News Releases3.26.26
Litigator Derek Smith Joins Barnes & Thornburg’s Esteemed Product Liability and Mass Torts Group
Experienced trial lawyer strengthens firm’s product liability, environmental and class action defense capabilities
Barnes & Thornburg announced today the arrival of Derek Smith as a partner in the Litigation Department, a move that bolsters the firm’s Product Liability and Mass Torts practice and further expands the Chicago office following the addition of Elizabeth Davis earlier this month in the Corporate Department.
Smith brings more than two decades of experience defending numerous clients in product liability and toxic tort matters in federal and state courts across the United States. He also regularly provides counsel on environmental, health and safety matters, and defends national and international chemical and pharmaceutical companies against individual, mass and class-based claims.
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