Sharon L. Caffrey is co-head of the Products Liability and Toxic Torts division of Duane Morris' Trial Practice Group. Ms. Caffrey concentrates her practice in the areas of mass tort, products liability and toxic tort litigation. Ms. Caffrey has served as the national coordinating counsel for Pliva, Inc. in its PPA litigation. She is also one of a handful of national trial counsel for Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation in their asbestos litigation and is regularly assigned to handle their asbestos trials around the country.

Ms. Caffrey's extensive trial experience also includes trying dozens of cases to verdict. One third of her verdicts have been in medical malpractice cases involving a wide range of issues. The remaining trials have included a variety of mass tort cases and other health effects defense cases.

Ms. Caffrey has chaired the Mealey's conference on "Email, Discovery and Retention Policies," is a frequent speaker on the topic of eDiscovery issues and is a member of the firm's eDiscovery Initiative.

Ms. Caffrey is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She has spoken at the Mealey's Asbestos Litigation Seminar and the American Conference Institute Asbestos Litigation Seminar. Ms. Caffrey is vice chair of the Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee of the American Bar Association and also is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association as well as the Committee on Women in the Profession of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Ms. Caffrey also chairs Duane Morris' Women's Initiative and co-chaired the first Lexis-Nexis conference on Advancing Women in the Profession.

A former judicial clerk to the Honorable Dominick J. Ferrelli, JSC and the Honorable Anthony P. Tunney, JSC of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Ms. Caffrey is a 1987 graduate of Widener University School of Law and a graduate of American University.

Areas Of Practice

Mass Torts and Products Liability

Representative Matters

Currently national coordinating counsel for a pharmaceutical company in its PPA litigation. Representation includes responsibility for over 250 direct claims and approximately 540 contractual indemnity claims, oversight of local counsel in 18 states, oversight of federal multi-district litigation, and the development of corporate and expert witnesses.
Part of the national asbestos defense team for Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation and a member of their national trial team.
Served as national counsel for Borinquen Insulation in its asbestos litigation in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Representation involved approximately 500 cases spanning a period of about eight years.

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
- Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
-- Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee
--- Vice-Chair, 2005-2007
New Jersey State Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
- Committee on Women in the Profession
Camden County Bar Association
Chair, Duane Morris Women's Initiative
National Association of Women Lawyers
- Program Committee, 2007
- Survey Committee, 2007
- Leadership Summit, 2007
National Association of Women Judges
- Friends Committee, 2007
Camden Inn of the American Inns of Court
-Barrister, 1995-1997

Admissions

New Jersey
Pennsylvania
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of New Jersey

Education

Widener University School of Law, J.D., 1987