First Chair Trial and Leading Product Liability Lawyer Paul Boehm Joins Sidley as Partner in D.C. to Expand Product Liability and Mass Torts Litigation Practice

Washington, D.C. – Sidley is pleased to announce that Paul Boehm has joined the firm as a partner in its Product Liability and Mass Torts group in Washington, D.C. Mr. Boehm will become a global co-leader of Sidley’s Product Liability and Mass Torts practice alongside Heidi Levine and Jennifer Saulino. He joins Sidley from Williams & Connolly, where he was a litigation partner.

Mr. Boehm is a nationally recognized trial lawyer and national litigation counsel, focused on product liability and mass tort litigation. He has more than two decades of experience in representing large pharmaceutical companies and multinational corporations in complex multidistrict litigation and high-profile trials. Mr. Boehm is the trusted go-to counsel for many of his clients, leading the strategy for their complex multidistrict litigations (MDL) and coordinated state court litigation, as well as coordinating and overseeing trials for them, providing significant strategic advice throughout the course of their trial. He is recognized in Product Liability & Mass Torts in both Chambers USA and Legal 500.

“Paul is a formidable and accomplished lead coordinating counsel and trial lawyer with whom we already share a number of clients and we are excited to have him join our litigation platform,” said Yvette Ostolaza, chair of Sidley’s Management Committee. “Paul is well-known to many of our colleagues and clients, so we expect a seamless integration into our firm.”

“Paul’s decades of experience representing some of the largest multinational corporations will fit in nicely with our outstanding Product liability and Mass tort practice,” said Kristin Graham Koehler, managing partner of Sidley’s Washington, D.C. office and member of the firm’s Management and Executive Committees. “His addition will add significant strength to the D.C. office as we look to consolidate clients onto our litigation platform following the arrival of a number of leaders in recent months.”

Mr. Boehm joins Sidley’s Chambers-ranked Product Liability and Mass Tort practice on the heels of a string of Sidley high-profile full defense jury verdicts in mass tort and product liability trials. Sidley also has achieved a series of wins on dispositive motions and plays a leading role in several of the largest mass torts pending today over pharmaceuticals, medical devices, food and nutrition, and environmental toxic torts. Mr. Boehm’s experience and talent will expand and enhance the team’s capacity to take on Sidley clients’ most difficult matters.

Mr. Boehm is the eighth new partner to join Sidley’s Washington, D.C. office this year. The Washington, D.C. office welcomed Maura Rezendes, John Foote, Barbara Stettner, Molly Lovedale, Alana Genderson, Michael Hochman, and Lisa Miller since the beginning of the year.

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