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Diane Flannery, chair of the Products, Environmental & Mass Tort Litigation department, has tried complex products liability cases in federal and state courts, including high-profile cases that The National Law Journal has identified as some of the most significant cases tried. She also has worked on a variety of class action and multidistrict (MDL) litigation matters. Diane is currently lead counsel in two MDLs pending in the rocket docket of the Eastern District of Virginia. During her 25 years of practice, she has had extensive experience coordinating and managing large-scale defense efforts that involved hundreds of cases pending in different jurisdictions. She also has defended emotionally charged severe injury and death cases and is experienced working with medical and scientific issues. Diane has significant experience advising clients on punitive damages, product recalls, and matters before the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC).

Diane has served as defense counsel in a wide range of product liability cases, including ones involving lead paint, tobacco, beryllium, chemicals, asbestos, aluminum, formaldehyde, food manufacturers, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), wheelchairs, pap smears, batteries, airplanes, window blinds, building products, pet pharmaceuticals, children's shoes, boats, lighting fixtures, Chinese manufactured flooring, water filtration systems, hot tubs, and furniture.

Diane is active in the community and has served on a variety of boards, including the Board of Trustees for Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trustees for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Georgia Chapter, and the Board of Trustees for the Junior League of Atlanta. Diane is a member of the Historic Richmond Council, Junior League of Richmond, and Impact 100, which provides transformative grants to Richmond non-profit organizations to improve the community.

Diane is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one half of one percent of American lawyers who are selected upon “effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation.” Diane has been AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell for more than a decade. She was selected to be a Master in the Lamar Inn of Emory University and the John Marshall Inn of the University of Richmond School of Law. She was also selected for the Georgia 100 Leadership Program and the Leadership Atlanta Program. She also serves on the Board of the Richmond Chapter of the Federal Bar Associations and is a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council (“PLAC”).

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