With more than 25 years of litigation experience, Crews Townsend serves as lead counsel coordinating the defense of multi-district litigation and putative class actions throughout the country. He currently represents consumer product companies in defense of multi-state product liability litigation regarding talc. His experience includes serving as national coordinating counsel for a leading consumer products company in multi-district litigations involving an over-the-counter diet drug that contained phenylpropanolamine (PPA). He has also coordinated the nationwide defense of cases arising from recalled products and regularly serves as first chair for consumer class actions that involve false labeling and advertising claims. He is chair of the firm’s Life Sciences Group.

Although his practice is particularly focused on national or regional mass tort litigation, Crews also represents clients in a wide range of other commercial litigation matters. He has handled jury trials in federal and state courts involving trade secrets, lender liability, trademarks, commercial breach of warranty, and insurance claims. He has acted as first chair in approximately 100 non-jury hearings and trials as varied as the enforceability of a telecommunications ordinance to the enforceability of covenants not to compete. Additionally, he has appeared on behalf of clients in bankruptcy court and before administrative agencies.

Miller & Martin selected Crews to serve for over 10 years as the firm’s General Counsel and Chairperson of the Ethics Committee. He has also served on the Policy Committee (the firm’s governing body).