A.J. De Bartolomeo

A.J. De Bartolomeo has more than twenty years of experience prosecuting class actions and complex matters in courts throughout the country. She has extensive expertise litigating mass personal injury matters involving defective drugs and medical devices. A.J. currently serves in court-appointed leadership positions in several MDL mass tort actions, including serving on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees in the In re: Yaz and Yasmin Birth Control Litigation, In re: Actos Products Liability Litigation and In re: Pradaxa Products Liability Litigation. She serves on the Law and Briefing committees and has been involved with Daubert briefings in a number of cases. A.J. previously served on the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee in the In re Transvaginal Mesh Litigation.

Committed to advancing opportunities for women lawyers, Ms. De Bartolomeo is the current Chair of the Women’s Trial Lawyer Caucus of the American Association of Justice, overseeing the caucus’s work in leadership training, law student scholarship, membership and political outreach, and other pro-civil justice functions. She is an active member of the American Bar Association Sections on Tort Trial and Insurance Practice, the American Bankruptcy Institute and Consumer Attorneys of California. Ms. De Bartolomeo has been named among the highest class of attorneys for professional ethics and legal skills with an AV-Preeminent rating by Martindale Hubbell, and was recognized by her peers as a Northern California Super Lawyer every year since 2013.

Ms. De Bartolomeo frequently speaks before industry organizations on developments in consumer class actions, mass tort litigation, Daubert challenges, Rule 37 and Inherent Power sanctions, and the settlement approval process.