Blake Vanderhyde

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Blake Vanderhyde is the founder of Vanderhyde Law. For over 25 years, he has fought for victims of injustice by taking on some of the world's largest and most powerful corporations and institutions.

His practice focuses heavily on pharmaceutical and medical device injury. He has represented clients in many of the largest mass tort and multidistrict litigations in United States history, including matters involving Actos, Avandia, DePuy and Stryker hip implants, transvaginal mesh, power morcellators, asbestos exposure, and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He works with clients and co-counsels with firms across the country.

Blake graduated Summa Cum Laude from Saint Cloud State University and earned his law degree from the William Mitchell College of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. He is admitted in State and Federal Court and has been recognized by Super Lawyers and Minnesota Law and Politics Who's Who.

Years of litigating pharmaceutical and medical device cases gave Blake a deep working knowledge of the underlying science, the FDA regulatory process, and the way drug and device companies operate. He has extended that expertise into independent public health work on antimicrobial resistance, a leading global health threat, publishing a multi-part investigation into non-pharmaceutical approaches to antibiotic-resistant infection in 2026, available on Medium.com by clicking here.

Past and current memberships include the American Association for Justice, the Minnesota Association for Justice, the Minnesota State Bar Association, the Hennepin County Bar Association, the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity International, and the American Inns of Court, Douglas K. Amdahl Inn of Minnesota.

Blake is a former President of Best Buddies International, Saint Cloud Minnesota Chapter. Best Buddies is a college-based volunteer program that promotes friendships between students and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Best Buddies is the world's largest organization dedicated to ending the social, physical, and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.