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Amy Pepke is a partner in the firm's Product Liability and Mass Torts practice group. She represents clients in high-stakes class and mass-action disputes, particularly in product liability and healthcare litigation. Additionally, she has extensive experience defending national and international corporations and individuals in matters ranging from pharmaceutical and medical device liability to toxic torts to intellectual property violations.
Amy has extensive experience in legal strategy, appellate work and trial counsel, particularly in high-stakes litigation. She has served as appellate trial counsel for Johnson & Johnson in pelvic mesh litigation, securing defense wins in all jury trials over the past 2 years and achieving numerous summary judgements.
Notable successes include obtaining affirmations from the Eleventh and Fourth Circuits in the CoolSculpting® and pelvic mesh cases. Amy has also led significant litigation teams, represented major corporations in high-profile cases, and held leadership roles in various organizations.
She is recognized by Best Lawyers in America® and Mid-South Super Lawyers® and she serves on several prestigious legal committees. Amy holds a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and a B.A. from Spring Hill College. She is admitted to practice in Tennessee, multiple U.S. Circuit Courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.
J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law, Order of the Coif, Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review
B.A., International Business and International Relations, Spring Hill College, with honors
Supreme Court of the United States
Tennessee
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Law Clerk, Judge J. Julia S. Gibbons, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
American Bar Association
Association of Women Attorneys
Federal Bar Association
Leo Bearman Sr., American Inns of Court
Memphis Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
September 11, 2024
Four-Partner Team Led by Renowned Trial Lawyer Kim Bueno Joins King & Spalding’s Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice
Pelvic Mesh Product Liability Litigation, including In re: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2327, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia: Lead motion practice team, expert motions; appellate trial counsel.
Appellate/Legal Strategy Trial Counsel sample representations include:
Snowden v. Ethicon (Dallas, TX) Pelvic mesh product liability case; defense verdict, 2022, selected as a CVN top 10 defense verdict in 2022.
Shostrom v. Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson; Case No. 1:20-cv-01933-WJM-STV, U.S.D.C. (D. Colo.): Pelvic mesh product liability case; defense verdict, 2022. “Johnson and Johnson Wins Third Ethicon Pelvic Mesh Trial This Year,” Law.com, July 6, 2022.
Shears v. Ethicon, Inc., Case No. 1:20-cv-00264, U.S.D.C. (N.D. W.Va.): Pelvic mesh product liability case; defense verdict, 2022.
Herrera-Nevarez v. Ethicon Inc., Case No. 17 C 3930 (N.D. Ill.): Pelvic mesh product liability case; defense verdict on design defect, failure to warn and negligence claims, 2017.
Hernia Mesh Product Liability Litigation including In re: Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2782, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia: Lead motion practice, expert motions; appellate trial counsel.
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September 11, 2024
Four-Partner Team Led by Renowned Trial Lawyer Kim Bueno Joins King & Spalding’s Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice
Pelvic Mesh Product Liability Litigation, including In re: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2327, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia: Lead motion practice team, expert motions; appellate trial counsel.
Appellate/Legal Strategy Trial Counsel sample representations include:
Snowden v. Ethicon (Dallas, TX) Pelvic mesh product liability case; defense verdict, 2022, selected as a CVN top 10 defense verdict in 2022.
Shostrom v. Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson; Case No. 1:20-cv-01933-WJM-STV, U.S.D.C. (D. Colo.): Pelvic mesh product liability case; defense verdict, 2022. “Johnson and Johnson Wins Third Ethicon Pelvic Mesh Trial This Year,” Law.com, July 6, 2022.
Shears v. Ethicon, Inc., Case No. 1:20-cv-00264, U.S.D.C. (N.D. W.Va.): Pelvic mesh product liability case; defense verdict, 2022.
Herrera-Nevarez v. Ethicon Inc., Case No. 17 C 3930 (N.D. Ill.): Pelvic mesh product liability case; defense verdict on design defect, failure to warn and negligence claims, 2017.
Hernia Mesh Product Liability Litigation including In re: Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2782, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia: Lead motion practice, expert motions; appellate trial counsel.
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September 11, 2024
Four-Partner Team Led by Renowned Trial Lawyer Kim Bueno Joins King & Spalding’s Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice
J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law, Order of the Coif, Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review
B.A., International Business and International Relations, Spring Hill College, with honors
Supreme Court of the United States
Tennessee
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Law Clerk, Judge J. Julia S. Gibbons, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
American Bar Association
Association of Women Attorneys
Federal Bar Association
Leo Bearman Sr., American Inns of Court
Memphis Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association