Frances M. Phares | Personal Injury Lawyer

May 13, 2008

FRANCES M. PHARES, of Counsel
FPhares@BaumHedlundLaw.com
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Class Actions, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Personal Injury Law, Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability, Product Liability, Wrongful Death Law

Born:

Jackson, Mississippi, December 9, 1953

Education:

Louisiana State University (B.S., 1975)
Tulane Law School (J.D., 1981)
National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2006
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, 2006

Admissions:

Louisiana, 1981
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1996
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2003
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 2005
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2007
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2007
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2007

Magistrate Ad Hoc:

Support Enforcement Division, 22nd Judicial District Court, Louisiana 1990-2003

Member:

Louisiana State Bar
Louisiana State Bar Association
Greater Covington Bar Association
Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 1981-1983
Law Clerk, 22nd Judicial District Court, St. Tammamy Parish, Louisiana, 1983-1990

Awards and Honors:

Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

Pro Bono & Civic Activities:

Certified St. Joseph Hospice volunteer
Certified LOSS volunteer (counseling to suicide survivors)

Published Cases:

State v. Paquette
423 So. 2d 797 (La. App. 4th Cir., 1982)
State v. Marquer
446 So. 2d 1258 (La. App. 4th Cir., 1984)
Doe v. Parauka
714 So. 2d 701 (La., 1998)
Smith v. Cutter Biological
770 So. 2d 392 (La. App. 4th Cir., 2000)
Grisham v. Philip Morris USA
403 F. 3d 631 (9th Cir., 2005)
Tucker v. GlaxoSmithKline
2006 WL 753128 (S.D. Ind., 2006)
Grisham v. Philip Morris USA
40 Cal.4th 623, 151 P.3d 1151, 54 Cal.Rptr.3d 735 (2007)
Grisham v. Philip Morris USA
482 F. 3d 1131 (9th Cir., 2007)

Practice Areas:

Class Actions
Complex and Multi-District Litigation
Personal Injury Law
Pharmaceutical Drug Liability
Product Liability
Wrongful Death Law

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