Mr Jay Bhimani > Dechert LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Dechert LLP
Three Bryant Park, 1095 Avenue of the Americas
NEW YORK, NY 10036-6797
NEW YORK
United States
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Work Department

Product Liability and Mass Torts

Position

Partner

Career

Jay Bhimani counsels clients on a range of commercial litigation matters, with a focus on product liability and mass torts. Mr. Bhimani advises clients across a range of industries and has served as counsel in some of the nation’s most significant recent disputes, including as trial counsel to a major multinational corporation in litigation related to the company’s talcum powder products. His trial work has resulted in defense verdicts selected as among the “Top Verdicts” in 2018 and 2019 (Daily Journal), the “Top Product Liability cases of 2018” (Law360), and the “Top 10 Most Impressive Defense Verdicts” in 2019 (Courtroom View Network).

In addition, Mr. Bhimani serves as counsel for a product manufacturer in a multi-district litigation involving hearing loss claims by service members related to a product sold to the military.

Mr. Bhimani also has substantial experience in the field of securities litigation. He has served as counsel in securities actions in which plaintiffs sought many billions of dollars in damages, including in the country’s largest private insider trading action and several residential mortgage-backed securities actions brought by a government agency arising out of the 2008 financial crisis.

Pro bono activities are also a significant part of Mr. Bhimani’s practice. In 2016, Public Counsel’s Consumer Law Project awarded Mr. Bhimani its 2016 Public Counsel Pro Bono Award.

Languages

  • English
  • Gujarati

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 2006, magna cum laude, College Honors
  • University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 2009

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)

With a deep bench of product liability lawyers based out of the firm’s East and West Coast offices, Dechert LLP has strength in depth to handle large-scale MDLs and class actions centered around a range of consumer product defects; pharmaceutical products and medical devices remain the firm’s primary strength. Los Angeles-based litigator Jay Bhimani has significant courtroom experience in the field, and is acting in the bellwether jury trials for 3M regarding the combat arms earplugs product liability MDL. New York-based practitioner Sheila L. Birnbaum is also very effective at handling life sciences and pharmaceuticals cases in particular, and co-heads the overarching product liability team alongside Bhimani. Kimberly Branscome departed to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in February 2024.