Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Ed Sebold's experience in complex commercial and product liability litigation spans pharmaceuticals and medical devices, consumer class actions, bankruptcy, trade secrets, corporate governance, banking practices, post-closing disputes, and breach of contracts. He has played a significant role in the Firm's engagements as national coordinating counsel for Firestone Corporation in its tire recall class actions; national counsel for Wyeth in its antidepressant litigation; international counsel for medical device maker, Mentor Corporation; nationwide class action counsel for AcroMed Corporation; and class action counsel for Tele-Communications in nationwide cases challenging its billing practices.

Ed's experience also includes serving as trial counsel in numerous jury and bench trials throughout the United States and in international and domestic arbitration proceedings. He has had principal responsibility in complex commercial and product liability matters for the direct and cross-examination of expert witnesses and senior executives. Ed has sharpened his courtroom skills in fast-paced injunction and bankruptcy proceedings.

In recognition of the Firm's litigation success, Ed was pictured with his colleagues on the cover of The American Lawyer (January 2006) and in a story on the magazine's finalists for "Product Liability Department" of the year. Ed was identified by The Legal 500 US in 2007 and 2008 as part of its recommendation of Jones Day as a preeminent firm for pharmaceutical and medical device defense. He was selected for inclusion in the International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers in 2008.

Ed's counseling experience has involved corporate governance, electronic discovery, minimizing litigation risks, protecting trade secrets, drafting warranties, dealer and distributor relationships, and complying with consumer protection statutes. He has helped clients conduct internal investigations. Before joining Jones Day, he was an associate with Jenner & Block in Chicago.

Ed has honed his trial and appellate skills by providing pro bono representation. He led a team that won for a death row inmate a new trial based on the withholding of exculpatory evidence ("Judge Says Inmate Entitled To Retrial," Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 25, 2006, at B1). In 2008, Jones Day was awarded The Beacon of Justice Award by the National Legal Aid & Defender Association for its work on the D'Ambrosio and other death penalty cases.

Ed also is actively involved in Firm and community affairs. He has served as the Partner for Professional Personnel in the Cleveland Office as well as the pro bono and training coordinator in the Houston Office. He sat on the board of directors of the adult literacy organization Project: LEARN from 1997 to 2003, serving as its vice president and on its nominating and finance committees.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Class Action Litigation
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Other Health Care Product Liability Litigati
• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Labor & Employment
• Noncompetition, Confidentiality, Trade Secret & Employee Raiding
• Single & Multiple Plaintiff Employment Litigation

Representative Cases

• Ackermann v. Wyeth, 526 F.3d 203 (5th Cir. 2008)
• Barnett v. Mentor Corp., 133 F. Supp. 2d 507, aff'd, No. 01-10328
• Canair, Inc., Wings Associates, Inc. v. Lars Aviation, Inc., No. CJ-94-7243-63 (Oklahoma Cty., Okla. 1997
• Century Chevrolet Inc., et al. v. General Motors Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 92-1182-CIV-ORL-18 (M.D. Fla.)
• D’Ambrosio v. Bagley, No.1:00 CV2521 (D. Ohio filed March 24, 2006) , (2004)
• Gateway Companies, Inc. v. OfficeMax, Inc., 176 F. Supp. 2d 211 (S.D. N.Y. 2001)
• Gebhardt v. Mentor Corp., 191 F.R.D. 180, aff'd, No. 00-15279
• Hancor, Inc. v. Inter. American Builders Agencies, Co., 1998 WL 239283 (N.D. Ohio Mar. 19, 1998)
• Hoffman v. Mentor Corporation, No. 197CC1124
• Hurst v. Federated Department Stores, Inc. (Case No. 97-11479)
• In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. ATX, ATX II, and Wilderness Tires Products Liability Litigation, 288 F.3d 1012 (7th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 123 S. Ct. 870 (2003)
• In re LTV Steel Co., 285 B.R. 259 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2002); including In re LTV Steel Co., Inc., 307 B.R. 37 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2004); In re LTV Steel Co., Inc., 274 B.R. 278 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2001)
• In re Orthopedic Bone Screw Product Liability Litigation
• In re Wyeth "Effexor" Products Liability Litigation
• Inland Bulk v. Cummins Engine Co. Inc., et al., 332 F.3d 1007
• Proud v. First Communications, Inc., No. 1:99CV2084 (N.D. Ohio 2000)
• Quilling v. National City Bank of Michigan/Illinois, 2001 WL 1516732 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 27, 2001)
• Ratliff v. Mentor Corp., No. 08-3198-CV-S-RED (W.D. Mo.), 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62623
• Sheene v. Mentor Corp., No. 98-1664
• Techmer P.M. v. M.A. Hanna Co.
• Vitolo v. Mentor H/S, Inc., No. 98CV2837 (E.D.N.Y. March 31, 2006)
• Vitolo v. Mentor H/S, Inc., No. 98CV2837 (E.D.N.Y. March 31, 2006)
• Vitolo v. Mentor H/S, Inc., 426 F.Supp. 2d 28 (E.D.N.Y. 2006)
• Wesenberg v. Zimmerman and Federated Department Stores, Inc., et al., 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11868 (D. Minn. 2002)
• Wilkinson v. Dotson, 2005 WL 516415 (U.S.)
• Zimmer OSP v. Haemonetics Corp., Case No. 5:05-CV-2149 (N.D. Ohio 2005)
• FDA Fraud Criminal Investigation
• In re Bankruptcy of Weirton Steel
• In re Oglebay Norton Bankruptcy Proceedings
• Issuance of Shares by Sonora Mills Foods, Inc.
• Late Fee Litigation

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Collective Bargaining, Complex Litigation, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, International Trade Litigation, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Litigation & Appeals, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Military & Veterans Appeals, Motor Vehicle Defects, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Pharmaceutical Products, Products Liability Law, Recreational Products, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Tobacco, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• Ohio
• Texas

Education

• U of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Published Works

• Physicians Suit Against Pharmaceutical And Medical Devise Manufacturers: Friend Turned Foe?, Mealey's Emerging Drugs & Devices, 2002
• Lohr, Three Years Later, Mealey's Emerging Drugs & Devices, 1999

Address

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Houston, TX 77002-2712

Phones

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