Zoe Littlepage’s practice focuses on complex cases including mass torts, defective medical product or drug cases as well as human rights issues. She typically spends months each year in trial, all across the country. Ms. Littlepage’s jury awards made the list of the Top 10 Largest Verdicts in the country for 2007, 2009 and 2010.
Ms. Littlepage led the charge for the state court Rezulin litigation. Littlepage Booth reviewed more than six million pages of Rezulin documents, took more than 100 days of depositions and Ms. Littlepage tried five of the nine Rezulin trials nationwide, achieving jury verdicts of over $40 million.
In 2003, Ms. Littlepage was appointed Lead Counsel of the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee for the Hormone Replacement Therapy MDL Litigation. Ms. Littlepage went to trial more than a dozen times on hormone therapy cases and achieved jury verdicts in excess of $260 million for her clients.
In 2011, Zoe Littlepage was induced into The Inner Circle of Advocates. Founded in 1972, The Inner Circle of Advocates is an invitation only group of 100 of the best trial lawyers in America who are selected for their character, experience and success in the courtroom. The Inner Circle of Advocates was described by The Washington Post as, "A select group of 100 of the nation's most celebrated trial lawyers" and is recognized as one of the most exclusive groups of attorneys in the nation. Inner Circle members often work collectively to share experience, skills and knowledge in pursuit of justice.
American Lawyer magazine as well as Fortune magazine named Ms. Littlepage as one of America’s “Premiere Lawyers.” She has also been nominated as a “Super Lawyer” as well as “Top Lawyer” in the country multiple years running. In 2008, she received the Clarence Darrow award for Best Mass Tort Lawyer. Texas Lawyer praises Ms. Littlepage’s tenacity stating “all bets should be on Littlepage.” Chambers USA, a legal publisher, recognizes Zoe Littlepage as a leading lawyer in nationwide product liability litigation and notes that “Zoe Littlepage of Littlepage Booth does ‘a bang-up job for plaintiffs.’” According to lawyers interviewed by Chambers USA, “[w]hen you see her, you know you have a fight on your hands.”
Examples of Ms. Littlepage’s jury verdicts include:
Date |
Venue |
Plaintiff |
Type of Case |
Verdict |
Final Results |
Feb.2010 |
PA |
Singleton |
Hormone
Replacement Therapy
Breast cancer case |
$ 3.45 million - Compensatory
$ 6 million - Punitive |
Affirmed on appeal and paid. |
Nov. 2009 |
PA |
Kendall |
Hormone
Replacement Therapy
Breast cancer case |
$ 6.3 million - Compensatory
$ 28 million - Punitive |
Affirmed on appeal and paid. |
Oct. 2009 |
PA |
Barton |
Hormone
Replacement Therapy
Breast cancer case |
$ 3.74 million - Compensatory
$ 75 million - Punitive |
Remitted to $12 Million. Affirmed on appeal and paid. |
Sept. 2007 |
NV |
Rowatt
Scofield
Forrester |
Hormone
Replacement Therapy
Breast cancer case |
$ 35 million - Compensatory
$ 99 million - Punitive |
Remitted to $22.6 Million in compensatory and $35 Million in punitive. Affirmed on appeal and paid in full. |
Jan. 2007 |
PA |
Daniel |
Hormone
Replacement Therapy
Breast cancer case |
$ 1.5 million - Compensatory
$ 8.6 million - Punitive |
Affirmed on appeal and paid in full. |
March 2002 |
OK |
Wakefield |
Rezulin: Liver failure & death case |
$ 1.55 million - Compensatory
$ 10 million - Punitive |
Affirmed on appeal and paid in full. |
Dec 2001 |
MO |
Griggs |
Rezulin: Liver failure |
$ 3.2 million – Compensatory
$ 21 million – Punitive |
Settled |
Jan 1995 |
TX |
Stevens |
Silicone Breast Implants: Atypical auto-immune disease |
$2.67 million - Compensatory |
Settled before punitive damage stage |
May 1993 |
TX |
Thornhill |
Premises liability motel fire |
$4.35 million |
Settled on appeal |
July 1992 |
TX |
Bowersox |
Premises liability sexual assault |
$1 million |
Paid while on appeal
|
Ms. Littlepage lectures extensively at legal conventions on defective drug litigation issues and, in particular, the use of visual exhibits and demonstrative aides at trial.
