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About Diane K. Watkins

Argued before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Eighth Circuit, as well as the Missouri Court of Appeals Recognized by her peers as a Missouri and Kansas Rising Star in litigation for seven years Currently serves as a member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, Discovery Committee, and Third-Party Discovery Team for In Re: Baby Food Products Liability Litigation (MDL 3101) Currently serves as a member of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, Deposition Committee, and Document Review Committee for In Re: Abbott Laboratories Preterm Infant Nutrition Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3072) Served as Co-Chair of the Privilege Log/Confidentiality Order Task Force and a member of the Third-Party Discovery Task Force in the In Re: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2327)

Practice areas

Education

University of Kansas School of Law
J.D., 2000
Kansas State University
Undergraduate, 1997

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Kansas

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Brown & Crouppen
Brown & Crouppen
$119.5 million (approximately, as cut post-trial; $462 million gross verdict) · $462 Million Verdict Against Trailer Maker Wabash in a Fatal St. Louis Underride Crash
The Popham Law Firm
The Popham Law Firm
$57 million · $57 Million Settlement for 1,700 Sprint Workers in Landmark ADEA Collective Action
Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe
Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe
$82.3 million · $82.3 Million Verdict for I-70 Crash Victim Struck by Trucker Watching Videos on iPad
Shamberg Johnson & Bergman
Shamberg Johnson & Bergman
$15,275,000 (judgment after comparative-fault reduction; $23.5 million gross verdict) · $23.5 Million Verdict Against Swift Transportation for Meth-Impaired Driver Who Backed Into Highway Traffic
Cullan & Cullan LLC
Cullan & Cullan LLC
$20,824,653 (final judgment after Missouri's noneconomic cap and a settlement credit; $25.4 million gross verdict) · $25.4 Million Verdict for Birth Injury Caused by Excessive Pitocin, Reduced to $20.8 Million Under Missouri's Malpractice Cap