Bucky Zimmerman, founding partner of Zimmerman Reed, is a nationally recognized leader in complex and class action litigation. He frequently speaks at industry conferences and CLEs, and is the author of a newly published book on complex litigation. During more than 30 years of practice, Bucky has successfully represented thousands of clients through individual actions and nationwide class actions. His cases have involved the tobacco industry, pharmaceutical companies and shareholder actions. Bucky has served as lead counsel, PSC member and liaison counsel in numerous major pharmaceutical and medical device cases over the last 15 years. He currently serves as Co-Lead Plaintiffs’ Counsel in the National Arbitration Forum MDL 2122, Guidant MDL 1708, Medtronic MDL 1726, Zicam MDL 2096 and Baycol MDL 1431 and served as Chairman in the Medtronic MDL 1905, and was recently appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the NFL Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation. Through his leadership in these and other groundbreaking cases, Bucky continues to advance the interests of his clients and the legal profession. Bucky divides his time between the firm's offices in Minneapolis and Scottsdale.