Paul D Williams

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Products Liability and Torts Litigation

For more than 70 years, Day Pitney attorneys have provided clients with comprehensive and innovative defenses of products liability, mass tort and class action matters. Our products liability practice is widely recognized as one of the strongest in the Northeast, and the attorneys in the practice have literally written the book on products liability.

We have served as national and regional counsel and regularly represent manufacturers, distributors, retailers, lessors, water companies and municipalities facing allegations of injury and loss related to products and services including, among others:
* Agricultural equipment
* Asbestos, chemicals and groundwater contamination
* Automobiles, trucks, and aircraft
* Outdoor power equipment and power tools
* Computers
* Food products, alcohol and tobacco
* Fire and safety equipment
* Healthcare, medical devices and pharmaceuticals
* Industrial and construction equipment
* A wide spectrum of consumer products

We achieve the best results for clients because we treat every case as if it will be tried. A trial-ready approach strengthens a client's position whether the case goes to court or is settled. At the same time, we also appreciate and share our clients' concerns about their business needs and respond with creative problem-solving and effective, innovative dispute resolution alternatives. Our reputation as tough and reasonable litigators gives clients an edge in either scenario.

Clients also turn to Day Pitney for counseling in related areas of practice, including personal injury and general negligence matters. We provide clients with preventive counseling regarding warnings, warranties and compliance with federal and state statutes concerning consumer product safety and design, and keep them informed of changes in legislation impacting the workplace.

We are a visible, influential presence in legal and industry groups that deal with emerging products liability law and litigation issues, including the American College of Trial Lawyers, Product Liability Advisory Council, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Defense Research Institute, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, the American Bar Association Litigation Section, and its various Automotive, Industrial Equipment and Environmental and Toxic Tort subcommittees.

Mass Tort Litigation

Day Pitney has served as national coordinating counsel and trial counsel in some of the most significant mass tort cases in the United States, helping clients win decisive victories in cases involving pharmaceuticals and medical devices, toxic torts and chemical contamination and mass disasters alleging to have caused a broad range of injuries, from repetitive stress syndrome to pulmonary disabilities and from rare cancers and diseases to disfiguring acid burns.

Our team executes the appropriate litigation plan for the client's challenge, strategically managing the complex process and leveraging sophisticated case management tools to increase efficiencies at every stage.

In addition to highly skilled legal counsel, we provide clients with experience in many highly technical fields in which our attorneys have advanced degrees. Moreover, we assemble and coordinate defense strategies with great efficiency, owing to a resource we have built up over the years; our 50-state and international network of both legal counsel and non-legal professionals, comprising physicians, epidemiologists, toxicologists, psychologists, oncologists, engineers, actuaries and others.

Paul D Williams
Day Pitney LLP
242 Trumbull St
Hartford CT 06103
Tel: 860 275-0223
Fax: 860 275-0343
E-mail: pdwilliams@daypitney.com

Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer - National Board of Legal Specialty Certification

Practice Areas
* Products Liability and Torts Litigation
* Life Sciences and Healthcare
* Franchise Litigation
* Construction Litigation
* Nanotechnology

Paul Williams represents a broad range of businesses and individual clients, practicing in the area of trials of complex torts, including product liability, professional negligence, and commercial litigation matters. He has represented institutional and corporate "target" defendants before juries in cases involving technical and product liability claims, catastrophic personal injury (death and brain injury), and matters involving corporate conduct (breach of contract and unfair trade practices). He has tried cases to verdict and judgment in state and federal courts in Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts. He is statewide trial counsel for a major automobile manufacturer on all high-exposure automobile lessor litigation, and has represented corporate defendants throughout the United States, including service as national litigation counsel for a major chemical manufacturer in toxic tort and class action litigation. Paul brings his product liability experience to the Firm's multi-disciplinary Nanotechnology practice group.

Mr. Williams is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of its Complex Litigation Committee. Fellowship in the College is extended by invitation only, and only to those experienced trial lawyers who have "mastered the art of advocacy and those whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality." Membership in the College cannot exceed 1% of the total lawyer population of any state or province. Paul is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and is certified as a trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Mr. Williams is a frequent blogger on Day Pitney's The Nano Newswire blog.