Born and raised in the Caribbean, Ms. Littlepage attended boarding school in England and graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. She received a bachelor’s degree in 1987 from Rice University in Houston, Texas with a triple major. She attended Emory University Law School and received her law degree with honors from University of Houston in 1990, where she served on the Houston Law Review.
Each year Ms. Littlepage competes in various adventure races to raise money for charity such as the
Global Scavenger Hunt.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts
Rice University, 1983-1987
Triple Major: English, Psychology & German
Doctor of Juris Prudence
Emory University School of Law, 1987-1988
University of Houston, 1988-1990
Graduated with Honors
WORK EXPERIENCE
The Littlepage Firm, P.C. (joint venture partner of Littlepage Booth)
1999-Present: Partner
Ravkind & Littlepage, Houston, TX
1994-1999: Partner
Mandell & Wright, P.C., Houston, TX
1991-1994: Associate & Partner
Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX
1990-1991: Associate
HONORS & RECOGNITIONS
Member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, Top 100 Trial Lawyers (Inducted 2011): Considered one of the most prestigious trial lawyer organizations in the country, Ms. Littlepage was the fifth female litigator ever admitted to the Inner Circle.
Top 25 Mass Tort Trial Lawyers in the state of Texas in 2018: Zoe Littlepage
Texas ‘Super Lawyers:’ nominated every year from 2011-Present
Recipient of American Bar Association TIPS Section “Pursuit of Justice” Award, February 2015
Esteemed Lawyers of America: 2014
Member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, Top 100 Trial Lawyers (Inducted 2011)
The Round Table: America’s 100 Most Influential Trial Lawyers, 2011-2012, 2013-2014, The National Trial Lawyers
Texas “Top Lawyer” as nominated by The Legal Network 2013
Clarence Darrow award for Best Mass Tort Lawyer of 2008, Awarded by Mass Torts Made Perfect
The National Trial Lawyers: National Women Trial Lawyers Association Executive Committee Member: 2013-2014
Public Citizen: Executive Committee Member: 2013-2014
The American Trial Lawyers Association, 2008-2009 Top 100 Trial Lawyers: Zoe Littlepage
American Lawyer, Top Lawyers of the Year for 2007: Zoe Littlepage
Fortune Magazine, Sept 2007, America’s Premiere Lawyers. Zoe Littlepage named as one of the top twelve lawyers in the U.S.
National College of Advocacy’s Achievement Recognition Program, September 30, 2004, Zoe Littlepage recognized as an Advocate
Inside Houston Magazine, May 2002, Houston’s Best Lawyers, Zoe Littlepage named as best lawyer for Pharmaceutical Litigation
University of Houston Law Center Blakely Advocacy Institute’s Advisory Board, 2003. This Board consists of 30 judges and trial lawyers who assist the law school in shaping the advocacy program
AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell
PEER REVIEWER
Peer review editor for Trial Magazine (2008 - Present).
