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McGuireWoods LLP Offices

GATEWAY PLAZA
800 EAST CANAL STREET
RICHMOND, VA 23219
VIRGINIA
United States
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Joy Fuhr

Career
Joy Fuhr defends manufacturers and energy producers. She focuses on public and private nuisance, environmental, climate change, toxic tort, and product liability claims. She serves as national counsel and lead lawyer for Fortune 500 Companies in state and federal courts throughout the country.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
Undertaking work from new clients, as well as continuing to handle a significant pipeline of matters for longstanding ones – including DuPont, which the firm continues to defend in lead paint litigation – McGuireWoods LLP has significant market visibility in class action and MDL proceedings across a range of products liability and toxic tort matters. Joy Fuhr in Richmond has a strong track record at trial and appellate level, and has had many victories over the years, securing the dismissal of public nuisance actions relating to lead paint. Diane Flannery , who has broad experience in class action and MDL matters, chairs the products, environmental and mass tort litigation department from the Richmond office.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: electric power
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Industry focus > Transport: rail and road - litigation and regulation
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Industry focus > Healthcare: service providers
- Industry focus > Insurance: advice to policyholders
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Industry focus > Transport: aviation and air travel - finance
- Industry focus > Transport: shipping - litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- 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
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Environment: litigation
- Industry focus > Environment: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Project finance