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About Vanessa Harris Gross
Secured the largest reported compensatory damages award for a wrongful death case in Kansas state history - $6.7 million verdict Won a $2.5 million jury verdict in Florida federal court in the first Transvaginal Mesh cases tried against Coloplast Court-appointed to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in In Re: Hair Relaxer Marketing Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3060) by the Honorable Mary M. Rowland, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Proven track record on both sides of the courtroom, having successfully tried plaintiff and defense cases to verdict Represented hundreds of clients nationwide in complex mass tort litigation, including consumer product, pharmaceutical, and medical device cases
Practice areas
Education
Vanderbilt University Law School
J.D., 2008
University of Florida
Undergraduate, 2005
Bar admissions & credentials
State Bar of Kansas
State Bar of Missouri
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