About Danielle Gold

Danielle Gold is a partner in the Drugs and Medical Devices unit at Weitz & Luxenberg, where she represents clients who have suffered life-altering injuries from defective pharmaceutical products and medical devices. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Rutgers School of Law-Camden in 2012, where she served as associate research and writing editor for the Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion. She received dual B.A. degrees in government and politics, and criminology and criminal justice, from the University of Maryland in 2009, participating in the College Park Scholars Program. She is admitted in New York and New Jersey and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Weitz & Luxenberg

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As co-lead counsel in the federal Roundup multidistrict litigation and the first firm to sue Monsanto in 2015, Weitz and Luxenberg helped negotiate a $10.9 billion settlement resolving approximately 125,000 non-Hodgkin lymphoma claims against Bayer-owned Monsanto.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (MDL No. 2741) · 2020Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$2.5 billionSettlementLargest in OhioLargest of 2013

Ellen Relkin served as court-appointed co-lead plaintiffs counsel in the DePuy ASR hip implant MDL, helping negotiate a $2.5 billion settlement for roughly 8,000 patients who required revision surgery after the metal-on-metal device failed.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (MDL No. 2197) · 2013Product LiabilityRead the full story →

A New York County jury awarded $117 million to William Durbec and his wife Victoria in May 2025, the largest single-plaintiff asbestos verdict in New York State history, after Durbec developed pleural mesothelioma from asbestos-containing fireproofing he breathed during years of sheet metal work at the original World Trade Center.

New York County Supreme Court (NYCAL), New York, NY · 2025Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$38 millionVerdict

A NYCAL jury awarded Romeo Maffei $38 million after finding boiler manufacturer Burnham LLC 85% liable for his asbestos-caused lung cancer, despite his 40-year smoking history.

New York County Supreme Court (NYCAL), New York, NY · 2023Product LiabilityRead the full story →

A Louisiana federal jury awarded Terrence Allen $9 billion in punitive damages against Takeda and Eli Lilly after finding they hid Actos's bladder cancer risk for years, with W. Mark Lanier serving as lead trial counsel in the first federal bellwether trial of the massive MDL.

U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · 2014Product LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Rutgers School of Law-Camden
J.D., 2012
University of Maryland
Undergraduate, 2009

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York
State Bar of New Jersey

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.