Taryn W. Harper

Taryn serves as a trusted advisor and litigator for pharmaceutical, medical device, and cosmetics companies. She routinely helps clients navigate FDA compliance, recalls, and reporting issues and advises on risk mitigation and prelitigation strategies. Taryn also represent clients in product liability matters brought in state and federal courts throughout the country, and draws on her experience as a federal law clerk to vigorously defend her clients in litigation.

Taryn serves as Pro Bono Coordinator for the firm’s Atlanta office and is actively involved in pro bono representation and community organizations. She is a member of the Defense Research Institute, for which she has held various leadership positions.

Concentrations

•Litigation
•Products liability
•Pharmaceutical, medical device, and health care litigation
•Class and mass action litigation
•Multidistrict litigation

Judicial Clerkships

•Hon. Lisa Godbey Wood, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, 2015-2016
•Hon. James E. Graham, succeeded by Hon. R. Stan Baker, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, 2014-2015

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Team Member, Daily Report, Southeastern Legal Awards, 'Products Liability Group of the Year,' 2025
•Band 1 Team Member, Chambers USA Guide, Georgia, Litigation: Product Liability, 2025
•Team Member, BTI’s Most Recommended Law Firms, Big Pharma, 2025
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 'Ones to Watch,' Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, 2023-2025
•Recognized, Atlanta Business Chronicle, “Corporate Citizenship Awards - Rising Stars,” 2023
•Listed, Benchmark Litigation, “40 & Under - U.S. Edition,” 2023-2025
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Georgia Super Lawyers, “Rising Stars,” 2021-2024
•Recipient, DRI Young Lawyers Steering Committee, 'Unsung Hero Award,' 2022
•Named, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Pro Bono Star, 2022
•Team Member, a Law360 “Product Liability Practice Group of the Year,” 2021-2022
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Dispute Resolution Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, 2022-2024
•Listed, ELM Expert Guides, 'Rising Star,' 2020-2022
•Team Member, The American Lawyer’s “Regional Litigation Department of the Year - Georgia,” 2018 and 2021
•Team Member, The American Lawyer’s “Products Liability Litigation Department of the Year,” 2018
•Team Member, The Daily Report’s 'Georgia Products Liability & Mass Torts Litigation Department of the Year,' 2016-2017