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Jason Richards, a partner with the firm, practices <\/span>pharmaceutical liability<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>products liability<\/span><\/a>, insurance and class action litigation. Jason is AV\u00ae Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the organization\u2019s highest rating for legal ability and professional ethics. He also has been recognized by Best Lawyers\u00ae in America in the area of Mass Tort Litigation\/Class Actions, which is based entirely on peer review. He has also been named by the National Trial Lawyers as one of the \u201cTop 100\u201d Civil Trial Lawyers in the State of Florida, and previously named by Super Lawyers\u00ae Magazine as a Florida Rising Star.<\/span><\/p>\n Mr. Richards is a frequent author and speaker on legal issues. His published works have been cited in over a dozen federal and state court opinions, including opinions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and for the Eight Circuit. His articles have also been cited by numerous scholars in books, treatises, and law review articles. Jason has authored appellate court briefs at the state and federal court level (including as lead counsel in two proceedings before the United States Supreme Court) and has presented oral arguments before Florida\u2019s First District Court of Appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n Mr. Richards\u2019 opinions on legal issues have been quoted in several news media outlets, such as the <\/span>National Law Journal<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Bloomberg<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Fox News<\/span><\/i>, and <\/span>Law360<\/span><\/i>. He has spoken at national legal conferences, law schools and colleges, and has taught continuing legal education seminars to other attorneys on various legal subjects. Mr. Richards currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of West Florida where he teaches a course in Evidence. He is also the former Chair of the Florida Bar Journal\u2019s Editorial Board, serving as an appointed member from 2012-2018.<\/span><\/p>\n Mr. Richards\u2019 mass tort experience includes an appointment to serve on the Plaintiffs\u2019 Executive Committee in <\/span>In re: Fluoroquinolone Products Liability Litigation<\/span><\/i> (MDL 2642), a mass-tort litigation involving the use of Levaquin\/Cipro\/Avelox and the risk of developing peripheral neuropathy. Before that, he was appointed by a federal court to serve on the Plaintiffs\u2019 Steering Committee in <\/span>In re: Effexor (Venlafaxine Hydrochloride) Products Liability Litigation<\/span><\/i> (MDL 2458). Mr. Richards has also been a member of the plaintiffs\u2019 discovery, marketing, and law and briefing committees in the <\/span>In re Zoloft <\/span><\/i>multi-district litigation and served in similar capacities in the <\/span>In re Avandia<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>In re Viagra<\/span><\/i> multi-district litigations.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to his experience in mass torts, Jason was lead counsel in a case in which he successfully obtained class certification on behalf of over 1,000 patients who were subjected to unlawful hospital liens and was successful in obtaining a court order permanently enjoining the hospital from continuing to use the provisions of a Special Act as a basis to enforce the liens.<\/span><\/p>\n Prior to joining the firm in 2004, Jason served as a Deputy District Attorney in Colorado where he was as lead prosecutor in over a dozen felony and misdemeanor trials. He is admitted to practice in Florida and Colorado, before the United States Supreme Court, and in numerous other federal courts.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Selected Presentations<\/b><\/p>\n Co-presenter, \u201cZantac<\/a>: Key Considerations for Consolidation.\u201d HarrisMartin MDL Conference (Tampa), 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n Invited Speaker, HarrisMartin\u2019s Zantac Litigation<\/a> Conference (Miami), 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n Co-presenter, \u201cZantac<\/a> \u2013 The Cancer Within,\u201d CAMG Webinar, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n Co-presenter, \u201cThe Decade-Long Deception: FLQs and the Risks of Permanent Peripheral Neuropathy,\u201d CAMG Webinar, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cLitigation Update: Fluoroquinolones,\u201d HarrisMartin\u2019s MDL Conference, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cLitigation Update: Fluoroquinolones,\u201d HarrisMartin\u2019s MDL Conference, 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cStatus of Litigation & Potential Venues,\u201d AAJ\u2019s Fluoroquinolone Webinar, 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cLegal Ethics: Solutions to the Most Common Challenges,\u201d National Business Institute, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n Co-Presenter, \u201cBirth Defects: Zoloft and other SSRI Drugs \u2013 The State of the Litigation,\u201d 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n Presenter, \u201cFind it Fast and Free on the Net: Strategies for Legal Research on the Web,\u201d National Business Institute, 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n Selected Reported Cases<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Baptist Hospital, Inc. v. 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