Patrick Hogan

Pat’s representative matters include:

Product Liability and Class Action

• Representing a multinational medical device and health care company in state and federal proceedings involving product liability lawsuits related to specialized infant formula products, including as part of the trial team in the first case to go to trial against our client, the team that secured a full defense verdict in the second case to go to trial against our client, and teams obtaining summary judgment in the first three federal bellwether trials.
• Representing the crop sciences division of a Fortune 500 company in cases seeking medical monitoring relief based on allegations that its herbicide products cause cancer.
• Representing the crop sciences division of a Fortune 500 company in putative class alleging failure to disclose elevated levels of impurities in its concentrated herbicide products.
• Representation of several Fortune 500 companies in multidistrict litigation concerning alleged failure to disclose purported carcinogenicity of consumer herbicide products through successful defense of nationwide settlement on appeal.
• Representation of a Fortune 500 company in connection with its response to a false advertising investigation by a state attorney general, avoiding litigation.
• Representation of the crop sciences division of a Fortune 500 company in individual and class-action litigation alleging that its herbicide product labels are false and misleading, including defeating a motion for class certification and defending a nationwide settlement through appeal.
• Representation of the crop sciences division of a Fortune 500 company in an appeal by a class-action objector challenging the approval of a nationwide settlement concerning allegedly false and misleading statements on the labels of its concentrated herbicide products.

Antitrust

• Representation of a leading U.S. manufacturer of poultry ingredients for food products through DOJ Second Request in connection with its acquisition by a German competitor.
• Representation of a publicly-traded retailer in an FTC Second Request in connection with its acquisition by a private equity firm controlling a major competitor.

Pro bono

• Representation of local church in defamation action in federal court, successfully obtaining dismissal of all claims.
• Representation on a pro bono basis of an individual seeking Social Security disability benefits through an administrative hearing, appeal, and subsequent application, ultimately obtaining both retroactive and ongoing monthly benefits for our client.