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LOS ANGELES (October 3, 2023) – Womble Bond Dickinson has expanded its products liability bench on the West Coast with the addition of a team of trial attorneys in California. The group, comprised of partners Claire Weglarz, Macy Chan, and Thomas Remillard in Los Angeles, partner Mirna Scheffy in San Francisco, and associates Julia Wood and Sybil Leung in Los Angeles, has extensive experience in high-risk litigation involving products liability, premises liability, environmental claims, and toxic exposures.
“We have long been interested in expanding our Mass Torts practice in California,” said Kristin Walker-Probst, Managing Partner of the Irvine and Los Angeles offices. “Claire and Macy have practiced together for over a decade and bring significant legal depth and proven leadership that will be invaluable as we continue to grow.”
“We have long been interested in expanding our Mass Torts practice in California. Claire and Macy have practiced together for over a decade and bring significant legal depth and proven leadership that will be invaluable as we continue to grow.”
KRISTIN WALKER-PROBST, IRVINE AND LOS ANGELES OFFICE MANAGING PARTNER, WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON
The group joins during a period of significant expansion in California. Last fall, Womble entered the San Francisco legal market through a combination with Cooper, White & Cooper, a multi-practice firm with over a century of experience providing comprehensive representation to clients in the Bay Area and across the country. Since then, the firm completed two additional combinations with Simmonds & Narita, a consumer financial services litigation boutique based in San Francisco, and Gordinier Kang & Kim, a boutique business law firm in Southern California.
About the new partners:
Claire Weglarz is a first-chair trial attorney representing public and private entities nationwide in high-risk litigation. She represents clients in a broad range of industries, including energy, chemicals, manufacturing, automotive, and consumer goods. She has extensive experience in cases involving product liability, premises liability, environmental claims, and toxic exposures to asbestos, talc, benzene, and other chemicals.
Macy Chan has extensive litigation experience involving complex business disputes, toxic exposure, and product liability. She defends Fortune 500 corporations in high-risk litigation, including employers, premise owners, and manufacturers of products and equipment in the industrial, construction, automotive, and consumer markets.
Thomas Remillard focuses his practice on the defense of personal injury, product liability, toxic tort, and complex civil litigation cases. He has defended companies of all sizes in high-risk litigation, including employers, premises owners, contractors, suppliers, and various product manufacturers in the industrial, automotive, construction, and consumer markets.
Mirna Scheffy has extensive litigation experience involving complex product liability, environmental, employment, and toxic tort litigation. She defends Fortune 500 corporations in high-risk litigation, including employers, premise owners, and manufacturers of products and equipment.
