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Practice Areas
Business Law
Health Care Law
Personal Injury
Products Liability
Additional Practice Areas
  • Biotech
  • Consumer Packaged Goods
  • Life Sciences
  • Products Liability, Mass & Complex Tort
Professional Experience
Associate
Nixon Peabody LLP
Current
Education
University at Buffalo Law School
J.D.
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Duquesne University
M.P.A.
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Duquesne University
B.S.
Health Sciences, magna cum laude
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Professional Associations
Current
Activities: Ms. Ehlers is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Erie County Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Publications "Medical Monitoring Claims: Intrusion Into FDA's Regulatory Mandate?" (with V. Quinn), DRI For the Defense, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices, July 2008. Nixon Peabody Food Safety & Litigation Alert, "New York Federal Court Strikes Down Menu-Labeling Regulation" (September 17, 2007). Nixon Peabody Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Life Sciences Alert, "West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals declines to adopt learned intermediary doctrine in prescription drug failure-to-warn case" (July 6, 2007). Nixon Peabody Food Safety & Litigation Alert, "Putative Class Action Against Dairy Producers Dismissed On Express Preemption Grounds" (August 16, 2006). Nixon Peabody Food Safety & Litigation Alert, "Congress Passes Federal Food Safety & Warning Legislation" (April 7, 2006). Nixon Peabody Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Life Sciences Alert, "New Jersey Appellate Court affirms certification of nationwide class action" (April 4, 2006). Nixon Peabody Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Life Sciences Alert, "Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court offers additional armor for manufacturers in defense of products-based consumer fraud claims" (January 2006). Nixon Peabody Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Life Sciences Alert, "Two Important Issues, One Ruling: Consumer Fraud Class Actions and Federal Preemption" (December 2005). "Preemption Defenses: The Latest Information and Strategies. Will it Ever Make Sense?" (with J. Leghorn), ACI Drug and Medical Device Litigation (December 2005). "The Elements of Science: Admissibility of Expert Testimony in New York and Other Frye States" (with J. Ortego and J. Weller), ABA’s Tort, Trial & Insurance Law Journal (Fall 2005). "The Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act: Crucial Federal Legislation to Improve the Lives of Residents and Patients" 4 Conn. Pub. Int. L. J. 1 (2004).
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Buffalo, NY 14202
Telephone: (716) 853-8125
Fax: (866) 224-4615