NEWS
David Schultz Admitted to the Product Liability Advisory Council
June 1, 2015
Maslon is pleased to announce that David Schultz, a trial lawyer and partner in Maslon's Litigation Group, has been admitted as a Sustaining Member of the Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC). PLAC is a non-profit organization formed in 1983 to analyze, understand, and shape the common law of product liability and complex litigation.
Membership in PLAC is comprised of more than 100 of the world's leading product manufacturers and 350 of the most elite product liability defense counsels operating in the US and abroad. While the organization was created by and for in-house corporate attorneys, membership also includes an elite cadre of "by invitation only" defense trial and appellate attorneys with deep experience in complex litigation matters.
For more information on PLAC, visit: www.plac.com.
David Schultz is a trial lawyer and partner in Maslon's Litigation Group. He focuses his practice on high stakes litigation in the areas of product liability, healthcare, commercial disputes, civil and criminal fraud, and intellectual property. David has tried cases to verdict in state and federal courts throughout the country. He is board certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and as a Civil Trial Specialist by the Minnesota State Bar Association. David has taught trial advocacy at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and the Network of Trial Law Firms.
David's work on product liability cases is extensive, dating back to his time with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office where he defended the state in design and construction of highways, catastrophic aviation and railroad crashes, and toxic torts. In private practice, he has successfully represented a broad range of product manufacturers, from chemical companies that have been sued for toxic exposures to leading manufacturers of sophisticated medical devices to manufacturers of agricultural seeds.