Atwood, Roy T.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Roy Atwood is a trial lawyer with extensive experience in representing companies in complex litigation. He has represented clients in toxic tort and product liability litigation, as well as state and local tax, outsourcing, construction, contract, environmental class action, and negotiable instrument litigation. He has tried cases in state and federal courts in Texas and across the country and represented clients in arbitration. Roy has served as national coordinating counsel for a group of companies, including Textron Inc. and Invensys Process Systems, in lawsuits involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs in more than 20 jurisdictions.

Roy recently assisted Firestone Building Products with claims relating to damage to the Superdome sustained during Hurricane Katrina. In 2008, he represented at trial a refining company disputing its state income tax obligations in Alaska. In 2001 and 2002, he was a member of a team of Jones Day lawyers who obtained defense verdicts for clients in toxic tort cases, each of which The National Law Journal recognized as one of the top 20 defense wins of the year.

Roy is a frequent speaker on litigation-related topics and teaches in trial skills programs. He serves on the board of the Trial Skills section of the Dallas Bar Association and is a member of the Dallas Bar Foundation. He is past president of the board of trustees of LaunchAbility, which helps people with developmental disabilities lead fulfilling lives. Roy has served on various boards and commissions in the city of Carrollton, Texas where he is currently a planning and zoning commissioner.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• State & Local Taxation
• Class Action Litigation
• Class Action & Multidistrict Product Liability Litigation
• Construction
• Consumer Goods Product Liability Litigation
• Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, & Other Health Care Product Liability Litigation
• Toxic Tort Exposure Litigation

Representative Cases

• ATOFINA obtains favorable partial summary judgment , (2009)
• Brush Wellman wins complete defense verdict in beryllium exposure action by workers at Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility , (2009)
• Homecomings Financial negotiates pre-suit settlement of software development contract , (2009)
• Hospital in billing and management dispute , (2010)
• Kay MacKay negotiates settlement of breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secret action , (2009)
• Merritt, Hawkins & Associates arbitrates software development contract dispute against developer , (2009)
• Textron and Bell Helicopter successfully defend against lawsuit brought by two helicopter repair workers alleging cadmium exposure , (2009)
• Textron successfully defends respirator product liability claims , (2009)
• TRW wins summary judgment in antitrust action brought by credit repair clinic , (2009)
• U.S. Silica wins defense verdict in silicosis case , (2009)
• Vetrotex CertainTeed defends against arbitration brought by electrical contractor , (2009)
• Westinghouse Electric prevails in product liability suit involving high voltage circuit breaker

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Environmental Law, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste, Income Taxation, 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, Sales & Use Taxes, Solid Waste, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, State, Local & Municipal Law, Tax Litigation, Taxation Law, Tobacco, Tobacco, Toxic Torts, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Water Pollution

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• Southern Methodist University
• U of Illinois - Urbana (Main)

Published Works

• Solving the Problems in Mass Tort Litigation, Practice Perspectives: Product Liability & Tort Litigation, 2007
• In Silica Litigation, the Numbers Alone Dictate Careful Scrutiny of Injury and Causation, Andrews, Toxic Chemicals, Vol. 21, Issue 21, p. 2-7, 2003
• Admissibility of National Transportation Safety Board Reports in Civil Air Crash Litigation, 53 Air L.& Com. 469, 1987

Address

2727 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201-1515

Phones

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