Robert Jenner
Robert K. Jenner brings to the Medlaw Legal Team more than 22 years experience representing injured consumers nation-wide against the manufacturers of dangerous pharmaceutical drugs, tainted blood products, defective medical devices and contaminated food. Mr. Jenner has a national reputation as a tireless leader fighting against the world's manufacturers of dangerous drugs, and has recovered tens of millions of dollars for his clients. He has been honored by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and in Maryland's Super Lawyers (named in Top 50). Mr. Jenner has established a pharmaceutical liability division within the firm, assembling a team of attorneys, paralegals and health care professionals dedicated to prosecuting claims against those companies that manufacture and sell unreasonably dangerous drugs and medical devices.
Mr. Jenner is a Past President of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) and currently sits on MTLA's Executive Committee. He is the former Vice-Chair of the Medical Malpractice Section, and has previously Chaired MTLA's Technology Committee, Marketing Committee, and its Education and Program Committee.
Mr. Jenner is also active with the >American Association for Justice (AAJ), serving as one of MTLA's State Governors to AAJ. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of AAJ's National College of Advocacy, and serves on many other standing committees. He is Chair of AAJ's Publications Committee, which oversees the publication of TRIAL magazine, the nation's largest and most reputable magazine for trial lawyers. Mr. Jenner is also a past Chair of AAJ's Section on Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts. Mr. Jenner currently serves as Co-Chair of AAJ's Rezulin Litigation Group, and Vice-Chair of the Hormone Therapy Litigation Group. In addition, Mr. Jenner has formerly served as Chair of the Baycol Litigation Group, AIDS Litigation Group, Latex Toxicity Litigation Group, and HMO Litigation Group. In July 2002, 2003, and 2004, AAJ awarded him its Wiedemann-Wysocki Medal for his commitment to AAJ and the civil justice system.
A prolific author, Mr. Jenner has written more than 25 articles published in nationally recognized legal and health care journals, including "Rezulin: Fast Track to Failure," TRIAL (July, 2000); "Litigating Against the HMO," Maryland Trial Reporter (Summer 1999); "Putting the Gloves on to Fight Latex Protein Toxicity Syndrome," Regulatory Affairs Focus (July 1999); and "How to Attack Discovery Abuse," TRIAL (February 2002). In addition, Mr. Jenner is the author of the legal treatise on representing the victims of HIV acquired from defective blood products, Transfusion - Associated AIDS (Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., 1995).
Mr. Jenner is also a frequent lecturer, having been invited to speak on medical-legal issues both nationally and internationally. Mr. Jenner has not only lectured for AAJ and MTLA, but also for the American Association of Blood Banks, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, the Washington Claim Association, the Legal Education Institute, the National Business Institute, and the Institute for Paralegal Education. He has organized and moderated many acclaimed seminars in conjunction with AAJ's National College of Advocacy on the issues of Vioxx, Hormone Therapy, Baycol, Rezulin, and general pharmaceutical litigation.
Mr. Jenner is a member of the bars of both Maryland and the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Recently, Mr. Jenner was honored by his peers by being inducted into the International Society of Barristers, one of the country's most selective attorney honorary societies. He has obtained the highest rating (AV) by his peers as reflected in Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Jenner, his partner, Ken Suggs, and their pharmaceutical team are leaders in the effort to uncover the truth behind the drug companies' efforts to hide the breast cancer risks of menopausal hormone therapy. Mr. Jenner and Mr. Suggs sit on the Plaintiff's Steering Committee of the federal Multi-District Litigation for Hormone Therapy. They have teamed together with the country's finest law firms to uncover the truth about the deceptive promotion of Premarin, Provera and Prempro to millions of unsuspecting physicians and women.
He lives with his wife Lori, and children Matt and Nikki, in Columbia, Maryland. He is also an also an avid scuba diver and is always willing to take suggestions for great dive destinations.
Education
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D. - 1985 (cum laude)
- Franklin & Marshall College, B.A. - 1982
Robert K. Jenner, "E-Data
For the Rest of Us: Getting What You Need to Win"
AAJ's
National College of Advocacy,
July 2005
Robert K. Jenner, "The Road to a Recall"
Association of Trial Lawyers of America,
November 2002
Robert K. Jenner, "How to Attack Discovery Abuse"
Association of Trial Lawyers of America,
February 2002
Robert K. Jenner, "Diving into Scuba
Litigation"
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, August 2001
Robert K. Jenner and Bryant Welch, "Suicide Watch:
Liability for Negligent Psychiatric Care"
Association of Trial Lawyers of America,
May 2001
Robert K. Jenner, "Rezulin: Fast Track to
Failure"
Association of Trial Lawyers of America,
July 2000
Robert K. Jenner, "Putting the Gloves on
to Fight Latex Allergies"
Association of Trial Lawyers of America,
July 1997
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