About PharmaWatchdog

Pharma Watchdog was created by consumer advocate Mark Sadaka.  Mark is an attorney with a masters of science degree in public health and is a partner is the law firm of Potts | Sadaka LLC.

The firm of Potts | Sadaka LLC is a team of trial lawyers dedicated to representing persons in need of aggressive representation. We take on big drug companies, product manufacturers, trucking companies, nursing home chains, and hospitals when people have been hurt or defrauded. Whether it is through a settlement, jury trial, or class action, our team of attorneys and staff are dedicated to one central premise, obtaining excellent results for our clients.

We represent people who are wronged in business and the seriously injured. Our experience and reputation for success (involving some of the largest recoveries including many in excess of $1 million) establish us as one of the very best law firms. With offices throughout the country and the world, our firm is truly an international law firm.

We have offices in Kansas City, New York, Hong Kong, Arkansas, New Mexico, St. Louis with affiliations with attorneys throughout the country. We also have an international presence with offices in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Past results:

Did you know our attorneys obtained -

  • $12.1 million trial verdict against a hospital and physicians for failure to diagnose;
  • $3 million confidential settlement against a hospital and physicians for post operative complications in a premature child;
  • $2.3 million settlement during trial against a hospital for negligent credentialing of a surgeon;
  • $4.25 million verdict against a hospital for the negligent delivery of an infant resulting in partial paralysis;
  • $825,000 verdict against a hospital and orthopedic surgeon for the negligent misdiagnosis of a hip fracture;
  • $3.3 million verdict against a nursing home owner for neglect of a patient;
  • $3.3 million settlement against a hospital for the negligent dismissal of a young girl from an emergency room resulting in quadriplegia;
  • $3 million confidential settlement for the death of a woman from PML infection caused by a prescription drug; and
  • $3 million confidential settlement for the death of a woman from pulmonary embolism caused by a prescription drug.

Leadership:

Did you know that -

  • Derek Potts was selected a SuperLawyer by his peers and appointed to the Board of Governors for the Missouri Trial Lawyer’s Association;
  • Derek Potts was selected to be a member of Plaintiff’s Steering Committee in Kugel Medical Device Litigation;
  • Mark Sadaka served on the Plaintiffs’ Science Subcommittee for Ortho Evra Product Liability Multidistrict Litigation No. 1742, Zyprexa Product Liability Multidistrict Litigation No. 1596 and Vioxx Product Liability Multidistrict Litigation No. 1657
  • Mark Sadaka served as Co-Chair of the Plaintiffs’ Science Subcommittee for ReNu Product Liability Multidistrict Litigation No. 1785;
  • Mark Sadaka served on the Discovery Subcommittee in ReNu Product Liability Multidistrict Litigation No. 1785 and Fosamax Product Liability Multidistrict Litigation No. 1789.

Why Potts Sadaka, LLC?

Potts Sadaka, LLC has an experienced team of trial lawyers and support staff ready to assist you.

Three things separate Potts Sadaka, LLC from other law firms:

1. We specialize in complex, serious injury cases.

We have the experience to handle your case. Our firm DOES NOT represent simple personal injury cases. We specialize in cases with complex causal relationships and serious injury.

This is an important point. If you type “Drug Injury Lawyer” in google right now a vast majority of firms, if you get by the “lawyer referral services”, are NOT equipped to handle a complex drug injury cases. They will represent to you that they do but the vast majority of them are strictly car accident and slip and fall attorneys looking to try something different.

You will even find firms who primarily represent the defendants soliciting injured people!

Let those firms experiment with new business models on someone else’s time. You need a serious, experienced lawyer who can handle a complex case.

2. We strive to give each and every client a personal touch.

Visit our client relations department on this website. You will see that we DO everything possible to keep our client’s informed and on the same page so we can work together to resolve your case. Leaving messages for status on your case over and over again and leaving messages will not happen here. While sometimes the operators in our client relations department are busy, they will always try to get back to you within the same day.

3. We actually try cases.

Potts Sadaka, LLC provides aggressive, relentless representation.

We never hesitate no matter how powerful the adversary.

If you or a loved one are seriously injured, you could not choose a better firm.