Victoria Davis Lockard is a partner in the firm’s Products Liability Group. She concentrates her practice in the areas of product liability, toxic torts, consumer product class actions and other complex litigation. Ms. Lockard has experience litigating a wide variety of products and exposures, including human tissue allografts, surgical detergent, dialysis products and supplies, drug infusion pumps, pharmaceuticals, ICDs, wireless phones, recreational products, consumer appliances, asbestos, “toxic mold” and isocyanate-containing polyurethane products. Her recent regulatory experience includes advising clients regarding the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, FDA adverse event reporting and investigations, and the FTC's Green Guides and avoidance of "greenwashing" claims.

Ms. Lockard is a member of the Defense Research Institute’s Products Liability Committee and Drug and Medical Device Committee, the Trial Attorneys of America, and the Atlanta Bar Association. She currently sits on the board of directors for Dad’s Garage Theatre Company and the leadership board for Georgia State University’s Graduate Health Law Network. She is a frequent speaker and author on issues related to products liability, mass and class actions, medical negligence and general trial practice.

Ms. Lockard received her J.D., cum laude, from Georgia State University in 1997, where she was a member of the Georgia State University Law Review Editorial Board, and was a pupil in the Bleckley Inn of Court. Ms. Lockard received a B.B.A. in finance from the University of Georgia in 1994. During law school, she served as a judicial extern for Chief Justice Norman S. Fletcher of the Supreme Court of Georgia, externed with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and worked as a law clerk for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). While studying at Georgia State, she received the Outer Barristers’ Guild Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Cali Awards in Health Law and Sales Law. Prior to joining Alston & Bird, Ms. Lockard was a law clerk to The Honorable Gail Tusan of the Fulton County Superior Court.