Aileen E. McTiernan

Aileen McTiernan concentrates her practice on complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts across multiple jurisdictions. She has extensive experience advising clients across multiple practice areas, including product liability, toxic and mass tort litigation, and consumer fraud class actions. She has served as national coordinating counsel in nationwide product liability and toxic tort litigation, and has extensive experience managing large scale litigation, including the formulation and implementation of national defense strategy, and coordination and oversight of jurisdictional counsel.

In addition to her legal experience, Aileen is a graduate nurse with a diverse background in science and health care. Prior to attending law school she worked in risk management for a global biopharmaceutical company, and she completed undergraduate studies in Chemistry and Nursing. She also completed her Master’s degree, with a focus on evidence-based principles in social science.

Aileen provides pro bono services to KIND (Kids in Need of Defense) in the representation of unaccompanied immigrant children.

• National coordinating counsel for one of the nation’s largest telecommunications companies with respect to all of its product liability and premises liability asbestos litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country.
• National counsel for an international beauty and fragrance company in its multijurisdictional cosmetic talc litigation.
• Regional counsel for product manufacturer in its asbestos litigation.
• Represent leading global business communications company in toxic tort actions with respect to all of its asbestos litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country.
• Represent medical device manufacturer in pelvic mesh litigation.
• Represent chemical manufacturer in toxic tort action alleging damages from exposure to benzene.
• Represent fashion retailer in premises liability personal injury actions in state and federal court.
• Represent large financial institutions in putative class actions alleging breach of contract, and fraud claims.
• Represent banks, mortgage lenders, and servicers in putative class actions alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).