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R. BRENT WISNER

Attorney | Partner | Vice President

R. Brent Wisner 2018-12-05T09:55:30+00:00

R. Brent Wisner: Attorney | Partner | Vice President

Attorney | Partner | Vice President
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Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Consumer Fraud Litigation, Defective Medical Devices, Personal Injury, Medicare Secondary Payer Lawsuit, Monsanto Roundup Cancer, Paxil Suicide Lawsuit, Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability, Product Liability Law, Qui Tam Claims, Whistleblower Protection, Wrongful Death Law

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Brent Wisner is an attorney and partner in the Los Angeles office of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC. A Los Angeles native, Brent is driven by a deep-rooted passion for using the law to helpthose who have been marginalized and hurt by large, and sometimes malicious, corporations. Brent has dedicated his practice to vindicating his client’s rights and holding wrongdoers accountable. He concentrates his practice on pharmaceutical class action litigation, toxic-tort injuries, whistleblower and qui tam claims, and consumer fraud litigation. Brent also oversees the firm’s Medicare Secondary Payer cases, representing Medicare providers who have lost taxpayer funds to pharmaceutical companies and other large defendants.

Brent is one of Baum Hedlund’s lead trial attorneys and manages a highly-trained team of attorneys on all aspects of the cases in his department. Brent takes pride in personally working up all facets of litigation—from briefing, expert discovery, through trial and, if needed, appeal. Brent is routinely asked to provide commentary and advice to media and other counsel on high-profile cases.

Law360 named Mr. Wisner a “Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar” for, in part, his role as co-lead counsel in a complex trial that resulted in the first multi-million-dollar jury verdict against a brand-name drug-maker liable for injuries caused by a generic version of the drug. The case has been described as groundbreaking and likely to shape the landscape of pharmaceutical litigation for years to come.

Prior to working at Baum Hedlund, Brent served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Helen Gillmor in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii for two years. While clerking, he worked on several jury trials, both criminal and civil, and was responsible for aiding the Court in resolving complex pretrial and post-trial motions. In addition, he worked on several cases in other jurisdictions, including the District of Arizona and the Eastern District of California. While clerking, Brent also gained valuable appellate court experience when Judge Gillmor sat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Pasadena, California.

Brent received his law degree (J.D.) and a Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) from Georgetown University prior to his clerkship. While at Georgetown on a scholarship, he was recognized for his commitment to public interest law and received a pro bono service award for completing over 750 hours of volunteer legal work.

Featured in the New York Times – Attorneys Brent Wisner and Michael Baum in Brussels with clients John Barton and Teri McCall before important EU glyphosate vote, bringing a face to the Roundup lawsuits and to focus on the Monsanto Papers.

During law school, Brent was heavily involved with the Georgetown Law Trial Advocacy Program, where he was one of the most successful mock trial advocates in the history of the school. Some accolades Brent received at various national competitions included “Top Advocate” at the National Ethics Trial Convention — a competition he also won — and “Most Exceptional Advocate” at the National White-Collar Crime Invitational. Because of Brent’s success with mock trial, he volunteered as a coach and instructor of the team and served as the Managing Director of the Trial Advocacy Program his third year of law school. In addition to his pro bono work and participation in mock trial, Brent also served as the Executive Editor of the Georgetown Public Policy Review—a peer-reviewed publication focusing on important issues in law and public policy.

Brent also volunteered as a legal intern, during law school, at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy, where he drafted testimony, affidavits and declarations for legal proceedings that related to human rights. He even wrote a resolution on the imprisonment of Sigma Huda, an outspoken Bangladeshi critic of human trafficking, which passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. During his first summer at law school, Brent worked for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, within the Civil Fraud Division. It was there that Brent first discovered an interest and passion in whistleblower law. In his second summer of law school, he worked as a Summer Associate at Paul Hastings in the Los Angeles office.

Prior to starting law and graduate school, Brent participated in the prestigious Coro Fellowship. As a Coro Fellow, Brent worked on a variety of important projects with labor unions, local and national government, Fortune 100 companies, and non-profit organizations. It was a formative experience for Brent where he developed a unique insight into how, through the law, one could genuinely improve society.

Brent is an outspoken and passionate UCLA Bruin. He received his undergraduate degree, with honors, in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2005. At UCLA, Brent was heavily involved with the UCLA Sailing team, serving as a Captain for two years. In addition, Brent was a Captain on the UCLA Mock Trial Team, which during his last two years won back-to-back National Championships. Brent was also personally recognized as an “All-American Attorney” by the American Mock Trial Association.

R. Brent Wisner in the News

  • Influential Trial Lawyers

Brent Wisner Named One of America’s Most Influential Trial Lawyers

  • Trial Team of the Year

Baum Hedlund Earns 2019 Trial Team of the Year Award for Monsanto Case

  • Roundup Litigation UCLA

Attorneys Discuss Monsanto Roundup Litigation at UCLA Law Event

  • Wisner Harvard Law

R. Brent Wisner to Speak About Monsanto Trial at Harvard Law School

  • Wisner Daily Journal

Brent Wisner Recognized in Daily Journal Top 100 Lawyers for 2018

  • Baum Yale Law

Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman Attorneys Speak at Yale Law School

Education:

  • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. (Juris Doctor)
  • Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy, Washington, D.C. (Master of Public Policy)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Political Science)

Court Admissions:

  • California, 2011
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2012
  • U.S. Dist. Court, Central District of California, 2013
  • U.S. Dist. Court, Eastern District of California, 2013
  • U.S. Dist. Court, Southern District of California, 2013
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 2013
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2014
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2014
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2014
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 2015
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 2016
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2017

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Awards and Honors

Individual Awards:

  • “Top Advocate” at the National Ethics Trial Competition
  • “Most Exceptional Advocate” at the National White Collar Crime Invitational
  • “Top Gun” at the Top Gun Mock Trial Tournament


Competition Results:

    • Winner of the National Ethics Trial Competition
    • Winner of the American Association of Justice Mock Trial Tournament
    • Finalist (2nd of 200) at the National Student Trial Advocacy Competition
    • Semi‐finalist at the National Trial Advocacy Competition
    • Semi‐finalist at the National Civil Trial Competition
  • Academic Scholarship, Honors in Philosophy and Political Science, UCLA
  • UCLA Mock Trial Team, Team Captain
    • National Champions in 2003 and 2004
    • Named “All American Attorney” by the American Mock Trial Association
  • UCLA Sailing Team, Team Captain

Litigation Leadership

  • Trial Co-Lead Counsel, Dewayne “Lee” Johnson vs Monsanto Company (Roundup cancer lawsuit), San Francisco, California, 2018
  • Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, Administrator and Co-Lead Counsel for the Roundup Products Cases, known as the Roundup Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings (JCCP 4953), California Superior Court for the County of Alameda, California, 2018 – present
  • Trial Co-Lead Counsel, Wendy B. Dolin vs GlaxoSmithKline LLC (generic Paxil suicide lawsuit), Chicago, Illinois, 2017
  • Trial Co-Lead Counsel, Hagen-Brown vs Eli Lilly (Cymbalta withdrawal lawsuit), Richmond, Virginia, 2015

Member

  • State Bar of California
  • Consumer Attorneys of California
  • Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles
  • American Association for Justice: Leader’s Forum; Products Liability; Section on Toxic, Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Torts; Talcum Powder/Ovarian Cancer Litigation Group; Herbicides and Pesticides Litigation Group; Class Action Litigation Group; Preemption Law Litigation Group
  • Federal Bar Association; Federal Litigation Section; Younger Lawyer Division

Government Service

  • Law Clerk, Hon. Helen Gillmor, United States District Court, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2010 – 2012
  • Judicial Extern, Hon. Marian Blank Horn, United States Court of Federal Claims, Washington, D.C., 2009
  • Summer Extern, United States Attorney’s Office, Civil Fraud Division, Los Angeles, California, 2008
  • Brian Ohleyer Legislative Intern, Office of United States Senator Barbara Boxer, Washington, D.C., 2004 – 2005

Presentations / Speeches

  • Topic: $289M Monsanto Roundup Verdict – Life After the Daubert Ruling and Johnson Trial
    Speech Title: The Johnson Trial and JCCP ( Judicial Council Coordination Proceedings)
    Organization: Harris Martin Publishing
    Event: Half-Day Roundup CLE (Continuing Legal Education)
    Location: Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, Santa Monica, California
    Date: October 24, 2018
  • Topic: Recent $289M Monsanto Verdict
    Organization: Harvard University
    Event: Notable torts case discussion with Professor Jon Hanson’s Tort Law Class
    Location: Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Date: September 28, 2018
  • Topic: Monsanto Roundup Litigation
    Organization: Mass Torts Made Perfect
    Event: MTMP Spectacular Fall Conference
    Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
    Date: October 19, 2017
  • Topic: Cymbalta Withdrawal Litigation In re: Cymbalta (Duloxetine) Products Liability Litigation
    Organization: American Association for Justice
    Event: AAJ Education’s Plaintiff-Only Hot Topics and Trends in Litigation Seminar
    Location: Charleston, South Carolina
    Date: December 3, 2014

Author

  • Politics of Enforcement: How the Department of Justice Enforces the Civil False Claims Act, 17 GEO. PUB. POL’Y REV. 43-60, 2012
  • Judicial Activism? The Roberts Court in the Coming Term, GEO. PUB. POL’Y REV., Dec. 31, 2009
  • Asylum Denied: Seeking Asylum in the Age of Terrorism, 12 GEO. PUB. POL’Y REV. 21, 2007
  • Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives Regarding the Violation of the Human Rights of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Sigma Huda, and Others, by the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh, H. R. 761, 110th Cong., 2007

Notable Media Appearances

TV

  • EFE Agency TV (Spain)
  • Euronews TV
  • Fox TV Chicago
  • NBC TV News 5 Chicago
  • The Doctors

News

  • American Lawyer
  • Associated Press
  • Bloomberg BNA
  • Businessweek
  • Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
  • Chicago Sun Times
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Country Guide – Canada
  • Europe 1
  • Fierce Pharma
  • Forbes
  • Fox Business
  • Huffington Post
  • KDAL radio
  • KFGO radio
  • KFI AM 640 Talk Radio
  • Law360
  • Life Extension Daily News
  • Markets Insider
  • Medical News Today
  • National Law Journal
  • New York Times
  • Organic Authority
  • Pharmalot
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • St. Louis Public Radio
  • The Australian
  • The Daily Journal
  • The Fern.org
  • The Legal Intelligencer
  • The Pioneer (India)
  • USA Today
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Yahoo Finance

Additional Languages

  • French
  • Spanish (Conversational)