Julianna D. Coppage
Associate
During law school, Julianna was a student attorney with the Georgetown Law Criminal Justice Clinic, where she won a not-guilty verdict in a bench trial and achieved dismissal of another case based on her successful pre-trial motion. Prior to law school, she worked for three years as a paralegal in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), where she assisted in several trials involving internet crimes.
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Experience
Experience
Representative Matters
- Contributed to a trial team in a California state court case alleging injury from a vaccine. Took the lead in preparing expert cross-examination outlines; co-authored a Sargon motion to exclude plaintiff’s regulatory expert; drafted deposition designations and evidentiary objections
- Represented a vaccine manufacturer in a multi-district litigation alleging injuries from a vaccine. Served as the associate lead in preparing pharmacovigilance company witnesses for deposition and was a key member of the team responsible for deposing plaintiffs’ regulatory expert and drafting a motion to exclude that expert
- Represented a manufacturer of an anti-epileptic drug in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Drafted a successful motion for summary judgment arguing lack of proximate cause under California law, among other motions; took physician and expert depositions
- Served on a team representing the manufacturer of an adult vaccine in nationwide litigation. First-chaired depositions of plaintiffs, family members, and prescribing and treating healthcare providers in federal and state courts; collaborated in developing and executing a strategy for discovery deficiencies that resulted in hundreds of voluntary dismissals with prejudice throughout the life cycle of the MDL; second-chaired depositions of general and specific causation experts; drafted discovery and summary judgment motions as well as Daubert motions to exclude design defect and regulatory experts
- Represented the manufacturer of a prescription medication in multi-district litigation by deposing fact and healthcare providers; supporting general and specific causation expert depositions; and drafting motions for summary judgment and Daubert motions
- Defended the manufacturer of an intravenous iron replacement product and its parent company in a consolidated federal case by drafting motions to exclude expert testimony, oppositions to motions to exclude expert testimony, and a motion for summary judgment for the parent company
- Represented a pharmaceutical company that, decades prior to the case being brought, contributed to promoting another manufacturer’s prescription drug in limited circumstances. Developed a successful strategy for dismissal of all cases against her client in that state, which involved a petition for extraordinary relief at the pleadings stage filed with the state’s highest court
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- J.D. cum laude Georgetown University Law Center 2018
- Editorial staff and contributing author, Georgetown Law Technology Review
- Semi-finalist, Moot Court, Barrister's Council, 47th Annual William E. Leahy Moot Court Competition
- CALI Award
- Dean’s Opportunity Scholar
- A.B. Barnard College, Columbia University 2012
- William H. Petree Scholarship
- Columbia Mock Trial team, 2008 – 2010
Bar Admissions
- Maryland
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Member, Defense Research Institute
- Co-presenter, 2023 DRI Drug and Medical Device Seminar, Young Lawyers Breakout: “Plaintiff Management in MDLs and Using PFSs to Cull Meritless Claims”
Community
Community
Pro Bono
- Represents pro bono a formerly incarcerated individual in § 1983 claims against state prison officials and contracted medical staff. Succeeded in defeating State Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, which Julianna participated in drafting