Columbus, Ohio, Personal Injury Lawyer Profile
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Andrew List is included in The Best Lawyers in America for personal injury litigation; the Best in the US for both commercial and personal injury litigation; the top lawyers in Columbus, as published in Columbus’ Business First; and he has been named as one of “Ohio’s Top Lawyers” by Ohio Super Lawyers. Andrew is also a past president of the Central Ohio Association for Justice and a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Since 1996, Andrew has been widely recognized as a leading nursing home abuse lawyer in Ohio, after he obtained one of the largest jury awards in the state against a nursing home operator. Since that time, Andrew has helped dozens of families who have experienced the death of a loved one as a result of neglect or abuse in a long-term care facility.
Andrew has substantial experience representing consumers who have been injured by dangerous or defective products, including cases involving fires and explosions, dangerous pharmaceuticals and defective medical devices.
In the early 1990s, Andrew represented dozens of persons who had suffered serious burn injuries caused by defective coolant systems in Renault automobiles. And, Andrew’s commitment to assisting burn injury survivors has continued with a variety of dangerous products, including toys.
For more than a decade, Andrew has represented hundreds of consumers injured by dangerous pharmaceuticals and defective medical devices. Some examples include patients who suffered heart attacks or strokes after taking pain medications such as Vioxx or Bextra; children who suffered catastrophic injury as a result of antidepressant medications, including Paxil; young women who suffered strokes after taking birth control medications, such as Ortho Evra and Yasmin.
Similarly, Andrew continues to represent dozens of patients who have suffered injury as a result of defective medical devices, including: metal on metal hip implants manufactured by Biomet and Depuy, knee implants manufactured by Zimmer and surgical mesh materials manufactured by Boston Scientific.
Andrew is a graduate of Wake Forest University and The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He is admitted to practice in all of Ohio’s trial courts, both state and federal, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. Andrew has also been specially admitted to numerous trial courts outside Ohio, serving as trial counsel for lawyers who request assistance in bringing complex cases before judges and juries.
Year Joined Firm
- 1991
Areas of Practice
- Complex Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse
- Fire Catastrophes
- Drug and Medical Device Litigation
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1991
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1993
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 2000
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2000
Education
- The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio
- J.D. – May, 1990
- Wake Forest University
- B.A. cum laude – May, 1987
Published Works
- The Winding Path and Pitfalls of Federal Preemption, Columbus Bar Association, Lawyers Quarterly, 2009
- Paxil, Suicide & Children, Columbus Bar Association, Lawyers Quarterly, 2006
Classes/Seminars
- Technology in the Courtroom, Ohio State Bar Association, December 18, 2009 – Present
- Preemption in the Post-Riegel Era, Ohio Association for Justice, May 9, 2008 – Present
- The Small Firm’s Guide to Fighting Drug Giants, Ohio Association for Justice, November 28, 2007 – Present
Honors and Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Best in the US for both Commercial and Personal Injury Litigation
- Top Lawyers in Columbus, as published in Columbus’ Business First
- “Ohio’s Top Lawyers” by Ohio Super Lawyers
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Central Ohio Association for Justice, Past President
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Member
- American Association for Justice
- Ohio Association for Justice
- Columbus Bar Foundation, Fellow
Of Counsel: Anapol Weiss
Clark, Perdue & List has a progressive “of-counsel” relationship with the highly successful Philadelphia based personal injury law firm of Anapol Weiss. For several years, the two law firms have worked closely together on pharmaceutical and medical device cases (such as Vioxx, Medtronic and Guidant) as well as individual injury and death cases. This relationship makes the lawyers of Anapol Weiss available to support Clark, Perdue in major regional or national complex litigation, including class actions and mass torts. We are excited to strengthen our existing capabilities to handle large, complex lawsuits both regionally and nationally.
Sol H. Weiss


Thomas R. Anapol


Joel D. Feldman


Tracy A. Finken Magnotta


James R. Ronca


Larry E. Coben


Miriam Benton Barish


Kila Baldwin


Stephen Pokiniewski, Jr.


Shayna Slater


Jo Ann Niemi


Emily Ashe


Paola Pearson


Catelyn McDonough


Pamela P. Lin


Meghan A. Mills


Gabrielle Weiss


Robert G. Devine, Jr.


Jillian Casarella


Jordan Solarz


Krystal Kelly


Joshua H.K. Levy