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Andrew R.C. GaddesDechert LLP : Lawyers
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Andrew R.C. Gaddes
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Andrew R.C. GaddesPartner
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Andrew R.C. Gaddes is a partner in the Dechert mass torts and product liability group.Selected among The Best Lawyers in America for product liability litigation in the 2007 and 2008 editions, Mr. Gaddes has represented clients in toxic tort matters and mass torts pending in multiple states and involving a variety of products.Mr. Gaddes is lead trial counsel for Philip Morris USA, Inc. in a case involving the claims of approximately 1,000 smokers in West Virginia and previously served as one of the trial counsel in diet drug litigation faced by Wyeth. ,, His practice encompasses a wide range of class actions and aggregated litigation, including personal injury, consumer fraud, and medical monitoring cases.He has experience managing all stages of this type of litigation, from successfully challenging class certification and consolidated issues trials, through ultimate trial and appeal.,, Although Mr. Gaddes' practice is based only in the U.S. courts, he was also admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1991.
Education Mr. Gaddes is a graduate of Oxford University (B.A., jurisprudence, 1988; M.A., jurisprudence, 1991) and the University of Pennsylvania Law School (LL.M., 1993).