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Hadley E. Lundback

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Hadley E. Lundback focuses her practice on complex litigation involving medical device and pharmaceutical liability, environmental toxic torts, consumer protection, medical malpractice, and catastrophic personal injury matters. She has extensive experience serving in court-appointed leadership roles in both federal multi-district litigation (MDL) and state multi-county litigation (MCL), and oversees Faraci Lange’s defective drug, medical device, and consumer protection practices.

Since joining Faraci Lange in 2010, Hadley has played a significant role in a number of high-profile and complex cases nationwide. She served as Co-Lead Counsel in the Excellus Data Breach class action litigation and was appointed Co-Lead Class Counsel in the Hoosick Falls water contamination lawsuit following class certification. She also served on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Bard IVC Filter MDL and was a member of the trial team for the first bellwether trial, which resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. In addition, Hadley and Faraci Lange were appointed Liaison Counsel in a shareholder derivative action filed against Eastman Kodak Company in the Western District of New York.

Hadley was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Exactech Polyethylene Orthopedic Products Liability Litigation MDL, where she also serves as Chair of the Science Committee. Her extensive medical device litigation experience includes work involving DePuy ASR and Pinnacle hip implants, Biomet M2a Magnum, and Stryker Rejuvenate/ABG II devices. She served as co-lead trial counsel in the DePuy ASR MDL, which ultimately resulted in a global settlement, and has held additional leadership appointments in the Biomet and Stryker litigations. She has also represented clients in pharmaceutical litigation involving Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella, and continues to litigate cases involving serious injuries caused by internal surgical staplers.

Throughout her career, Hadley has been widely recognized for her professional accomplishments and leadership within the legal community. She has been selected to Best Lawyers from 2018 through 2026 and has been named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers for Product Liability Litigation, Medical Malpractice, and Personal Injury Litigation in multiple years. She was also recognized among the Top 25 Women Upstate New York by Super Lawyers and has consistently been selected as an Upstate New York Super Lawyer after previously being named an Upstate New York Rising Star. Additional honors include the Women of Excellence Award, The Daily Record’s Top Women in Law Award, the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers President’s Award, and The Daily Record’s Up & Coming Attorney Award.

In addition to her litigation practice, Hadley is actively involved in professional and community leadership. She serves on the Board and Executive Committee of Public Justice and previously chaired the American Association for Justice’s Consumer Privacy/Data Breach Litigation Group. She is also a member of the American Association for Justice, the Monroe County Bar Association, and the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys. Hadley is a Past President and Board Member of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers and previously served on the board of the Finger Lakes Land Trust.

Prior to joining Faraci Lange, Hadley practiced in the Environmental Toxic Tort Unit at Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. in New York City, where she represented individuals, municipalities, and businesses harmed by environmental toxins. Her work included representing more than 1,000 individuals in Plant City, Florida in litigation involving heavy metal contamination, as well as representing the County of Suffolk and other entities in the MTBE litigation.

Hadley earned her law degree from Rutgers School of Law–Newark and her undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont. While in law school, she co-founded the Prisoner Re-entry Project through Legal Services of New Jersey, helping remove civil legal barriers for formerly incarcerated individuals re-entering society.

Outside the office, Hadley enjoys exploring Rochester and the Finger Lakes region with her two children and spending time outdoors.

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Education

  • Rutgers University School of Law Newark J.D. 2005
  • University of Vermont B.S. 1998

Awards

  • 2023 Public Justice Membership2023 Public Justice Membership

Publications

  • Right to Access and Information BlockingCLE, American Association for Justice, Speaker (2023)2023 VISIT PUBLICATION
  • Safe Guard Client DataAmerican Association of Justice, formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) (2021)2021 VISIT PUBLICATION
  • Let's Make a Federal Case of ItCLE, New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers (June 2020)2020 VISIT PUBLICATION
  • “Annual Update”CLE, New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, Program Chair (2014-2016, 2018), Speaker (2012-2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)2020
  • The Anatomy of a Data BreachCLE, American Association for Justice, Speaker (2019)2019
  • Data Breaches Come in All SizesTrial Magazine, American Association for Justice, Vol. 55; No. 6 (June 2019)2019
  • Emerging Issues in Environmental Toxic TortsEnvironmental and Pharmaceutical Torts CLE, American Association for Justice, Speaker (2018)2018
  • Data Security and Privacy IssuesConsumer Financial Services Institute, Practising Law Institute, Speaker (2017)2017
  • MDL Steering Committee Appointments; Structure and Leadership; What’s the Plan B?Class Action/Complex Litigation Symposium, Louisiana State Bar Association, Speaker (2016)2016
  • Defective Metal on Metal Hip Implant Claims in Federal Multidistrict Litigation: More than 8,500 Filed Cases,The Senior Lawyer, NYSBA, Vol. 6; No. 1 (Spring 2014), Update (Spring 2015)2015
  • “Daubert, Frye and Parker: Challenges to Expert Testimony”CLE, Monroe County Bar Association, Speaker (2013)2013
  • “When the System Fails: Seeking Justice for Victims of Environmental and Other Mass Torts”Jane Ryan Pre-Law Lecture, State University of New York at Geneseo (2011)2011

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