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January 22, 2024
Nashville partner Bob Wade will participate in the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) Anchorage Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference in Feb. 22-23. The conference will include topics on regulatory requirements, compliance enforcement, risk management, and maintaining an effective compliance program. Attendees will have the opportunity to earn live Compliance Certification Board (CCB) continuing education units (CEUs) and network with other professionals.
Anchorage Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference
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Amanda S. Kitts
Partner
1320 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
Amanda is an experienced trial attorney at the national level. She has represented multiple pharmaceutical and medical device entities through litigation matters including fact and expert discovery, pre-trial and trial-related motions and submissions, expert witness preparation, and trials. Amanda focuses her practice on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, product liability, toxic torts, and business litigation.
Amanda is an experienced trial attorney at the national level. She has represented multiple pharmaceutical and medical device entities through litigation matters including fact and expert discovery, pre-trial and trial-related motions and submissions, expert witness preparation, and trials. Amanda focuses her practice on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, product liability, toxic torts, and business litigation.
Experience
- Represented pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers as both national and local counsel, including in mass tort multi-district litigation
- Represented major pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in cases involving prescription and over-the-counter drugs, hormonal agents, animal health care products, coronary stents, and ophthalmic surgical products
- Represented pharmaceutical companies involved in class action matters, patent litigation, and actions brought by state Attorneys General
- Worked on aspects of pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, including fact and expert discovery, pre-trial and trial-related motions and submissions, expert witness preparation, and trials
- Drafted appellate briefs, including certiorari briefs to the United States Supreme Court
Education
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University of South Carolina School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
(2002)
- Articles Editor of South Carolina Law Review
- Order of the Coif
- Order of Wig and Robe
- Order of Barristers
- Moot Court Bar
- University of Leeds, England, BA, Economics and Politics with North American Studies, with honors (1997)
Admissions
- South Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
- Represented pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers as both national and local counsel, including in mass tort multi-district litigation
- Represented major pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in cases involving prescription and over-the-counter drugs, hormonal agents, animal health care products, coronary stents, and ophthalmic surgical products
- Represented pharmaceutical companies involved in class action matters, patent litigation, and actions brought by state Attorneys General
- Worked on aspects of pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, including fact and expert discovery, pre-trial and trial-related motions and submissions, expert witness preparation, and trials
- Drafted appellate briefs, including certiorari briefs to the United States Supreme Court
Media
Recognitions
- The International Who's Who in Product Liability Defense Lawyers (2022)
- The Legal 500, Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort, and class action – defense: Toxic Tort (2022)
- Product liability and mass tort defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices (2022)
Professional Activities
- South Carolina Bar
- American Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
- Richland County Bar Association
Amanda is an experienced trial attorney at the national level. She has represented multiple pharmaceutical and medical device entities through litigation matters including fact and expert discovery, pre-trial and trial-related motions and submissions, expert witness preparation, and trials. Amanda focuses her practice on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, product liability, toxic torts, and business litigation.
Experience
Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.- Represented pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers as both national and local counsel, including in mass tort multi-district litigation
- Represented major pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in cases involving prescription and over-the-counter drugs, hormonal agents, animal health care products, coronary stents, and ophthalmic surgical products
- Represented pharmaceutical companies involved in class action matters, patent litigation, and actions brought by state Attorneys General
- Worked on aspects of pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, including fact and expert discovery, pre-trial and trial-related motions and submissions, expert witness preparation, and trials
- Drafted appellate briefs, including certiorari briefs to the United States Supreme Court
Education
-
University of South Carolina School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
(2002)
- Articles Editor of South Carolina Law Review
- Order of the Coif
- Order of Wig and Robe
- Order of Barristers
- Moot Court Bar
- University of Leeds, England, BA, Economics and Politics with North American Studies, with honors (1997)
Admissions
- South Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
Practice Areas
- The International Who's Who in Product Liability Defense Lawyers (2022)
- The Legal 500, Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort, and class action – defense: Toxic Tort (2022)
- Product liability and mass tort defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices (2022)
- South Carolina Bar
- American Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
- Richland County Bar Association
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