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The Edward A. Williamson Law Firm is currently
conducting litigation in various geographical locations
throughout the state of Mississippi in both federal and
state courts, while continuing to promote the rights of
all citizens to full access of the court’s legal
services.
CURRENT LITIGATION
The Edward A. Williamson Law Firm is currently pursuing
the rights of clients injured by hormone replacement therapy
(HRT), primarily Prempro, in the federal courts of Mississippi
and Arkansas. Numerous studies have linked HRT to causing
an increased risk of breast cancer among users, and our
firm has been active in supporting this litigation nationwide,
since its early stages, through service on the Plaintiff's
Governing Committee for the Prempro Multi- District Litigation
(MDL) 1507. The firm is also pursuing litigation against
a variety of manufacturers of drugs which contained the
stroke producing chemical phenylpropanolamine (PPA) in
Mississippi and in the MDL in Seattle, WA. Additionally,
the firm is involved in a variety of birth
trauma, neurological and internal medicine, medical
malpractice cases throughout the state of Mississippi.
Theses cases involved such extreme and profound injuries
as permanent brain injury, physical incapacity, death,
permanent physical impairment and life threatening cancers.
For a more a detailed look at The Edward A. Williamson
Law Firm's current areas of practice, please visit our
Practice Overview page by clicking here Practice
Overview.
The Edward A. Williamson law firm is currently consulting
potential clients regarding injuries resulting from the
following pharmaceutical drugs: Zyprexa,
Seroquel,
Ortho Evra
contraceptive patch, Fosamax,
Trasylol
and other dangerous pharmaceutical drugs.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND CONTINUING LEGAL
EDUCATION
The Edward A. Williamson Law Firm also takes an active
role in seeking professional advancement in excellence
through attendance and participation in high level conventions
and seminars through the Association of Trial Lawyers
of America (ATLA) and the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association
(MTLA), with Edward A. Williamson having served as a past
President of the MTLA and Todd A. Coker currently serving
in his second two year term on the MTLA Board of Governors.
Participation and Attendance at Seminars and Conventions
The Edward A. Williamson Law Firm has continued its quest
to maintain its position on the cutting edge of trial
technique and office technology by attending and/or conducting
seminars and lectures by one or more of its attorney’s
in the following:
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AAJ’s 2008 David v. Goliath: How the Plaintiff’s Bar is Holding Big Pharma Accountable Seminar, Las Vegas, NV ( February 15-16, 2008)
- Expert Selection and Examination
- Hormone-Powered PowerPoint Presentations
- HRT Litigation Group
- Preemption Issues
- Winning in Settlement Negotiations: The How and When for Success
- MAJ Trial Masters in Action, Jackson, MS ( February 1, 2008)
- AAJ 2008 Winter Convention, San Juan, Puerto Rico ( January 26-30, 2008):
- Proving Liability and Causation: Discovery in Complex Cases
- Motivating the Jury to Award Full Damages
- Voir Dire and Focus Groups
- Avandia: What you Need to Know
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Cases: Proof of the Invisible
- Representing Veterans: Fighting for our Troops on the Home Front
- National Issues in Products Liability and Medical Negligence cases
- AAJ's Jazz Fest Seminar Litigating Auto Collision
Cases:
- Slaying the Insurance Beast (May 3-5, 2007)
- How Insurance Companies Try to Avoid Their
Responsibility: Coverage Disputes
- Overcoming Insurance Defense Tactics
- Railroad Crossing Cases
- First-Party Bad Faith
- Motor Coach Bus Crashworthiness
- Dealing with State Farm, Allstate and
Nationwide: 25 Things You Need to Know and Do to Increase the Value of
Your Client's Case
- MTLA's Define & Conquer: Understanding Little Things
that Make a Big Difference in Comp
(May 4, 2007)
- Definining Workers' Comp
- Conquering the Elements on Statutory Employers
and Recovery in Comp
- Mississippi Case Law Updates in Workers'
Compensation
- HarrisMartin’s Pharmaceutical & Human
Tissue Litigation Conference: An In-Depth Look at
Seroquel, Ortho Evra, Zyprexa & Human Tissue Litigation
(June 29-30, 2006)
- Seroquel:
- Introduction:
Seroquel Litigation
- ABC’s of
Diabetes Mellitus and the Legal Issues
- Evaluating and
Managing Seroquel Cases
- Fosamax:
An Overview
- Zyprexa:
- History and Basic
Background of the Zyprexa Litigation
- New Facets of
the Litigation
- Future of the
Litigation: Where We Go From Here
- Ortho
Evra:
- Introduction to
Ortho Evra: The Product, The Issues and the Status
of the Litigation
- Transdermal Delivery
of Estrogen and Progestin: Understanding the
Controversy
- Current Legal Issues in Pharmaceutical Litigation:
Overview of Legal Theories, Defenses and Developments
in Federal Preemption
- Overview of the Human Tissue Litigation
- The 2006 ATLA Mid Winter Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii:
- Hospital Liability
- Handling Nursing Home and Assisted Care Cases
- Litigating Neurosurgical Malpractice Cases
- Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation
- Heart Device Litigation Overview
- Crestor
- The 2005 Annual Convention, Mississippi Trial Lawyers
Association, New Orleans, Louisiana:
- Storytelling in Opening and Closing Arguments
- Workers Compensation Case Law Summary
- Tax Aspects of Settlements and Awards
- Presenting Powerful Trial Scenes and Things
to Jurors
- The 2005 ATLA Mid Winter Convention, Palm Springs,
Florida:
- Commanding the Courtroom – Advanced Communications
Skills
- Juggling the Worlds of Paper and Electronic
Discovery
- Settling a Catastrophic Injury Case
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Focusing on Damages to Female Plaintiffs
- Failure to Diagnose Cancers: Melanoma, Lung
Cancer, Ovarian and Cervical Cancers
- Failure to Diagnose in the Emergency Room –
When Every Moment Matters
- Negligence in the Operating Room
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Philadelphia,
MS 39350