Jayne Risk is a trial lawyer in DLA Piper'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 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 such civil litigation practice topics as 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.

Ms. Risk is the Pro Bono Coordinator for the Philadelphia office.

Representative Matters

• Representation of the largest division of a 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 a 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 a 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 the foreign parent company of a global automotive component manufacturer to numerous successful dismissals in state and federal jurisdictions nationwide, based on lack of personal jurisdiction
• Obtained a favorable decision from Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirming trial and appellate court rulings relating to Pennsylvania procedural law
• Obtained a favorable ruling and opinion from Pennsylvania Superior Court relating to a trial court evidentiary ruling on admissibility of evidence of negligence in a product strict liability trial
• Represented a global pharmaceutical company in all aspects of litigation arising out of the distribution of federally approved drugs alleged to have caused serious injury and death, including multi-district litigation and class action claims
• Defended a global pharmaceutical company to successful voluntary dismissal of seven lawsuits in multi-district litigation in West Virginia.
• Case dismissal of global product manufacturer in state court on basis of lack of personal jurisdiction
• Successful affirmation on appeal of district court decision in executive employment action on behalf of global software corporation
• Case dismissal on summary judgment of global insurance company on high exposure coverage issue