education

Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1981), with honors
Purdue University (B.S., 1978), with distinction

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Florida

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Florida State Courts
United States Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Edward W. Gerecke

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Tampa

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Ed Gerecke is certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the National Board of Trial Advocates. He has extensive experience in prescription drug, medical device and OTC product defense. Mr. Gerecke also practices general products liability and personal injury defense.

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Representative Matters
- Mr. Gerecke has tried products liability and other personal injury cases to verdict around the state of Florida. He has represented numerous clients in individual and mass tort product liability cases involving a wide variety of products for national and international manufacturers. Through these representations, he has been in the forefront of shaping Florida’s product liability law on such subjects as the learned intermediary doctrine, product defect, market-share liability, statutes of limitation and challenges to admissibility of expert testimony.

Publications

10.04.2010	Co-Author, "Sales Reps in the OR: The Hunt for Non-Preempted Claims," DRI's For the Defense (October 2010).
02.03.2010	Client Alert: 2009 Top 10 Pharma Decisions from Florida and the Eleventh Circuit (February 2010).
07.02.2007	Client Alert: Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Alert - Beale v. Biomet, Inc.
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Speaking Engagements
- Nanotechnology: It Really Is a Small World
  DRI Annual Drug & Medical Device Seminar
  Chicago, Illinois, May 6, 2011
- 38th Annual Trial Academy of the
  International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
  Faculty Member
  Palo Alto, California, July 31-August 6, 2010
- Defenses in Drug & Medical Device Litigation
  DRI Drug & Device Committee
  Young Lawyers Seminar
  Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 2007
  Chicago, Illinois, September 23, 2008
  Chicago, Illinois, September 29, 2010
- ABA Section of Litigation
  Environmental, Mass Torts and Product Liability Committees
  Joint CLE Seminar
  Program Co-Chair and Moderator
  Snowbird, Utah, January 11, 2007
- Current Issues in Pharmaceutical Litigation & Policy
  ABA Products Liability Committee
  Program Co-Chair
  Sanofi-Aventis, November 7, 2002
  GlaxoSmithKline, November 20, 2003
  Johnson & Johnson, November 8, 2004
  Pfizer, November 18, 2005
- How Can We Tell If We’re Winning?
  Mass Tort Insight from The Inside
  Program Co-Chair and Moderator
  DRI Annual Meeting
  Chicago, Illinois, October 5, 2001
- Daubert Challenges in Florida State Court
  FDLA Winter Seminar
  Snowmass, Colorado, January 27, 2000
- Lessons Learned from Real Mass Tort Litigation
  Program Co-Chair
  ABA Litigation Section Annual Meeting
  Dallas, Texas, April 16-17, 1999
- Defending Industrywide Litigation in the 21st Century
  Program Chair
  DRI Industrywide Litigation Seminar
  New Orleans, Louisiana, February 25-26, 1999
Professional Recognition
- National Board of Trial Advocates, Certified Civil Pretrial Practice Advocate
- National Board of Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy, Certified Pretrial Attorney
- AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers (Litigation) (since 2007)
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (since 2005) (recognized for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation and Product Liability Litigation)
- Listed in the International Who’s Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers (one of six Florida Lawyers)
- Listed in the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
- Selected for inclusion in Guide to the World’s Leading Product Liability Lawyers
- Selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers, Product Liability Defense (since 2006)
Professional and Civic Activities
- American Board of Trial Advocates
  President, Tampa Bay Chapter (2012)
- Thirteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission
  Chair (2011-2012)
  Appointed by Governor Crist (2008)
- International Association of Defense Counsel
  Member, Trial Academy Faculty (2010)
- Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
- Product Liability Advisory Council
- Defense Research Institute
  Drug & Medical Device Committee, Steering Committee, Member (1992-present)
  Industrywide Litigation Committee, Chair (1999-2001)
- J. Clifford Cheatwood Inn of Court, Member
- Florida Defense Lawyers Association
  Board of Directors (1995-2000)
- American Bar Association
  Litigation Section, Product Liability Committee
  Co-Chair, Pharmaceutical Subcommittee (1995-1999)

News

05.19.2011	Ed Gerecke Presents at the DRI Annual Drug & Medical Device Seminar
03.08.2011	The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Applied Riegel Preemption for the First Time
08.10.2010	Edward W. Gerecke Serves as Faculty Member at IADC Trial Academy