Los Angeles, California
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Fran Phares focuses her practice on pharmaceutical products liability, working chiefly on antidepressant injury cases including Paxil related suicide cases.

Areas of Practice:

Catastrophic Personal Injury

Class Actions

Complex and Multi-District Litigation

Pharmaceutical Products Liability

Wrongful Death

Bar Admissions:

Louisiana, 1981

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1996

U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1998

U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2005

U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2007

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2007

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2007

U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2003

Education:

Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981
J.D.

Louisiana State University, 1975
B.S.

Representative Cases:

State v. Paquette, 423 So. 2d 797 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1982)

State v. Marquer, 446 So. 2d 1258 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1984)

Doe v. Parauka, 714 So. 2d 701 (La. 1998)

Smith v. Cutter Biological, 770 So. 2d 392 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2000)

Grisham v. Philip Morris USA, 403 F. 3d 631 (9th Cir. 2005)

Tucker v. GlaxoSmithKline, 2006 WL 753128 (S.D. Ind. 2006)

Grisham v. Philip Morris USA, 40 Cal.4th 623, 151 P.3d 1151, 54 Cal.Rptr.3d 735 (2007)

Grisham v. Philip Morris USA, 482 F. 3d 1131 (9th Cir. 2007)

Honors and Awards:

Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2006

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Louisiana State Bar Association

Greater Covington Bar Association

Past Employment Positions:

New Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Assistant District Attorney, 1981 - 1983

22nd Judicial District Court, St. Tammamy Parish, Louisiana, Law Clerk, 1983 - 1990

Pro Bono Activities:

Certified St. Joseph Hospice Volunteer

Certified LOSS Volunteer (counseling to suicide survivors)