Hillary C. Rankin

Associate

Hillary Rankin focuses her practice on product liability, complex mass tort, and toxic tort disputes. She is part of a team that serves as national counsel for several manufacturers involved in asbestos litigation throughout the country.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Hillary defended manufacturers of industrial equipment and automobile brakes, along with premises defendants in all stages of mass tort litigation in both state and federal court. She also engaged in general insurance defense and obtained successful results for a third party administrator in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Duquesne University School of Law, 2016, J.D.
Duquesne University, 2013, B.A., summa cum laude

Pennsylvania
West Virginia
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Publications

Member, Practice Tier 1, Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – defense: toxic tort, The Legal 500 US (2024)

Member, American Bar Association; Allegheny County Bar Association

Recipient, Best Student Paper Award, "The EPA’s Clean Power Plan and Its Effects on Southwestern Pennsylvania", Integrity of Creation Conference (2015)