Jones Day

Jones Day is widely regarded for its depth of expertise across the full spectrum of toxic tort matters. The team’s wide-ranging practice encompasses multidistrict litigation (MDL) and state-coordinated pesticide proceedings, PFAS litigation, and matters related to ethylene oxide emissions exposure. Co-leading the Business & Tort Litigation Practice in San Diego, Steven Geise serves as national coordinating counsel and lead counsel, alongside Theodore Grossman in New York, for Daikin America, Inc. The firm represents the company in all litigation resulting from its manufacture and sale of PFAS, including cases in the Alabama Supreme Court and federal courts. Also in New York, Leon DeJulius Jr. provides particular expertise in public nuisance lawsuits, continuing to serve Chevron USA, Inc. in the company’s ongoing MDL involving the herbicide paraquat, alleged to cause Parkinson’s disease. Sharyl Reisman remains a trusted adviser to clients seeking assistance with toxic tort, environmental, and product liability coordinated proceedings, as well as consumer class actions. Based in New York, Reisman continues to represent IBM in ongoing personal injury cases involving alleged chemical exposures to the company’s cleaning products. In Cleveland, Philip Oliss brings toxic tort expertise in the consumer products, electronics, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals industries.