Dr. Douglas Plymale, M.B.A., J.D., Ph.D. handles mass tort pharmaceutical and other cases for the firm.

Dr. Douglas Plymale brings a unique perspective to the practice of law as an accomplished scientist who worked for a major pharmaceutical company and Harvard Medical School. His background as a scientist has been an invaluable asset in litigating difficult cases that hinge on the science and medical issues.

Dr. Plymale has acquired significant experience in litigating product liability, personal injury, and other fields involving death and serious personal injury. Throughout law school, Dr. Plymale worked for the late Wendell H. Gauthier on various personal injury, class action and mass tort cases. Upon graduation he immediately began representing working persons and their families in catastrophic and serious personal injury cases, working with many of the top plaintiff firms in the country.

Over the years, Dr. Plymale has handled thousands of cases against the manufacturers of defective pharmaceutical products such as Abilify, Benicar, Farxiga, Proton Pump Inhibitors, Propecia, Risperdal, Xarelto, Invokana, Eliquis, Actos, Granuflo, Testosterone, Zofran, Depakote, Pradaxa, Avandia, Vioxx, Bextra, Celebrex, Rezulin, Baycol, Propulsid, PPA Fen-Phen, Serzone, Meridia, Ephedra, Zyprexa, Levaquin, Digitek, Actimmune, Fosamax, Ortho Evra, Yaz, and Prempro/Premarin; the manufacturers of defective medical devices including Medtronic pacemakers and defribillators, Guidant pacemakers and defibrillators, Kugel Mesh implants, Mirena Pelvic Repair Mesh products, Zimmer hip and knee implants, Depuy and other metal-on-metal hip implants, and other toxic tort cases such as exposure to Talcum Powder and welding-rod fumes.

Areas of Practice

• Product Liability
• Personal Injury
• Pharmaceutical
• Litigation
• Medical Device Litigation

Education

• J.D., Tulane Law School
• Ph.D., Tulane University, Interdisciplinary Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
• M.B.A., New Mexico State University
• B.S., Biochemistry New Mexico State University

Bar Admissions

Dr. Plymale is a member of the Louisiana Bar, and has been admitted to all Louisiana Courts and the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana, Southern District of Illinois, Court of Federal Claims, United States Court of Appeals First through Sixth Circuits and the United States Supreme Court. He is an active member in a number of respected legal associations, including the American Association for Justice, the Louisiana State and American Bar Associations, and the Louisiana Association for Justice.