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Habib Nasrullah

Partner

P. 303.244.1960

Biography

A former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Habib Nasrullah maintains an active trial practice in high exposure tort and commercial cases. He regularly represents global clients in trials and government investigations. Habib is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Habib also serves as trial and national coordinating counsel on commercial, mass tort, and complex product liability lawsuits, including multidistrict litigation. Habib’s clients include Fortune 100 and other leading companies, and he has substantial experience in federal and state courts across the U.S.

Habib’s background as a federal prosecutor makes him particularly valuable to clients in civil cases that involve a parallel criminal investigation. Habib strives to resolve these matters in the earliest possible stages, sparing clients the potential of facing criminal charges or intense public scrutiny. Habib also conducts internal investigations and counsels individual and corporate clients on a variety of federal and state compliance issues in the healthcare, technology, aviation, and the food and beverage sectors.

A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Habib frequently manages mass tort litigation involving dockets of several thousand cases across multiple jurisdictions. He has been involved in defending healthcare industry clients against thousands of claimants alleging catastrophic personal injuries. He has represented food producers in various disease outbreaks allegedly linked to contaminated food products that have resulted in multiple deaths, including the deadly Listeria outbreak linked to Colorado cantaloupes, which sickened hundreds and killed 33 people.

In every engagement, Habib works with clients and local counsel to conceptualize and implement coherent and effective litigation plans for multidistrict and complex litigation. Clients frequently retain him to try cases involving sophisticated expert and evidentiary issues with potentially high exposure when trial is imminent.

Cases

Commercial Litigation

Personal Injury and Mass Torts

  • Won a jury defense verdict for a ski resort in a closely watched, $97 million catastrophic injury case in Vermont.
  • Served as trial counsel for a high-profile case in Colorado alleging elder abuse resulting in death.
  • Served as national counsel to a global healthcare company in multidistrict litigation involving over 12,000 claims relating to dialysis products. WTO helped develop national resolution strategy, identified bellwether cases, and negotiated settlement of all claims.
  • Represented a food distributor in allegations of Listeria contamination resulting in 33 deaths and 146 confirmed cases in one of the largest and deadliest food-borne illness outbreaks in the United States.
  • Represented Continental Airlines and Global Aerospace in matters stemming from a 2008 incident in which a plane skidded off the runway at Denver International Airport due to strong crosswinds. The claims involved over 200 plaintiffs.
  • Retained as lead trial counsel to defend General Electric against claims brought by more than 100 NATO soldiers for cancer-causing exposure to ionizing radiation from missile systems used during the Cold War. Settled all 40 related cases for what would have amounted to approximately two months' worth of defense costs.
  • Serve as trial and national coordinating counsel for a generic drug manufacturer in nationwide litigation involving metoclopramide, alendronate sodium, allopurinol, and finasteride.
  • Serve as trial and national coordinating counsel for the largest pharmaceutical distributor in North America in nationwide litigation involving Zoloft, Lipitor, Effexor, and fen-phen.
  • Served as trial counsel for a dental clinic involving allegations of overtreatment of pediatric patients.
  • Served as trial counsel for a water softener manufacturer against allegations of bacterial contamination resulting in Crohn's disease.

White Collar & Investigations

  • Successfully represented a leading global chemical company in an investigation involving multiple federal agencies and international trade compliance issues.
  • Represent a stock transfer agent in securities fraud investigated by the United States.
  • Represent a federal contractor in a procurement integrity investigation.
  • Represent senior executives in a False Claims Act investigation involving allegations of fraud on defense agencies.
  • Represented a private school following a sexual assault investigation.
  • Represent a senior partner of a physicians group in a federal investigation into alleged healthcare fraud and related qui tam proceedings.
  • Represent the former CEO of a hospice care organization in a federal False Claims Act investigation and related qui tam litigation.
  • Represent a technology company under investigation for alleged conflict of interest charges in a government contract.
  • Represent a cloud-based healthcare recordkeeping service in Stored Communications Act and related compliance issues and grand jury proceedings.
  • Represented an airline pilot in an investigation by the United States of crew intoxication.
  • Represented a prominent Colorado lawyer in an investigation by the State of Colorado involving allegations of securities fraud.
  • Represented a senior public official in corruption-related proceedings being investigated by the United States.
  • Represented a Fortune 10 company in an international investigation into the alleged destruction of documents related to ongoing litigation.
  • Represented an originator and servicer of mortgage loans in multiple investigations conducted by the United States into allegations of mortgage and appraisal fraud.
  • Represented one of the nation's largest manufacturers of mobile home parts in allegations of corruption and regulatory noncompliance.

