David B. Rheingold

David B. Rheingold specializes in an active litigation in federal and state courts. Since joining our firm in 1995, he has concentrated on the mass tort cases, particularly medical device, prescription drugs and over-the-counter products. He holds positions in various litigation steering committee groups. Most recently In Benicar [Olmesartan] Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 15-2606. He is also an active speaker to lawyers and law students. He is the managing partner for the firm’s cases participating in the following settlement plans: $2.5 billion DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implant, $1.4 billion Stryker Rejuvenate metal-on-metal hip implant, $100 million NuvaRing settlement, $56 million Biomet M2a Magnum hip implants, $27.7 million Fosamax osteonecrosis of the jaw cases. David takes an individual approach to each client’s claim. Maximum recovery for a client may be by litigation (and best jurisdiction), settlement plan, mediation or one-on-one negotiations with a defendant. David and his firm promote clients to be bellwether choices (lead representative plaintiffs). For settlement plan strategies, he uses his medical expertise in preparing the firm's "Extraordinary Injury" and "Enhanced Injury" claims in medical device and drug litigations. He represents clients from around the country in the following recent and pending medical device litigations: • Hip and knee implants: Biomet, DePuy, Stryker, and Zimmer. • Hernia and pelvic mesh: AMS, Atrium, Bard, Boston Scientific, Coloplast, Ethicon/Gynacare • Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters: Bard, Cook • Bair Hugger forced air warming blanket • Essure and Mirena birth control devices He represents clients from around the country in the following recent and pending drug and over-the-counter product litigations • Benicar-induced enteropathy • Talcum powder causing ovarian cancer • Taxotere permanent hair loss • Abilify impulse control gambling • Pradaxa, Xarelto and Eliquis blood thinners • Fosamax, Actonel, and Boniva femur fractures • Liver failure form prescription drugs • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidural Necrosis

• Partner

• Walter H. Emroch & Assoc., Lawyer, 1989 - 1994

• Lecturer, New York State Trial Lawyers annual "Decisions" seminars throughout New York State

• New York, 1994
• New Jersey
• Virginia, 1988
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1994

• American Association for Justice (Member)
• City Bar Association of New York (Member)
• New York State Trial Lawyers (Member)
• Fosamax and Other Bisphosphonates Litigation Group (Co-Chair)
• New York Trial Academy