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Tim Pratt is Executive Vice President Secretary and General Counsel at Boston Scientific Corporation. Tim joined Boston Scientific in May of 2008 where he is responsible for worldwide management of the Company’s legal functions.
Previously Tim worked for the law firm of Shook Hardy & Bacon. He joined the firm in 1977 and became partner in 1981. He concentrated his practice in the defense of pharmaceutical and medical device litigation and toxic tort cases. Tim was co-chair of Shook Hardy’s 100-attorney Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation Division.
Tim has been named to the 2008 BTI Client Service All-Star Team for Law Firms an exclusive group of 148 attorneys recognized by Fortune 1 000 companies who stand above all others for superior and unparalleled client service knowledge and value in their area of expertise. In 2006 and 2007 he was named a Leading National Products Liability Lawyer by Chambers USA and was described as outstanding by any measure. Tim is listed in The Best Lawyers in America was selected as a Top 100 Super Lawyer in Missouri and Kansas and was recognized by Lawdragon as one of the Top 500 Litigators in America. Tim is active in the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel where he serves as a director on their board. He is also active in the American Bar Association and speaks regularly at the Defense Research Institute (DRI) where he has served as chair of the DRI Corporate Counsel Roundtable and as a member of the DRI Civil Rules Advisory Committee. For over 20 years Tim has served on the faculty for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and he currently serves on the editorial advisory board for the BNA Inc. publication Medical Devices Law & Industry Report. | 