Attorney Profiles

Nadira Kirkland 
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Associate
phone (856) 414-6072
fax (856) 414-6077
email nkkirkland@mdwcg.com

Nadira concentrates much of her practice on toxic and mass torts and product liability matters. She also maintains a part of her practice representing defendants in a number of premises liability, transportation, municipal, and education matters. She began her employment with Marshall Dennehey in the medical malpractice department defending nursing homes, assisted living facilities, nurses and physicians for three years.

At the University of Notre Dame Law School, she was a member of the International Moot Court Team and was responsible for the competition brief. She also participated in the Notre Dame London Summer Program.

Prior to attending law school, Nadira worked as a paralegal at Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, in New York, New York, on securities and insurance class action matters. She also worked in the legal department at Eisai, Inc. assisting with drafting distribution, promotion, licensing, and service agreements while researching the Food & Drug Administration guidelines and regulations.

Significant Representative Matters

  • Success in getting a number of mass and toxic torts matters dismissed by way of Summary Judgment Motions.

  • By artfully using the Workers' Compensation Act, obtained dismissals of claims brought by various employees against their respective employers.

  • Defendant's Summary Judgment granted for wrongful death, pain and suffering, and punitive damages claims in a case against a nursing home where the patient wandered outside at night in the winter and was found dead the next morning.
  • Year Joined Organization:
    2003
    Areas of Practice:
    Municipal Liability
    Transportation/Trucking
    Premises Liability
    Employment Law
    Civil Rights
    Asbestos
    Education Law
    Healthcare Law
    Products Liability
    Bar Admissions:
    New Jersey, 2002
    U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 2002
    New York, 2003
    Pennsylvania, 2005
    Education:
    Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2002
    J.D.


    University of Notre Dame, 1997
    B.A.


    Published Works:
    Court's Scrutiny of Biomechanical Expert Testimony, Defense Digest, Dec., 2007


    New Jersey Medical Malpractice Law Alert, 2003-2006


    Honors and Awards:
    Regional Finalist, International Moot Court - Jessup Competition, 2000 - 2001


    Professional Associations and Memberships:
    Camden County Bar Association


    New York Bar Association


    Philadelphia Bar Association


    Past Employment Positions:
    The Law Offices of Brian J. Neary, Hackensack, NJ, Associate, 2002 - 2003


    Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, LLP, NY, NY, Paralegal, 1998 - 1999


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