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About MLG | Of Counsel
Julia Reed Zaic
 Julia Reed Zaic specializes in pharmaceutical mass tort litigation and the development of toxic tort cases. These areas encompass her background and experience both as a scientist and lawyer. Julia received her Juris Doctorate degree from Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey in 2001. She received her undergraduate education at the University of South Florida where she also became an exchange student in San José, Costa Rica. She continued on at USF and earned a Master of Science Public Health (MSPH) degree in 1998 specializing in toxicology and environmental risk assessment.
Julia worked in the environmental consulting field before and during her graduate studies while fulfilling a research commitment at USF in the College of Public Health toxicology laboratories. Julia participated in many research projects at the College of Public Health including a risk analysis of vitrified material produced in situ at the Charleston Naval Shipyard that became one of her presentation topics at the Society of Toxicology convention in 1998. She was later published in the area of comparative bioavailability of heavy metals in environmental media based on research data she produced while developing her thesis for her MSPH degree. She decided to become a lawyer after providing support as a scientist to expert witnesses in toxic tort cases.
Julia attended Rutgers University Law School at Camden where she served on the Law Journal and worked for two different law firms that specialized in championing plaintiff’s causes. After receiving her J.D. at Rutgers, Julia clerked for the Honorable Marina Corodemus (Ret.) in the New Jersey Superior Court, Mass Torts Section located in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
During her clerkship for Judge Corodemus, she assisted the Judge in the management of complex civil litigation assigned to the court for coordination before trial. Primarily, she facilitated the coordination and performed complex research for several actions assigned to the court including pharmaceutical litigation. Specifically, cases involving claims against the manufacturers of Fen-Phen®, latex gloves, Rezulin®, Propulsid®, and other pharmaceutical products. Julia also assisted with coordination and research of individual tobacco cases and some medical device litigation. She also worked with the Judge and Special Masters assigned to assist with complex discovery issues of the Tom’s River toxic tort litigation locally in New Jersey.
Before joining Ron Michael Meneo and forming MeneoReed, Julia practiced in the Newport Beach office of Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos. While at Lopez Hodes, she focused on complex litigation focusing primarily on cases involving Baycol® , Zyvox®, Zyprexa®, and phenylpropanolamine (PPA). PPA is an additive in many over-the-counter cough and cold medications and appetite suppressants alleged to have caused and increased risk of hemorrhagic strokes especially in women. She has served as a member of the Dexatrim® settlement negotiation subcommittee for the class resolution of cases against the manufacturers of PPA-containing Dexatrim® products. She currently serves in an advisory role to the Delaco Settlement Trust, a settlement fund resulting from negotiations effectuated by the Dexatrim® settlement negotiation subcommittee. Julia also assisted with discovery and pleadings in litigation involving complex worker’s compensation issues surrounding a case against KBR Halliburton filed by civilian fuel convoy drivers and surviving family members the convoy drivers who were attacked by insurgents on April 9th, 2004 in Iraq.
Julia is a member of the American Bar Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. She is admitted to practice before all of the courts in the states of California and Florida. Federal court admissions include the Central and Southern United States District Courts of California.
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