Torrey Peterson

Torrey defends clients in complex product liability actions, specializing in pharmaceutical drug and surgical device litigations. She has represented manufacturers in federal and state court, including large multidistrict litigations, coordinated state court proceedings and class action lawsuits.  

Torrey is involved in all stages of litigation, from initial case assessment, motion practice and bellwether work up, to company witness preparation, international depositions and trial work. She has successfully drafted dispositive motions for multiple clients in jurisdictions across the U.S., including two landmark MDL orders. Torrey has argued numerous motions in federal court and in front of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML).

As a key member of the Taxotere multidistrict litigation, Torrey was part of the team that obtained two complete defense verdicts in the first bellwether trials, which was reported in First Taxotere Bellwether Trial Ends in Defense Verdict, and Sanofi-Aventis Wins Second Taxotere Verdict in Jury Bellwether, in Law.com. 

Specializing in the pharmaceutical and medical device field, Torrey attended Mini-Medical School at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, gaining insight and training in medicine, patient care and surgical techniques from the school’s distinguished faculty.  

Torrey participated in her law school’s civil litigation clinic, where she first-chaired a trial and won, and later was named the school’s Student of the Year. She also interned for the Hon. Rodney W. Sippel, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court of Missouri, Eastern District.