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Maynard
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Kirpalani
Partner
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Boston
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617.422.5302
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Maynard M. Kirpalani is a Partner in the Boston office. He has more than 28 years of litigation and trial experience in complex tort litigation, including the areas of product liability, drug and medical device litigation, aviation, marine and other transportation accidents, fire, toxic tort, environmental, professional liability, insurance coverage, and "bad faith." He represents domestic and international manufacturers, major airlines, and a host of other types of companies. He also serves as national counsel to several pharmaceutical and medical device companies, coordinating the defense of product liability and mass tort litigation.
Maynard routinely handles high-exposure cases involving traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, wrongful death and other catastrophic injuries. He has been involved in the defense of such cases as commercial airline crashes, outbreaks of E. coli and Legionnaires Disease, mid-air collisions, toxic chemical releases, and fire claims involving up to $500 million in property damage.
Maynard has written and offered presentations to a host of legal and industry audiences. He is a seasoned trial lawyer whose experience is respected and recognized by both his profession and his clients. His peers have elected him to membership in the prestigious International Association of Defense Counsel and the American Board of Trial Advocates. Additionally, he was identified as one of the top 10 insurance defense lawyers in Massachusetts.
A defense verdict he obtained in a wrongful death case was chosen as one of the ten "Biggest Defense Wins of 2004" by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. The MEDMARC Insurance Group, a major insurer in the life sciences, recognized his service to clients by naming him as the 2004 "Defense Attorney of the Year" out of hundreds of candidates.
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Admissions
Massachusetts State Bar
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Fifth Circuits
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Education
Washington College, B.A.
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1978
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Professional Memberships
American Board of Trial Advocates
International Association of Defense Counsel
Massachusetts Bar Association and Massachusetts Bar Foundation
Defense Research Institute
Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association
Aviation Insurance Association
Publications
Contributing Author, Massachusetts Liability Insurance Manual, MCLE, 2000
“Strategies for Examining Experts: Daubert Spreads its Influence,” Massachusetts Bar Association
Contributing Author, “The Restatement Sections Specifically Applicable to Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices in State Court: A 50-State Survey,” American Bar Association, 2005
Presentations
16th Annual Medical Device Seminar, "Strategies for Defending Clinical Trial Cases"
DRI Annual Meeting, "When Medical Malpractice Collides with Product Liability"
Southern Methodist University Air Law Symposium, "Avoiding Trial Mistakes"
International Association of Defense Counsel Midyear Meeting, "Administrative Investigations: Participation, Access and Admissibility”
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