Melanie H. Muhlstock: (Managing Attorney, Mass Torts Unit), born Bronxville, New York. Admitted to bar: 1997, New Jersey; 1997, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; 1998, New York; 1998, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 2001, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York; 2006 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Education: University of Wisconsin at Madison (B.A., 1994); Loyola University - Chicago School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member: Law and Briefing and Discovery Sub-Committees of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for the Guidant Multi-District Litigation No.05-1708; Discovery and Expert Sub-Committees of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for the Denture Cream Multi-District Litigation No. 2051; Ms. Muhlstock has also done work on behalf of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in In re Ortho Evra Products Liability Litigation, both in Multi-District Litigation No. 1742 and in the New Jersey Mass Tort No. 275, and the New York Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in the coordinated ReNu with MoistureLoc litigation before the Hon. Shirley Kornreich. Professional Memberships: American Association for Justice (AAJ); American Bar Association (ABA); and New York State Bar Association. Professional Experience: Prior to joining Parker Waichman LLP, Ms. Muhlstock spent seven years representing pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers of medical devices and consumer products. While in law school, she was also an extern for the United States Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois where she tried petty offense cases and assisted in the prosecution of organized crime and narcotics felony cases. Publications: Co-author of “Liability for Off-Label Uses: Coordinating a Response with the Prescribing Physician”, which was presented at the American Conference Institute’s Drug and Medical Device Litigation Conference, December, 1998. Practice Areas: Mass Torts, Toxic Torts, Defective Drug Liability, Defective Medical Devices, Products Liability, Class Actions, Complex Litigation and General Personal Injury and Negligence Litigation.