Jones Day

Jones Day’s product liability group is recognized for its trial experience, often serving as national coordinating counsel or lead trial counsel in mass tort and multidistrict litigations in high-profile and complex class action lawsuits for leading corporate clients. The team has tried over 225 product liability cases, often in challenging so called ‘hell-hole’ jurisdictions, and specialize in crisis management, regulatory compliance, and appellate success, with a focus on emerging areas such as consumer fraud and pharmaceutical litigation. The firm recently achieved numerous significant victories in the Walmart opioid litigation, including dismissals of numerous claims and narrowing DOJ allegations. Atlanta based Stephanie Parker leads the product liability team, and is particularly know for handling high-profile, bet-the-company litigation, most often defending major pharmaceutical and tobacco clients. Working out of New York, Theodore Grossman specializes in commercial litigation, class actions, and mass torts, leading the firm’s defense of Daikin America and achieving dismissal of a historic PFAS class action involving nearly 12 million Ohioans. Also based in Atlanta, Jason Keehfus is a first-chair trial lawyer, often defending liability and punitive damages claims, representing R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in the nationwide “Engle progeny” product liability suits.