Criminal (as Assistant U.S. Attorney)

  • Successfully tried a case filed by a sitting county court judge in southern Colorado for alleged violations of the Privacy Act stemming from the conduct of FBI agents.
  • Served as trial counsel for the Denver Mint in a sexual harassment and hostile work environment lawsuit based upon an alleged assault on a female employee by a supervisor.
  • Litigated multiple issues of first impression in the District of Colorado concerning computer forensic evidence under the Adam Walsh Child Safety and Protection Act of 2006.
  • Prosecuted a Mexican national for failure to pay child support resulting in the secondhighest award of restitution obtained by the United States Government in a federal child support prosecution. Habib was awarded the Inspector General's Integrity Award by the Office of the Inspector General of the Health and Human Services Department.

Other Representative Experience

  • Won a Tenth Circuit appeal affirming WTO's trial victory for a pro bono client who brought claims involving violations of international kidnapping protections under the Hague Convention. The appeal affirmed the trial court's decision to order the child back to her home country.
  • Won a remote trial in federal court in a pro bono case for a foreign national who brought claims involving violations of international kidnapping protections under the Hague Convention. The court ruled that WTO's client's child must be returned to her home country.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

Articles

Other Experience

United States Attorney's Office (District of Colorado)
Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra, P.C.
McKenna, Conner & Cuneo LLP

Legal Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
    Chair of the Federal Rules of Evidence Committee, 2022-2023
    Vice-Chair of the Federal Rules of Evidence Committee, 2021-2022
The Best Lawyers in America
    Mass Tort/Class Action Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year, 2017, 2020
    Commercial Litigation, 2013-2021
    Mass Tort/Class Action Litigation, 2016-2021
    Product Liability Litigation, 2012-2021
 The Legal 500 United States 
    Litigation: Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense, 2013, 2015
Colorado Super Lawyers 
    Business Litigation, 2006, 2010-2020, 2022-2024
    Top 100, 2013-2019, 2022-2024
Benchmark Litigation 
    Local Litigation Star, 2020-2025
    Commercial Litigation - Colorado, 2013-2018
    Insurance Litigation - Colorado, 2013 -2018
    Product Liability - Colorado, 2013-2018
    Personal Injury - Colorado, 2013-2016
The International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers, 2017, 2021
International Who's Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers, 2016-2017, 2019
Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rated
Diversity & The Bar 
    Law Firm Rainmakers, 2011
Federal Bureau of Investigation 
    Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding prosecutive skills and
    assistance as an Assistant United States Attorney, 2008 
United States Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General, Denver Field Office
    Professionalism Award, 2008
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General 
    Integrity Award for major contributions as an Assistant United States Attorney toward the goals and mission of the Inspector General
Defense Research Institute
International Association of Defense Counsel
American Bar Association 
    Member, Conference of Minority Partners in Majority Corporate Law Firms
Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association
International Bar Association
Colorado Supreme Court
    Character and Fitness Committee

Community Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Founder and Advisor, Internet Safety Foundation, a coalition of Colorado educational, corporate, and law enforcement interests whose mission is to be a clearinghouse for Internet safety resources
Colorado Association of Leaders in Educational Technology (CALET)
    Outstanding Friend of Technology Award, 2008

Teaching Positions

National Institute for Trial Advocacy
    Deposition Skill Seminars

Personal Interests

Aviation, instrument, and multi-engine rated private pilot
Travel

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