Vioxx Attorneys - Lawyers for Users of Vioxx who have suffered Heart Attack Stroke and Other Vioxx Related Adverse Reactions.

Vioxx Attorneys - Nicholas Allis and Raymond L. Henke are your experienced and nationally acclaimed medical pharmaceutical attorneys for Vioxx cases involving heart attack, stroke and other adverse reactions related to the use of Vioxx. Below and on other pages of this site is discussed the Vioxx "recall"; the Vioxx clinical studies which these Vioxx attorneys consider significant as identifying the adverse health consequences of Vioxx use; the FDA actions with regard to Vioxx, including its initial warning letter to the manufacturer, Merck & Company and its recent health advisory coinciding with Merck's withdrawal of the drug from the market. These Vioxx attorneys also discuss the the legal paths the Vioxx litigation may take, including Vioxx class actions suits and the potential advantages and disadvantages of class action vs. separate prosecution of individual Vioxx cases; and the information with regard to the mechanism of action of Vioxx as it may explain Vioxx adverse reactions and potentially suggest that other drugs, such as Celebrex may also need to be carefully studied to determine if they too may cause the same adverse reactions..
In other pages of this web site, Vioxx attorneys Mr. Henke and Mr. Allis set forth their credentials as seasoned and superior pharmaceutical product lawyers. Vioxx attorney, Mr. Allis, a former President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, describes the breadth of his experience over the past 20 years prosecuting pharmaceutical product liability cases across the spectrum of drug cases, both in the contest of class actions and in separately prosecuting individual drug product liability cases. Vioxx attorney Henke is a nationally recognized drug product and drug fraud lawyer, perhaps best known for his prosecution of important AIDS drug fraud litigation, significant in the Vioxx litigation given what the FDA has asserted was Merck & Company's false or misleading advertising. Vioxx attorney Henke has been widely recognized by his trial lawyer peers, the national news media, in national legal publications, and in national television for his courageous and aggressive representation of his clients. He received trail lawyer association recognition for his work in drug cases, nominated "Trial Lawyer of the Year" for his work in the AIDS drug fraud litigation, and was invited to testify before Congress with regard to the same drug fraud litigation. Mr. Henke has also achieved very important published pharmaceutical product class action appellate victories, and California appellate victory to permit his AIDS drug clients to pursue punitive damages against their physicians and the hospitals which participated in the drug fraud. For more information about Vioxx attorneys Allis and Henke, please consult the Vioxx Attorneys qualifications page.
You may also consult the page "What to Ask in Selecting a Pharmaceutical Product Liability Lawyer," where Vioxx attorneys Henke and Allis provide you a list of questions you may consider asking any Vioxx attorney who you would consider to represent you.
Vioxx attorneys Allis and Henke will consider serving as your Vioxx attorneys in cases in which the potential client has suffered myocardial infarction or heart attack, congestive heart failure and stroke in association with Vioxx use; and are considering serving as Vioxx attorneys also for users of Vioxx who have suffered kidney insufficiency, kidney failure and transient ischemic attacks.

Vioxx Attorney Raymond L. Henke - the Pharmaceutical Product Liability Attorney with the Credentials and Track Record.

Vioxx Attorney Henke is nationally acclaimed for his prosecution of important drug litigation, recognized in national lay and legal newspapers, magazines, journals and books. He has received recognition from his trial lawyer peers specifically for his accomplishments in drug litigation. For example, he was nominated "Trial Lawyer of the Year" for his prosecution of one such case. Vioxx attorney Ray Henke has received recognition by the legitimate national news media for his prosecution of pharmaceutical litigation from a front page article in the New York Times to the front page of the Los Angeles Times. He has testified before the United States Congress with regard to 10 of his test pharmaceutical cases at the invitation of the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives. With the pharmaceutical product liability law firm of Butler, Dan Allis & Reback, attorney Henke was involved in Dalkon Shield, DES, Bendectin and DPT litigation. Mr. Henke was also involved in the asbestos litigation, and in prosecuting AIDS drug fraud litigation involving the drug Viroxan. Vioxx attorney Henke has also acheived important published appellate victories in national drug product litigation including a landmark published federal court of appeals pharmaceutical class action opinion which defines the scope of permissible pharmaceutical class action through this date. Attorney Henke is a former Governor of LATLA, the 5th largest trial lawyer bar in the United States. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the LATLA Advocate Law Magazine. Attorney Henke is "AV" rated by Martindale and Hubbell, "A" connoting "very high to preeminent" legal ability and "V"connoting "very high" ethical standards. Attorney Henke has published over 30 articles in "Trial," the journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, "Forum" and "the Advocate." Attorney Henke obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Francisco Law School in 1979, served on the USF Law Review and interned with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Vioxx Attorney Nicholas R. Allis - the Pharmaceutical Product Liability Attorney with the Credentials and Track Record

Vioxx attorney Nicholas Allis received his B.A. from Yale University and Juris Doctorate degree from Georgetown University. At Georgetown Law Center,he was on the executive board of the Georgetown Law Journal. He clerked for a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit for a year after law school and eventually became a partner in Butler, Dan, Allis and Reback which specialized in pharmaceutical cases. Vioxx attorney Allis has extensive litigation experience, serving as lead attorney in over 60 jury trials. Attorney Allis has argued in the United States Suprene Court and is a member of the Supreme Court Bar. . Attorney Allis has litigated cases involving injuries or deaths caused by a variety of drugs and pharmaceutical products, including DES, the Dalkon Shield, Breast Implants, Phen-Phen, Bendectin, and Tylenol, to name a few. Attorney Allis has served as President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, one of the largest bar associations with a membership of 3000 attorneys. He is on the board of Public Counsel, the largest public interest law firm in the United States, and is on the board of the Beverly Hills Bar Foundation. Vioxx attorney Allis has received the President's Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Beverly Hills Bar Association and is a lecturer for the California Continuing Education of the Bar and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. He has published numerous legal articles in such journals as the Georgetown Law Journal, the University of Southern California Law Review, and the Advocate (the journal of the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles).