PBC Law Firm

Chris Coffin

Chris Coffin has years of experience and background in litigating complex cases involving defective pharmaceuticals and medical devices, environmental contamination, product liability, toxic torts and consumer fraud claims. He has been heavily involved in multiple class action and mass tort cases throughout the United States and has served as a leader in many national lawsuits representing thousands of individuals.

As the leader of Pendley, Baudin & Coffin’s pharmaceutical and medical device litigation practice, Chris Coffin has prosecuted cases against pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers for over nine years and has been licensed as a registered nurse for approximately fifteen years.  The combination of his background in nursing and law provides him with a unique perspective when litigating pharmaceutical and medical device cases.  The knowledge and experience that he possesses in the area of pharmaceutical and medical device litigation has helped the firm to successfully litigate thousands of cases addressing drug and device manufacturing defects, design defects, inadequate warnings and fraudulent misrepresentations made by manufacturers.  The firm has litigated cases against some of the largest pharmaceutical and medical device companies in the world and has led national pharmaceutical cases involving clients from almost every state in the country.

Education and Professional Background

• University of Maryland (J.D. / Certificate in Health Care Law, 1999)
• University of Cincinnati (B.S.N., 1995)
• Registered Nurse (Louisiana)
• Judicial Law Clerk, United States Department of Justice Honors Program – Drug Enforcement Administration (1999-2000)
• FAA Private Pilot Certificate (Airplane, Single Engine, Land)

Admissions

• State Bar of Louisiana, 2002
• State Bar of Georgia, 1999
• U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Activities and Affiliations

• American Association for Justice
• Louisiana Association for Justice
• American Association of Nurse Attorneys
• Rotary Club of Plaquemine, Louisiana (Past President, 2008 – 2009)
• Iberville Foundation for Academic Excellence – Board Member
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

Publications/Presentations/Interviews

• Maryland Psychiatric Society, Inc. v. Wasserman: The Fourth Circuit Limits Psychiatrists Full Recovery for Services Rendered to Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (57 Md. L. Rev. 1233 (1998)).
• Case Law and Clinical Considerations Involving Physical Restraint and Seclusion for Institutionalized Persons with Mental Disabilities (23 MPDLR 597 (1999)).
• Choose Your Weapon: Class Action v. Mass Tort, DRUGS & SUPPLEMENTS, December, 2003, at 2.
• Class Action Considerations in the Chinese Drywall Litigation - A Survey of Case Law, CHINESE DRYWALL LITIGATION REPORT, May, 2010, at 4.
• Chris Coffin Discusses New Developments In Multi-District Litigation Resulting From BP’S Oil Spill In The Gulf Of Mexico With Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia, August 18, 2010.
• MDL Status of Oil Spill Cases, Harris Martin’s Oil Spill Litigation Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 23, 2010.
• Chris Coffin Discusses BP’s Oil Spill Litigation With Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia, May 10, 2010.
• The Science – Studies and Evidence of Adverse Effects of the Heart, Harris Martin’s Darvon and Darvocet Recall Litigation Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 14, 2011.
• Client Injuries Pre and Post Implant Revision – Analysis of the Medical Records, HB Litigation’s Orthopedic Litigation Conference, West Palm Beach, Florida, January 19, 2011.
• Birth Defect Litigation: Giving Birth To A New Mass Tort Causing Big Injuries To The Littlest Victims, Mass Torts Made Perfect Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 14, 2011.
• Understanding The SSRI’s Involved In Causing Birth Defects, Mass Torts Made Perfect & Torts Made Perfect, Antidepressant/Anti-Seizure Medication Birth Defect Litigation And Zimmer Nexgen Litigation (A Plaintiffs Only Forum), May 24, 2011, Philadelphia, PA
• SSRI/Birth Defect Case Evaluation and Procedural Issues, Mass Torts Made Perfect Presents: Yaz Litigation and Emerging Torts: SSRIs, Transvaginal Mesh, and Actos, September 13, 2011, Philadelphia, PA
• Zoloft and SSRI’s:  The History of the Litigation and Latest Developmens, Harris Martin’s MDL Conference:  Hot Topics in the MDL and Class Action Litigation, March 28, 2012, San Diego, CA.