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 Robert
K. Jenner
rjenner@medlawlegalteam.com
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Robert K. Jenner brings to the Medlaw
Legal Team more than 24 years experience representing injured
consumers nation-wide against the manufacturers of dangerous
pharmaceutical drugs, defective medical devices, tainted blood products
and contaminated food. Mr. Jenner leads the firm's Mass Tort
Division, and has assembled a team of attorneys, paralegals and health
care professionals dedicated to prosecuting claims on behalf of injured
consumers. Mr. Jenner has a national reputation as a tireless leader
fighting against the world's manufacturers of dangerous drugs, and has
recovered tens of millions of dollars for his clients. He has been
honored by his peers for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America,"
"Maryland's Super Lawyers" (named in Top 50), and in the "Best of
the U.S."
Mr. Jenner is a Past President of the Maryland
Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) and currently sits on the Board of Governors
for the Maryland Association for Justice (MAJ) (formerly the Maryland Trial
Lawyers Association). He is the former Vice-Chair of the Medical Malpractice
Section, and has previously Chaired MTLA's Technology Committee, Marketing
Committee, and its Education and Program Committee.
Mr. Jenner is also active with the American Association for Justice (AAJ), serving as one of MAJ's State Governors to AAJ. He is Chair of AAJ's Publications Committee, which oversees the publication of TRIAL magazine, the nation's largest and most reputable magazine for trial lawyers. Mr. Jenner is also a past Chair of AAJ's Section on Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts. Mr. Jenner currently serves as Co-Chair of AAJ's Pain Pump - Chondrolysis Litigation Group, and Vice-Chair of the Hormone Therapy Litigation Group. In addition, Mr. Jenner has formerly served as Chair of the Rezulin Litigation Group, Baycol Litigation Group, AIDS Litigation Group, Latex Toxicity Litigation Group, and HMO Litigation Group. In July 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2008, AAJ awarded him its Wiedemann-Wysocki Medal for his commitment to AAJ and the civil justice system.
A prolific author, Mr. Jenner has written more than 25 articles published in nationally recognized legal and health care journals, including "Rezulin: Fast Track to Failure," TRIAL (July, 2000); "Litigating Against the HMO," Maryland Trial Reporter (Summer 1999); "Putting the Gloves on to Fight Latex Protein Toxicity Syndrome," Regulatory Affairs Focus (July 1999); and "How to Attack Discovery Abuse," TRIAL (February 2002). In addition, Mr. Jenner is the author of the legal treatise on representing the victims of HIV acquired from defective blood products, Transfusion - Associated AIDS (Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., 1995).
Mr. Jenner is also a frequent lecturer, having been invited to speak on medical-legal issues both nationally and internationally. Mr. Jenner has not only lectured for AAJ and MTLA, but also for the American Association of Blood Banks, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, the Washington Claim Association, the Legal Education Institute, the National Business Institute, and the Institute for Paralegal Education. He has organized and moderated many acclaimed seminars in conjunction with AAJ's National College of Advocacy on the issues of Vioxx, Hormone Therapy, Baycol, Rezulin, and general pharmaceutical litigation.
Mr. Jenner is a member of the bars of both Maryland and the District of Columbia, and is a member of Public Justice. Mr. Jenner was honored by his peers by being inducted into the International Society of Barristers, one of the country's most selective attorney honorary societies. He has obtained the highest rating (AV) by his peers as reflected in Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Jenner, his partner,
Ken Suggs,
and their pharmaceutical team are leaders in the effort to uncover the
truth behind the drug companies' efforts to hide the breast cancer risks
of
menopausal hormone therapy.
Mr. Jenner and Mr. Suggs sit on the Plaintiff's Steering Committee of
the federal Multi-District Litigation for Hormone Therapy. They have
teamed together with the country's finest law firms to uncover the truth
about the deceptive promotion of Premarin, Provera and Prempro to
millions of unsuspecting physicians and women. For more information
about hormone therapy,
click here.
Mr. Jenner has two children, Matt, a college junior at the American University of Paris; and Nikki, a junior at Atholton High School in Columbia, Maryland. He is also an also an avid scuba diver and is always willing to take suggestions for great dive destinations.
Education
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D.
- 1985 (cum laude)
- Franklin &
Marshall College, B.A. - 1982
Selected Articles
Robert K. Jenner, "E-Data
For the Rest of Us: Getting What You Need to Win"
AAJ's
National College of Advocacy,
July 2005
Robert K. Jenner, "The Road to a Recall"
American Association for Justice,
November 2002
Robert K. Jenner, "How to Attack Discovery Abuse"
American Association for Justice,
February 2002
Robert K. Jenner, "Diving into Scuba
Litigation"
American Association for Justice, August 2001
Robert K. Jenner and Bryant Welch, "Suicide Watch:
Liability for Negligent Psychiatric Care"
American Association for Justice,
May 2001
Robert K. Jenner, "Rezulin: Fast Track to
Failure"
American Association for Justice,
July 2000
Robert K. Jenner, "Putting the Gloves on
to Fight Latex Allergies"
American Association for Justice,
July 1997
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