Gina Rodriguez is an experienced trial lawyer. Over the course of her 24-year career, she has conducted more than 30 jury trials. Her practice focuses on defense of medical drug and device cases as well as other products. Depending on a client's priorities, Gina provides preventive litigation counseling and advice, and when the decision is made to try a case, she focuses her experience and skill on winning. In addition, Gina defends clients in government investigations.
Prior to joining the firm in 2002, Gina was an assistant U.S. attorney and chief of the Civil Division in the District of Colorado where she supervised and directed all active civil cases for the office. Gina was appointed as a member of the U.S. Attorney General's Civil Chiefs' working group.
Previously, Gina served in the Assistant Attorney General's Office as the Deputy Senior Counsel for Alternative Dispute Resolution. Working with Senior Counsel, she helped implement Attorney General Reno's vision on ADR being more widely and effectively utilized in the Department of Justice to obtain better and more efficient results in litigation. Gina helped establish and implement a nationwide ADR program for Civil AUSAs. As a certified mediator for the DOJ, she participated in many mediations — both as a mediator and in representation of clients.
Gina's representative experience in drug and device litigation include:
- Representation of a national medical device company in defense of lawsuit alleging Anti-Kickback Statue and False Claims Act in the context of a criminal subpoena
- Representation of pharmaceutical manufacturers in defense of product liability claims (PPA, HRT)
- Representation of a vaccine manufacturer in defense of product liability claims (DTaP, influenza)
- Representation of a national laboratory in defense of alleged laboratory error
Gina also has trial experience in other product liability and tort issues. This additional experience includes:
- Representation of the Colorado Latino Forum and the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association in a two-week Congressional re-districting trial
- Representation of an agribusiness client in a four-month jury trial in the federal district court of Idaho of more 400 crop growers' alleged off-target movement of herbicide applied by the Bureau of Land Management on government-controlled land
- Representation of a Fortune 500 restaurant chain in defense of claimed §1981 civil rights violation
- Representation of a Major League Baseball team in defense of numerous personal injury claims arising from an escalator malfunction
- Colorado Law Week — Colorado Top Woman Lawyers, 2011
- Super Lawyers — Personal Injury Defense: Products, 2009
- Colorado Bar Association
- Denver Bar Association
- Colorado Hispanic Bar Association — Board of Directors
- Faculty of Federal Advocates
- Department of Justice — Former EEP Mediator
- Office of Legal Education for the Department of Justice — Former Faculty Instructor
- Colorado Commission on Higher Education — 7th Congressional District
- Denver Ballet Guild — Legal Counsel
- The View From the Top
National Association for Female Executives Women's Leadership Summit (2011)
- Creating Opportunities
Latina Leaders Forum (2011)
- Internal Investigations
Civil Litigation Summit (2010)
- Internal Investigations
Complex Litigation Summit (2009)
- Attorney-Client Privilege in Internal Investigations
Minority Corporate Counsel Conference (2006)
- Back to School: Director Education
Faegre & Benson Seminar (2004)
- How to Prepare for Trial ‘I Need a Miracle'
Colorado Women's Bar Association Convention (2002)
- Subpoenaing a Non-Party Federal Employee
Federal Bar Association, CLE on Professional Ethics (2002)
- A Perspective From the Bench
Faculty of Federal Advocates, CLE (2001)
- Motions Practice From the Court's Perspective
Federal Practice Update, Colorado Bar Association (2001)
- Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege in Internal Investigations
Trends (2006)
- Central and Peripheral Routes to Persuasion: An Individual Difference Perspective (Co-Author)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1986)
Related Practices
Agribusiness Litigation
Class Actions
Drug & Device Litigation
Health Care Litigation
Litigation & Advocacy
Mass Tort Litigation
Product Liability Litigation
Toxic Tort Litigation
White Collar Criminal, Internal & Government Investigations
Related Industries
Food & Agriculture
Health Care
Life Sciences
Manufacturing & Industrials
Media Mentions
15-May-2012 - Gina Rodriguez's Balance of Career and Family Featured in Working Mother
Education
University of Colorado Law School
J.D. (1988)
University of Iowa
B.S., with honors (1985)
Legal Updates
07-July-2009 - Corporate Counsel Beware: Federal Government Still Wants You to Waive Attorney-Client Privilege
11-June-2006 - Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege in Internal Investigations
News
21-March-2012 - Faegre Baker Daniels Receives Colorado Corporate Community Award
21-July-2011 - Latinos Join Colorado Redistricting Litigation to Preserve and Advance Electoral Strength
26-May-2011 - Regina Rodriguez Named One of Colorado's ‘Top Women Lawyers' by Law Week Colorado
20-April-2011 - Faegre & Benson Sponsors Latina Leaders Forum Event
30-August-2010 - Regina Rodriguez to Participate in HNBA–ACC Latina Executive Leadership Program
16-March-2009 - Faegre & Benson Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers in Colorado
Bar Admissions
Colorado
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Events
21-April-2011 - Latina Leaders Forum: Creating Opportunities
Representative Matters
Won Dismissal of Punitive Damages and Fraud Claims for DuPont