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Lawyer Overview

Jerre Doak has defended America's leading companies in more than 125 proposed class actions in 40 states across the country. Those cases have involved privacy statutes, Internet sales practices, medical monitoring, toxic exposure, personal injury, product liability, equitable claims, consumer fraud statutes, and a variety of other federal and state statutes, including the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA), ERISA, and RICO.

Increasingly, these cases pose a threat of catastrophic liability, with plaintiffs' counsel seeking hundreds of millions (and sometimes billions) of dollars on behalf of a proposed class. In this environment, it is important to have lawyers who know how to win the case, not merely settle it. Jerre has a proven track record of defeating class certification or prevailing on the merits. Since 2000, Jerre has been lead counsel for his clients in more than 50 proposed class actions, only three of which settled — one after class certification was granted, one after class certification was denied, and one before the class certification issue was decided. All of the other cases were defeated in the litigation process.

Jerre has represented R.J. Reynolds in more than 60 proposed class actions, which have presented diverse theories of liability, including personal injury, addiction, medical monitoring, consumer fraud, product liability, unjust enrichment, conspiracy, and RICO.

Jerre also has represented Experian companies in more than a dozen proposed class actions involving claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other state and federal statutes concerning privacy, consumer protection, credit repair, and pricing.

In addition, Jerre has successfully defended several proposed class actions seeking medical monitoring for individuals alleging exposure to toxic substances, including cigarette smoke, secondhand smoke, and beryllium cases.

Jerre has practiced law with Jones Day his entire career. He began in the Cleveland Office in 1980 and moved to Dallas in 1984. He has represented R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Experian, ConsumerInfo.com, Washington Group International, Brush Wellman, Comp USA, TRW, Los Angeles County, USAA, Maybelline, E-Systems, Bank of America, J.C. Penney, Aetna, Texas Industries, General Motors, and National City Bank. He also privately consults with other law firms to provide strategic advice in the defense of significant class actions.

Jerre's pro bono activities include representing the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity in Dallas and serving on their board of advisors. He also served on the Board of Councilors for the University of Dallas.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Class Action Litigation
• Consumer Fraud & Warranty Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Other Health Care Product Liability Litigati
• Class Action and Multidistrict Product Liability Litigation
• Toxic Tort Exposure Litigation (Chemical, Environmental, and Occupational)
• Consumer Goods Product Liability Litigation
• Coordination of Product Liability Litigation
• Privacy & Data Security

Representative Cases

• Aksamit v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. C.A. 97-3636-24, 2001 WL 1809378 (D.S.C. Dec. 29, 2000)
• Anderson v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. & Temple v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 112 F. App'x. 491 (6th Cir. 2004)
• Badillo v. American Tobacco Co., 202 F.R.D. 261 (D. Nev. July 2, 2001); Badillo v. American Brands, Inc., 16 P. 3d 435 (Nev. 2001); Badillo v. American Tobacco Co. (9th Cir. 2002)
• Badillo v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 16 P.3d 435 (Nev. 2001).
• Badillo, Dienno, Christensen, Selcer v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., (D. Nev. July 2, 2001); Badillo v. American Brands, Inc., 16 P. 3d 435 (Nev. 2001); Badillo v. American Tobacco Co.(9th Cir. 2002)
• Barnett v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., No. 00CV175, 2004 WL 4032909 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 30, 2004).
• Brown v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 03-30110-MAP, slip op. (D. Mass. Dec. 9, 2003)
• Brown v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 03-CI-6, slip op. (Campbell County (Ky.) Cir. Ct. Nov. 24, 2003)
• Browning v. ConsumerInfo.com, No. 04-1463, 2007 WL 4105971 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 16, 2007).
• Clark v. ConsumerInfo.com, No. 03 C 7882, 2006 WL 2224049 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 2, 2006); Clark v. ConsumerInfo.com, 233 F.R.D. 508 (N.D. Ill. 2005).
• Danner v. Brush Wellman, No. 00-CV-5653, slip op. (E.D. Pa. Dec. 7, 2001)
• Ellington v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. CV-S-02-1108, slip op. (D. Nev. Oct. 7, 2003); Ellington v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. CV-S-02-1108, slip op. (D. Nev. July 11, 2003)
• Elliott v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 2003-6105, slip op. (W.D. Okla. Apr. 23, 2004)
• Fresco v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., No. 03-61063, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37863 (S.D. Fla. May 11, 2007)
• Hansen v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. LR-C-96-881, 1999 WL 33659388 (E.D. Ark. July 21, 1999)
• Helms v. ConsumerInfo.com, 236 F.R.D. 561 (N.D. Ala. 2005).
• Lowe v. Philip Morris USA, et al., 183 P.3d 181, 2008 WL 1903463 (Or. May 1, 2008)
• Lowe v. Philip Morris USA, et al., 183 P.3d 181, 2008 WL 1903463 (Or. May 1, 2008)
• Mahoney v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 204 F.R.D. 150 (S.D. Iowa 2001); Mahoney v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 01-8015 (8th Cir. Nov. 27, 2001).
• Martinez v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 03 CV 00417, slip op. (D. Utah Mar. 4, 2004)
• Moree v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 1:98CV1833, slip op. (E.D. Tex. June 2, 1999)
• Norris v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., No. 00-1558, slip op. (E.D. La. Aug. 27, 2001); Norris v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., No. 00-1558, slip op. (E.D. La. May 30, 2001)
• Opay v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., 681 N.W.2d 394 (Minn. Ct. App. 2004).
• Perry v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 324 F.3d 845 (6th Cir. 2003)
• Walls v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 11 P.3d 626 (Okla. 2000); Walls v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 97-CV-0218-H, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16040 (N.D. Okla. Oct. 19, 2000)
• Clark v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., No. 00-1217-24, 00-1218-24, 00-1219-24, 2001 WL 1946329 (D.S.C. Mar. 19, 2001); Clark v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., No. 00-1217-24, 00-1218-24, 00-1219-24, 2002 WL 2005709 (D.S.C. June 26, 2002)

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Medical Products & Devices, Military & Veterans Appeals, Motor Vehicle Defects, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Pesticides, Pharmaceutical Products, Pharmaceutical Products, Products Liability Law, Radiation & Electromagnetic Energy, Recreational Products, Solid Waste, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Tobacco, Tobacco, Toxic Torts, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties, Water Pollution

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• U of Notre Dame

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