Larson, Peter N.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Peter Larson's practice focuses on product liability and complex commercial litigation. He oversees the litigation practice in the San Francisco Office and has defended single party, multiparty, and class action product liability and toxic tort claims in a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, tobacco products, industrial safety equipment, and medical devices.

Peter's broad experience in complex commercial litigation matters includes unfair competition and deceptive trade practices claims under state and federal consumer protection statutes involving pharmaceutical and chemical distribution and pricing, food and beverage and other consumer products, and consumer financial services. Representative clients in recent matters include Abbott Laboratories, Chevron, Eastman Chemical Company, North Safety Products, Oreck Corporation, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Sutter Home Winery, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, and Textron.

Peter regularly serves on the faculty for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and has lectured at seminars on trial tactics, expert witnesses, discovery techniques, and persuasive legal writing. He also serves as the training partner for Jones Day's Northern California offices. He is a member of numerous state and federal bar associations. Peter is a director of the Upjohn Fund of San Francisco and has served as a committee chair and general counsel of The Guardsmen, a not-for-profit charitable organization supporting at risk Bay Area youth.

Areas of Practice

• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Trial Practice
• Product Response Team
• Class Action and Multidistrict Product Liability Litigation

Representative Cases

• Abbott Labs mounts nationwide defense against product liability suits involving antibacterial agent Omniflox
• Balcor Pension Investors resolves securities class action
• Balcor Securities Company resolves securities fraud action
• Cellegy Pharmaceuticals defends against litigation involving unfair competition and other claims in licensing, development, and marketing of hormone replacement drug
• Eastman Chemical resolves sorbates price-fixing litigation
• Eastman defends against product liability and intentional tort claims relating to alleged chemical exposure
• Oreck defends against unfair competition litigation over marketing of indoor air purifiers
• Principal Mutual successfully defends against nationwide class action involving residential mortgage escrow accounts
• R. J. Reynolds defends case presenting certified questions involving variety of product liability and intentional tort claims
• SunTrust prevails against nationwide class action alleging improper mortgage servicing practices
• TAP Pharmaceutical successfully defends 19 Lupron® pricing actions in state and federal courts

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, International Trade Litigation, 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, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• California
• Illinois

Education

• Ohio State University
• U of California - Berkeley

Address

555 California Street
26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

Phones

1.415.875.5761 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.415.875.5700 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com