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 Gerald
D. Jowers, Jr.
gjowers@medlawlegalteam.com
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Mr. Jowers' focuses his practice on the
representation of victims of medical malpractice and patients who have
been injured by defective pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He is
admitted to practice before all courts in the state of South Carolina,
the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
(2002), and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (2003). Additionally, he
has been admitted to practice pro hac vice in numerous states throughout
the country.
Mr. Jowers graduated with honors from The
Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in 1998. Afterwards, he
entered the University of South Carolina School of Law and graduated in
2001. During law school he earned academic recognition on the Dean's
List and a Cali Award in The Constitution. He was admitted to the South
Carolina Bar in November 2001. Following law school her began a judicial
clerkship for the Honorable Kenneth G. Goode, a South Carolina Circuit
Court Judge.
Since entering private practice, Mr.
Jowers has published three times in his areas of practice. His article,
"Drug Advertising and Accountability,"appeared in the July 2003
edition of TRIAL magazine, and was later reprinted in the Oregon State
Bar Products Liability Section's quarterly publication. In November
2003, his article, "When the Bulls Make Way for the Bears- Civil
Liability Under Federal and State Securities Laws and the Common Law,"
appeared in the South Carolina Lawyer. His most recent article, "The
Class Stops the Clock," was featured in the November 2005 edition of
TRIAL Magazine. In addition to his publications, Mr. Jowers has lectured
numerous times to community and professional organizations.
In 2005, Mr. Jowers was appointed to lead
the discovery efforts relating to the Pfizer drug Provera in MDL 1507,
in re Prempro Products Liability litigation. This is an ongoing
consolidated litigation involving the claims of more than 12,000 women
who developed breast cancer following the use of hormone therapy drugs.
Over the next three years, he coordinated the document review, the
assembly of exhibits, the development of expert witnesses, and
personally took the depositions of pharmaceutical executives and
scientists involved in the development and marketing of Provera. His
work contributed to a trial package that has resulted in successful
verdicts and settlements in cases tried in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and
Nevada. Two of those cases resulted in awards of punitive damages
against the maker of Provera. Mr. Jowers continues to work in this
litigation on behalf of women injured by these drugs.
In 2007, Mr. Jowers took on a greater
role in the firm's medical malpractice group and began devoting a
substantial portion of his time prosecuting the cases of those injured
by serious medical malpractice. In February of 2009, he and Ken Suggs
tried a case in York County, South Carolina on behalf of the parents of
a child who died after living for four years with the consequences of
medical malpractice that occurred just before her birth. This case
resulted in a substantial verdict against the hospital. The case was
reported in numerous media outlets and featured in the South Carolina Lawyers
Weekly, a legal newspaper.
Mr. Jowers is active in the South
Carolina Bar Association serving on the Professional Responsibility and
Practice and Procedure Committees. He is a member of the South Carolina
Association for Justice (SCAJ), and the American Association for Justice
(AAJ).
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