LAWYER
Sharon Turret
Associate | New York
Sharon Turret

Sharon Turret is a litigator who focuses her practice on product liability and mass torts litigation. She has represented pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer product manufacturer defendants in large-scale multi-district product liability litigation matters in state and federal courts.

Ms. Turret is skilled in many stages of multi-district litigation. She is experienced in leading fact discovery, taking witness interviews, taking and defending depositions, working with expert witnesses, preparing company witnesses for testimony, and drafting briefing.

Ms. Turret is a member of the Women in the Legal Profession Committee of the New York City Bar Association.

  • Getinge AB and Atrium Medical Corporation in more than 2,400 personal injury lawsuits that have been filed involving their hernia mesh products, including an MDL in New Hampshire.
  • GlaxoSmithKline as lead national counsel to in an ongoing MDL in the Southern District of Florida and state courts concerning the FDA’s market withdrawal of Zantac, an antacid medication.
  • Purdue Pharma as national counsel in lawsuits in a federal MDL and in state courts across the country concerning its prescription opioid pain medications, including OxyContin.
  • Saint-Gobain Corporation in an action by 247 UK residents and their estates who seek damages as a result of the 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower, a high-rise apartment building in London. In March 2020, Saint-Gobain secured an order of dismissal due to its lack of involvement in the fire or products at issue.
  • A non-profit foundation in intentional torts arising out of scientific research.
Services
    • New York University, B.A., 2015, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
    • New York University School of Law, J.D., 2018, ABA Appellate Team & Editor, Moot Court Board; Regional Champion, Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition, 2018; Best Oral Advocate & First Place Team, Wechsler National Criminal Moot Court Competition, University of Buffalo Law, 2017; Best Attorney Award & First Place Team, Georgetown Law Trial Advocacy White Collar Tournament, 2016
    • New York
    • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York