Madison defends multinational companies in complex product liability litigation, focusing especially on claims involving pharmaceuticals and medical devices. She represents clients in litigation in federal and state courts and at all stages, including managing fact and expert discovery; taking and defending fact and expert witness depositions; briefing jurisdictional, discovery, expert, and dispositive motions; arguing motions and otherwise representing clients’ interests in court; and preparing for trial and mediation.
Madison’s work includes managing large dockets. She has been a member of several teams defending clients in multidistrict litigation (MDLs), including a bellwether trial (Cardenas v. Boston Scientific Corp.) in the pelvic mesh litigation. Madison serves as national counsel for Atrium Medical Corporation in the hernia mesh MDL in New Hampshire and in other hernia mesh cases nationwide and internationally.
Madison’s significant litigation successes include overseeing the show cause process in the In re Taxotere Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2740. This show cause process has led to the dismissal of thousands of cases. Madison also researched an issue that resulted in the dismissal of numerous cases with prejudice and sanctions against the plaintiff, securing monetary payment for the client.
Madison also has experience advising clients on regulatory compliance, enforcement and policy matters involving FDA-regulated products.
Madison is recognized in “Ones to Watch” from The Best Lawyers in America for Product Liability Litigation – Defendants and as a “Rising Star” by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers.
Pro bono work is also important to Madison. She leads the firm's Kansas Pro Bono Adoption program; she helps families with adoption and guardianship proceedings and represents them at hearings. In 2017, she received the Kansas Bar Association Pro Bono Award, given annually to lawyers who provide direct legal services to the poor or to charitable organizations serving the poor.
Publications
Lindsey Heinz & Madison Hatten, FTC Discusses Growing Concerns Over Digital Advertising to Youth, Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update, October 21, 2022.
Madison Hatten, 5 Steps to a Forever Home, The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association (March 2020).
Matthew Keenan & Madison Hatten, A New Paradigm for Damage Calculations: Plaintiffs Not Offering Medical Bills, IADC Committee Newsletter (April 2015).
Madison Marcolla, Protecting the Living and the Dead: How Missouri Can Enact a Constitutional Funeral-Protest Statute, 77 Mo. L. Rev. 543 (2012).