Abby is a strategic and innovative trial lawyer who tried three multi-week cases to judgment in Olson Grimsley’s first year alone. She was a key member of the trial team in the country’s first trial against a preterm infant formula manufacturer for causing necrotizing enterocolitis—the trial resulted in a $60 million compensatory damages verdict against Mead Johnson, the maker of Enfamil (story here). She was also trial counsel in a Cook County, Illinois trial against two makers of Zantac—GSK and Boehringer Ingelheim—for causing her client’s cancer. The case ultimately settled on confidential terms with GSK and the trial against Boehringer Ingelheim resulted in a hung jury (story here). It was the first trial against a Zantac manufacturer that did not end in a defense verdict.

Abby has a particular passion for representing consumers. She previously served as the First Assistant Attorney General of the Consumer Fraud Unit at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, where she supervised and strategically directed the Office’s enforcement of Colorado’s Consumer Protection Act. The matters she oversaw resulted in the recovery of over $180 million for Colorado and consumers from companies that included industry leaders in telecom, vaping, social media, and retail.  Many of these matters involved novel or evolving issues in consumer protection law, including investigations and enforcement actions related to junk fees, dark patterns, and unfair trade practices. Abby also briefed and argued a case in the Colorado Supreme Court, securing a reversal of the Court of Appeals and prevailing on all issues in a major consumer protection suit against a for-profit college.

Prior to her time at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, Abby was a partner and trial lawyer at Bartlit Beck LLP where she had a national practice representing clients in large and complex matters including product liability, mass torts, intellectual property, and contract disputes. Abby also served on the boards of the Colorado Lawyers Committee, the Colorado Judicial Institute’s Young Professionals Committee, and the Denver Public Library Friends Foundation’s Corporate Committee.