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United States of America

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Mary T. Yelenick

Partner

Practice Description

Mary T. Yelenick has focused her practice on complex products liability litigation for nearly 30 years.

Representative Matters

  • Co-lead national counsel for prescription-pharmaceutical manufacturer in high-profile products liability litigation.
  • National counsel for a distilled-spirits manufacturer in products liability litigation.
  • Counsel for tobacco manufacturers in numerous lawsuits worldwide.
  • Lead national counsel for an over-the-counter product manufacturer in products liability litigation around the country.
  • Counsel for international manufacturer of consumer goods on regulatory and risk-management issues.
  • International class-action defense counseling.

Honors

  • SuperLawyers 2010: Mary Yelenick is cited in the 2010 edition of SuperLawyers in the specialty of personal injury defense: products.
  • Chambers USA 2010: Mary Yelenick is Nationally recognized in products liability law for her strategic advice; she "knows how to utilize her intelligence in a practical way." Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
  • Chambers USA 2009: Mary Yelenick is Nationally recognized in products liability law; she "has vast experience and leads nationally on tobacco, alcohol, and pharmaceutical cases." Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
  • Chambers USA 2008: Mary Yelenick is "the kind of lawyer you turn to when you need great analytical skills and a deft touch in articulating trial themes." She is seen by the market as "thoughtful, precise, with a wealth of empathy.” Section: Products Liability (National); Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
  • Legal 500 US 2010: Mary Yelenick is recognized as “a great strategist, tactician and writer." Section: Litigation: Product liability and mass tort defense - consumer products (including tobacco); The Legal 500.
  • Legal 500 US 2009: Mary Yelenick is “very responsive” and clients say her work is “very high quality”. Section: Litigation: Product liability and mass tort defense - consumer products (including tobacco); The Legal 500.
  • Legal 500 US 2008: Mary Yelenick offers “pragmatic risk management advice” and displays “outstanding technical capabilities.” Section: Litigation: Product liability and mass tort defense - consumer products (including tobacco); The Legal 500.
  • Legal 500 US 2007: Mary Yelenick recognized, along with other partners, by clients who say “their work exuded great sophistication, expertise and knowledge of the matters at issue.” Section: Litigation: Product liability and mass tort defense: consumer products; The Legal 500.
  • New York Super Lawyers 2007 and 2008: Recognized in personal injury defense law section; New York Super Lawyers.
  • Ms. Yelenick is also included in various "Who's Who" listings, including Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in American Women and Who's Who in the World.

Activities and Affiliations

  • Board of Directors (and former Board Chair), NETWORK (a National Catholic Social Justice Lobby), Washington, DC
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Strafford's "Class Action Law Monitor"
  • Member: American Bar Association; ABA Section on Litigation, Women in Products Liability; International Bar Association; National Lawyers Guild; New York Women's Bar Association
  • Life Member: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); National Organization for Women (NOW); and The Sierra Club
  • Former Guest Lecturer: Rutgers Law School, on the subject of products liability

Publications


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Speeches and Events


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Practice Areas

Products Liability Counseling and Defense

Litigation

Appellate

Industries

Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices

Consumer Products

Food and Beverage

Regions

North America

United States

Education

  • Colorado College, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1976
  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, Editor, Georgetown University’s Journal of Law and Policy in International Business, 1979

Professional Background

  • Judicial clerk for the Honorable John F. Doyle, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1979-1981

Admissions

1979

District of Columbia

1982

New York

1980

U.S.D.C. - D.D.C.

1982

U.S.D.C. - E.D.N.Y.

1982

U.S.D.C. - S.D.N.Y.

2006

U.S. Ct. App. - 4th Cir.

1995

U.S. Ct. App. - 5th Cir.

1981

U.S. Ct. App. - D.C. Cir.

1992

U.S. Sup. Ct.

Languages

English