Whistleblower Files Suit Against Johnson & Johnson

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The firm’s four partners discuss their litigation approach and institutional credentials — including over $1 billion recovered, Tier One Best Law Firm recognition, three partners who served as presidents of the DC Trial Lawyers Association, and two Super Lawyers Top 100 honorees. For whistleblower and qui tam clients, the firm brings the same resources, trial readiness, and willingness to confront powerful entities.

Speakers: Ira Sherman, Joseph Cammarata, Stephen Ollar, Allan Siegel

Joseph Cammarata (00:01): How do you pick the right personal injury lawyer? How do you know who to trust? This is the most important decision you’re going to make right now. The question is how do you get it right?

Allan Siegel (00:14): For more than 50 years, we’ve gone to battle for our clients. We represent the victims of car bus and truck collisions, bike wrecks, traumatic brain injuries, and medical malpractice. We fight insurance companies, corporations, and governments at Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata and Siegel. We know what it takes to win, and we’re proud of the reputation that we’ve built as advocates for the people.

Ira Sherman (00:45): Experience matters. That’s just the truth. There’s no other way to excel for our clients other than years of hard work. We’ve dedicated our entire professional careers to this cause and what do we have to show for it? Over $1 billion in compensation for our clients. Named Tier One Best Law Firm in Personal Injury Litigation. Three partners who served as presidents of the metropolitan DC Trial Lawyers Association and justice for tens of thousands of clients.

Stephen Ollar (01:22): Needing a lawyer and finding one can be a scary and overwhelming process. We strive to take the fear and uncertainty out of that process, unlike other firms. When you call our firm, you will always speak with an attorney about your case. As a former staff sergeant in the United States Army, I know what it means to serve and we serve our clients by providing unmatched representation and the expertise to win cases.

Joseph Cammarata (01:50): Our firm’s mission has always been to represent people from every walk of life, young, old, rich, poor, large cases. In the small ones that comes from our founder, Donald Chaikin. I will never forget what he would tell people. He would say, we fight for those you love.

Allan Siegel (02:09): We are local and national leaders in the personal injury field. There are not many law firms that have our combination of awards and achievements. We have two trial lawyers recognized in the Super Lawyer’s Top 100 list. Ira Sherman served on the board of the Brain Injury Association of America for many years. Joe Cammarata is a past chair of the AAJ Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, and I recently served as the chair of AAJ’s bus litigation group. Look, if people come in, the world

Ira Sherman (02:40): is turned upside down. They don’t know where to turn next. When you hire us, we’re going to be doing all we can to obtain justice on your behalf. You just got one thing to do, which is to get

Allan Siegel (02:53): better. We are Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata and Siegel. Personal Injury Attorneys in Washington, DC.

An employee fired from Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceutical unit, blew the whistle on promotions of an anti-psychotic drug because of allegations that it was being promoted for use for non-approved purposed. Ms. Lynn Powell claimed that Johnson & Johnson fired her in February 2004 as a result of her complaints about company pressure to encourage physicians to prescribe Risperdal® to children and bipolar disorder patients when it was only approved for adults with schizophrenia.

Johnson & Johnson denied that it promoted Risperdal® other than for uses for which it was approved. The lawsuit is currently pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Mercer County.

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