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Cynthia L. Garber

OnderLaw, LLC 12 Corporate Plaza Dr. Newport Beach, CA 92660 Practice Area(s): Class Action / Mass Tort Litigation, Products Liability

Admission Dates & Jurisdictions Education Honors & Awards Professional Associations Press Speaking Engagements Service Activities

Admission Dates & Jurisdictions

  • California, 2000
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California, 2000
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • United States District Court for New Orleans
  • United States Supreme Court, 2005

Education

  • Western State University College of Law, Fullerton, California (J.D., Cum Laude, 1999)
  • Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California (A.S., Nursing, 1985)

Honors & Awards

Professional Associations

  • State Bar of California
  • American Association for Justice: Leader’s Forum; Actos Bladder Cancer Litigation Group; Section on Toxic, Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Torts (STEP)
  • Consumer Attorneys of California
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • Member, Board of Directors Orange County Trial Lawyers Assn, 2004 – 2008
  • Member, Board of Directors, Constitutional Rights Foundation Orange County
  • The American Association of Nurse Attorneys
  • American Nursing Association
  • Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles

Press

  • Law360
  • Lawyers USA
  • Madison-St. Clair Record
  • Mealey’s™ Antitrust/Unfair Competition
  • Mealey’s™ Emerging Drugs & Devices
  • National Law Journal
  • The Legal Intelligencer
  • Westlaw Journals

Speaking Engagements

  • Topic: “Yaz, Yasmin, Ghost Marketing: Manipulation of the Science”
    Organization: The American Association for Justice
    Event: 2010 Annual Convention
    Location: British Columbia, Canada
    Date: July 10 – 14, 2010
  • Topic: “Depuy Hip Implant Recall: Overview of the Product, the Company, and Delay and Suspension of Sales”
    Organization: The American Association for Justice
    Event: Dupuy Metal on Metal Hip Implant Litigation Group Teleseminar
    Location: Teleseminar
    Date: Nov 9, 2010
  • Topic: “Defensive and Similarities to Other Pharmaceutical Torts; Detecting the Injury”
    Organization: Harris Martin Conferences
    Event: Darvon, Darvocet Litigation Conference
    Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
    Date: Jan 14, 2011
  • Topic: PMDD and PMS Issues
    Organization: California JCCP Science Committee
    Event: California JCCP Science Committee for Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella Webinar
    Location: Los Angeles, California
    Date: February 2011
  • Topic: “Yaz, Yasmin & Ocella: Pharmaceutical Ghostwriting”
    Organization: California JCCP Science Committee
    Event: California JCCP Science Committee for Yaz, Yasmin & Ocella Webinar
    Location: Los Angeles, California
    Date: February 2011
  • Topic: “Fosamax and Atypical Femur Fractures”
    Organization: HB Litigation Teleconference
    Event: Teleconference
    Location: Teleconference
    Date: March 8, 2011
  • Topic: “Past Claims and Pending Litigation”
    Organization: Harris Martin
    Event: Harris Martin Conference
    Location: San Diego, California
    Date: March 29, 2011
  • Topic: “Darvon, Darvocet: Detecting the Signature Injury”
    Organization: Mass Torts Made Perfect
    Event: Mass Torts Made Perfect
    Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
    Date: April 14, 2011
  • Topic: “Fosamax Femur Fractures: Summary Review of Recent Epidemiology and Label”
    Organization: Robinson, Calcagnie, Robinson
    Event: Fosamax Femur Fracture Science Day presented to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for Fosamax Femur MDL
    Location: Newport Beach, California
    Date: May 20, 2011
  • Topic: Gall Bladder Update
    Organization: American Association for Justice
    Event: The American Association for Justice Yaz/Yasmin Teleseminar
    Location: Teleseminar
    Date: November 10, 2011
  • Program: Update on SSRI Antidepressant Injury Litigation
    Panel Topic:  “The Science Behind SSRI Birth Injury Litigation”
    Organization: American Association for Justice, SSRI Antidepressant Birth Defect Cases Litigation Group
    Event: AAJ Annual Convention
    Location: San Francisco, California
    Date: July 20 – 23, 2013
  • Topic: “Marketing And Applying Your Unique Skill Set As A Nurse Attorney In Complex Medically Based Litigation”
    Organization: The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA)
    Event: TAANA 2013 Annual Conference – 32nd Annual Meeting Educational Conference
    Location: Savannah, Georgia
    Date: October 10 – 12, 2013
  • Topic: Spoliation in Complex Litigation: Lessons Learned
    Organization: American Bar Association
    Event: The Women of the Section of Litigation Conference
    Location: Chicago, Illinois
    Date: November 6, 2014
  • Topic: Spoliation of Evidence in Complex Litigation: Lessons Learned
    Organization: Mass Torts Made Perfect Spring Seminar
    Event: Mass Torts Made Perfect
    Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
    Date: April 16-17, 2015
  • Topic: Using Expert Testimony and Life Care Plans to Develop Damage Claims
    Organization: American Association for Justice
    Event: AAJ Annual Convention
    Location: Montreal, Canada Date: July 11-15, 2015

Service Activities

  • Volunteer legal services and Mentor for the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County, a non-profit educational organization focused on involving and empowering youth to become active and responsible citizens.
  • Supporter and Fundraiser for the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation
  • Board of Directors, Junior All American Football League, 2000 – 2005
  • Booster Board of Directors, Newport Harbor High School, 2007 – 2010
  • Assistant to the Board of Directors Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County, preparatory for eligibility for Board of Directors, 2009 – 2010
  • Attorney-volunteer for the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County Peer Court
  • Attorney Competition Judge for the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County Mock Trials
  • Attorney-Coach and Attorney-Judge for Newport Harbor High School Mock Trial Competitions,  2008 – 2010
  • Attorney-Coach for Laguna Beach High School Mock Trial Competitions, 2008
  • Attorney-Judge, Mock Trial Competition, Chapman Law School, 2010
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