GEORGE W. MURGATROYD III, of counsel
GMurgatroyd@BaumHedlundLaw.com
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Class Actions , Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Lender Liability, Personal Injury Law,
Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability, Wrongful Death Law

Born:

• Baltimore, Maryland, 1948
  

Education:

• University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980)
  
• Southwestern University School of Law (J.D. cum laude, 1983)
  

Admissions:

• California, 1983
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1984
  
• District of Columbia, 1987
  
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1991
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1991
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2002
  
• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2004
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2007
  

Member:

• State Bar of California
• The District of Columbia Bar
  
• Plaintiff Trial Team, 1991-1992, Ford Motor Company School Bus Crash, Carrollton, Kentucky, 1988
  
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Surfrider Foundation, Malibu Chapter

Awards and Honors:

• Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
• Who's Who in the World
  
• Who's Who in American Law

Published Cases:

• Motus v. Pfizer, Inc.
  127 F.Supp.2d 1085 (C.D. Cal. 2000)
  
• Cartwright v. Pfizer, Inc.
  369 F.Supp.2d 876 (E.D. Tex. 2005)
• Zikis v. Pfizer, Inc.
  Case No. 04 C 8104, 2005 WL 1126909 (N.D. Ill. 2005)
• Witczak v. Pfizer, Inc.
  377 F.Supp.2d 726 (D. Minn. 2005)

Practice Areas:

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