Alaniz, Richard D

Dave Alden's practice focuses on products liability and, in particular, on defending actions involving pharmaceuticals, tobacco, and consumer products in trial and appellate courts around the country. He also has substantial experience defending accounting malpractice, RICO, and securities actions. Dave regularly counsels clients regarding attorney-client privilege and attorney work product protection issues and has defended challenges to such claims in several jurisdictions.

For the last five years, Dave has represented Wyeth as national coordinating counsel in actions relating to Wyeth's prescription antidepressant. That representation has involved, among other things, a month-long jury trial and appeals to the Fifth, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits. For more than 20 years, he has represented R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as national coordinating counsel in smoking and health product liability actions, again in trial and appellate courts around the country. For two years, Dave was an in-house attorney for a major accounting firm, where he defended the firm in malpractice, securities, and RICO actions.

Dave has published several articles addressing, among other things, the attorney-client privilege and attorney work product protection. He is coauthor of an article addressing federal preemption of claims relating to medical device preemption that is in press. He also represents inmates seeking DNA testing on a pro bono basis.