Madeleine Brumley Clavier

ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY

*Not licensed in Colorado

Email: [email protected]

Madeleine Brumley Clavier is an Associate Attorney with the Wagstaff Law Firm. Her practice focuses primarily on pesticide and consumer products litigation.

Madeleine was recently appointed by the Honorable Jacqueline Corley to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in MDL 3101: In Re: Baby Food Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation. In the MDL, Plaintiffs allege that Defendants knowingly sold baby food products contaminated with elevated levels of heavy metals, including lead and arsenic, that caused neurodevelopmental damage, autism spectrum disorder, and ADHD.

Prior to joining the Wagstaff Law Firm in 2022, Madeleine led the Mass Torts Department at a mid-sized firm, which specialized in personal injury and mass tort litigation. In that role, Madeleine worked on products liability cases including Roundup, Paraquat, Xarelto, CPAP, Zantac, Taxotere, Hernia Mesh, and IVC Filter. She also represented governmental entities and personal injury clients in litigation against the pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors of opioid pain medication, helping to secure millions of dollars for victims of the opioid crisis in her home state of Louisiana. She has also represented personal injury clients and governmental clients in the bankruptcy space, including in the Purdue and Mallinckrodt Bankruptcies. 

Madeleine lives in Lafayette, Louisiana, where she also serves as the 45^th District Representative on the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Pesticides
• Pharmaceuticals
• Consumer Products
• Medical Devices, Implants & Products

EDUCATION

• Columbia Law School J.D., 2016
• Wellesley College B.A., 2011

ADMISSIONS

• Louisiana, 2017
• New York, 2018
• Missouri, 2020
• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2018

PRESENTATIONS

• HarrisMartin's MDL Conference: Video Game Addiction and the Latest Mass Tort Updates – Mass Tort Update #2; Salt Lake City, Utah – March 29, 2024.
• HarrisMartin's MDL Conference: The Current Mass Tort Landscape – Infant Formula, Philips CPAP, Hernia Mesh And More – Mass Tort Update 1.0; New Orleans, Louisiana – March 30, 2022.
• Lafayette Bar Association CLE: Taking on the Opioid Epidemic; Lafayette, Louisiana – December 28, 2018.
• Avoyelles Parish Bar Association's Cenla Lagniappe CLE: The National Opioid Crisis and How We Fight Back; Marksville, Louisiana – November 2, 2018.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Paraquat
• Baby Food
• Roundup