Rutkowski, David S.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

David Rutkowski represents clients in a variety of litigation matters, including toxic tort, products liability, RICO, unfair trade practices, and trademark and copyright infringement claims, with a focus on toxic tort and products liability litigation. His practice also includes internal investigation and counseling on matters involving Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other white-collar crime.

David currently represents Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in ongoing nationwide products liability litigation involving Wyeth's antidepressant drug, Effexor. He recently earned a unanimous defense verdict for Wyeth against wrongful death allegations involving failure to warn and misrepresentation claims, the first case of its kind against the antidepressant industry to go to trial in more than six years. David was also extensively involved in defending IBM in cases brought in California and New York by more than 200 current and former employees alleging various adverse health effects due to workplace exposure to chemicals and was part of the team that earned a unanimous jury verdict for IBM in the first of these cases to go to trial.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Other Health Care Product Liability Litigati

Representative Cases

• IBM wins defense verdict in San Jose workers' toxic tort litigation case
• Wyeth obtains 5th Circuit affirmance of summary judgment entry in products liability action related to prescription antidepressant
• Wyeth's successful defense verdict affirmed by Seventh Circuit in product liability litigation involving antidepressant Effexor , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Military & Veterans Appeals, Motor Vehicle Defects, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Pharmaceutical Products, Products Liability Law, Recreational Products, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Tobacco, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Michigan

Education

• Stanford University
• U of Notre Dame

Published Works

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal: The New Federal Pleading Standard, 2009

Address

1755 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Phones

1.650.687.4152 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.650.739.3900 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com