NastLaw LLC Opens Doors with a Team of Leading Civil Litigation Attorneys

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Jan 09, 2013, 12:34 ET

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NastLaw LLC has opened an office in Philadelphia with an emphasis on complex civil litigation, including antitrust and mass tort law.

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Dianne M. Nast, the firm's founder, has assembled a team of attorneys who are well-recognized for their leadership and experience in civil litigation. Attorneys Daniel Nast Gallucci, Michele E. Burkholder, Erin C. Burns, Joanne E. Matusko and Mathew A. Reid, who together combine over 85 years of practice, are joining Ms. Nast, as well as an experienced support team.

NastLaw LLC brings its leadership expertise to many national lawsuits, with attorneys currently appointed to leadership positions in major national pharmaceutical product liability litigation and antitrust cases. Ms. Nast serves as Co-Lead Counsel in the Zoloft SSRI Birth Defect Litigation, Co-Lead Counsel in the Darvon-Darvocet Litigation, Federal-State Liaison and Advisory Committee member in the Avandia Product Liability Litigation, Steering Committee member in the Actos Bladder Cancer Litigation, and NFL Head Injury Litigation, and Co-Liaison Counsel in Philadelphia and Federal-State Liaison Counsel in the Yasmin/Yaz Product Liability Litigation.

Antitrust law is also a major focus for the firm. Ms. Nast currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee in multiple antitrust cases, including In re: Effexor XR Antitrust Litigation, Modafinil Antitrust Litigation, and Mediation Counsel in Skelaxin Antitrust Litigation. She is also Lead Counsel in the Wellbutrin SR litigation.

NastLaw LLC attorneys have been recognized by The Best Lawyers In America, SuperLawyers, The Legal 500, Lawdragon 500 , Rising Stars, Million Dollar Advocates, numerous Who's Who recognitions, and other national publications and organizations. Ms. Nast also holds an AV Martindale Hubbell rating, the highest available.

For nineteen years, Ms. Nast was a shareholder, officer and director of the Philadelphia law firm of Kohn, Nast & Graf, P.C., founded by Harold E. Kohn, a legend of the anti-trust and class action bar. When her five children were young, she lived and worked out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for a number of years, continuing her national mass tort and antitrust practice.

NastLaw LLC is located at 1101 Market Street, Suite 2801, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. NastLaw LLC focuses its practice in antitrust and mass tort law, including pharmaceutical product liability, medical device product liability, price fixing, business monopolies and other wrongful business practices. Visit the firm website at http://www.nastlaw.com

Press Contact:

Dianne M. Nast
215-923-9300
[email protected]

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