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Partner
Litigation & Intellectual Property Practice
Richmond
(804) 788-8311 Phone
(804) 788-8218 Fax
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Alternative Dispute
Resolution
Construction &
Engineering Law
Corporate and
Securities
Litigation
Environmental
Litigation & Toxic
Torts
Litigation
National Business
Tort and Product
Liability
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Litigation practice focuses on business litigation, including products liability, toxic tort, asbestos and environmental liability, commercial and construction disputes.
Relevant Experience 
- Lead trial counsel, 100 jury cases tried to verdict, state and federal courts.
- Lead counsel in over 15 reported state and federal decisions.
- National Trial Counsel for two Fortune 500 companies for asbestos litigation and National Strategic Counsel for multinational transportation company for asbestos litigation.
- National Coordinating Counsel for international manufacturer for vinyl chloride litigation.
- Represented Fortune 500 company in toxic tort litigation brought by over 100 workers claiming fluoride and arsenic exposures caused significant personal injuries. Bell weather trial lasted a month in Arkansas state court and resulted in successful application of Daubert to plaintiffs’ expert case and ultimately to dismissal of all claims.
- Represented large state university in catastrophic personal injury and death claims resulting from a fraternity-organized trip in which 61 people were involved; handled two successful jury trials and one Supreme Court appeal arising from the accident.
- Represented successfully one of the world's largest real estate management firms in defending against claims of fraudulent transfer of loan security in a multi-day trial and in an appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court.
- Appointed by Governor of Virginia to a blue ribbon commission charged with studying the future of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the report of which dealt with state and local taxation, economic development, transportation, and race relations.
Background
- Law Clerk, Hon. Richard L. Williams, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 1980–81
Membership
- President, The Virginia Bar Association, 2009
- Chair, Board of Governors, The Virginia Bar Association, 2007
- Member, State Bar of Texas
- Member, State Bar of Pennsylvania
- Member, State Bar of West Virginia
- Past President, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
- Member, The Virginia Bar Association
- Member, Defense Research Institute
- Member, American Bar Association
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Awards and Professional Recognition
- Listed in "Virginia Super Lawyers," Richmond magazine, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Listed In Chambers, USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation, 2005-present
- Voted Among “The Legal Elite,” Virginia's Top Lawyers in Civil Litigation, Virginia Business, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009
- Defense Research Institute Exceptional Performance Citation, 1998
- Fellow Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Section
Education - J.D., University of Richmond School of Law, 1980
- B.A., University of Virginia, 1975
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John Epps
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