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Tara Blake is a partner in the firm's Product Liability and Mass Torts practice group. She represents pharmaceutical and medical device companies in product liability litigation across the country, with experience in all aspects of mass tort litigation.
Tara has extensive experience in mass torts litigation and has served as trial counsel in notable cases, including a defense verdict in a pelvic mesh trial (2022) and a certificate of need case (2018). She also has a string background in insurance litigation, defending against complex bad-faith and class action claims. Recognized by Best Lawyers in America® and Nashville Business Journal’s 40 Under 40.
Tara holds a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law and her B.S. from Furman University. She is admitted to practice in Alabama, California, and Tennessee.
J.D., The University of Alabama School of Law, Recipient of Dean M. Leigh Harrison Award, Bench & Bar
B.A., Furman University, Honor Society
Alabama
California
Tennessee
Alabama Bar Association
American Bar Association – Young Lawyers Division
California Bar Association
Trial Attorneys of America
September 11, 2024
Four-Partner Team Led by Renowned Trial Lawyer Kim Bueno Joins King & Spalding’s Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice
Served as trial counsel in a seven-day jury trial involving pelvic mesh that resulted in a defense verdict in March 2022. McBroom v. Ethicon, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:20-cv-02127, United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Served as trial counsel in a certificate of need case in August-September of 2018. Baptist Memorial Hospital v. Saint Francis-Bartlett and Methodist Healthcare, Tennessee Administrative Procedures Division.
Served on the trial team that obtained complete defense victory in a multi week jury trial on bad-faith/claims issues involving employee theft coverage following a $50 million pretrial damages claim. McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc., et al. v. The Hartford Financial Services Group, No. 30-2011-00463182, California Superior Court, County of Orange (Hon. Mary Fingal Schulte / Dept. C6).
September 11, 2024
Four-Partner Team Led by Renowned Trial Lawyer Kim Bueno Joins King & Spalding’s Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice
Served as trial counsel in a seven-day jury trial involving pelvic mesh that resulted in a defense verdict in March 2022. McBroom v. Ethicon, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:20-cv-02127, United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Served as trial counsel in a certificate of need case in August-September of 2018. Baptist Memorial Hospital v. Saint Francis-Bartlett and Methodist Healthcare, Tennessee Administrative Procedures Division.
Served on the trial team that obtained complete defense victory in a multi week jury trial on bad-faith/claims issues involving employee theft coverage following a $50 million pretrial damages claim. McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc., et al. v. The Hartford Financial Services Group, No. 30-2011-00463182, California Superior Court, County of Orange (Hon. Mary Fingal Schulte / Dept. C6).
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., The University of Alabama School of Law, Recipient of Dean M. Leigh Harrison Award, Bench & Bar
B.A., Furman University, Honor Society
Alabama
California
Tennessee
Alabama Bar Association
American Bar Association – Young Lawyers Division
California Bar Association
Trial Attorneys of America