Product Liability: Tobacco
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Jones Day has a longstanding reputation as a premier firm for product liability cases in the tobacco industry. It is also active in other product areas, including pharmaceuticals, toxic tort and consumer fraud. Strong track record in the defense of consumer class actions, and also offers significant expertise in appellate proceedings. The team is notable for its strong trial capabilities. Its extensive national and global presence supports its handling of large-scale disputes.
Work Highlights
- Jones Day represented Chevron in multi-fora defense in federal multidistrict litigation relating to claims that the herbicide paraquat causes Parkinson’s disease.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The combination of experience, depth and breadth of knowledge is precisely what my organization needed in its defense of a particularly difficult set of circumstances. We feel indebted to them."
"Jones Day has strong capabilities to handle complex and sophisticated matters and has a number of really good lawyers. They are always responsive and have a very diverse team."
"The firm is wonderful to work with and has impressive, strategic lawyers with substantive strength."
"The combination of experience, depth and breadth of knowledge is precisely what my organization needed in its defense of a particularly difficult set of circumstances. We feel indebted to them."
"Jones Day has strong capabilities to handle complex and sophisticated matters and has a number of really good lawyers. They are always responsive and have a very diverse team."
"The firm is wonderful to work with and has impressive, strategic lawyers with substantive strength."
Notable Practitioners
Stephanie Parker co-leads the firm's business and tort litigation practice, and oversees its product liability litigation practice. She is an eminent trial lawyer in tobacco and in pharmaceutical trials.
"She is very service-oriented and does a particularly good job at ensuring that the firm responds to a variety of needs."
"Stephanie is a fantastic first chair trial lawyer who has the incredible ability to take complex sets of facts and distill them into a story."
"She is responsive and amazing with clients. She also provides very good strategy, advice and insight."
Theodore Grossman excels in defending against consumer class actions, drawing on experience in trials across the US.
Celeste Brecht is noted for her growing experience handling complex product liability cases at trial, including toxic tort and pharmaceutical-related claims.
"She is a very strong advocate who understands what she has to do and does it efficiently."
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