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McDermott Will & Emery LLP Offices
340 MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10173-1922
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr James Pardo
Work Department
Litigation/ Trial/ Product Defense/ Class Action
Position
Partner James (Jim) Pardo has more than twenty years of trial and litigation experience representing clients in complex commercial, mass tort, product liability and class action cases. Jim’s litigation and trial skills have resulted in a long track record of victories across a diverse range of disputes, including defective fuel products, breach of contract, biotech research fraud, personal injury, patent infringement, groundwater contamination and renewable fuels issues. Jim has particular knowledge in the energy industry, having represented major oil companies, natural gas developers, renewable fuel manufacturers, and oil field service providers in all of the aforementioned subject areas.
For further details of Jim’s biography, please view McDermott website: https://www.mwe.com/en/team/p/pardo-james-a
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
(Leading partners)Noted for its strengths in product liability matters, as well as toxic tort and environmental litigation, McDermott Will & Emery LLP is active in a wide variety of claims ranging from large-scale aggregated litigation in federal and state courts, to litigation within the agrichemical and life sciences sectors. In product liability claims, New York-based James Pardo is sought after for his expertise in claims involving a range of environmental concerns including hazardous waste regulations and clean air laws. Anthony Upshaw , in Miami and Washington DC, leads the practice group and is a key name, having found success in product liability defenses, class actions and mass torts.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense