Mallory Phares recognizes every case is a story and all stories have multiple sides. It is with this understanding that she brings a strong analytical perspective to her clients’ cases. Practicing in the firm’s Pharmaceutical & Medical Device and Products Liability & Toxic Torts groups, Mallory is a member of the firm’s discovery team. She currently works on a team defending against allegations related to an EPA-approved herbicide. Her responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the identification, review, and production of electronic documents for the firm’s major products liability, toxic tort, pharmaceutical, and other complex litigation. The team ensures that all document productions meet the new E-Discovery rules as well as the firm’s exacting QA and QC standards. Mallory also drafts responses to written discovery of plaintiffs including interrogatories, requests for admission, and requests for production.

Mallory has also represented a producer of PTFE and silicone coated fabrics, tapes, and belts, defending against claims of negligence, trespass, and nuisance for its use and handling of materials containing trace amounts of PFOA. She has extensive experience with legal research and writing, analysis of information for depositions and discovery, drafting and reviewing pleadings, and other tasks relating to the defense of mass tort claims in complex litigation.

Mallory received her B.A. from the University of Houston and her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center.

Education

University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2012) University of Houston (B.A., 2009, cum laude)

Admissions

  • District of Columbia and Maryland