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, 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 Convington 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