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Paulina do Amaral

Partner

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Attorneys

Obtaining Justice for those Injured

Paulina has dedicated her career to achieving justice for individuals injured by dangerous and defective products, and other corporate wrong-going both in the U.S. and abroad. As a partner at our firm, Paulina represents classes, groups, and individuals in complex, multi-party litigation in state and federal courts and Multi-District Litigation throughout the United States.

Paulina served as the primary American counsel advising the Canadian team on the settlement of a nationwide class of Canadian individuals who were allegedly injured after taking Fen-Phen. Paulina also successfully represented numerous individual US clients in pharmaceutical cases involving Fen-Phen, Vioxx, Baycol, and Rezulin. She is currently representing scores of individuals in litigation involving Yaz birth control drug and the Simply Thick infant thickening agent.

Paulina's past work includes resolving the claims of more than 500 individuals in Eastern Kentucky arising from an October 2000 coal sludge disaster. Paulina also served as lead pro bono counsel on behalf of seven victims and their decedents in hearings before the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund arising out of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. The combined awards obtained were in excess of $5 million.

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Education

  • University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1996)
    Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly (Executive Editor); National Moot Court Competition Team (1995); Moot Court Executive Board

    University of Rochester (B.A., 1988)

Memberships

  • American Association for Justice

  • American Bar Association

  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York
    (Committee on the Judiciary, 2007-2010)

  • New York State Bar Association

  • State Bar of California

Admissions

  • California

  • New York

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan

  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

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