Parker, John E.

Stephanie Parker is a trial attorney who has extensive experience in the defense of product liability and toxic tort cases. Stephanie has served clients in the tobacco, chemical, pharmaceutical, gasoline, medical device, and automotive industries.

For more than 10 years, Stephanie has served as lead trial counsel for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in numerous smoking and health-related jury trials. Currently, she is lead counsel for R.J. Reynolds in its Engle progeny litigation in Florida, which involves over 9,000 plaintiffs. In this role, she has served as lead trial counsel in the first two jury trials Reynolds has defended and has made many significant legal arguments for Reynolds.

Stephanie is a member of The American Law Institute. She is a Master of the Bleckley Inn of Court and has served on the Bar Council of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She also is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta and has served on the boards of the Federal Defender Program, Girl Scout Council of Northwest Georgia, Vanderbilt University School of Law, Georgia State University School of Law, and Wesleyan College. Stephanie was featured in Georgia Trend magazine as one of its "Women in Business," and she is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, Legal 500, Georgia Super Lawyers, Georgia's "Top 50 Women Attorneys," and Georgia Trend's "Legal Elite."