On November 17, 2022, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote approved the leadership team in the multidistrict acetaminophen litigation filed against Johnson & Johnson and several other retailers, including Costco, Walmart, Rite Aid and Walgreen’s. Plaintiffs in a growing number of acetaminophen litigation cases have alleged that prenatal exposure to acetaminophen (marketed by defendant J&J under the brand-name Tylenol) when taken by pregnant women may result in a number of neurological issues, including autism (ASD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The team consists of 22 attorneys:
Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel
- Mikal Watts – Watts Guerra
- Ashley Keller – Keller Postman
- Mark Lanier – The Lanier Firm
Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel
- Daniel Sullivan – Holwell Shuster & Goldberg
Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee
- Ashley Barriere (Law & Briefing Committee) – Keller Postman
- Sean Tracey (Early Vetting/Bellwether Selection) – Tracey Fox King & Walters
- Eric Holland (Discovery/ESI Committee)- Holland Law Firm
- Roger Smith (Settlement/Lien Resolution Committee) – Beasley Allen
- Zoe Littlepage (Federal/State Court Liaison Committee) – Littlepage Booth Leckman
Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee
- Julien Adams – Dovel & Luner
- Tricia Campbell – Krause & Kinsman
- Charles Cooper – Cooper Law Partners
- Eric Cracken – TorHoerman Law Firm
- Paul Danziger – Danziger & De Llano
- Richard Golomb – Golomb Spirt Grunfeld
- Patrick Luff – LuffLaw Firm
- David Matthews – Matthews & Associates
- Neal Moskow – Ury & Moskow
- Richard M. Paul, III – Paul LLP
- Ruth Rizkalla – The Carlson Law Firm
- Lindsey Scarcello – Wagstaff & Cartmell
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