Virginia E. Anello, Esquire

Virginia E. Anello was born and raised in Covington, Louisiana. She attended Louisiana State University on an honors scholarship. Ms. Anello graduated from LSU magna cum laude and received a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a minor in Italian. She went on to attend the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU where she received her Juris Doctor Degree and her Bachelor of Civil Law Degree, graduating in the top 30% of her class. Ms. Anello is admitted to practice law in the States of New York and Louisiana. She is also admitted to practice law in the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the 5^th Circuit Court of Appeals as well as the

U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C.

Since obtaining her law degree, Ms. Anello has devoted her entire career to always representing injury victims and consumers, primarily in mass tort and class actions. Her practice areas in the law have always focused on, and continue to focus on, products liability litigation and complex litigation, with an emphasis on consumer fraud and mass tort litigation. Consistent with the firm’s philosophy, she is dedicated to ensuring that an underdog can be heard.

Ms. Anello relocated and moved to New York City in 2006 and brought her skills to our firm where she is currently focusing her legal skills on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, in particular the firm’s Heparin litigation, Yaz/Yasmin litigation, Vioxx litigation, and Medtronic Sprint Fidelis lead litigation.

In addition, Ms. Anello represents consumers in class action settings who have been misled by product manufacturers and deceived into purchasing products that they otherwise would not have purchased but for their being misled. Sample class action cases that she is prosecuting: the firm’s I-Phone Litigation against Apple and AT&T for inadequate MMS messaging capabilities in certain I-Phone models; claims against Bayer for improperly marketing certain un-substantiated and un-proven health claims in 2 of their drugs – “BAYER WOMEN’S Low Dose Asprin + Calcium” and “BAYER ASPRIN with Heart Advantage”; claims against General Mills for making improper health claims regarding one of the consumer products; and claims against Philip Morris for deceiving consumers that Marlboro Light cigarettes are less harmful and/or are safer than regular cigarettes.

Ms. Anello is also actively involved in representing individuals exposed to the toxins from the World Trade Center rescue and clean-up effort; specifically, the rescue workers, as well as the clean-up and construction crews, who were given inadequate safety equipment and precautions, if any, which caused them to be exposed to deadly levels of carcinogenic and other highly toxic materials

In addition to the above work, Ms. Anello oversees the firm’s vaccine injury related litigation department. In this endeavor she and her team at Douglas & London, P.C., represent children and adults who have been injured by vaccinations in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

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