Jayne Risk is a trial lawyer in the firm’s global litigation group who concentrates her practice in product liability toxic tort and commercial litigation. She represents international clients including global delivery corporations, national fiber optics and software companies, and manufacturers of pharmaceutical products, vertical and horizontal transportation devices, and environmental containment, industrial machinery, automotive, and consumer products.

Ms. Risk’s experience includes counseling, litigation, trial and appellate practice in state and federal courts. She has tried cases in state and federal court in venues throughout the US; and has managed teams of lawyers nationwide. She has provided counseling to clients on issues involving litigation preparedness and risk management; national discovery management, preparedness and planning; and training manual and product warning development. She lectures on civil litigation practice topics including management of the in-house/local counsel/national counsel relationship; management of electronic discovery from a national and global perspective, evidentiary issues, and expert and in-house expert development.

Representative Matters:

• Representation of largest division of global package delivery company as national coordinating counsel including all aspects of litigation and trial in general litigation matters. 
• Representation as national trial counsel for catastrophic general liability cases for global package delivery company, including all aspects of litigation, and trial in general litigation matters as well as management of counsel on a national level. 
• Representation as multi-regional trial counsel for global vertical transportation company, including all aspects of litigation and trial in product liability, general and commercial matters as well as management of counsel and trial teams on a national level. 
• Defended and prosecuted copyright and trademark matters for global materials manufacturers. 
• Defended to verdict and through appeal, numerous product liability matters. 
• Defended to verdict and through appeal commercial matters involving complex contract issues. 
• Defended foreign parent company of global automotive component manufacturer to numerous successful dismissals in state and federal jurisdictions nationwide, based on lack of personal jurisdiction. 
• Obtained favorable decision from Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirming trial and appellate court rulings relating to Pennsylvania procedural law. 
• Obtained favorable ruling and opinion from Pennsylvania Superior Court relating to trial court evidentiary ruling on admissibility of evidence of negligence in product strict liability trial. 
• Represented global pharmaceutical company in all aspects of litigation arising out of the distribution of federally approved drugs alleged to have resulted in serious injury and death, including multi-district litigation and class action claims. 
• Defended global pharmaceutical company to successful voluntary dismissal of seven lawsuits in multi-district litigation in West Virginia.

ZULASSUNGEN

• Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Mitgliedschaften

• Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• Drug and Medical Device Section
• Product Liability Section
• American Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Philadelphia Bar Association

Publikationen

• Co-authored with Stefanie Fogel, Lauren Bishow, "E-Discovery From a Global Perspective: Applying the 'Possession, Custody and Control' Test to Electronic Information Stored Domestically and Abroad," Legal Intelligencer, May 2007
• Co authored with Emma Karabell, Nika Gembicki, "Crossing International Borders, E-Discovery From A Global Perspective", West Publishing, November 2007
• Co-authored with William Kiniry, Neal Walters, O’Brien Kelley, and James Arrowood, “Getting Out of Dodge- The Current State of the Law of Removal to Federal Court,” Product Liability Council, October 2003, 2003 Product Liability Council Award of Merit. 
  
  

Seminars

• Keynote Speaker, Thirteenth Annual Product Liability Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison College of Engineering; “Minefields of Discovery: Hidden Dangers of In-House Experts and Third Party Administrators,” University of Wisconsin, November 15 & 16, 2001.
• Guest Speaker, Client In-House National Symposium “Discovery Issues And Third Party Administrators,” June 2002.
• Guest Speaker, Client In-House Global Health & Safety Annual Meeting, “Guide To The Serious Accident Investigation,” April 27, 2004.
• Guest Speaker, Client In-House Global Health & Safety Annual Meeting, “ Serious Accident Investigation and Case Management,” May 2005.
• Guest Speaker, Client In-House Region Risk Management Annual Meeting, “Coordination of In-House Counsel and National Counsel in Representation of Catastrophic General Liability,” August 2006.
• Guest Speaker, Client In-House National Risk Management Annual Meeting, “Electronic Discovery, The 2006 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” September 2006.
• Guest Speaker, Client In-House National Health & Safety Annual Meeting, “Electronic Discovery, The 2006 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” May 2006.
• Guest Instructor, Trial Tactics, Villanova University School of Law, “Examination of The Expert Witness,” March 2007.