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Mark
Sentenac

Atlanta: +1 404 572 3571
msentenac@kslaw.com

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Mark Sentenac is a partner with King & Spalding’s Trial and Global Disputes. Mark’s practice focuses on representing pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in complex products liability litigation throughout the country, including in federal multidistrict litigation and state coordinated proceedings. He has experience in all phases of litigation, including trials, taking depositions, working with subject matter experts in complex scientific fields, coordinating large-scale electronic discovery and drafting dispositive, pre-trial and appellate briefs. In his practice, Mark has assisted in advising companies in all aspects of product safety, including on risk assessments, government investigations, product recalls and indemnity issues.

Publications

FDA’s Essure Order Affirms Role Of Learned Intermediary, Law360 (Apr 2018)

Will The Learned Intermediary Doctrine Survive A New Paradigm?, Law360 (Jan 2017)

3 Jurisdiction Arguments to Undermine 'Bauman,' Corporate Counsel (Jun 2015)

Will Innovator Liability Survive Judicial Review in California?, Corporate Counsel (Jun 2016)

Recognition

McAuliffe Honor Society, University of San Francisco School of Law

CALI Awards for Excellence in Biotechnology Law, Antitrust Law, and Professional Responsibility, University of San Francisco School of Law

Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Intellectual Property Moot Court Team, Western Region Finalists, National Semi-Finalists (2011-2012)

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Credentials

J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law, Magna Cum Laude

B.S., University of California-Santa Barbara

California

Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

03.29.2024

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The Machines Are Coming (And Lawsuits Too): Mitigating Risks of Product Design, Manufacture, and Sale Amidst the AI Revolution

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Matters

Member of team serving as national coordinating and trial counsel in nationwide product liability litigation involving a leading pharmaceutical company’s antidepressant medication. Mark’s experience includes trial preparation and briefing dispositive and pre-trial motions.

Acted as national coordinating counsel for a multinational medical device manufacturer in claims related to its orthopedic products, including representing the manufacturer before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

Member of team advising multinational pharmaceutical company on recall of popular consumer health product.

Matters

Member of team advising multinational pharmaceutical company on recall of popular consumer health product.

Member of team serving as national trial counsel for medical device manufacturer in multidistrict litigation involving manufacturer’s surgical mesh products. Mark’s experience included preparing manufacturer’s subject matter experts in device design for trial, taking percipient witness depositions throughout the country, briefing dispositive and pre-trial motions, and advising company during investigations by states’ attorneys general.

Member of team representing manufacturer in nationwide litigation involving its complex implantable neurological medical devices. Mark’s experience includes working with company’s subject matter experts on complex scientific fields, briefing complex issues of federal preemption, including successfully defending favorable result before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and coordinating large-scale electronic discovery.