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08.20.20 | Tom Sterchi was named the Best Lawyers® 2021 Product Liability Litigation Defense "Lawyer of the Year" in Kansas City. He previously earned the same recognition in 2014 and 2019. In 2017, he was recognized as the Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions Defense "Lawyer of the Year" in Kansas City.
08.20.20 | Twenty Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice lawyers are recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 across numerous practice areas.
06.19.20 | Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice Members John Cowden and Tom Sterchi are included as leaders in the defense of product liability claims in the 2020 Global Guide of Who's Who Legal: Product Liability Defence.
04.28.20 | Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice Member Tom Sterchi has been named a 2020 ICON Award recipient by Missouri Lawyers Media. He is among 26 Missouri attorneys age 60 and older recognized for an exemplary legal career, longstanding commitment to the Missouri legal community, and success beyond the field of law.
11.15.19 | Nineteen Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice attorneys have been named to the 2019 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. The named attorneys include...
11.01.19 | Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice has been recognized with national and metropolitan rankings in U.S. News & World Report Best Law Firms 2020. Rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, and peer review from leading attorneys in their field. Receiving a tier designation reflects the high level of respect a firm has earned among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.
10.25.19 | Benchmark Litigation United States 2020, has recognized Tom Sterchi as a "Local Litigation Star" in Missouri. State lists of local litigation stars reflect only those individuals who were recommended consistently as reputable and effective litigators by clients and peers.
09.25.19 | Thomas Sterchi has been recognized as a 2019 "Life Sciences Star-Product Liability (Non IP Litigation and Enforcement)" by LMG Life Sciences.
08.20.19 | Fourteen Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice lawyers have been recognized in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© across numerous practice areas.
06.19.19 | Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice Members Thomas Sterchi and John Cowden have been recognized as leaders in defending product liability claims in Who's Who Legal: Product Liability Defence 2019. The guide includes a total of 593 practitioners from 32 countries around the globe, each recognized for...
11.15.18 | Nineteen Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice attorneys have been recognized in the 2018 edition of Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars...
11.06.18 | Thomas Sterchi has been recognized as a "Local Litigation Star (Missouri)" in the 2019 edition of Benchmark Litigation. The publication's research team conducts extensive interviews with litigators and their clients over a six month period to identify the leading litigators and...
10.05.18 | Thomas Sterchi has been recognized as a 2018 "Life Sciences Star-Product Liability (Non IP Litigation and Enforcement)" by LMG Life Sciences. A guide to the leading U.S. attorneys and firms in the life sciences industry, the LMG Life Sciences publication recognizes...
08.27.18 | Thomas Sterchi has been selected as a Kansas City Business Journal 2018 "Best of the Bar" honoree. Published annually for over 15 years, "Best of the Bar" recognizes top attorneys with at least 10 years of professional practice in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
08.15.18 | Fourteen Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice lawyers have been recognized in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® across numerous practice areas.
08.15.18 | Thomas N. Sterchi has been selected for inclusion in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© as the Kansas City Metropolitan area Product Liability Litigation – Defendants "Lawyer of the Year."
05.15.18 | The 2018 edition of Who's Who Legal: Product Liability Defence recognizes Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice attorneys Thomas Sterchi and John Cowden as leaders in defending product liability claims.
11.15.17 | Eight Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice attorneys have been recognized in the 2017 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars publication.
10.13.17 | Thomas Sterchi has been recognized as a "Local Litigation Star-Missouri" in the 2018 edition of Benchmark Litigation.
08.16.17 | Seven Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice lawyers have been recognized in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®...
11.03.16 | Eight Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2016 Edition of Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers...
10.13.16 | Thomas Sterchi has been recognized as a 2016 ”Life Science Star-Product Liability (Non IP Litigation and Enforcement)” by LMG Life Sciences. A guide to the leading U.S. attorneys and firms in the life sciences industry, the LMG Life Sciences publication...
09.29.16 | Thomas Sterchi has been recognized as a “Local Litigation Star - Missouri” in the 2017 edition of Benchmark Litigation. A guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys, the “local litigation stars” included in the publication are those attorneys in each state who...
08.15.16 | Six Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice lawyers are included in the 2017 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America...
10.12.15 | Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC is pleased to announce that seven lawyers have been named to the 2015 Edition of Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers...
08.28.15 | The 2015 edition of LMG Life Sciences has recognized Thomas Sterchi as a “Life Sciences Star.” Specifically, Sterchi was recognized as a “US Life Sciences Star-Product Liability” in the Non IP Litigation & Enforcement section of the publication.
08.17.15 | Four Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice lawyers are recognized in the 2016 edition of Best Lawyers in America...
10.09.14 | Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC is pleased to announce that seven lawyers have been named to the 2014 Edition of Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers. . .
08.18.14 | Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC is pleased to announce that four lawyers have been named to the 2015 Edition of Best Lawyers in America.
