Often lawyers forget that this is a service industry and lawyers are retained by the clients, not the other way around. It is our job not only to do the legal work, but also to make sure our clients understand what we are doing, why those actions best serve their goals, and what to expect throughout the process.
Overview
With a focus on complex pharmaceutical and medical device litigation and catastrophic injury, Samantha Mertz handles all phases of mass tort and personal injury litigation from commencement through trial.
Samantha is adept at caring for clients who are at their most vulnerable. Many of her cases have centered around pharmaceuticals and medical devices that have harmed women, children, and other minority groups, including Risperdal, Zofran, Transvaginal Mesh, Essure, PG&E Camp Wildfire, and TDF. She has also represented clients in civil rights actions, as well as sexual assault cases involving the Catholic Church and other institutions.
Samantha excels at creating and systemically managing the many moving parts of a Mass Tort Bellwether Program. She is known for her writing abilities from Complaint to Appeal, but specifically the critical briefs surrounding Summary Judgment and Pre-trial Motion practice.
Samantha serves on the Law and Briefing Committee for the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Gilead Tenofovir Cases, California Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding (JCCP) No. 5043, and served on the Law and Briefing Committee and Discovery Committee for the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Essure Cases, California Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding (JCCP) No. 4887.
Prior to joining G&E, Samantha worked at a Philadelphia law firm as a pharmaceutical mass tort litigation attorney. She also served as the mass tort law clerk for the Complex Litigation Center under the Honorable Judge Arnold New and the Honorable Judge Sandra Mazer Moss for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania.
Outside of the office you can find me chasing around my three children, preferably on a mountain hiking trail, but usually in our backyard.
Credentials
Education
Clerkship for the Honorable Judge Arnold New and Honorable Judge Sandra Mazer Moss for the Complex Litigation Center in the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, 2010-2013
Temple University Beasley School of Law (JD, 2010)
Constitutional Law and Outstanding Oral Advocacy award for excellence
Crossen Cross Award
Temple University Fox School of Business (BBA, 2007)
Admissions
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
US District Courtfor the Eastern District ofPennsylvania
