Joseph H. Saunders

Attorney Bio

Joseph H. Saunders is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and by the Florida Bar. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1981 and to the Florida Bar in 1982. He is
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory. His most recent publication is a March 2012 peer reviewed article in the American Association for Justice Trial Magazine on Daubert Qualification of Regulatory Expert Witnesses in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device cases. He has been appointed to United States District Court National Multidistrict Steering Committees for pharmaceutical and device product liability litigations involving hip implants, transvaginal mesh implants, and Zicam cold medicine. He was appointed to the New York State Court Steering Committee for Bausch & Lomb Contact Lens Solution Litigation. He has been involved in national multidistrict medical product litigation since 1999 including MDL 1203 (In re: Diet Drugs), MDL 1410 (Sulzer Hip Implant); MDL 1431 (Baycol); MDL 1438 (Rezulin); MDL 1596 (Zyprexa); MDL 1657 (Vioxx); MDL 1708 (Guidant Heart Device); MDL 1726 (Medtronic Implantable Defibrillator); MDL 1785 (Renu Contact Lens Solution); MDL 1905 (Medtronic Heart Device Leads); MDL 2047 (Chinese Drywall); and MDL 2158 (Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant). He is a member of the AAJ PAC Task Force and AAJ PAC Board of Trustees. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Operation PAR, Inc., a 501( c )(3) mental health and substance abuse treatment organization and an advisory board member of Tampa Bay Watch, Inc. non-profit environmental organization. He is also past president and member of the executive committee of Alpha House, Inc., a residential facility for pregnant homeless women. Saunders & Walker P.A. is located in Pinellas Park, Florida.