Troutman Pepper’s Brett Ashton Mason Honored with Richard H. Krochock Award by DRI for Exemplary Leadership and Mentorship

ATLANTA – Brett Ashton Mason, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Health Sciences Litigation Practice Group, has been awarded the Richard H. Krochock Award by DRI. The award honors an individual who has “provided exemplary leadership to the DRI Young Lawyers Committee through sponsorship or participation in its programs and activities, who has provided guidance, support, and service as a mentor to the members of the Young Lawyers Committee, and who has promoted those qualities which enhance the public image of the civil defense trial lawyer.”

Since 2013, Mason has been a DRI member and has been highly involved with its Young Lawyers Steering Committee, which comprises lawyers who practice across every substantive area within the defense bar and provides professional development, CLE programs, and networking opportunities. Mason previously served as the Young Lawyers Committee’s Second Vice Chair from 2020-2021, Vice Chair from 2021–2022, and Chair from 2022-2023. She is also an active member and serves on the Steering Committee of the DRI Drug and Medical Device Committee.

At Troutman Pepper, Mason defends primarily pharmaceutical and medical device companies in litigation involving mass tort, personal injury, and wrongful death claims in state and federal courts across the United States. She has experience in all aspects of discovery, trial preparation, and trial practice, including taking and defending depositions, motions practice, witness preparation, trial strategy development, and witness examinations at trial. She has experience serving as trial counsel in trials across the U.S., from California to Massachusetts to the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Mason and fellow award recipients were recognized at the 2024 DRI Annual Meeting closing reception on Friday, October 18.

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