Robert Brava-Partain is an associate attorney of Baum Hedlund and a member of the firm's antidepressant drug litigation department. Mr. Brava-Partain focuses his practice on the law and motion aspects of many of the firm's complex cases. He and other members of Baum Hedlund have successfully defeated numerous defense motions asserting federal preemption. Robert recently argued and won a case before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concerning a challenge to the privilege protection of Baum Hedlund's potential client website questionnaires
Born:
- La Mesa, California, October 2, 1973
Education:
- California State University Sacramento, (B.S., cum laude, 1999)
- University of California, Hastings College of Law, San Francisco (J.D., cum laude, 2002)
- Hastings Law Journal, Executive Articles Editor
Admissions:
- California, 2002
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2004
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2005
Member:
- State Bar of California
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, STEP-Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts Section
Author:
- Due Process, Rule 23 & Hybrid Classes: A Practical Solution, 53 Hast. L. J. 1359 (2002)
- "What Happened to the FDA?" Harris Martin's Columns: Drugs & Supplements. July 2005
- "The FDA, Drug Manufacturers, And SSRI Preemption: A Match Made In Heaven?" Mealey’s Litigation Report Antidepressant Drugs, Nov. 2005
Honors:
- Thurston Honor Society, Hastings College of Law
- Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Southern California Super Lawyers – Rising Star, 2005
Published Cases:
- Cartwright v. Pfizer, Inc.
369 F.Supp.2d 876 (E.D. Tex. 2005) - Zikis v. Pfizer, Inc.
Case No. 04 C 8104, 2005 WL 1126909 (N.D. Ill. 2005) - Barton v. United States District Court
410 F.3d 1106 (9th Cir. 2005) - Witczak v. Pfizer, Inc.
377 F.Supp.2d 726 (D. Minn. 2005)
Practice Areas:
- Class Actions
- Complex and Multi-District Litigation
- Mass Disaster Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability
- Product Liability
- Wrongful Death Law