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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.
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Barry J. Koopmann
Partner
Suite 600
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Barry is a trial lawyer who defends product manufacturers in high-stakes litigation nationwide. Barry has served as national coordinating counsel in high-profile medical device trials and appeals. He enjoys mastering the science, facts, and law applicable to his cases and using that knowledge to get his clients the best possible results.
Among his notable experience, Barry...
Barry is a trial lawyer who defends product manufacturers in high-stakes litigation nationwide. Barry has served as national coordinating counsel in high-profile medical device trials and appeals. He enjoys mastering the science, facts, and law applicable to his cases and using that knowledge to get his clients the best possible results.
Among his notable experience, Barry was trial counsel in a bellwether jury trial defending the manufacturer of an orthopedic surgical device and served as support trial counsel on behalf of a medical device manufacturer in a jury trial involving alleged injuries sustained from transvaginal mesh. Barry serves on the national expert team in one of the largest multidistrict litigations in history, identifying and developing experts, preparing experts for depositions and trials, and defending and taking expert depositions. He has worked extensively in a virtual law firm model in which the client’s defense in multidistrict litigation is coordinated between multiple different firms. Barry has taken scores of expert and key fact witness depositions in cases involving medical devices, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, and other products in areas such as urology, gynecology, orthopedic surgery, biomechanics, U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory compliance, accident reconstruction, dermatology, and gastroenterology.
was trial counsel in a bellwether jury trial defending the manufacturer of an orthopedic surgical device and served as support trial counsel on behalf of a medical device manufacturer in a jury trial involving alleged injuries sustained from transvaginal mesh. Barry serves on the national expert team in one of the largest multidistrict litigations in history, identifying and developing experts, preparing experts for depositions and trials, and defending and taking expert depositions. He has worked extensively in a virtual law firm model in which the client’s defense in multidistrict litigation is coordinated between multiple different firms. Barry has taken scores of expert and key fact witness depositions in cases involving medical devices, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, and other products in areas such as urology, gynecology, orthopedic surgery, biomechanics, U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory compliance, accident reconstruction, dermatology, and gastroenterology.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Won a defense verdict as trial counsel for a medical device manufacturer facing allegations of failure to warn in a bellwether medical device trial in Santa Ana, California.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in consolidated cases pending in New Jersey state court.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a medical device manufacturer facing failure to warn claims in Ohio federal court.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a medical device manufacturer facing design defect and failure to warn claims in Minnesota state court.
Education
-
Drake University Law School,
JD,
high honors
(2003)
- Research Editor, Drake Law Review
- Morris A. Haft Award for distinguished service
- University of Iowa, BA, English (2000)
Admissions
- Minnesota
- Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Practice Areas
Representative Matters
- Won a defense verdict as trial counsel for a medical device manufacturer facing allegations of failure to warn in a bellwether medical device trial in Santa Ana, California.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in consolidated cases pending in New Jersey state court.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a medical device manufacturer facing failure to warn claims in Ohio federal court.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a medical device manufacturer facing design defect and failure to warn claims in Minnesota state court.
Media
Recognitions
- The Legal 500 United States, Litigation: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (2020)
- Benchmark Litigation
- Future Star (2018–2019, 2022)
- Under 40 Hot List (2016–2017, 2022)
- Minnesota State Bar Association, North Star Lawyer (2014)
- Minnesota Lawyer, Up & Coming Attorney (2009)
- Minnesota Super Lawyers Rising Star (2007, 2009–2018)
Professional Activities
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Minnesota State Bar Association (2003–present)
- Wisconsin State Bar Association (2004–present)
Community
Volunteer Attorney, Children's Law Center of Minnesota (2015–present)
Barry is a trial lawyer who defends product manufacturers in high-stakes litigation nationwide. Barry has served as national coordinating counsel in high-profile medical device trials and appeals. He enjoys mastering the science, facts, and law applicable to his cases and using that knowledge to get his clients the best possible results.
Among his notable experience, Barry... was trial counsel in a bellwether jury trial defending the manufacturer of an orthopedic surgical device and served as support trial counsel on behalf of a medical device manufacturer in a jury trial involving alleged injuries sustained from transvaginal mesh. Barry serves on the national expert team in one of the largest multidistrict litigations in history, identifying and developing experts, preparing experts for depositions and trials, and defending and taking expert depositions. He has worked extensively in a virtual law firm model in which the client’s defense in multidistrict litigation is coordinated between multiple different firms. Barry has taken scores of expert and key fact witness depositions in cases involving medical devices, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, and other products in areas such as urology, gynecology, orthopedic surgery, biomechanics, U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory compliance, accident reconstruction, dermatology, and gastroenterology.
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.Representative Matters
- Won a defense verdict as trial counsel for a medical device manufacturer facing allegations of failure to warn in a bellwether medical device trial in Santa Ana, California.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in consolidated cases pending in New Jersey state court.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a medical device manufacturer facing failure to warn claims in Ohio federal court.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a medical device manufacturer facing design defect and failure to warn claims in Minnesota state court.
Education
-
Drake University Law School,
JD,
high honors
(2003)
- Research Editor, Drake Law Review
- Morris A. Haft Award for distinguished service
- University of Iowa, BA, English (2000)
Admissions
- Minnesota
- Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Practice Areas
Industries
- The Legal 500 United States, Litigation: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (2020)
- Benchmark Litigation
- Future Star (2018–2019, 2022)
- Under 40 Hot List (2016–2017, 2022)
- Minnesota State Bar Association, North Star Lawyer (2014)
- Minnesota Lawyer, Up & Coming Attorney (2009)
- Minnesota Super Lawyers Rising Star (2007, 2009–2018)
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Minnesota State Bar Association (2003–present)
- Wisconsin State Bar Association (2004–present)
Volunteer Attorney, Children's Law Center of Minnesota (2015–present)
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