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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 23 years experience representing injured
consumers nation-wide against the manufacturers of dangerous
pharmaceutical drugs, tainted blood products, defective medical devices
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
MTLA's Board of Governors. 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 MTLA's State Governors to AAJ. He
currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of
AAJ's National College of Advocacy, and serves on many other standing
committees. 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 Rezulin Litigation Group,
and Vice-Chair of the Hormone Therapy Litigation Group. In addition, Mr.
Jenner has formerly served as Chair of the Baycol Litigation Group, AIDS
Litigation Group, Latex Toxicity Litigation Group, and HMO Litigation
Group. In July 2002, 2003, and 2004, 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 the Trial
Lawyers for 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
sophomore at the American University of Paris; and Nikki, a sophomore 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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