Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ) has honored Sidley Product Liability partner Alan E. Rothman with the 2023 “LCJ Founders Award,” its highest achievement award. The award, which was presented to him by LCJ president Doug Lampe, recognizes Alan’s profound contributions to the organization’s advocacy for procedural reform and his efforts to bring fairness and transparency to multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings.
Alan, a nationally recognized MDL thought leader, has more than two decades of experience representing pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer product, chemical, and other companies in connection with more than two dozen MDL proceedings, as well as class actions and individual mass tort product liability litigation. He has authored more than 100 articles regarding MDL and jurisdictional issues, including a bi-monthly Law360 column — now in its 11th year — focusing on practice before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.