Bonnie J. Beavan

Bonnie J. Beavan is a Maryland attorney focusing on pharmaceutical defense, product liability, medical device litigation, and professional malpractice defense. She represents manufacturers, hospitals, physicians, healthcare providers, and companies in state, federal, and multidistrict litigation. Her work includes claims involving negligence, regulatory non-compliance, fraud, product design, manufacturing, testing, warnings, and medication safety. She handles pre-trial, trial, and appellate matters involving complex medical and scientific evidence.

Bonnie earned a J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center. She also earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Maryland. During law school, she served as an editor of the American Criminal Law Review. Her education supports legal research, written advocacy, case analysis, and litigation strategy in malpractice, product liability, pharmaceutical, regulatory, and appellate matters involving detailed records, expert testimony, and technical evidence.

Bonnie began her legal career with clerkship experience before entering private practice. She clerked for the Honorable Edward B. Davis of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She also worked with the United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section. Since 1986, her private practice has focused on defending product, pharmaceutical, medical device, and professional malpractice claims.

Bonnie J. Beavan helps clients defend litigation involving medical devices, medications, hospitals, physicians, and healthcare professionals. Her experience includes claims tied to silicone gel-filled breast implants, latex gloves, diet drugs, hormone therapy medications, thimerosal, and other products. Her medical malpractice work spans cardiology, neurosurgery, surgery, obstetrics, emergency medicine, radiology, psychiatry, pathology, infectious diseases, and family practice. Through trial and appellate defense, she helps clients address high-stakes claims in demanding litigation forums.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
• Faculty Member, International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy
• Member, The Defense Research Institute
• Member, Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Member, District of Columbia Bar Association

Licensed Stat

• Maryland
• District of Columbia

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Maryland
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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