Janet Gilligan Abaray
Personal Injury- Medical Malpractice- Product LiabilityJanet G. Abaray acts as managing shareholder for the Cincinnati Ohio office of Burg Simpson. She has litigated extensively in the area of pharmaceutical products liability and represents plaintiffs in employment, insurance and contract disputes. She was appointed Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs in the Depakote Products Liability Cases (SDIll); served as Science Co-Chair in the Yasmin MDL (SDIll); member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Heparin MDL (NDOH); appointed National Co-Lead Counsel in 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 counseled with the Kentucky Attorney General to represent the Commonwealth in consumer claims against 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 by the National Diversity Council. She has been recognized as a Super Lawyer, 2005-2020. She was named 2014 Lawyer of the Year by Carl B. Rubin Legal Society. She earned her B.A. (1979) and J.D. (1982) degrees 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 received 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 frequently in the areas of products liability litigation, trial techniques, civil procedure and epidemiology.
- 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
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- Supreme Court of Ohio Office of Attorney Services
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
- In re Depakote Products Liability Litigation
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- Appointed by the Honorable Nancy Rosenstengel, S.D. Ill
- Member of Plaintiffs Executive Committee and Naitonal Liaison Counsel
- In re Ephedra Products Liability Litigation (MDL 1598)
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- Appointed by the Honorable Jeb Rakoff, USDC, SDNY
- Co-lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
- In re Ortho Evra Products Liabity Litigation (MDL 1742)
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- Appointed by the Honorable David D. Katz, N.D. Ohio
- Executive Committee
- In re Heprin Products Liabity Litigation (MDL 2100)
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- Appointed by the Honorable James G. Carr, Chief Judge, N.D. Ohio
- Lead Counsel for Plaintiff Class
- Reedy v. Cincinnati Bengals
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- Appointed by the Honorable Robert P. Ruehlman
- Lead Counsel for Plaintiff Class
- Dunkelman v. CIncinnati Bengals
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- Appointed by the Honorable Robert P. Ruehlman
- Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Bayer (Yaz Consumer Litigation)
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- Appointment approved by Kentucky Attorney General
- Chair of Subcommittee on the Judicial Branch and Administration of Justice
- Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission
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- University of Cincinnati College of Law
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- Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, for Cincinnati
- Best Lawyers
- 2020 Legal Eagle
- Top 100 Registry - Business Leads & Professionals
- 2020 Best Lawyers "Women In The Law" Spring Business Edition
- Best Lawyers
- Top 100 Civil Plaintiff
- National Trial Lawyers
- Attorney of the Year
- Top 100 Registry - Business Leads & Professionals
- Recognition outstanding efforts and achievements in the field of law.
- Ohio State Bar
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- American Bar Association
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- Federal Bar Association
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- American Association for Justice
- Legal Affairs Committee
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- Navigating Preemption After Merck
- Trial Magazine
- Keep Defense Experts in Check
- AAJ Trial Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 12
- Modern Realities Render the Learned Intermediary Doctrine Obsolete
- American Bar Association Products Liability, Winter
- Reply in Support of "Modern Realities Render the Learned Intermediary Doctrine Obsolete"
- American Bar Association Products Liability, Summer
- Deja Vu All Over Again: Ohio's 2005 Tort Reform Act Cannot Survive a Rational Basis Challenge
- University of Dayton Law Review, Vol. 31, Sec. 2
