About Debra Elaine Pole

Debra Elaine Pole is a lawyer practicing environmental, products liability, climate change and sustainable development and 10 other areas of law. Debra received a B.A. degree from Dickinson College in 1973, and has been licensed for 49 years. Debra practices at Sidley Austin LLP in Los Angeles, CA.

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Awards

AV Preeminent Peer Rated

This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

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Areas of Law

Products Liability
Medical Malpractice
Other 11
- Environmental
- Climate Change and Sustainable Development
- Consumer Fraud/Product Class Actions
- Daubert Hearings/Junk Science
- FCPA/Anti-Corruption
- Medical Devices
- Multidistrict Litigation
- Pharmaceuticals
- Preemption
- Products Liability Clas
- Pharmaceutical Litigation

Practice Details

Firm Information

Position
Partner

Firm Name
Sidley Austin LLP

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Experience

Bar Admission & Memberships

Admissions
1977, Florida
1981, California
1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
2002, U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Memberships
State Bar of California (Former Member, Executive Committee, Litigation Section)
American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section
Former Member, Key Minority Partner Focus Program for the Conference of Minority Partners
Co-Chair, Mass Tort Subcommittee, Class Action and Derivative Lawsuits Committee)
International Association of Defense Counsel
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC) (Assistant Dean of Curriculum, FDCC Management Litigation College
Member, FDCC Membership Committee)
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute (Former Member, Steering Committee
Member, Drug and Device Section)
Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles
American College of Trial Lawyers Special Problems in the Administration of Justice Committee.

Bar Fellowship
American College of Trial Lawyers.
Education & Certifications

Law School
University of Florida, Levin College of Law
Class of 1975
J.D.

Other Education
Dickinson College
Class of 1973
B.A.

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