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Tanenbaum Keale LLPA Litigation Boutique Serving Global Companies

Tiffany M. Alexander Partner

Ms. Alexander focuses her practice in the areas of product liability and personal injury matters.

Her experience and training in business management enables her to provide exceptional service

and counsel to her clients, both in and out of the courtroom. Before beginning her legal career,

Ms. Alexander was a fixed operations manager for an automobile dealership in New Jersey. This

pre-law business and management experience gives her a unique perspective and in-depth insight

into the manufacturing sector and the automotive industry specifically, making her a nationally

recognized specialist in automotive products and heavy equipment defense.

Ms. Alexander has a passion for mentoring young lawyers and students and advocating for the

training, development and mentoring of young attorneys. In addition to mentoring lawyers

within her firm, she participates in Law Day activities in conjunction with the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, as well as teaching opportunities

through the Chester County Bar Association.

Ms. Alexander is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and before the U.S.

District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and

the U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania.

talexander@tktrial.com(973) 286-4381 (NJ)(484) 875-3037 (PA)Professional Credentials• J.D. (2002) Rutgers Law School• B.S. (1994) University of Pittsburgh – Business and Psychology

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Experience

Ms. Alexander has provided winning litigation for leading automotive and heavy equipment

manufacturers involving differing aspects of product liability, such as crashworthiness and

rollover cases, defective door latch, airbag, parking brake system and forklift claims, including

lack of safety features on heavy equipment.

She has successfully litigated numerous catastrophic injury cases in which a wide variety of

products were alleged to have been defectively or negligently designed, including automobiles,

forklifts, track loaders, motorcycles, farming equipment, fireplace inserts and construction

materials as well as component parts, such as helmets and seat belts.

Representative Matters

Plaintiffs v. Auto Manufacturer — Ms. Alexander obtained a full defense verdict in the

Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in a crashworthiness case involving a door latch

defect allegation on an SUV. The plaintiff claimed that she was ejected from the left rear seat

due to a defective door latch, which she alleged opened following an impact with an oncoming

vehicle, resulting in a shattered right eye socket, and a fracture of her C7 vertebra. Plaintiff’s

expert opined that the left rear door latch failed when the vehicle spun after impact, and had

it remained intact, plaintiff would not have been ejected, nor would she have sustained any

serious injuries. Defense experts demonstrated that based on the physical evidence on the

door frame and the latch itself, it stayed latched throughout the event, and plaintiff was in fact

ejected through the left rear window after the glass was shattered by the initial impact. Following

a two-day trial and 40 minutes of deliberations, the jury returned a full defense verdict.

Plaintiff v. Auto Manufacturer — Ms. Alexander obtained a full dismissal in the Court of

Common Pleas of Chester County, Pennsylvania, in a products liability case involving a

heavy-duty truck. Plaintiff purchased the vehicle new from a third party and contracted

with a vehicle modifier to make significant modifications, including the installation of an

after-market hydraulic system. Plaintiff asserted negligence and strict liability claims against

the defendants, alleging that a vehicle fire occurred due to the hydraulic system. Focusing on

an unrelated recall, the vehicle modifier joined the manufacturer. The Defense argued that the

asserted recall was not applicable to the subject vehicle, and that the fire was clearly caused

by the aftermarket hydraulic components designed, manufactured and installed by modifier.

On the morning of trial, all claims and cross-claims were dismissed.

Plaintiff v. Auto Manufacturer — Ms. Alexander obtained summary judgment on behalf of an auto

manufacturer in Passaic County, New Jersey, in a crashworthiness case involving allegations of

airbag and seatbelt defect. Plaintiff claimed that she was injured when the airbag deployed following

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a frontal crash. Discovery revealed that the vehicle had been disposed of prior to suit, and there

was no evidence of seatbelt or airbag failure proven. The court found there was no factual or expert

evidence to establish a prima facie case of defect in the vehicle, and dismissed all claims.

Plaintiff v. Equipment Manufacturer — Ms. Alexander obtained a dismissal of all claims following

a pre-trial risk-utility hearing in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in a personal injury case

involving allegations of product defect and failure to warn. The court determined, after a two-day

hearing, that the plaintiff’s expert’s methodology and opinions were not sufficient to meet the Frye

standard, and precluded the expert from testifying at trial. Absent expert testimony, plaintiff was

unable to provide any admissible evidence of causation; therefore, the court granted a renewed

motion for summary judgment and dismissed all claims.

