Bruce R. Parker

Representative Matters

• Served as lead trial counsel for Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA in the Actos litigation, where he tried three cases to verdict in Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Lafayette, Louisiana
• Led the expert development effort for Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. in the Benicar litigation, including the development of Daubert challenges
• Served as lead trial counsel for Boehringer Ingelheim in the Mirapex MDL in two bellwether cases tried in 2008
• Served as a member of the national trial team for Cardinal Healthcare Corp. in the latex glove litigation; work included developing national experts in several scientific disciplines; tried cases to verdict in California and Texas; selected as lead examiner in the MDL Daubert hearings
• Served as a member of the national trial team for Baxter Healthcare Corp. in its breast implant litigation; served as trial counsel in five trials involving nine plaintiffs tried to verdict in Houston, Texas; Birmingham, Alabama; San Diego, California; and Boston, Massachusetts; selected to represent Baxter before the MDL National Science Panel charged with evaluating whether there was credible scientific evidence to support plaintiffs’ claims
• Played a significant role in the development of the experts, including deposing plaintiffs’ experts in the Vioxx litigation
• Coordinated the national defense of a recalled surgical product for Pharmacia; performed a similar role for Navistar for claims involving diesel exhaust

Representative Clients

• Takeda Pharmaceuticals
• LabCorp
• Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Altec, Inc.
• Johnson & Johnson
• Vulcan Materials Company

Education

• J.D. Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law 1978
• Awarded Faculty Award for highest graduating average
• B.A. with honors Johns Hopkins University 1975

Bar Admissions

• Maryland
• District of Columbia

Court Admissions

• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• President, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), 2006 - 2007
• President, Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc., 1988
• Director, IADC’s Trial Academy, August 2004
• Dean, IADC’s Corporate Counsel College, 2012
• Member, Board of Directors, Defense Research Institute , 2005 - 2008
• Member, Board of Directors, Lawyers for Civil Justice, 2006 - 2007
• Served as spokesperson for the major civil defense bar associations at the Duke Conference on federal rule changes, May 2010
• Testified multiple times before the Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee on changes to the discovery and evidence rules

• Who’s Who Legal
  • Life Sciences and Product Liability Defense, 2012, 2014, 2020
  • Thought Leader Global Elite, Product Liability Defense, 2017 – 2019
  • Most Highly Regarded Individuals, Product Liability Defense, 2012 – 2013
• LMG Life Sciences, Life Sciences Star, 2019 – 2020
• The Best Lawyers in America
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2010 – 2022, 2024 – 2025
  • Lawyer of the Year, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Baltimore, 2018
  • Lawyer of the Year, 2017 – 2019
  • Lawyer of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Baltimore, 2018, 2025
• Benchmark Litigation
  • National Practice Area Star, 2021 – 2022
  • Local Litigation Star, 2020 – 2024
• Maryland Defense Counsel, John H. Mudd Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018
• Chambers USA
  • Product Liability & Mass Torts, Nationwide, 2014 – 2021, 2023 – 2024
  • Product Liability: Pharmaceutical, Nationwide, 2014 – 2021, 2023 – 2024
• Expert Guides
  • Best of the Best USA, 2014
  • Litigation and Product Liability, 2014
• Super Lawyers
  • Personal Injury Defense: Products, Baltimore, 2013
  • Maryland, 2009 – 2018, 2021 – 2023
• Legal 500, Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Pharmaceuticals, and Medical Devices – Defense, 2012 – 2017, 2019, 2023 – 2024
• Lawdragon, 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2022
• International Association of Defense Counsel, George W. Yancey Memorial Award, 1997 – 1998 (Received twice for the best article published in the IADC’s Defense Counsel Journal)

Volunteerism

• Member, Board of Directors, Cannonball Kids’ Cancer Foundation, 2016 - present
• Member, Board of Directors, Manna House, 2018 - present
• Active in the Lawyers for Civil Justice, 1988 - present
• Past president, First English Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Member, Board of Visitors, The Catholic University of America, 2017 - present
• Former member, Board of Directors, Roland Park Place