Scott Ahmad
Partner
Scott is an experienced trial lawyer and litigator whose practice focuses on mass tort/product liability cases, financial services litigation, and high-stakes commercial disputes. Scott is extraordinarily responsive to client needs and provides direct, practical, and strategic advice across all of his matters.
Key Matters
Some highlights—by industry—of Scott’s experience include the following:
Pharmaceuticals/Medical Devices
- Co-lead counsel for manufacturer in all state and federal product liability litigation relating to opioids
- Lead counsel for cardiovascular division of leading medical device company in numerous cases alleging product liability or sales rep negligence
- Represented the world’s leading makers of testosterone replacement therapies in a multi-district litigation (MDL) in the Northern District of Illinois alleging personal injuries
- Represented paint manufacturer in Illinois litigation, culminating in landmark Illinois Supreme Court decision which granted summary judgment for the paint manufacturer
- Member of trial team that secured a US$84.5M policy-limits verdict in favor of a pharmaceutical company and against certain London-based insurers who attempted to renege on applicable product recall insurance policies covering a recall prescription diet drug
Dietary Supplements, Natural Products, and Consumer Products
- Represented a major manufacturer, as well as some of America’s largest retail chains, in an MDL in the Northern District of Illinois alleging false labeling of dietary supplements
- Defended retailers and suppliers of aloe vera-based gels and sprays in federal class action lawsuits alleging that the products lack the named ingredient
- Successfully defeated class certification in false advertising case involving biotin
- Successfully resolved putative consumer class actions relating to non-dairy milk, bourbon, and mochi ice cream
Financial Services
- Represented financial valuation firm in federal consumer class action and related state court litigation relating to the collapse of the California-based investment firm, Direct Lending
- Represented financial valuation firm and successfully resolved federal consumer class action and related state court litigation relating to the well-publicized collapse of the Oregon-based hedge fund, Aequitas Capital Management
- Prepared dozens of financial service managing directors and executives for civil depositions and investigatory interviews
- Represents a financial service company’s investigation division in a putative class action
Notable High-Stakes Commercial Matters
- Represented Fox News in a highly publicized defamation lawsuit that was considered to be one of the most important defamation cases of all time.
- Represented a group of 11 Illinois nursing homes in high-stakes contractual dispute with food and housekeeping vendor
- Represented a major digital service provider of interactive streaming music in the “Phonorecords III” royalty rate-setting proceeding before the Copyright Royalty Board at the Library of Congress
- Represented a Fortune 500 technology services company in a contract dispute relating to a US$450M, multi-year services contract
- Represented Yahoo! in contract litigation relating to the 2014 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Billion-Dollar Bracket Challenge
- Represented—and current represents—shareholders and owners in disputes relating to corporate governance
- Represented a large coffee manufacturer and retailer in a dispute with the company’s former CEO after a US$100M merger
- Represented a hotel in a complex dispute and preliminary injunction proceeding between the hotel and its management company
- Represented an international molasses manufacturer in a damages trial in the District of Delaware relating to a merger between two large molasses manufacturers
Pro Bono
- Represented two immigrants seeking citizenship
- Represented inmates in federal lawsuits alleging that they received inadequate dental and other treatment, and negotiated a favorable settlements for the inmates.
- Has twice taken engagements for the Lawyers for the Creative Arts organization, and assisted several of the organization’s members in enforcing rights associated with creative works such as film scripts and art pieces
- Prior to joining the firm, performed hundreds of hours of clinical work with the Appellate Division of the Wayne County Public Defender’s Office and the National Wildlife Federation