 | Tara D Sutton
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
2800 LaSalle Plaza, 800 LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-349-8577 (direct)
612-349-8500 (firm)
612-339-4181 (fax)
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Practice Groups
Experience
- Member, Law and Motions Committee, DePuy ASR Multi-District Litigation
- Chair of Mass Tort Litigation Group
- Trial practice focusing on representing individuals harmed by the pharmaceutical and medical device industry.
- Currently litigating cases involving the drugs Vioxx and Chantix.
- Lead trial counsel in Mirapex Multi-District Litigation.
- Member, Science Committee and Discovery Committee, Vioxx Multi-District Litigation.
- Plaintiffs' Executive Committee and Chair of Plaintiffs' Science and Expert Committee, Chantix Multi-District
Litigation.
Selected Results*
- Trial Counsel in Charbonneau v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Pfizer, Inc. Represented
plaintiffs in first Mirapex products liability bellwether trial. On July 30, 2008, jury returned a verdict in favor of
plaintiffs for $8,279,300, including $7.8 million in punitive damages for failing to warn of risk of compulsive behaviors,
including pathological gambling, from the Parkinson's drug Mirapex.
- Trial Counsel in Zwayer v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Pfizer, Inc. Represented plaintiffs
in second Mirapex bellwether trial. Case was confidentially settled prior to closing argument.
- Confidentially settled more than 280 Mirapex cases represented by Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. during Fall of
2008.
- Trial counsel, State of Minnesota and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota v. Philip Morris, et al. In May
1998, the case settled after a four month trial when Tobacco Companies agreed to pay the State and Blue Cross & Blue Shield
more than $6.6 billion.
* Past results are reported to provide the reader with an indication of the type of litigation in which we practice and
does not and should not be construed to create an expectation of result in any other case as all cases are dependent upon
their own unique fact situation and applicable law.
Recognition
- Named to the "Top 50 Women Super Lawyers," Minnesota Super Lawyer (2010)**
- Named to the "Top 100 Women Minnesota Super Lawyers," Minnesota Law & Politics (2009)**
- Named a "Super Lawyer,"Minnesota Law & Politics (2009, 2010)**
- "Member of the Year" award from the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association in recognition of work performed during the
tobacco litigation.
- "Newsmakers ‘98" award from the Minnesota Women’s Press in recognition of extraordinary action taken in the public
arena during 1998 that promotes equality, justice and respect for women.
- Named "40 Under 40" by City Business (2000)**
**Being named to the list or receiving the award is not intended and should not be viewed as comparative to other
lawyers or to create an expectation about results that might be achieved in a future matter.
Memberships
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), member of the Section & Litigation Group Coordination Committee
- Minnesota Association for Justice (formerly Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association), Board of Governors
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Public Justice
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- The Sedona Conference Working Group on Protective Orders, Confidentiality & Public Access (Spring 2004)
- Firm's Professional Development Committee (2004-2005), Co-Chair
Civic Associations
- Public Justice Foundation, Board of Directors
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Minnesota
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
Education
- University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., with honors (1992)
- University of Iowa, B.S., with high honors
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Tara Sutton News
- July 2010
Attorneys Named as "Minnesota Super Lawyers 2010"
- Feb 2, 2010
Tara D. Sutton Appointed to Plaintiffs' Executive Committee in Chantix MDL
Chantix is a popular stop-smoking drug manufactured and sold by Pfizer. Patients taking Chantix have suffered dangerous
and serious adverse side-effects.
- Mar 22, 2006
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Guidant for
Defective Heart Defibrillator
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., filed a wrongful death and products liability lawsuit against Guidant Corp. of
Indianapolis, and its subsidiary Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., based in St. Paul, MN.
- Oct 28, 2005
Tara Sutton Named Chair of Individual and Mass Tort Practice Group
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. is pleased to announce that it has named partner Tara D. Sutton of the
Minneapolis office as Chair of the Individual and Mass Tort Department.
- Nov 30, 1999
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
L.L.P. Names New Partners
Articles
- Opening Statement by Tara Sutton in Charbonneau v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Inc., et al., in book entitled Opening and Closing Arguments
Minnesota Association for Justice (2011)
- Out of the Frye Pan and Into the Fire: Handling Frye-Mack Challenges in your Products Liability
Case
Minnesota Trial, Journal of the Minnesota Association for Justice (Winter 2010)
- Dangerous Side Effects from Pfizer's Drug Chantix
Injury Board, Vol. 1 Ed. 2 (Winter 2009 )
- Consumer Alert: Hydroxycut
Recalled
(May 4, 2009)
- Chantix Patients Report
Dangerous Side-Effects
(January 30, 2009)
- Increased Risk of Blood Clots with Use of Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch New Label Warns
(September 2006)
- Consumer Alert: Fosamax May
Cause Osteonecrosis ("Jaw Death")
(April 12, 2006)
- New Study Shows Women Using the Ortho Evra Birth-Control Patch
Double Risk of Blood Clots Compared With Those Taking Birth-Control Pill
(February 17, 2006)
- Ortho Evra Birth-Control Patch Exposes Women to High Estrogen Levels, Potential Risk of
Dangerous Blood Clots
(November 22, 2005)
- Paxil
Linked To Birth Defects and Congenital Malformations
(October 2005)
- Consumer Alert: Guidant
Defibrillators Recalled
(June 20, 2005)
- Consumer Alert:
Guidant Ventak Prizm 2 Defibrillator
(May 24, 2005)
- Latest News on VIOXX Recall
(April 27, 2005)
- Vioxx Pulled Off the Market Because of Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
(Friday, October 1, 2004)
- Consumer Alert: FDA Panel Urges Stronger Child and Adolescent
Suicide Warnings on Antidepressants, including Paxil, Zoloft and Effexor
(September 15, 2004)
- Ephedra Products Raise Questions
(April 11, 2003)
- Chapter titled "History of Complex Litigation in Minnesota", in book titled For the Record: 150 Years of Law &
Lawyers in Minnesota
Minnesota State Bar Association (1999)
- Decades of Deceit: Document Discovery in Minnesota Tobacco Litigation
25 William Mitchell L. Rev. 477 (1999) (with Michael Ciresi)
Selected Speeches
- Taking the Gamble out of Mass Tort Litigation: Jury Focus Groups and the Mirapex Litigation
Minnesota Association for Justice, Alexandria, Minnesota (August 12, 2011)
- Masters in Trial on Jury Persuasion
American Board of Trial Advocates, Columbus, Ohio (September 10, 2010)
- Focus Groups and Development of Themes in the Mirapex Case
American Association for Justice Annual Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (July 13, 2010)
- Preemption in a Post-Levine World
Minnesota Association for Justice, Alexandria, Minnesota (August 14, 2009)
- Obstacles to Justice
Iowa Association for Justice Annual Meeting (November 6, 2008)
- Top 10 Cases You Never Saw Coming-Recognizing Mass Torts
South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association, Deadwood, South Dakota (September 6-7, 2006)
- Protecting the Public Health: Scientific Integrity at Risk
13th Trial Advocacy Seminar (October 26, 2006)
- Defective Drug and Medical Device Litigation
MTLA Annual Convention (August 12, 2006)
- Commencement Speech
Hamline University, Paralegal Studies Certificate Program (May 16, 2003)
- Formulating a Discovery Plan in Complex Business Litigation Cases
MILE Complex Business Litigation Seminar (March 20, 2001)
- Where There's Smoke There's Fire: An Insider's View of the Minnesota Tobacco Litigation
Association of University Woman, 3M, Minneapolis, Minnesota (May 26, 1999)
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