Rooted in Justice: Hair Relaxer MDL 3060 Insights

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Maria Fleming is a complex litigation attorney with a focus on regulatory compliance. She works in the Cleveland, Ohio office of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC. Maria served as plaintiff trial counsel in the National Prescription Opiate Litigation MDL Bellwether trials of Lake and Trumbull Counties. In this role she was responsible for all of Plaintiffs’ exhibits to be introduced in trial and submitted to the jury. She also has experience leading depositions and motion practice involving opioid litigations across the country.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;"> On February 28, 2023, Judge Mary M. Rowland, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, issued an order (</span><a href= "https://images.law.com/contrib/content/uploads/documents/292/144406/Hair-relaxer-hrg-nts-3.2.23-leadership-mtn-list-of-names.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">https://images.law.com/contrib/content/uploads/documents/292/144406/Hair-relaxer-hrg-nts-3.2.23-leadership-mtn-list-of-names.pdf</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">)  appointing Maria to a leadership position for the hair product litigation cases in MDL 3060: <em>In Re: Hair Relaxer Marketing Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation.</em> Maria currently serves as part of the discovery subcommittee. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-h