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31/032021

Competitive Drive Helped This Fort Lauderdale Attorney Take on Big Pharma

by Dan Roe Marcus Susen was just 31 years old when Michelle Garcia approached him with a matter that would become his primary focus for the next seven years of his life. Garcia was seeking representation for herself and thousands of other women who experienced complications with Essure, a permanent...
22/022021

Marcus J. Susen of Susen Law Group in Fort Lauderdale Appointed to Leadership Committee For Paragard Birth Control Mass Tort Susen was Lead Counsel of the Bayer/Essure Mass Tort in PA which settled nationally for $1.6 Billion

Fort Lauderdale, FL, February 18, 2021 – A fierce advocate for women’s health issues as it relates to litigating against dangerous devices and drugs, Marcus J. Susen, Board Certified Civil Trial attorney, has been appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the Mass Tort case representing thousands of women who...
28/012021

Fla. Atty Starts New Firm After Helping Land $1.6B Bayer Deal

Marcus J. Susen, who had a role in attaining a $1.6 billion settlement from Bayer over its birth control device Essure, announced this month the opening of his new Fort Lauderdale practice. Source: https://www.law360.com/pulse/articles/1345085/fla-atty-starts-new-firm-after-helping-land-1-6b-bayer-deal...
20/082019

Marcus Susen featured in Forbes

The women who advocated against Essure initially organized on social media, partnering with attorneys and a group of physicians who supported their concerns. COURTESY AMANDA DYKEMAN It’s the end of an era for Amanda Dykeman, one of the many women who has campaigned against the permanent contraceptive device Essure. Bayer,...
01/052019

Client Advocacy Beyond Courtroom Helps to Deliver Real Change

In March 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a statement from Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Jeff Shuren, its director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, on the evaluation of materials in medical devices to address potential safety issues. It was an important step in improving medical...
19/042019

Marcus Susen presents on Essure at (Mass Torts Made Perfect Conference)

Fort Lauderdale, FL – Marcus Susen, partner with Parafinczuk Wolf Susen, presented at the 2019 Mass Torts Made Perfect conference in Las Vegas. The panel, “Essure Discontinued: Where do we go from here?” discussed the latest legal update regarding the thousands of Essure cases that are filed across the country....
26/032019

Veteran Blames Earplug Defect for Hearing Loss

A U.S. Navy veteran said she believes she now knows the cause of the hearing issues she’s been dealing with for years. She shared her story with NBC 6 Responds, hoping it would help other veterans who may be suffering in silence....
15/082018

Personal Engagement Takes Essure Case Beyond Courtroom

By Justin Parafinczuk and Marcus Susen Justin Parafinczuk and Marcus Susen, Koch Parafinczuk Wolf Susen, Fort Lauderdale. The Essure contraceptive was marketed as a way to give women highly reliable birth control and millions of women trusted the product to give  them peace of mind. When the product failed, leading...
29/072018

Marcus Susen weighs in on Essure sale halt

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Life sciences company Bayer AG said on Friday it would discontinue the sale of its birth control product Essure in the United States, citing a decline in sales of the implantable device that made the business no longer sustainable. The decision followed an announcement by the...
27/072018

Marcus Susen overcomes legal obstacles in the fight against Essure

Women banded together to force a pharmaceutical company to reckon with the devastating side effects of its controversial product. Since 2002, Essure has been marketed as a permanent birth control method for women that is convenient and can be performed in their own doctor’s office. The procedure is simple: A...
03/052018

Woman Warning Over Essure Birth Control Dangers

NBC 6’s Trina Robinson introduces you to a South Florida woman who has been dealing with various medical issues after using what was called a “non surgical” option for permanent birth control known as Essure....
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