Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Kristi Whiteside has experience in a broad spectrum of commercial litigation matters including product liability, general and mass tort litigation, labor negotiations, and environmental insurance coverage cases. In addition, Kristi has represented clients on energy regulatory matters before the FERC. Kristi's experience includes participation in hearings before state and federal courts as well as mediations. She has also worked with financial, scientific, and technical experts.

For the past several years, Kristi has spent the majority of her time participating in the defense of a safety products company in more than 900 active individual occupational exposure product liability lawsuits involving over 25,000 individual claimants.

Kristi has handled matters for clients Beazer East, British Petroleum, Experian Information Services, General Motors, Invensys, Mellon Bank, Norcross, North Safety Products, Norton Company, Occidental Chemical, R.J. Reynolds, Texas Instruments, Textron, TRW, and Williams Natural Gas.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice

Representative Cases

• Prepare report capturing best practices responding to Hurricane Katrina and status of evacuees to Houston, Texas

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• Southern Methodist University

Address

717 Texas
Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002-2712

Phones

1.832.239.3694 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.832.239.3600 (Business Fax)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com