Heprin Products Liabity Litigation (MDL 2100) - Lead Counsel for Plaintiff Class
Reedy v. Cincinnati Bengals - Lead Counsel for Plaintiff Class
Dunkelman v. CIncinnati Bengals
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Bayer (Yaz Consumer Litigation)
2013- Chair of Subcommittee on the Judicial Branch and Administration of Justice
Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission
2011
Educations
Graduation year: 1982