PUBLICATIONS
Textbooks
Drug Injury: Liability, Analysis and Prevention, 2nd Edition (2005), Chapter 28, The Rezulin Litigation by Zoe Littlepage and Rainey Booth
Published Articles
Trial Magazine, October 2007
Keep Jurors Awake with Powerful Visuals by Zoe Littlepage
Propulsid Litigation Report, Vol. 1, Issue 11 (September 2001)
A New Burden for the Plaintiffs: Handling Epidemiology Evidence By Zoe Littlepage
Mealey’s Diabetes Drugs Litigation Report, Vol. 1, Issue #11 (April 2001)
Defeating the FDA Defense in Rezulin Cases by Zoe Littlepage and Rainey Booth
Emerging Drugs & Devices, Vol. 6, Issue 4 (February 2001)
The Trovan Experiment: Killing Nigerian Children by Zoe Littlepage and Rainey Booth
Propulsid Litigation Report, Vol. 1, Issue 3 (January 2001)
Propulsid: Causes of Action and Initial Discovery by Zoe Littlepage and Rainey Booth
MDL APPOINTMENTS
Hormone Therapy Litigation, MDL 1507, Little Rock, Arkansas
Appointed as Lead Counsel, 2003-2014
Viagra Blindness Litigation, MDL 1724, Minnesota
Appointed to the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee, 2006
TEACHING/ADJUNCT PROFESSOR POSITIONS
University of Houston Law Center
Fall 2017and Spring 2018: Houston, TX
Adjunct Professor
Class: The Art of Advocacy: Trial Persuasion in a Polarized World
New York University
October 24, 2017: New York City, NY
Role: Guest Lecturer
Stanford Law School
Nov 29 & 30, 2016: Palo Alto, CA
Role: Guest Lecturer
Topic: Practicing Plaintiff’s Law: Ground Zero Perspective
University of Houston Law Center
November 17, 2016: Houston, TX
Role: Guest Lecturer
Topic: Behind the Scenes as a Plaintiff’s Lawyer
Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA: May 2016
Role: Guest Lecturer
Topic: Complex Litigation from the Plaintiff’s Lawyer Perspective
University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, November 2011
Role: Guest Lecturer
Topic: Presenting Liability Themes to a Jury: Capturing the Attention of an MTV Audience.
University of Arkansas School of Law, Summer Program 2005 and 2006
Role: Guest Lecturer
Topic: Mass Torts
University of Houston School of Law, Spring 2004
Role: Adjunct Professor for Trial Advocacy Department
ATLA National College of Advocacy
March 5-6, 2004, Dallas, TX
Conference: Trial of a Pharmaceutical Case: Prescriptions for Success
Role: Faculty Member
University of Houston School of Law, January 2004
Role: Assistant Professor of Deposition Workshop
SPEECHES & PRESENTATIONS
Trial Guides: Rules of the Road
June 1-2, 2018: San Francisco, CA
Topic: Using Visuals to Better Illustrate the Rules in Your Case
New Jersey Bar Association for Justice
Boardwalk Seminar: Artisan’s of Advocacy
May 11, 2018: Atlantic City, NJ
Topic: Preparing your client to testify
Connecticut Trial Lawyer’s Association
CLE with the Stars
April 6, 2018: Bridgeport, CT
Topic: Science for Dummies: Making the Medicine Understandable
Washington State Association for Justice Conference:
Fighting for Justice in a Divided World
December 8, 2017: Seattle, WA
Topics: Understanding Conservative Jurors in a Post-Trump World
Coloring Outside the Lines: Telling your story with visuals
Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) Conference
November 17, 2017: San Francisco, CA
Topics: Visual Story Telling
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)
Women’s Trial Skills Conference
October 21, 2017: Los Angeles, CA
Topics: Telling Your Client’s Story: Preparing Plaintiffs for Trial
Tales from the Trenches
AAJ Rules of the Road for Medical Negligence, Drugs, and Devices
April 7-8, 2017: Sonoma, CA
Topics: Persuading Conservative Jurors
Law 360 Trial Skill’s from the Woman’s Perspective
March 12-13, 2017: New Orleans, LA
Conference Chairperson and Presenter
Topics: Top Ten Trial Tips
Visual Storytelling
Trying cases in a polarized country
