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Vanessa Merassaint

Vanessa Merassaint

Of Counsel

390 North Orange Avenue
Suite 1400
Orlando, FL 32801
T 407.669.4311
vanessa.merassaint@nelsonmullins.com
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Vanessa focuses her practice on defending clients throughout all phases of complex toxic tort litigation, effectively protecting the value of products while safeguarding companies' reputational and financial goals.

With extensive experience in talcum powder and asbestos-related cases, as well as premises liability litigation, Vanessa is a dependable litigator in high-stakes liability matters.
 

Vanessa focuses her practice on defending clients throughout all phases of complex toxic tort litigation, effectively protecting the value of products while safeguarding companies' reputational and financial goals.

With extensive experience in talcum powder and asbestos-related cases, as well as premises liability litigation, Vanessa is a dependable litigator in high-stakes liability matters.
 

Vanessa Merassaint

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Previous Professional Experience

  • Of Counsel, Tampa office of a national law firm (2024–2025)
  • Senior Counsel, Product liability firm (2021–2024)
  • Associate, Florida-based law firm (2019–2021)
  • Associate, Florida-based law firm (2014-2018)

Languages 

  • English
  • Haitian Creole 
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Previous Professional Experience

  • Of Counsel, Tampa office of a national law firm (2024–2025)
  • Senior Counsel, Product liability firm (2021–2024)
  • Associate, Florida-based law firm (2019–2021)
  • Associate, Florida-based law firm (2014-2018)

Languages 

  • English
  • Haitian Creole 

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Vanessa focuses her practice on defending clients throughout all phases of complex toxic tort litigation, effectively protecting the value of products while safeguarding companies' reputational and financial goals.

With extensive experience in talcum powder and asbestos-related cases, as well as premises liability litigation, Vanessa is a dependable litigator in high-stakes liability matters.
 

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Previous Professional Experience

  • Of Counsel, Tampa office of a national law firm (2024–2025)
  • Senior Counsel, Product liability firm (2021–2024)
  • Associate, Florida-based law firm (2019–2021)
  • Associate, Florida-based law firm (2014-2018)

Languages 

  • English
  • Haitian Creole 

Education

  • Florida Coastal School of Law, JD, cum laude (2014)
    • Staff Editor, Florida Coastal Law Review
  • University of Central Florida, BA (2011)

Admissions

  • Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Practice Areas

Industries

The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.