Avril G. Love

Avril G. Love is Counsel in the Los Angeles office of Tucker Ellis & West LLP. Avril defends pharmaceutical and medical products liability actions and handles multi-jurisdictional litigation and class actions, particularly in the context of products cases involving recalls.  She also has experience resolving business matters brought in California courts involving contract disputes, trade secrets, antitrust, fraud, and other torts.

Avril earned a B.A. at Berkeley in Political Science and Psychology. She attended Georgetown University Law Center, where, as a clinic student, she drafted the Domestic Violence Screening, Treatment and Prevention Act of 2003, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Representative Cases

In re: Digitek Products Liability Litigation, United States District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Approximately one thousand product liability cases for wrongful death or other injuries involving digoxin recalled for possible manufacturing defect.

Julie Steies v. Wyeth LLC, United States District Court, District of Minnesota. Product liability case for injuries associated with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome involving over-the-counter drug.

Carlsen v. Network Solutions, LLC, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County. Unfair competition and false advertising case involving contract claims and several business torts alleged against Internet domain name registrar.

AmTrust Bank v. PCMG, Inc., Superior Court of California, Orange County. Mortgage fraud action on behalf of bank against mortgage broker involving falsification of loan application documents.

Recent Publications

“Out of Your Jurisdiction: Why FDA Recalls and Courts Do Not Mix,” IADC Drug, Device and Biotechnology Newsletter (August 2011)

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