Kristen Richer
Partner
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Kristen Richer is a distinguished litigator and trusted leader at Barnes & Thorn-burg, where she has earned partnership. Her impact on the legal profession is marked by her role in leading high-stakes, multi-billion-dollar litigation and her pioneering work in pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, product liability, mass torts, consumer class action defense and regulatory advisement. Richer’s legal acumen is reflected in her service as liaison counsel for more than 10 pharmacy defendants in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) involving personal injury, economic loss class claims and medical monitoring class claims. She also holds a leader-ship position on the Defense Executive Committee for an ongoing product liability MDL and was appointed as defense liaison counsel to the court in this high-profile case.
