Biography
Angi Whittaker-Pion’s practice focuses on litigation involving multiple parties, multiple claims, and allocation of liability among related corporate entities.
She is actively involved in the day-to-day mass torts defense nationally for a publicly traded manufacturing client - coordinating and managing litigation strategy, discovery, experts, company witnesses, documents, and trial preparation. She has conducted many forensic product-line investigations relating to claims arising out of products manufactured many decades before, often by divested or now non-existent companies. Angi defends asbestos-related personal injury and wrongful death suits, as well as mass torts alleging occupational exposure to silica, benzene, nickel, lead and perchlorate. Outside the products liability area, Angi's practice encompasses a range of complex civil matters, including nationwide class action litigation and business disputes.
Angi was named one of Maryland’s "Top 100" Women in 2012 and was named to The Daily Record’s Successful Before 40/VIP List in 2014.
Services
- Commercial Litigation
- Coverage Disputes & Litigation
- Insurance Acquisition, Assessment & Asset Management
- Insurance Recovery & Risk Management
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- National Coordinating Counsel
- Power Tools & Industrial Machinery Litigation
- Products Liability & Mass Torts
- Risk Prevention & Management
- Toxic Exposures
- Appellate
Industries
Education
- Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America (J.D., cum laude, 1999)
- University of Maryland, College Park (B.A., 1996)
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia, 2000
- Maryland, 1999
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association: Mass Torts Litigation Committee; Tort & Insurance Law Committee; The Woman Advocate Committee
- Defense Research Institute: Product Liability Committee; Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee
- Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc.
- Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland
Special Honors
- Benchmark Litigation: Listed as a Future Star (2011-2018, 2021-2026); Local Litigation Star for Maryland (2021-2023)
- Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Maryland Super Lawyers® - Rising Stars Edition: Selected for inclusion in the area of Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury Defense: Products (2009-2013); Class Action/Mass Torts (2013-2014)
- The Daily Record: Successful Before 40/VIP List (2014)
- The Daily Record: Named one of Maryland's Top 100 Women (2012)
Court Admissions
- United States Supreme Court
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland
