In this episode of Raising the Bar with RebuttalPR, host Ray DeLorenzi sits down with Tobi Millrood, partner at Kline & Specter and chair of the firm’s Mass Tort Department. A national leader in complex litigation, Tobi has spent 25 years trying high stakes pharmaceutical and medical device cases, including a recent $175 million Roundup verdict in Philadelphia.

Tobi talks about growing up as the sixth of seven children, sharpening his debate skills around the dinner table, and performing on stage long before he entered a courtroom. He shares how those early experiences, along with an unexpected path through the University of Tulsa College of Law, set him on a trajectory toward the plaintiff’s bar and helped shape his approach to storytelling at trial.

He walks Ray through his first trials, what it was like to go up against some of Philadelphia’s most seasoned defense lawyers, and the mentors who taught him to use being underestimated to his advantage. Tobi also explains how mass tort trials differ from single event cases, the years of preparation behind the Roundup verdict for client Ernie Karanchi, and why authenticity resonates more deeply with juries than performance ever could. He closes by reflecting on his time as AAJ president during COVID and the work involved in keeping the civil justice community connected during a period of national uncertainty.

Learn more about Tobi Millrood and Kline & Specter:

https://www.klinespecter.com/tobi-millrood/