Katie Maechler Invited to Join Product Liability Advisory Council

Katie Maechler, partner and co-chair of Maslon’s Litigation and Tort & Product Liability groups, has been invited to join the Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC) as a sustaining member.

PLAC brings together corporations and outside legal counsel with a common goal of managing risk throughout the product life cycle. Its conferences, webinars, industry discussion forums and action groups are by invitation only. Sustaining members represent the best and most experienced regulatory, trial, and appellate legal professionals from the U.S. and abroad.

Katie has successfully defended a wide variety of national and multinational product manufacturer clients of varying sizes in hundreds of matters across a range of product industries in federal and state courts throughout the country. She has significant experience in the medical device, consumer products, and chemical product industries, serving as national coordinating and trial counsel managing extensive portfolios of product liability filed litigation and unfiled claims, as a lead member in a “virtual law team” for clients managing defense of a mass tort, and as a go-to partner for Am Law 100 firms as local Minnesota counsel.

In 2025, Katie was named among the Top Women in Law in Minnesota Lawyer.