Jones Day

Combining exceptionally strong strategic and procedural prowess throughout the litigation process, with high-level substantive law and subject matter knowledge, Jones Day remains a popular choice among major domestic and multinational corporates when faced with high-stakes toxic tort allegations. As well as having exceptional firepower at a trial stage throughout the country, including in many plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions, the team, which is led from Atlanta by Stephanie Parker, also excels in achieving dismissals at a pre-trial stage, regularly prevailing at Daubert evidentiary hearings as well as at a class certification stage. New York-based Theodore Grossman is a key member of the team, with his ongoing work for Daikin in the PFAS litigation further reinforcing his reputation for handling important litigation with potentially industry threatening ramifications. New York-based trial lawyer Leon DeJulius is also regularly involved in high-stakes toxic tort matters, recently securing the dismissal for Chevron of all public nuisance claims asserted in the pending MDL addressing purported liability for sales of the pesticide paraquat.