08.01.14 | Thomas Sterchi has been recognized as a “US Life Science Star-Product Liability” in the Non IP Litigation section of the third annual edition of the LMG Life Sciences publication, which recognizes leading firms and lawyers experienced in life sciences matters.
01.16.14 | Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, LLC has named Thomas N. Sterchi and John W. Cowden as Co-Chairmen and James Scott Kreamer as Managing Member of the firm.
10.14.13 | John Cowden, David Eisenberg, Scott Kreamer, Patrick Lysaught, Hal Meltzer, Thomas Rice, Shawn Rogers and Thomas Sterchi have been named to the 2013 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers List.
08.15.13 | Tom Sterchi has been selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America as the Kansas City-MO Product Liability Litigation-Defendants "Lawyer of the Year." Lawyers are chosen for inclusion in the publication based solely on the vote of their peers. In addition to the "Lawyer of the Year" nod, . .
08.13.13 | Thomas Sterchi was recently recognized in the second annual edition of LMG Life Sciences as a "Life Sciences Star" in the area of product liability. Life Sciences Stars are attorneys that consistently recommended in the research process as reputable and effective attorneys in the industry. . .
07.08.13 | Tom Sterchi and John Cowden have been selected to The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers 2013. . .
12.17.12 | BSCR has been recognized as one of the 2013 Top Ranked Law Firms in the United States for having at least one-third of all firm attorneys rated AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. The Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ are an evaluation of a lawyer's ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations of lawyers by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada. . .
11.01.12 | John Cowden, James Scott Kreamer, and Thomas Sterchi have been selected for inclusion in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Lawyers are chosen for inclusion in the publication based solely on the vote of their peers. . .
10.19.12 | John Cowden, David Eisenberg, James Jarrow, Patrick Lysaught, Thomas Rice, Thomas Sterchi, and Kara Stubbs have been named to the 2012 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers List. The Super Lawyers publication recognizes lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. . .
07.09.12 | John Cowden and Thomas Sterchi have been recognized as leading product liability defense attorneys in the 2012 edition of Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers. The Who’s Who Legal publication selects recipients based upon comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practice lawyers worldwide.
07.09.12 | Thomas Sterchi was recently recognized in the inaugural edition of LMG Life Sciences as a “Life Sciences Star” in the area of product liability. LMG Life Sciences Stars are attorneys that consistently recommended in the research process as reputable and effective attorneys in the industry. . .
04.27.12 | BSCR attorneys John Cowden and Tom Sterchi have been recognized in the 2012 Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers as pre-eminent figures in global product liability litigation law. Cowden and Sterchi were both recognized in the 2010 Guide, which is printed every two years.
10.04.11 | Tom Sterchi and John Cowden were both selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of “The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers” published by Who’s Who Legal.
10.04.11 | John Cowden and Tom Sterchi have been selected as U.S. News 2011-2012 “Best Lawyers.” Cowden ws selected in the area of Commercial Litigation and Sterchi in the area of Product Liability Litigation.
09.24.10 | John Cowden and Tom Sterchi are included in Legal Media Group's 2010 "Product Liability Expert Guide". Only 18 Missouri attorneys are included in the guide, which is described by Legal Media Group as an indispensable source of guidance for in-house counsel in large corporations worldwide. . .
Results
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice recently obtained a complete dismissal of a consolidated appeal arising from linear gadolinium based contrast agent (GBCA) litigation, where its client, Bracco Diagnostics Inc. ("BDI"), had been named as a party.
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice recently obtained dismissals for its client Bracco Diagnostics Inc. in litigation focused on alleged claims of "Gadolinium Deposition Disease," arising from the administration of linear gadolinium based contrast agents (GBCAs).
After a lengthy battle in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Chuck and Gena Norris abandoned their claims against long-time BSCR client, Bracco Diagnostics Inc. (Bracco). Mr. and Mrs. Norris had been vocal in the media, claiming Gena had suffered debilitating injuries as a result of...
On August 2, 2019, Senior Judge Campbell ruled in an 85 page decision that the four expert witnesses put forth by plaintiffs' attorneys to testify regarding general causation would not be allowed to do so based on their failure to meet the requirements of Federal Rule 702 and the Daubert decision.
BSCR’s health insurer client was sued in Missouri state court in 2011, by a plaintiff who suffered injuries in a car accident. Plaintiff was a federal government employee, whose insurance program fell under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (FEHBA), a statute with
BSCR obtained a dismissal of a pharmaceutical company client in a product liability case. In that case, plaintiff alleged...
BSCR obtained summary judgment in a medical device product liability case filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri following two successful motions striking plaintiff’s liability and causation experts. Plaintiff brought suit against our client, a manufacturer of a surgical suture, alleging...
In 2007, Plaintiffs began filing lawsuits against four pharmaceutical manufacturers and sponsors of gadolinium based contrast agents ("GBCAs") alleging that the GBCAs caused or contributed to cause a rare disease now known as nephrogenic systemic fibrosis ("NSF"). Close to 1000 cases were filed in various state and federal courts over a period of four years. . .
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