Linda is Barclay Damon's health care controversies team leader. A nationally recognized litigator with over 30 years of experience, she serves as lead litigation counsel as well as national, regional, and local counsel in the prosecution and defense of claims brought in state and federal courts on behalf of large groups of business and institutional clients.
Linda is a trusted advisor to health care providers, pharmaceutical companies, and pharmacies nationwide in resolving high-stakes disputes and government investigations and regulatory proceedings. She represents health care professionals and entities in administrative proceedings, hearings, and appeals before various federal and state regulatory agencies, including the NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG), the NYS Department of Health, and the NYS Workers' Compensation Board. She also represents insurers, health-related providers, third-party administrators, and other regulated entities in a wide array of investigative and regulatory proceedings and related litigation, including breach of fiduciary duty cases, COVID-19 liability cases, and network disputes and terminations.
Linda's practice additionally focuses on complex multi-party group litigation. She has extensive experience serving as regional, national, and trial counsel, representing drug manufacturers, product manufacturers, and contractors in the defense of class-certification applications and mass-tort claims. She has successfully litigated and managed thousands of asbestos cases for Garlock and other national and regional manufacturers. These engagements have included extensive trial work, leading to four defense verdicts in Upstate NY asbestos litigation as well as the successful management and coordination of discovery and national trial strategies.
In additional to her role at Barclay Damon, Linda has served as court-appointed defense liaison counsel for three jurisdictions in the Northern District of New York for over 20 years. In this position, she has represented over 130 law firms practicing Upstate NY asbestos litigation.