Inner Circle Mid-Winter Meeting
February 24, 2017: San Francisco, CA
Topic: Conservative Juries in the Post-Trump World
Barton’s Advocacy Bootcamp
January 7, 2017: Portland, OR
Topics: Visual Storytelling
Shaping your client’s story
Effective Focus Groups: Standing in the shoes of the jury
Louisiana Association for Justice
December 15, 2016: New Orleans, LA
Topic: Visual Storytelling: Thinking outside the Box
American Association of Justice’s Weekend with the Stars Seminar
December 9, 2016: New York, NY
Topic: Exposing Corporate Fraud and Advocating for the Consumer
Kentucky Justice Association: 2016 Convention
September 15, 2016: Nashville, TN
Topic: Shaping the Plaintiffs’ Story
New Jersey Association for Justice: Boardwalk 2016
April 7, 2016: Atlantic City, NJ
Topic: Visual Presentation of Evidence
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association: Educational Seminar
March 31 and April 1, 2016: Indianapolis, IN
Conference Chairperson and Presenter
Topic: Preparing Plaintiffs to Testify: Help Clients Tell Their Story
Visual Storytelling
New Jersey Association for Justice: Learn from the Legends Coast to Coast
November 19, 2015: Rutherford, NJ
Topic: Visual Presentation of Evidence
American Association of Justice’s Trial Advocacy College: Depositions
October 29-31, 2015: Newport, RI
Topic: Addressing Bias in Depositions
Preparing the Plaintiff for Deposition
Law 360: Lean In: Trial Skills from the Woman’s Perspective
October 11-13, 2015: Aspen, CO
Conference Chairperson and Presenter
Topic: How to best “Lean In” as a Woman Trial Lawyer
Thinking Outside the Visual Box
Focus Groups and Preparing your whole Case
American Association of Justice’s Education: Advanced Trial Lawyer’s Guide on “Rules of the Road”
October 2, 2015: Chicago, IL
Topic: Presenting Community Rules Visually
Texas Bar Association: Choosing and Courting a Jury in 2015
March 27, 2015, Houston, Texas
Topic: Thinking Outside the Visual Box
American Association for Justice Education: Next Step Seminar: The Newest Innovations in Case Framing
November 21 – 22, 2014: Atlanta, GA
Topic: Case Framing and Creating Echoes at Trial
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association 50th Annual Convention
November 6-7, 2014: Indianapolis, IN
Topic: Trial Advocacy
360 Advocacy Institute: Annual Women’s Legal Conference, Chairperson and Speaker
September 14-16, 2014: New Orleans, LA
September 14-16, 2014, New Orleans, LA
Topic: Thinking Outside the Box: Women in the Courtroom
Trial Guides Conference: The Elements of Trial
January 31-February 1, 2014: Las Vegas, NV
Topic: Telling Your Story with Visuals
National Trial Lawyer’s Summit: Women Lawyers' Trial Skills Retreat
September 22-24, 2013: Aspen, Colorado
Topic: Opening & Closing Arguments: Communicating with the Jury
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention
August 2, 2013: Aspen, Colorado
Topic: Telling Your Story Using Visuals
Trial Lawyer’s Summit 2013: Transform Your Business, Your Practice & Your Skills
February 2013: Miami, Florida
Topic: Use of Cutting Edge Trial Technology and Demonstratives to Level the Playing Field
Inner Circle Annual Conference 2013
August 6-9, 2012 New York, New York
Topic: Visually Proving Causation at Trial
Judicial Forum: Mass Torts: A Roundtable for Judges & Lawyers
February 9, 2012: Philadelphia, PA
Topic: Trial Issues in Mass Tort Cases
Mass Torts Made Perfect: Litigation Update
February 8, 2012, Philadelphia, PA
Topic: Learned Intermediary issues in Pelvic Mesh Litigation
AAJ: Advocacy Track: Storytelling & Persuasion
July 11, 2011, New York, NY
Topic: The Courtroom as your Theater: Using Props to Persuade the Jury
HB Litigation Conferences, Mass Torts Judicial Forum
June 27, 2011, Philadelphia, PA
Topic: Opening Statements in a Mass Tort Case
AAJ’s Weekend with the Stars Seminar
