Attorney Profiles
Frances M. Phares 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
- 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)
