Complex and High Risk Litigation

Rodey’s interdisciplinary complex and high risk litigation group brings top-rated legal experience and effective case management skills to clients threatened by class actions and multi-district litigation. We are nationally recognized as the preeminent New Mexico class action defense firm. We have defended clients in putative class actions involving antitrust, consumer fraud, defective drugs and medical devices, employment discrimination law, modal premium insurance, casualty insurance, automobile defects, unfair pricing practices, and the First Amendment, to name a few. The 2005-2006 edition of Chambers and Partners USA recognizes Rodey’s strength in class action defense: “Respected by peers, clients and judges, the team has skills to match the national firms, but with good local contacts and knowledge. Its lawyers have recently represented Wyeth and Pfizer in drug liability cases and have handled a number of insurance-related class actions.”

We serve as national coordinating counsel, regional counsel and local counsel, regularly handling dispositive motions, class certification motions and hearings, discovery, decertification proceedings, trial and appellate matters. Whether acting as primary counsel or working with national counsel, Rodey’s depth and breadth of experience and resources allow the firm to build highly effective legal teams and to provide maximum flexibility and efficiency in defending our clients.

For more information on Rodey’s complex and high risk litigation practice, please contact the following:

Antitrust/Consumer/High Technology
Leslie McCarthy Apodaca
lapodaca@rodey.com
505.768.7373

Drugs/Medical Devices
Thomas A. Outler
toutler@rodey.com
505.768.7256

Employment
Scott D. Gordon
sgordon@rodey.com
505.768.7264

First Amendment
Andrew G. Schultz
aschultz@rodey.com
505.768.7205

Insurance
Charles K. Purcell
kpurcell@rodey.com
505.768.7217