Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Jason's practice focuses on the defense of individual and class action product liability suits, and he is currently involved in Jones Day's nationwide defense of smoking and health suits brought against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and in its defense of The Sherwin-Williams Company in suits arising from its manufacture of certain lead pigments.

In 2005, Jason provided on-site trial support for more than four months in the public nuisance action brought by the attorney general of the state of Rhode Island against The Sherwin-Williams Company. For more than six months in 2003, he also provided on-site trial support in the defense of Scott v. American Tobacco Co. (Orleans Parish), a statewide class action against Reynolds and its competitors pending in New Orleans, Louisiana. In addition, Jason participated at the trial of Figueroa Cruz v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (District of Puerto Rico), which resulted in a judgment for Reynolds.

Areas of Practice

• Product Liability & Tort Litigation

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Pharmaceutical Products, Products Liability Law, Recreational Products, Tobacco

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Syracuse University

Published Works

• Sometimes a Good Defense Is the Best Offense: A Summary of Certain Useful Product Liability, Practice Perspectives: Product Liability & Tort Litigation, 2008
• Punitive Damages in Light of the Recent United States Supreme Court Decision in Philip Morris USA v. Williams, Practice Perspectives: Product Liability & Tort Litigation, 2007

Address

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.,
Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30309-3053

Phones

1.404.581.8391 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.404.581.8330 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com