Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Primarily representing defendants alongside handling some work for plaintiffs, litigation-focused heavyweight firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP excels in handling large-scale and high-profile product liability and toxic tort matters for clients from a range of industry sectors, including energy and life sciences. Acclaimed San Francisco-based litigator Morgan Tovey continues to spearhead the firm’s efforts for a major consumer products company in relation to its asbestos defense strategies, notably gaining numerous Daubert victories. The arrival in March 2023 of Chicago-based Richard Godfrey from Kirkland & Ellis LLP also enhances the firm’s ability to handle aggregated litigation in the products and toxic tort space, with Godfrey heading up the firm’s complex MDL practice group. Based in Washington DC, Michael Lyle co-heads the team alongside Tovey, and as part of his broad trial practice regularly handles mass tort defendant work, he continues to represent defendants in relation to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and clean-up effort in the Gulf of Mexico.