Loring I. Fenton

Experience: Representative Matters; Serves as lead counsel for a meat packing company sued in state and federal court in serious personal injury actions arising out of an coli 0157:H7 outbreak in the Northeastern United States and related recall. Also lead counsel in an action in federal court seeking to recover approximately $34 million in recall-related costs, lost profits, and lost enterprise value.; Serves as lead counsel for a national car rental company in serious personal injury actions pending in New York courts.; Serves as national litigation counsel for a Japanese pharmaceutical company and its U.S. subsidiary.; Serves as lead counsel for a national real estate developer and owner in asbestos personal injury actions pending in the NYCAL.; Represents a manufacturer of composite materials in asbestos personal injury actions pending in New York and New Jersey.; Served as national coordinating and lead trial counsel for the Robert A. Keasbey Co., a defendant in over 30,000 asbestos personal injury cases pending in the New York City Asbestos Litigation (NYCAL) and throughout the northeast United States.; Michael O'Reilly v. Robert A. Keasbey Co., et al., 103255/02 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. July 3, 2003): Obtained defense verdict following five-week trial of asbestos personal injury action seeking $60 million in damages.; Other Keasbey Trial Representations: Edward Martin v. A.O. Smith Water Prods. Co., 100016/99 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.); Robert Lettiere v. A.C.andS., Inc., No. 113583/05 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.); Edwin Diedrich v. AC&S, No. 118839-02 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.); Theodore Pendergast v. A.O. Smith Water Prods. Co., No. 104850/04 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.); Richard J. Jansen v. A.W. Chesterton Co., No. 119299/2003 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.).; Represented Lorillard Tobacco Company in asbestos personal injury actions pending in the NYCAL and other New York State Courts.; Served as lead counsel for another major real estate developer and owner in a wrongful death case pending in New York Supreme Court, County of New York.; Served as lead counsel for a national retailer sued in New York Supreme Court, County of Queens, in action alleging serious personal injury and violation of the ADA and New York Civil Rights Law.; Served as national coordinating counsel for Sears, Roebuck and Co. in Made in U.S.A. class action lawsuits brought in several states and federal courts across the country.; Obtained defense verdict on behalf of Sears, Roebuck and Co. in price match class action lawsuit pending in New York State Court.; Served as lead counsel for a U.S. pharmaceutical company in action alleging violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower statute and breach of contract. Represented medical device manufacturer in ICD litigation brought in state and federal courts in New York.; Served as lead counsel for a roofing company sued in New Jersey State Court in action alleging serious personal injury from exposure to benzene and other toxic substances.; Served as lead trial counsel for a construction company sued in New York Supreme Court, County of Queens, in a personal injury action alleging catastrophic brain injury.; Served as lead counsel for a food manufacturing company sued in New York Supreme Court, County of Kings, in action alleging serious personal injury sustained in fall from a ladder.; Obtained defense verdict on behalf of an international maritime finance company in lawsuit alleging breach of stock purchase agreements.; Obtained $10 million civil RICO award on behalf of a Korean conglomerate following a 14 day arbitration.; Served as lead counsel for Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. and its subsidiaries in chapter 11 bankruptcy case.; Defended a manufacturer and distributor of an exterior siding material (and its parent, a multinational corporation) in class action lawsuits brought in several state and federal courts.; Served as national coordinating and trial counsel for another multinational corporation, resolving hundreds of claims involving a different building material, including a defense verdict against a major home builder in a case involving thousands of homes in several states.; Served as national coordinating and lead trial counsel for a major film studio and subsidiary in silica litigation across the country.; Represented a U.K. cosmetic machinery and equipment manufacturer in personal injury actions in federal and state courts.; Served as special litigation counsel for a specialty coffee company in Chapter 11, handling various real estate disputes and shareholder litigation.; Represented a former officer of a Fortune 500 company and his start-up company in federal and state court actions alleging unfair competition and breach of an employment contract and termination agreement.