With a focus on mass torts, Hollingsworth has positioned itself as a lower-cost alternative for companies facing high-stakes class actions. Without the overhead of multiple offices and with a nearly one-to-one ratio of partners to associates, the Washington firm can charge less than heavily leveraged competitors with costly leases in cities around the globe. It eschews lateral hires from other firms in favor of developing homegrown talent.
Hollingsworth is known for defending mass-torts cases that turn on the testimony of expert witnesses, including suits over chemicals, medical devices and drugs. With 65 lawyers, it is renowned for knocking out plaintiffs’ experts during Daubert hearings that establish the credibility of the witnesses to testify and often is brought in by larger firms specifically to handle Daubert matters.
