Lisa P. Gruen
Partner
Experience
Lisa P. Gruen focuses her practice on defending clients in product liability and fire cases, including cases involving consumer electronics, household appliances, power tools, industrial machinery, gas pump equipment, construction products, fans, heaters, and compressors to name but a few. In addition to product liability, she is also experienced in all manner of civil actions, including fire law, toxic tort, professional liability, premises liability, medical devices, construction defect, and subrogation. Lisa counsels and defends manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and successor corporations in claims involving catastrophic personal injury and property damage. She acts as boots on the ground at fire scenes and product inspections.
Lisa has successfully defended retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers in asbestos, pesticides, and lead paint claims. National and international manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and component parts manufacturers have relied on Lisa to defend numerous lawsuits related to consumer and industrial products. In addition, she has significant experience in all types of general civil defense matters involving subrogation defense, wrongful death, and medical and attorney malpractice. She has also defended various governmental agencies and mental health practitioners in administrative as well as civil matters.
Lisa has defended multiple types of wrongful death actions involving medical malpractice, product liability, and automobile accidents. She managed the defense of a security company in a multi-party wrongful death action which arose when a young adult in the emergency room of a hospital escaped out of the hospital due to mental health issues, climbed a fence, and fell into a construction ditch.
Lisa’s jury trial experience includes representing clients in venues throughout the entire state of California. She has handled multiple cases in all California U.S. district courts in matters including product liability, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Lanham Act, patent infringement, and trademark infringement cases. She has also mediated hundreds of cases in all areas of civil liability defense.
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Honors & Awards
Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating: AV Preeminent
Background
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California
Education
- Wayne State University School of Law, J.D.
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, B.A., Political Science
Professional Affiliations
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Fire Science and Litigation Specialized Litigation Group: Past Chair
- Steering Committee
- Products Liability Committee
- Gavel Network Advisory Board: Former Member
Community Involvement
- Autism Speaks: Grand Club Member
News & Knowledge
Publications & Events
- “Tree Fires — Prevention and Investigation” (Co-Author), DRI For the Defense, November 2017
- “Pitfalls of a Product Manufacturer Stuck in a Multi-Party Construction Defect Suit,” DRI For the Defense, April 2016
- “Defending Downstream Entities in the Digital Age,” DRI Product Liability Conference, Austin, TX, February 6, 2019
- “Tree Fires — Prevention and Investigation” (Co-Presenter), DRI Product Liability and Fire Science and Litigation Seminars, Scottsdale, AZ, November 17 2016
- “Pitfalls of a Product Manufacturer Stuck in a Multi-Party Construction Defect Suit,” DRI Product Liability Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 4, 2016
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