They’ve Got Next: Consumer Litigation Fresh Face Lee Popkin

Proskauer Rose partner Lee Popkin is known for her strategic instincts, substantive versatility, and record of winning challenging cases.

In December 2021, Popkin had a hand in securing a victory as trial counsel for Monsanto, now part of Bayer, in a lawsuit brought by a woman claiming that its herbicide, Roundup, caused her non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Popkin handled four of the witnesses at the monthslong trial before Judge Gilbert Ochoa in the California Superior Court of San Bernardino County, including a key direct examination, cross-examination of the plaintiff’s granddaughter, and two crucial expert witnesses.

It was the second defense verdict for ...