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Medtronic Heart Lead Recall | Medtronic Recall FAQ
Quick Facts on the Recall | Know Your Legal Rights
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Clients represented by our firm filed the first personal injury lawsuits in the nation against Medtronic.

We have been appointed to a leadership role among plaintiffs' counsel in the litigation against Medtronic in federal court.

Our injury lawyers have years of experience successfully representing clients in personal injury cases. We provide each client with high-level individualized representation.

There is no charge or obligation for our review of your injury lawsuit.

We have retained product safety and medical experts nationwide to assist our clients with their claims.

In addition to a team of experienced lawyers, we have dedicated nurses, legal assistants and case clerks to assist our attorneys in the Medtronic recall litigation. Our firm has six full-time nurses, including ones with decades of experience working with heart patients.

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Lieff Cabraser represents persons across America injured by the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis heart lead. Click here to contact an experienced injury attorney at Lieff Cabraser for a free case evaluation. Or call us toll-free at 1-800-948-2181.

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Read excerpts from the latest news covering the Medtronic recall and lawsuits:

Read excerpts from the latest news covering the Medtronic recall and lawsuits

Lieff Cabraser had been investigating patient complaints concerning the Medtronic heart lead prior to the recall announced by Medtronic. On the same day as the recall, heart patients nationwide represented by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel filed separate personal injury and class action lawsuits against Medtronic.

May 16, 2008
"Heart Device Patients Often Unaware of Recalls"

May 7, 2008
"Medtronic to Cut About 1,100 Jobs"

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Medtronic Heart Lead Recall
Attorney Profile

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Lieff Cabraser Attorney Mark P. Chalos

Mark P. Chalos

Partner

Nashville

Practice Areas Include: Consumer Protection, Defective Products, Personal Injury and Torts

E-Mail:

mchalos@lchb.com

Phone:

(415) 956-1000

Fax:

(415) 956-1008

vCard:

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Bar Information

Admitted to practice in Tennessee, 1998; U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1999; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1999; U.S.D.C., Western District of Tennessee, 2001; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 2006.

Education

Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1998); Dean's List; Award for Highest Grade, Admiralty Law; Research Editor, Emory International Law Review; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1995).

Honors & Awards

"Rising Star," Law & Politics, 2008.

Publications, Presentations & Appointments

"Washington bureaucrats taking over American justice system," Tennessean.com, December 2007; "The End of Meaningful Punitive Damages," Nashville Bar Journal, November 2001; "Is Civility Dead?" Nashville Bar Journal, October 2003; “The FCC: The Constitution, Censorship, and a Celebrity Breast,” Nashville Bar Journal, April 2005.

Member

American Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Tennessee Bar Association; Board of Directors, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; Nashville Bar Association; Past-Chair, ABA YLD Criminal & Juvenile Justice Committee; American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Professionalism Committee YLD liaison; Board of Directors, Nashville Bar Association YLD; Chair, Nashville Bar Association YLD Continuing Legal Education and Professional Development Director; Tennessee Association for Justice (Board of Governors, 2008-2009; Board of Directors; Legislative Committee); Nashville Bar Journal, Editorial Board; Member, Harry Phillips American Inn of Court (2002-2004); Grant Review Panelist, Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission; Founding Member, Young Professionals Program, Frist Center for the Visual Arts; President, Kappa Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity Alumni Association.

  
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About Lieff Cabraser

Founded in 1972, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is an over fifty attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. For the last five years, the National Law Journal has recognized Lieff Cabraser as one of the top plaintiff law firms in America.

To learn more about the advantages our lawyers offer clients in personal injury and wrongful death cases, click here.

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