Plaintiffs v. Auto Manufacturer — Ms. Alexander obtained a full defense verdict in a wrongful

death and personal injury crashworthiness case in the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Plaintiffs alleged that they sustained enhanced injuries in

a frontal crash due to the failure of the rear seatbelts, which caused the rear occupants to

forcefully load their seatbacks. Plaintiffs’ liability expert opined that both rear seat occupants

were wearing their seatbelts, yet they both failed simultaneously in the crash, and ineffectively

restrained them. The defense experts testified that the rear seat restraints, which were state-of-

the-art and equipped with dual locking retractors, were safely and properly designed and did

not fail in this crash. Moreover, the physical evidence demonstrated that the rear occupants

were not wearing their seatbelts. After five days of trial, the jury deliberated for just 30 minutes

and returned a verdict for the defense.

Memberships and Affiliations

Ms. Alexander is active in many professional legal organizations and has held numerous

leadership positions, including:

• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)

• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Product Liability Committee Chair, 2018-19

• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Corporate Counsel Symposium Co-Chair, 2018-19

• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Deposition Boot Camp — faculty member

• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel- Trial Masters Program, Chair 2017

• Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC)

• American Bar Association — coordinator and chair of numerous CLE programs including the

2009 and 2011 Emerging Issues in Product Liability program and Women in Transportation

• American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS), Automobile Law

Committee — former chair

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• American Bar Association, TIPS, Product Liability Committee — vice chair

• American Bar Association, TIPS Standing Committee on Ethics and Professionalism —

former vice chair

• American Bar Association, TIPS, National Trial Academy Committee, former vice chair

• TIPS and American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), National Trial Academy — graduate

and faculty member

• TIPS Leadership Academy — graduate

• Defense Research Institute (DRI)

• National Association of Professional Women

• Claims and Litigation Management Alliance

• Pennsylvania Bar Association

• Chester County Bar Association

Presentations and Publications

• Moderator, WIPL Roundtable : Hiring Leaders for Long-Term Success, Washington, D.C.,

October 2018

• Program Co-Chair, FDCC 15th Annual Corporate Counsel Symposium, Philadelphia PA,

September 2018

• Presenter: Building Diverse Teams for Greater Success

• Presenter, “Trial Masters: Virtual Reality in the Courtroom: The Next Frontier”, FDCC Annual

Meeting, Maui, July 2018

• Member, Moderator, ABA 2nd National Summit on Achieving Long-Term Careers for Women in

Law, Chicago, IL, June 28, 2018

• Presenter, “Driverless Cars: Liability & Coverage Issues,” Property & Liability Resource Bureau’s

Claims Conference & Insurance Services Expo, April 2018

• Presenter, “Wake Me Up When We Get There! The Passenger Cabin of the Future: Alternative

Cabin Layouts for Autonomous Vehicles,” ABA 2018 Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product

Liability Litigation, April 2018

• Author, “Hiring Leaders,” Leadership for Lawyers, FDCC, 2017

• Member, ABA 1st National Summit on Achieving Long-Term Careers for Women in Law,

Boston, MA, November 8, 2017

• Trial Masters: Jury Trials in the Millennial Age: An In-Depth Look at How Your Jurors Really

Think: FDCC Winter Meeting, Charleston, SC, October 2017

• Presenter, “Diversity in the First Chair”, FDCC 14th Annual Corporate Counsel Symposium,

Philadelphia, PA, September 2017

• Presenter/Faculty member, FDCC Deposition Boot Camp (April 2016)

• Presenter, “Cross-examination of Experts at Trial,” FDCC Winter Meeting, Trial Masters

Program (March 2016)

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• Moderator, “Bridging the Divide: Plaintiff and Defense Counsel, Ethics, Civility and

Mediation Summit,” 2015 American Bar Association TIPS Section Conference (2015).

• Presenter, “Defending the Roof Crush Case,” American Bar Association Emerging Issues

Conference (2015)

• Presenter, “The Evolution of Event Data Recorders: The Exponential Growth in Data Acquisition

and Retention and What That Means to Litigators,” American Bar Association Emerging Issues

Conference (2014)

• Author, “Handling an Automotive Product Liability Case: Practical Considerations,”

TortSource, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Spring 2012)

• Presenter, “Handling the Products Liability Case: Unleashing Skills for All Your Civil Trial

Cases,” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (2011)

• Presenter/Program Co-chair, “Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability

Litigation,” American Bar Association, Automobile Law Committee, TIPS (2009 and 2011)

• Author, “Confronting Evidence of Technological Advances in Motor Vehicle Cases:

A Defense Counsel’s Perspective,” The Brief, American Bar Association (Spring 2009)

• Presenter/Mentor, Chester County Bar Association Legal Education Outreach Program (2009)

• Program Chair, Women Drive Results in Transportation Law National Program, American Bar

Association, Automobile Law Committee, TIPS (2008)

• Presenter, “Technology and Safety Developments in Automobiles,” Women Drive Results in

Transportation Law National Program, American Bar Association, Automobile Law Committee,

TIPS (2007)

• Presenter, “Subsequent Remedial Measures,” Product Liability Conference, Defense

Research Institute (2006)