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Frances M. Phares
Los Angeles, California

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phone	(310) 207-3233 (800) 827-0087
fax	(310) 820-7444
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Fran Phares focuses her practice on pharmaceutical products liability, working chiefly on antidepressant injury cases including Paxil related suicide cases.

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Areas of Practice:: Catastrophic Personal Injury; Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Pharmaceutical Products Liability; Wrongful Death

Bar Admissions:: Louisiana, 1981; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1996; U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1998; U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2005; U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2007; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2007; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2007; U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2003

Education:: Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981
J.D.; Louisiana State University, 1975
B.S.

Representative Cases:: State v. Paquette, 423 So. 2d 797 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1982); State v. Marquer, 446 So. 2d 1258 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1984); Doe v. Parauka, 714 So. 2d 701 (La. 1998); Smith v. Cutter Biological, 770 So. 2d 392 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2000); Grisham v. Philip Morris USA, 403 F. 3d 631 (9th Cir. 2005); Tucker v. GlaxoSmithKline, 2006 WL 753128 (S.D. Ind. 2006); Grisham v. Philip Morris USA, 40 Cal.4th 623, 151 P.3d 1151, 54 Cal.Rptr.3d 735 (2007); Grisham v. Philip Morris USA, 482 F. 3d 1131 (9th Cir. 2007)

Honors and Awards:: Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers; National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2006

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Louisiana State Bar Association; Greater Covington Bar Association

Past Employment Positions:: New Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Assistant District Attorney, 1981 - 1983; 22nd Judicial District Court, St. Tammamy Parish, Louisiana, Law Clerk, 1983 - 1990

Pro Bono Activities:: Certified St. Joseph Hospice Volunteer; Certified LOSS Volunteer (counseling to suicide survivors)

Free consultations • Services also available in Spanish • Brochures, testimonials, and references available upon request

Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.C.
12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 950
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: (310) 207-3233
(800) 827-0087
Fax: (310) 820-7444

Based in Los Angeles, California, Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.C. has offices in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., and serves clients in Southern California, the United States, and internationally, including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona (Phoenix), Arkansas, California (San Jose, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, San Bernardino, Riverside), Colorado (Denver), Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (Jacksonville, Miami), Georgia (Atlanta), Hawaii (Honolulu), Idaho, Illinois (Chicago), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (New Orleans), Maine, Maryland (Baltimore), Massachusetts (Boston), Michigan (Detroit) Minnesota (Minneapolis), Mississippi, Missouri (St. Louis, Kansas City), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada (Las Vegas), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (New York City), North Carolina, (Charlotte), North Dakota, Ohio (Columbus and Cleveland), Oklahoma, Oregon (Portland), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (Memphis and Nashville), Texas (San Antonio, El Paso, Fort Worth, Dallas and Houston) Utah, Vermont, Washington (Seattle), Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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