18 Mar 2026
DLA Piper strengthens national trial bench with Hildy Sastre as Partner
"DLA Piper has hired Hildy Sastre as a Partner to bolster its national trial bench; she will work in high-stakes product liability and complex litigation as a first-chair trial lawyer."
Sastre is a preeminent first-chair trial lawyer with decades of experience in high-stakes product liability and complex litigation. She has served as lead trial counsel for multinational corporations and led trial teams in many of the nation’s most significant mass tort and multi-district litigations. Sastre has defended Fortune 100 companies in nationwide litigation involving pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer products, and has tried high-profile individual and consolidated trials. She is frequently selected to try bellwether cases and matters of first impression that shape national litigation.
A Band 1-ranked lawyer by Chambers USA, Sastre is praised for her effectiveness before juries and judges and for translating complex scientific and technical evidence into compelling, jury-ready narratives. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Sastre joins DLA Piper as a Partner, further strengthening the firm’s global litigation practice and its ability to field elite trial teams across jurisdictions and industries.