Jennifer R. Liakos is an associate attorney of Baum Hedlund and a member of the firm's pharmaceutical products liability department handling Paxil birth defect cases and suicide and/or suicide attempt cases involving Paxil. Ms. Liakos has litigated consumer fraud cases concerning unfair business practices, false and misleading advertising, and pharmaceutical mass torts. She is the Discovery Chair and member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, MDL-1574, Paxil Product Liability Litigation.

• Alma, Michigan, November 14, 1972

Education:

• Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (B.A., 1994)
  
• Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1999)
  
• Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
  
• Certificate of Merit in Civil Procedure; Dean's List; Honor Roll
  
• Assistant Editor, Law Review
  
• Secretary, Moot Court Board
  
  

Admissions:

• California, 2000
  
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2000
  
• U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern Districts of California, 2003
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2003

Member:

• State Bar of California
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
  
• American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, STEP-Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts Section
• Discovery Chair, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Member, MDL-1574, Paxil Products Liability Litigation

Legal Teaching Position:

• Adjunct Professor of Law, Legal Research and Writing, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigian, 1999

Honors:

• Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

Pro Bono & Civic Activities:

• Public Counsel Adoptions Project, Los Angeles, California, 2001-2002

Practice Areas:

• Class Actions
• Complex and Multi-District Litigation
• Consumer Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Pharmaceutical Drug Liability
• Product Liability Law
• Wrongful Death Law