December 9-11, 2010, New York, NY
Topic: Theater in the Courtroom as your theater: Use of Visual Aides at Trial
Iowa Association for Justice Annual Convention
November 4-6, 2010, Des Moines, Iowa
Topic: Visual Trial Evidence
The Colorado Women’s Bar Association’s 33rd Annual Convention
May 14-16, 2010, Vail, CO
Topic: Trials in an MTV World: How to Up Your Game on Visual Presentation of Evidence
AAJ Education: Advocacy Track
July 28, 2009, San Francisco, CA
Topic: Living in an MTV World: Visual Presentation of Trial Evidence in an HRT Case
AAJ Education: Hormone Therapy Litigation Group
July 26, 2009, San Francisco, CA
Topic: Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth-Only If You Let Them: Coordination of a Pharmaceutical Litigation
AAJ’s Hot Topics in Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Litigation Seminar
September 12-13, 2008
Topic: Hormone Replacement Therapy
AAJ Education: David v. Goliath: Holding Big Pharma Accountable
February 15-16, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
Topic: Visual Presentation of Evidence at Trial
Mealey’s Drug & Medical Device Teleconference Series, January 16, 2008
Topic: Hormone Therapy Litigation: Status of the Litigation
AAJ Education: Weekend with the Stars
December 8-9, 2007, New York, NY
Topic: Hormone Therapy Litigation: Battling for Breast Cancer Survivors
Wyoming Trial Lawyer’s Association CLE Program
Nov. 1-2, 2007, Scottsdale, AR
Topic: HRT Litigation Update
Arkansas Trial Lawyer’s Association
2007, Eureka Springs, AR
Topic: Visual Evidence at Trial
ATLA Education
October 1-2, 2004, Las Vegas, NV
Topic: The Case for Hormone Therapy: For Better or For Worse?
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Annual Meeting
August 12-14, 2004, Vancouver, Canada
Topic: Use of Visual Evidence at Trial
ATLA Summer Convention, HRT Litigation Group
July 5-6, 2004 Boston, MA
Topic: Discovery Update: Prempro Sales Representative Data
Mealey’s Emerging Drugs
March 22-23, 2004, Scottsdale, AR
Topic: Hormone Replacement Therapy Update
ATLA Education: Pharmaceutical Seminar, March 5-6, 2004
Topic: Examination of Corporate Designee
ATLA Midwinter Convention
February 14, 2004, Orlando, FL
Topic: HRT Litigation Group Update
Mealey’s Mass Torts Conference
April 22-23, 2002, Phoenix, AR
Topic: Effective Trial Strategies
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association
2002, Biloxi, Mississippi
Topic: Defective Drugs & Medical Devices
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association
September 2001, Birmingham, Alabama
Topic: Defective Drug Litigation
ATLA Annual Convention
uly 2001, Montreal, Canada
Topic: Sulzer Hip Implants: Status of Discovery
Mealey’s Rezulin Litigation Convention, April 2-3, 2001, Boston, MA Conference Co-Chair
Topic: Rezulin Litigation: The Big Picture
MDL Rezulin Litigation, April 2001, Denver, CO
Topic: Rezulin Litigation: Discovery Themes and Deposition Realities
Mealey’s Propulsid Litigation Conference, January 22-23, 2001, New Orleans, LA
Topic: Propulsid Litigation: Causes of Action and Initial Discovery
Mealey’s Rezulin Litigation Conference, October 23-24, 2000, Phoenix, AR
Topic: Update on Rezulin Litigation
Mealey’s Propulsid Litigation Conference, September 25, 2000, Philadelphia, PA
Topic: Propulsid: Causes of Action and Filing Cases
Rezulin Litigation Convention, 2000, Atlanta, GA
Topic: Rezulin Discovery: Federal and State Cases Interact
TELECONFERENCES
Pharmaceuticals in Litigation, Topic; Hormone Therapy Litigation, June 24, 2009, HB Litigation Conferences
LAW SCHOOL HONORS
Houston Law Review, Associate Editor, University of Houston 1988-1990
Order of the Barristers
Order of the Coif
Winner of Hippard Mock Trial Competition 1990
University of Houston Advocates, Member of Thelen-Marrin Mock Trial Team