Emily Landry, shareholder in the Memphis office and co-chair of the Memphis Recruiting Committee, concentrates her practice in litigation. Her experience includes products liability, medical malpractice, transportation, premises liability, insurance defense, class action, professional malpractice and general business litigation.
Ms. Landry has significant products liability experience, representing manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers of a wide variety of adult and child products in both pre-litigation claim resolution and litigated matters before state and federal courts in Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas and Florida. She has defended automobile manufacturers against allegations regarding seat belts, brakes, rear axle and roof crush. She has defended numerous drug and medical device manufacturers as well. Ms. Landry also substantially contributed to the approval of a nationwide product liability class action settlement, and has coordinated all aspects of post-judgment claim administration since the finalization of that settlement in 2005.
Ms. Landry's experience in medical malpractice is substantial, as is her medical peer review and credentialing process knowledge. She has successfully defended a local hospital system against multiple requests for information and documents protected from disclosure by the Tennessee Peer Review Law, and routinely represents physicians and hospitals in wrongful death and personal injury actions.
In the area of transportation litigation, Ms. Landry has successfully defended the interests of several motor carriers in third party personal injury claims.
- Represented product manufacturer in successful resolution of multiple claims during critical phase of Consumer Product Safety Commission analysis of potential product recall.
- Represented product packager in breach of contract action to recoup capital expenditure for equipment upgrade required by customer service agreement. Obtained summary judgment on behalf of manufacturer in case alleging fire caused by defective string lighting.
- Obtained summary judgment one week prior to trial on behalf of foreign car manufacturer in significant injury case involving allegations that defective brakes caused co-defendant to run red light.
- Obtained numerous summary judgments or voluntary dismissal in numerous medical malpractice cases including in representation of internal medicine physician, pediatric infectious disease physician, neurologist and local hospital system.
- Invited Presenter – "Improving patient care and reducing lawsuit risk with timely and complete medical records documentation," Tennessee Association of Home Care's Spring Conference (March 2011)
- Presenter – "Social Media and Other Technology – Know the Legal Side of How These Resources Impact Home Care," Tennessee Association for Home Care, Fall Conference (November 8, 2010)
- Presenter – "Avoiding the Waiver of Privilege with ESI," Defense Research Institute Product Liability Conference, San Diego, California (April 15, 2009)
- Webinar Presenter – "Strategies for Success: Blocking and Tackling in Drug and Medical Device Litigation Today – Multidistrict Litigation," Defense Research Institute Drug & Medical Device Committee (February 2009)
- Co-author – "Examining Pre-Service Removal to Overcome Forum Defendant Rule in Diversity Cases," The Whisper, Defense Research Institute Young Lawyers Committee (May 2007)
- Co-author with Jill M. Steinberg – "Diversity's Impact on Product Liability Litigation," Products Liability Newsletter, American Bar Association Products Liability Committee, Section of Litigation (Winter 2007)
- Speaker – "Ethics and the Perception of Lawyers in Society," Memphis Bar Association CLE (December 2006)
- Author – "In Tennessee, Patient Privacy Trumps Efficiency in Medical Discovery," Tennessee Young Lawyer, Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (October 2006)
- Listed as a Rising Star in Mid-South Super Lawyers 2009 – 2011
- Member – Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law program, Class of 2011
- Fellow – The Leadership Academy (2007)
- Appointee – Memphis Bar Association Diversity Task Force (2006 – 2008)
- Member – Defense Research Institute
- Young Lawyers Substantive Liaison, Drug and Medical Device Committee (2008 – 2010)
- Member, Young Lawyers Long-Range Planning Committee (2009 – 2010)
- Co-Chair, Young Lawyers Legislative Subcommittee (2008 – 2009)
- Vice-Chair, Young Lawyers Legislative Subcommittee (2007 – 2008)
- Young Lawyers Substantive Liaison, Trial Tactics Committee (2007 – 2008)
- Vice-Chair, Young Lawyers Substantive Liaison, Trial Tactics Committee (2006 – 2007)
- Member, Young Lawyers Publications Committee (2006 – 2007)
- Member, Drug and Medical Device, Products Liability and Trial Tactics Committees
- Participant – Trial Academy, International Association of Defense Counsel (2006)
- Board Member – Tennessee Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division (2005 – 2006, 2007 – 2008)
- Participant – Memphis Bar Association Leadership Forum (2005 – 2006)
- Member – American, Tennessee, Texas and Memphis Bar Associations
- Member – Association of Women Attorneys
- Member – Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association
- Associate Member – Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court (2003 – 2005)
- Texas, 2003
- Tennessee, 2002
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 2002
- U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, 2003
- University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2002
- The Review of Litigation, Administrative Editor (2001 – 2002); Staff Member (2000 – 2001)
- Texas A&M University, B.A. in Psychology and Political Science, 1999