Winston & Strawn LLP specializes in representing the food and beverage sector in high-stakes and highly visible matters ranging from consumer class actions to Lanham Act false advertising matters. Co-headed by Chicago-based Ronald Rothstein and Los Angeles-based Gayle Jenkins, the group offers comprehensive advertising and commercial litigation services including class action counsel, representation before the FDA, and appealing advertising challenges before the NAD and the NARB. Rothstein concentrates on consumer class actions, false advertising litigation matters, and advertising challenges, while Jenkins handles the full range of commercial litigation matters ranging from RICO to unfair business practices. Amanda Groves, based in Los Angeles, focuses on commercial litigation particularly relating to labelling and advertising cases. In Los Angeles, Shawn Obi specializes in matters involving financial services as well as consumer products and food and beverage companies. The team also benefits from the expertise of Miami-based Jared Kessler and Chicago-based Sean Suber who have experience representing clients from the food and beverage sector in consumer class actions.
Testimonials
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‘I believe this team at Winston is second to none. They are aggressive and tenacious. They also always deliver the results they say they will deliver. They are well respected on both sides of the field as well as from the bench.’
‘They get to know their client and their culture.’
‘Ron Rothstein is second to none. He is well respected in the field and also delivers the results he promises. He is always available and provides realistic and practical advice.’
‘Jared Kessler is exceptionally knowledgeable and experienced.’
Key clients
- Weber-Stephens Products LLC
- Central Garden & Pet Company
- Champion Petfoods Holdings, Inc.
- The J.M. Smucker Company
- Lancaster Colony Corporation
- Albertsons Companies
- The Laundress, LLC
- Unilever PLC
- The Hertz Corporation
- S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
- Abbott Laboratories
Work highlights
- Represented J.M. Smucker in a putative class action alleging false advertising relating to protein-content claims stated on the labels of Uncrustables Sandwiches.
- Representing Unilever in litigation arising from a national recall of nearly 8 million of its products, including personal injury and product liability claims and cases related to the recall.
- Assisted Weber-Stephen Products in defeating consumer claims and in navigating an FTC investigation into whether its warrant contains alleged “tying” provision that conditioned the validity of the warranty on the consumer’s use of genuine Weber parts for repair in violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ron Rothstein, Gayle Jenkins