Paula Bliss is a senior associate in the firm and she focuses her practice on all aspects of civil litigation involving catastrophic injuries and primarily pharmaceutical and medical device mass tort litigation, and wrongful death, medical malpractice and personal injury actions.

Prior to joining BH&R in 2007, Paula practiced in a large New England firm where she litigated cases involving catastrophically injured plaintiffs across the country in various pharmaceutical mass tort litigations, including diet drugs, phenylpropanolamine, ephedra, Duragesic pain patches, and individual personal injury and medical malpractice lawsuits. Paula has extensive experience in every facet of complex tort litigation from fact and expert discovery to Daubert litigation and preparation for and participation in trials. She manages litigation projects involving dozens of individual complex tort cases. Drawing from her experience in sophisticated expert discovery and Daubert challenges, Paula authored the publication "What to Expect in High Stakes Litigation" (SEAK, 2005), which has been read by and presented to hundreds of scientific and medical testifying experts. Paula appears in court on civil litigation matters, summary judgment and Daubert hearings, pre-trial conferences, medical malpractice tribunals and discovery and evidentiary motion argument. Paula has successfully negotiated significant pre-suit personal injury settlements and mediated several pharmaceutical liability tort actions.

A member of the Bar of Massachusetts since 2002, Paula is also a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, and is a pro bono attorney with the Women's Bar Foundation representing victims of domestic violence in probate matters. Paula was selected as a Massachusetts Super Lawyers "Rising Star" three years in a row.

Ms. Bliss received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Paula currenly lives just outside of Boston, MA with her husband and two young children.

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