David B. Rheingold - New York, NY

David B. Rheingold specializes in an active litigation in federal and state courts. Since joining our firm in 1995, he has concentrated on the mass tort cases, particularly medical device, prescription drugs and over-the-counter products. He holds positions in various litigation steering committee groups. Most recently In Benicar [Olmesartan] Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 15-2606. He is also an active speaker to lawyers and law students.

He is the managing partner for the firm’s cases participating in the following settlement plans: $2.5 billion DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implant, $1.4 billion Stryker Rejuvenate metal-on-metal hip implant, $100 million NuvaRing settlement, $56 million Biomet M2a Magnum hip implants, $27.7 million Fosamax osteonecrosis of the jaw cases.

David takes an individual approach to each client’s claim. Maximum recovery for a client may be by litigation (and best jurisdiction), settlement plan, mediation or one-on-one negotiations with a defendant. David and his firm promote clients to be bellwether choices (lead representative plaintiffs). For settlement plan strategies, he uses his medical expertise in preparing the firm's "Extraordinary Injury" and "Enhanced Injury" claims in medical device and drug litigations.

He represents clients from around the country in the following recent and pending medical device litigations:

• Hip and knee implants: Biomet, DePuy, Stryker, and Zimmer.
• Hernia and pelvic mesh: AMS, Atrium, Bard, Boston Scientific, Coloplast, Ethicon/Gynacare
• Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters: Bard, Cook
• Bair Hugger forced air warming blanket
• Essure and Mirena birth control devices

He represents clients from around the country in the following recent and pending drug and over-the-counter product litigations

• Benicar-induced enteropathy
• Talcum powder causing ovarian cancer
• Taxotere permanent hair loss
• Abilify impulse control gambling
• Pradaxa, Xarelto and Eliquis blood thinners
• Fosamax, Actonel, and Boniva femur fractures
• Liver failure form prescription drugs
• Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidural Necrosis

Bar Admissions
• Virginia, 1988
• New York, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1995
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1995

Lecturing
• Annual New York State Trial Lawyers “Decisions” lecture on Product Liability
• Annual Michigan State University Guest Law School Professor Lecturer on Mass Torts

Professional Associations and Memberships
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association (1995)
• New York City Bar Association Member (1995)
• American Association of Justice Member (1996)
• American Association of Justice Co-Chair: Fosamax and other Bisphosphonates (2013 to present)
• American Association of Justice Committee Member:
• Benicar/Azor/Tribenzor
• Xarelto
• Biomet Metal on Metal Hip Implants
• IVC Filter
• Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II Hip Implant
• DePuy Metal on Metal Hip Implant
• Pradaxa
• Fosamax & Other Bisphosphonates
• Personal Jurisdiction