James Mizgala

About James Mizgala

In addition to my leadership role, I am a trial attorney who defends clients in…

Experience

1. Partner

   Tucker Ellis LLP

   Mar 2016 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   I have 30 years of experience defending clients in cases involving pharmaceutical products liability, consumer fraud, toxic torts, and mass torts on national and local trial teams.I have tried cases to verdict in Cook County, Illinois, and the District of Nebraska, and I have served on trial teams in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and West Virginia. I have also served as national coordinating counsel on consumer fraud class action litigation for a consumer products company. With graduate-level training as a neurobiologist and more than five years of experience working in research labs, I am often called upon to handle the science side of cases, such as during a recent MDL where plaintiffs claimed the use of a drug was causing chronic kidney disease.Selected for Who’s Who Legal in the areas of “Product Liability Defence” and “Life Sciences – Product Liability,” I am highly regarded for my “unsurpassed knowledge of science and expert development” and my substantial experience in “safeguarding clients’ interests in multibillion-dollar tort trials.” I have been described as “a tough, tenacious litigator” with “an amazing mind for science and expert issues” who “consistently ranks highly in our research for his skills in court and ‘personable and committed approach’ to clients.” Clients remark that I “provide sophisticated and aggressive advocacy and excels at presenting complex scientific evidence” and “impress clients with his ability to balance legal analysis with business realities.”[Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.]

Skills

• Product Liability
• Class Actions
• Litigation
• Trials
• Civil Litigation
• Legal Writing
• Toxic Tort
• Commercial Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Torts
• Environmental Law
• Depositions
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Legal Research