Jason T. Sayers

Jason Sayers is counsel in the firm's Product and Personal Injury Group. He has experience in handling products liability and insurance coverage litigation, and has worked on matters at all stages of litigation in both state and federal courts throughout the country. Mr. Sayers focuses his practice on complex commercial and pharmaceutical drug/device litigation. As part of a team of Venable attorneys serving as national or regional counsel on behalf of several international pharmaceutical companies, Mr. Sayers has been responsible for coordinating national strategy and defense efforts with local counsel, interviewing company witnesses and preparing them for deposition, assisting in document collection and production efforts, taking and defending fact witness deposition, analyzing scientific literature and preparing counsel for expert witness depositions, and researching and briefing defense oppositions to class certification efforts.

Mr. Sayers also serves as counsel for a medical device manufacturer engaged in personal injury litigation. Pursuant to his representation of this client, Mr. Sayers has been responsible for dispositive motion practice at both the state and federal level. He has also been responsible for the identification, selection and preparation of corporate representatives for both deposition and trial, and the defense of such witnesses.

Mr. Sayers serves as local counsel in Maryland state and federal courts for defendants in both commercial and personal injury/product liability litigation matters.

Mr. Sayers is committed to providing pro bono representation to plaintiffs and defendants in various litigation matters. He is one of three Venable attorneys involved with the pro bono representation of a group of visually-impaired Maryland voters, on whose behalf a lawsuit was filed to protect the right of all Maryland voters to independently cast a secret ballot.

Good to know

Areas of Practice 1) Product Liability and Mass Torts and 2) Litigation
Law School William & Mary Law School (J.D., 2002)
Admitted Year 2001
Education University of Richmond (B.A., 1999)
Bar Member / Association Maryland State Bar Association
Most recent firm Venable LLP
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