Wendy S. Dowse is an Associate in the Litigation Department of Kaye Scholer’s Los Angeles office. Ms. Dowse joined the Los Angeles office in January 2008 after spending more than six years as an Associate in Kaye Scholer’s New York office.
全部显示Ms. Dowse is a prolific writer and is experienced in drafting briefs for all phases of litigation, from pretrial motions through appeals, in federal district courts and circuit courts of appeals, as well as state trial, probate and appellate courts. Ms. Dowse’s practice encompasses a wide variety of matters, including product liability, real estate and commercial cases.
Selected Case Representations
- Rick v. Wyeth, Inc., 662 F.3d 1067 (8th Cir. 2011) (affirming summary judgment and deciding an issue lying “at the intersection of three complex areas of the law, full faith and credit, diversity jurisdiction and claim preclusion”).
- DeBoard v. Wyeth, Inc., 28 A.3d 1245 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2011) (affirming summary judgment under the New Jersey Products Liability Act).
- In re American Premier Underwriters, Inc., 864 N.Y.S.2d 19 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t 2008) (affirming order granting petition to fix the fair value of acquired company’s shares).
- In re Neville, 815 N.Y.S.2d 91 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t 2006) (affirming order granting petition to dissolve closely-held corporation).
- JRK Franklin, LLC v. 164 East 87th Street, LLC, 812 N.Y.S.2d 506 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t 2006) (reversing summary judgment in case involving alleged lease violation).
- In re Rezulin Prod. Liab. Litig., 2005 WL 1105067 (S.D.N.Y. May 9, 2005) (granting motion for a Lone Pine Order requiring all MDL plaintiffs to produce case-specific expert reports).
- In re Rezulin Prod. Liab. Litig., 309 F. Supp. 2d 531 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) (granting motion to exclude expert testimony).
- In re Rezulin Prod. Liab. Litig., 223 F.R.D. 109 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) (granting motion to dismiss several hundred plaintiffs for failure to provide discovery and issuing injunction against re-filing under the All Writs Act).
- In re Rezulin Prod. Liab. Litig., 2004 WL 2029404 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 9, 2004) (granting summary judgment on the ground that warnings regarding certain side effects were adequate as a matter of law).
- In re Rezulin Prod. Liab. Litig., 2004 WL 1161248 (S.D.N.Y. May 25, 2004) (granting summary judgment on the ground of lack of scientifically-reliable evidence of medical causation).
- Mercado v. Warner-Lambert Co., 106 S.W.3d 393 (Tex. App. - Houston [1st Dist.] 2003, pet. denied) (affirming order denying motion for a new trial claiming juror misconduct).
