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Updated: February 21st, 2024 | Mount Pleasant | Lawyer List C | Motley Rice LLC |
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Address: 28 Bridgeside Blvd., mount-pleasant, SC, 29464
Law Firm: Motley Rice LLC
Phone: 843-216-9160
Fax: 843-216-9450
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Website: http://www.motleyrice.com
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| Description | With a focus on women’s products, Carmen Scott represents victims of harmful medical drugs and devices, medical negligence, and corporate misconduct. She also advocates for human trafficking victims who seek to hold hotel franchises and other corporate entities accountable for allegedly enabling trafficking for profit.Carmen helps lead Motley Rice’s mass tort pharmaceutical litigation by managing complex personal injury and economic recovery damages cases. She has been on the forefront of national litigation, including multidistrict litigation pending in California for thousands of women who developed severe health complications allegedly caused by Bayer Corp.’s contraceptive device Essure . She previously litigated claims involving NuvaRing, Yaz and Yasmin birth control drugs and devices, and served on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in In re NuvaRing Products Liability Litigation. She also served as co-lead counsel in In re Mirena Product Liability state court consolidation in New Jersey, and as co-chair of the AAJ Mirena IUD Litigation Group. She served on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the multidistrict litigation In re Power Morcellator Products Liability Litigation and currently In re Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Products Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation. Carmen also represents clients in a variety of drug product matters in state and federal courts, including as a member of the PSC and Co-Chair of Leadership Development Committee for In re: Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation, pending in Florida. Prior to joining Motley Rice in 2005 and concentrating her efforts on the medical practice area, Carmen represented numerous clients in jury trials, working on products liability, personal injury and business cases for both plaintiffs and defendants.Carmen is a frequent speaker on medical litigation and topics involving women’s products, regularly lecturing at both legal seminars and public advocacy events on such issues as plaintiffs’ rights in medical negligence and dangerous drug cases. She has been quoted in numerous national media outlets and publications, including The Associated Press, NBC News New York, Marie Claire and MotherJones.A South Carolina native and active in the community, Carmen served as a College of Charleston alumni board member. She also proudly served on the Board of the South Carolina chapter of Make-A-Wish for many years, fundraising and promoting the organization’s mission, and continues to serve as a wish-granter for families. She also formerly served as a board member for the nonprofit organization Charleston County Friends of the Library.Awards and Accolades Best Lawyers 2018-2021 Charleston, S.C. Personal injury litigation-plaintiffs; Product liability litigation-plaintiffs Super Lawyers 2015-2020 South Carolina Super Lawyers listPersonal injury – products: plaintiff; Class action/mass torts: plaintiff2013-2014 South Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars list Charleston Regional Business Journal 2013 Forty Under 40 Lawdragon 2020 Lawdragon 500 Plaintiff Consumer LawyersRelated Blog Posts July 15, 2020 Dirty Dancing: It’s time to put J & J’s Baby Powder in the corner! by: Carmen S. Scott December 5, 2018 Spike in drug recalls warrant the question: How can medications be made safer? by: Carmen S. Scott August 28, 2017 Jury sends a message with record $417 million talc verdict ahead of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month by: Carmen S. Scott Related News November 2, 2020 Kevin Dean featured on WCSC-TV to raise awareness about Boy Scouts child abuse Nov. 16 claims filing deadline August 20, 2020 Congratulations to 32 Motley Rice attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers 2021 August 20, 2020 Proposed Essure litigation settlement reached with Bayer |
Causes, Not Just CasesMotley Rice LLC, one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ litigation firms, was founded by Ron Motley, Joe Rice and numerous other attorneys and support staff who performed pioneering work in the areas of asbestos, tobacco and other complex litigation. With more than 90 attorneys, assisted by hundreds of support personnel, Motley Rice LLC is built upon advocacy for the rights of workers, consumers, families and inves…
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