Kip Petroff In The Media

Battling Goliath by Kip Petroff & Suzi Zimmerman Petroff (Fall 2011)

Battling Goliath: Inside a $22 Billion Legal Scandal is non-fiction book, written by Kip Petroff and Suzi Zimmerman Petroff, which tells the personal journey of attorney Kip Petroff who passionately led the charge against the makers of Fen-Phen in courtrooms across the country despite the toll on his personal and professional life.

His aggressive strategy resulted in the first verdict, a historic award that ultimately led to a $4 billion nationwide settlement. But the corruption that followed would test his early commitment to bring justice to the drugs’ victims. The massive class action would drag on for more than a decade, spawning a host of shadowy back-room pacts, threats, allegations, and deceit.

Read more about Battling Goliath: Inside a $22 Billion Legal Scandal at the book’s web site: www.battlinggoliath.com

The Money Lawyers: The No-Holds-Barred World Of Today’s Richest And Most Powerful Lawyers

Attorney Kip Petroff Featured In The Book: The Money Lawyers: The No-Holds-Barred World Of Today’s Richest And Most Powerful Lawyers

by Joseph C. Goulden (2006, Truman Talley Books; St. Martin’s Press).

A non-fiction book by Joseph C. Goulden (2006, Truman Talley Books; St. Martin’s Press). This enthralling book depicts the sagas of some of today’s most powerful plaintiff’s lawyers.
Kip Petroff is prominently featured in Chapter 4: The Diet Pill Wars: Meet the Class Action Club (p. 174-243) . . .

“Two factors make Petroff sui generis. First was the audacity with which he went after the manufacturers, and the damning evidence that he rooted from their files, and from their executives’ mouths on deposition, at the very early stage of the litigation. Within the space of a very few months Petroff established himself as arguably the major player in the Fen-Phen saga. . . . Second, Petroff was the first lawyer to actually try a Fen-Phen case ‘to verdict’ – that is, to convince a jury that a manufacturer had marketed a product that caused harm to someone, and to win an award. It was twenty three million three hundred thousand dollars.” (p. 176)

{Twenty million dollars of this verdict was for punitive damages and three million three hundred thousand dollars was awarded for pain and suffering and medical expenses. The client’s alleged damages were for injury to her aortic and mitral heart valves. The client did not actually receive any money after the initial verdict. Due largely to the uncertainty of this verdict being upheld on appeal, the client settled her case on September 30, 1999, before a Judgment was entered on the verdict. On that date, the client settled her case for one million nine hundred ninety seven dollars plus Court Costs in the amount of eleven thousand four hundred eighty five dollars. Attorney’s fees in the amount of seven hundred ninety eight thousand eight hundred dollars and litigation expenses in the amount of one hundred sixty five thousand eight hundred twenty nine dollars were withheld from the settlement. Therefore, the client received one million forty three thousand eight hundred and fifty six dollars as a result of the settlement}.

Texas Justice: The Legacy of Historical Courthouses

Attorney Kip Petroff Featured in The Book “Texas Justice: The Legacy of Historical Courthouses”

by Martana (Hardcover – November 2004)

Attorney Kip Petroff Featured in The Book “Texas Justice: The Legacy of Historical Courthouses”

Kip Petroff tells the tale of “David vs. Goliath: The First Fen-Phen Case Ever Tried.” (p. 212)

“Mr. Kip Petroff, along with his partner, Robert Kisselburgh, tried the very first individual Fen-Phen “test case” in U.S. history. At the trial there were two lawyers, including Mr. Petroff, representing the plaintiff, versus nineteen lawyers representing the drug company at various times throughout the case.”