Gayle Blatt

Gayle M. Blatt, a partner in the firm, emphasizes complex product liability, personal injury wrongful death, and, pharmaceutical litigation in her practice. Within the past decade, Ms. Blatt has played a prominent role in national pharmaceutical litigation, including litigation concerning L-Tryptophan, Baycol, the Sulzer hip, Propulsid, Rezulin, Metabolife, as well as national class action litigation. She has served on court appointed steering committees in the Sulzer, Baycol and Metabolife statewide and/or national coordinated litigation.

Ms. Blatt was named on of the 2006 "Top Lawyers" in San Diego by the San Diego Daily Transcript, the result of voting of her peers in the legal community. She was also honored to be named a San Diego 2007 Super Lawyer and one of the Top 25 Women Lawyers in San Diego.

For ten years, Ms. Blatt was on the board of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, the plaintiffs' trial lawyer organization, and she served as its President in 2007. She also serves on the Board of Governors of the Consumer Attorneys of California and is a longtime member of the American Association of Justice.

Ms. Blatt has been honored with two Outstanding Trial Lawyer Awards by the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (formerly the San Diego Trial Lawyers Association). Ms. Blatt has been involved with the San Diego Inn of Court since the late 1990's, serving as a workshop leader in the College of Advocacy and Evidence Programs. Ms. Blatt serves as a judge for statewide, national and intramural advocacy competitions. She is also a frequent lecturer to law students and lawyers at trial lawyer seminars and programs.

Since 2003, Ms. Blatt has served on the Board of Directors of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. Gayle and her husband, Michael, have two children.