Michaela Roberts is a member of the Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice Group. Her practice primarily consists of representing both branded and generic pharmaceutical manufacturer clients. She also has represented clients in commercial litigation, investigations and arbitration.

Ms. Roberts has been involved for over 10 years in multiple nationwide litigations involving numerous vaccines and drug products. Her experience ranges from initial stages of litigation through to matter resolution and includes developing litigation strategy, conducting factual investigation and development and engaging in all aspects of discovery and motions practice. In addition, Ms. Roberts has extensive experience advising clients on matters related to electronically stored information (ESI), including advising clients on collection and maintenance of ESI; developing and implementing ESI collection protocols; designing and using databases for the management, analysis and production of documents; and supervising and managing the collection, review and production of both hard copy and ESI in matters of varying sizes.

Representative Matters
Ms. Roberts has represented clients as described above in multiple nationwide litigations, including litigations involving vaccines, cholesterol-reducing drugs, pain medications and anti-thrombolytic medications. She has similarly provided these services in connection with a government investigation, a congressional inquiry and in the commercial litigation context.

Activities
Drawing on her experience in the ESI arena, Ms. Roberts is a member of Venable’s E-Discovery Task Force.