Name: Ernest Cory
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Ernest Cory is a founding principal of Cory, Watson P.C. in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Cory has practiced law for thirty-five years and has devoted his practice almost exclusively to mass torts, class actions and complex litigation involving defective medical devices, drugs and environmental toxins. He is recognized nationally for his leadership role in landmark pharmaceutical and defective medical device litigation including silicone breast implants and diet drug litigation. Mr. Cory has been appointed to serve as Lead Counsel and to lead or serve on numberous Plaintiffs' Executive Committees, Steering Committees in high profile multidistrict litigation including: Lead Counsel and Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, In Re: Viagra (Sildenafil Citrate) Products Liability Litigation MDL 2691; Plaintiffs' Steering Committee In Re: Lipitor (Atorvastatin Calcium) Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation MDL No. 2502; Lead Counsel and Plaintiffs' Executive Committee In Re: Chantix (Varenicline) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2092; Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, In Re: Trasylol Products Liability Litigation MDL No. 1928; Plaintiffs' Steering Committee and Co-Chair for Discovery Committee, In Re: Bausch & Lomb Contact Lens Solution Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1785; Co-Lead Counsel and Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, In Re: Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1842; Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, In Re: General Motors Corporation Dex-Cool Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1562; Lead Counsel and Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel, In Re: ProteGen Sling and Vesica Systems Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1387 Mr. Cory has participated in litigation involving more than 100 medical devices and prescription drugs including Abilify, Viagra, Transvaginal Mesh, GranuFlo, Stryker, DePuy, Vioxx, Baycol, Prempro, Medtronic, Guidant, Ortho-Evra, Fosamax, Mirena, Yaz and others. Mr. Cory is AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell and was named to the American Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Lawyers. He is a charter member of Pioneers of Justice Society of the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation and serves on the Board of Directors and as Development Committee Chair of the Birmingham Bar Volunteer Lawyers Program. He serves on the Advisory Board of Cumberland School of Law. He was elected to Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America and was elected one of the Top 100 Attorneys in Birmingham in a peer review survey. Mr. Cory received his J.D. from Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama and is a graduate of the University of Alabama.

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