Dawn Shawger McCord represents companies in state and federal courts throughout the country in high-stakes mass tort, class action and multi-district litigation, with an emphasis in the areas of pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, products liability litigation, and catastrophic injury and wrongful death. Her expertise also extends to construction and complex commercial and business litigation matters. She has defended clients in arbitration and trials in Texas, California, the District of Columbia, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Dawn has extensive experience in fact development and the ability to simplify and persuasively convey complicated concepts to mediators, juries and clients through engaging trial themes and creative technology.

Dawn represents large pharmaceutical, medical device, and food manufacturers, frequently handling complex litigation and serving as national, regional and local counsel in mass tort litigation, including cases involving hormone replacement therapy, blood thinning and antiplatelet drugs, transdermal pain patches, food and dietary supplements, vaginal mesh, spinal cord stimulators and aesthetic lasers. Dawn also represents clients in a broad array of business disputes. She has assertively handled commercial cases arising under federal and state statutes, as well as matters involving general principles of contract and business law. Her experience includes construction-related litigation, contract disputes involving breach of warranty, defective products and failure to perform, business tort claims involving fraud, deceptive trade practices, breach of fiduciary duty and good faith, and tortious interference, securities litigation and SEC investigations. In addition, Dawn has represented many companies defending against potential classes seeking damages for personal injuries, business and economic loss and statutory damage claims.