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Clark, Perdue & List Co., LPA Forms Consortium with Philadelphia-Based Firm.


COLUMBUS, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816.  -- Columbus, Ohio-based law firm Clark, Perdue Perdue may refer to:
  • Perdue, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Perdue Farms, an American chicken-farming corporation
  • Perdue School of Business, in Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland
People with the surname Perdue
 & List Co., LPA LPA Lysophosphatidic Acid
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 recently joined forces with Philadelphia-based law firm Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C., under a reciprocal of counsel agreement.

The firms have a history of working together on major litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
 involving catastrophic personal injury, dangerous drugs and defective medical devices. Most recently, Clark, Perdue & List and Anapol Schwartz represented more than 800 consumers who suffered heart attacks or strokes after taking Vioxx - Merck's blockbuster drug A blockbuster drug is a drug generating more than $1 billion of revenue for its owner each year. The search for blockbusters has been the foundation of the R&D strategy adopted by big pharmaceutical companies, but this looks set to change.  that was recalled in 2004.

"By formalizing this relationship between our law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
, we will be able to offer injured consumers in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions a wider range/array of services," says Andrew List, a partner at Clark, Perdue & List. "This special alliance also enables us to offer our clients access to the lawyers at Anapol Schwartz, known for their high level trial skills."

In addition to catastrophic personal injury cases and mass torts, the firms handle class actions on behalf of defrauded investors, professionals and small businesses. Clark, Perdue & List and Anapol Schwartz have also represented state attorney generals in consumer fraud actions.

The combined resources of the firms include more than 30 attorneys and 100 support staff. The firms, which represent consumers in 30-plus states, have law offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey and West Virginia.
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