Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum

Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum is a destination for product liability and antitrust matters, exemplified by its top national ranking in those areas by LMG Life Sciences. One competitor describes the firm as “the group brought in as firepower for trial counsel,” while another simply labels it: “Small outfit, high quality.” For the firm’s continued status as a stalwart in life sciences class actions and MDLs, and recent work for major clients AbbVie, Bayer and Johnson & Johnson, Goldman Ismail was awarded 2020 Product Liability Firm of the Year by LMG Life Sciences.

Much of the firm's reputation in product liability is founded on the practices of name partners Kenneth Baum, Andrew Goldman, Tarek Ismail and Joe Tomaselli, who have significant experience handling matters for life sciences companies. Baum and partner Shayna Cook are currently active as national counsel for Bayer Healthcare in pending litigation involving the client’s contraceptive product Mirena. The team recently obtained summary judgment for Bayer through the MDL court citing lack of evidence from the plaintiffs. For her work in this and other recent matters, Cook was shortlisted for the 2020 Product Liability Attorney of the Year award by LMG Life Sciences.

A team including Tarek Ismail, Shayna Cook, Joe Tomaselli and Andrew Goldman represented Johnson & Johnson entity Ethicon as trial counsel in a product liability litigation involving transvaginal mesh. In early 2020, the team achieved a full defense verdict in favor of Ethicon after a two-week trial.

In the antitrust area, the firm is active for Merck as strategic defense counsel in multiple putative antitrust class actions alleging reverse payment settlement claims related to a Hatch-Waxman suit.