Jeff Kruse is Senior Litigation Counsel for Boston Scientific Corporation. He joined Guidant Corporation in November 2005, just before Guidant was purchased by Boston Scientific Corporation.  Jeff has been responsible for managing civil litigation including corporate disputes, securities-related litigation, product liability litigation, including the Guidant MDL in Minnesota and the pelvic floor mesh litigation MDL in West Virginia.  He has also handled several government investigations many of which resulted in no actions against the company. Jeff graduated from Washington & Lee University School of Law in 1994 where he was a Notes and Comments editor on the law review. After law school, Jeff joined Shook, Hardy and Bacon as an associate and spent eleven years practicing at Shook where he became a partner in January 2002.  During his eleven years at Shook, he focused his practice on representing pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, including his current employer.