Gretchen N. Miller, co-chair of the Products Liability & Mass Tort Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has received the Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) 2023 Davis Carr Outstanding Committee Chair Award. Miller is the first chair of the Products Liability Committee to receive the award. She was honored at the 2023 DRI Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX, Oct. 25-27.
DRI is the largest international membership organization of attorneys defending the interests of business and individuals in civil litigation, according to its website. It has 29 substantive committees whose focus is to develop ongoing and critical dialogue about areas of practice.
Active with DRI since 2003, Miller has served as chair of DRI’s Products Liability Committee, one of the group’s largest and most active committees with over 3,200 members, since 2021.
DRI’s Davis Carr Outstanding Committee Chair Award celebrates and honors outstanding performance by state, local, and national defense organizations, DRI law firms, and individual members. The organization noted that Miller was chosen as a recipient for her professional contributions to, and achievements on behalf of, the defense bar and the civil justice system, along with her involvement in community and public service activities that have had a positive impact on society at large.
Miller focuses her practice on toxic tort, product liability, and class action litigation in state and federal courts. She is a trial lawyer with experience, both as first and second chair trial counsel, defending manufacturers against claims of product defect for industrial, automotive, and medical products on a national basis. As national counsel, Miller oversees products liability, toxic tort, and commercial litigation nationwide and counsel’s clients on risk management strategies. She also has wide-ranging experience litigating complex and mass tort litigation, both in the products liability and toxic tort context.
In addition to her litigation practice, Miller counsel’s manufacturers, distributors and retailers regarding product safety issues and regulatory compliance. Her practice includes counseling clients on compliance with federal and state regulations, including regulations enforced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and providing guidance with recalls and recall procedures.
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