Faxon, Robert S.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Rob Faxon has represented clients in various complex matters since joining Jones Day in 1992, including litigation involving corporate governance, Ohio's Control Share Acquisition Act, and business acquisitions. He has extensive experience in commercial litigation and in the defense of companies in class action, product liability, consumer fraud, and medical device litigation.

On behalf of clients involved in significant litigation, Rob has appeared in courts throughout the country, including federal multidistrict litigation, the Delaware Chancery Court, and other complex state and federal litigations. He has obtained seven and eight-figure recoveries on behalf of clients where sellers misrepresented the underlying condition of target companies. He and other Jones Day attorneys successfully defended Brush Wellman in a case involving workers at the Rocky Flats nuclear facility, which was recognized by The National Law Journal in its July 16, 2001 edition as "Verdict of the Week" and later as one of the "Top 2001 Defense Verdicts." Rob was also part of the trial team that successfully defended the Lincoln Electric Company in Los Angeles Superior Court against more than 20 cases filed following the 1994 Northridge earthquake, including the lead case tried where plaintiffs sought more than $800 million.

Rob is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, where he is trial counsel to the CMBA's Grievance Committee and prosecutes attorney misconduct before the Ohio Supreme Court. He frequently speaks on civil litigation procedure and developments and mentors Firm associates on trial skills.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Class Action Litigation
• Commercial Disputes
• Class Action and Multidistrict Product Liability Litigation
• Toxic Tort Exposure Litigation (Chemical, Environmental, and Occupational)

Representative Cases

• AcroMed Corporation defends against thousands of orthopedic bone screw product liability cases
• Brush Wellman wins complete defense verdict in beryllium exposure action by workers at Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility
• Brush Wellman wins dismissal of state and federal claims involving employee health benefits
• Brush Wellman wins reversal of order establishing "medical monitoring class" in case of first impression in Ohio , (2009)
• Brush Wellman wins summary judgment on intentional tort claim relating to workplace exposure to beryllium , (2009)
• Cyro-Cell's board of directors successful in defense of dissident shareholders attempt to remove incumbent directors , (2009)
• Diebold resolves fiduciary duty class action
• Harsco Corporation acquires ESCO Interamerica, Ltda. , (2009)
• InBev defends against multiple actions brought by wholesalers following transfer of U.S. import rights
• InBev USA defends against allegations of improper alcohol marketing to youth
• Lincoln Electric successfully defends products liability and fraud class action involving welding electrodes used in certain buildings damaged by Northridge earthquake
• Morgan Stanley acquires 49% interest in Crescent Resources, a subsidiary of Duke Energy Corporation
• Nestle wins Ohio appellate affirmance of summary judgment in putative class action involving entitlement to interest on merger consideration from Ralston Purina merger , (2007)

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Capital Markets, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Environmental Law, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Foreign Investment, Franchising, Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Medical Products & Devices, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Motor Vehicle Defects, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Pesticides, Pharmaceutical Products, Pharmaceutical Products, Private Placements, Products Liability Law, Public Offerings, Radiation & Electromagnetic Energy, Recreational Products, Secured Transactions, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, Solid Waste, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Tobacco, Tobacco, Toxic Torts, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties, Water Pollution

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Case Western Reserve Univ
• Vanderbilt University

Published Works

• Discovery in American Product Liability Cases, 12 International Legal Strategy 16 (explaining American pretrial procedure and discovery to foreign corporate counsel), 2003

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

Phones

1.216.586.7104 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.216.579.0212 (Business Fax)

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