Morgan Lewis welcomes four highly accomplished trial lawyers to its market-leading toxic tort practice: Paul Scrudato and Jill Berry, who join from ArentFox Schiff as partners resident in New York, and Thomas Burns and Stephanie Spardone, who will join from Foley & Mansfield as a partner resident in Chicago and of counsel resident in Dallas, respectively. All four will continue to serve as lead trial lawyers who coordinate national defense strategies and negotiations for Fortune 500 companies across the United States on product liability, complex mass tort, and toxic tort disputes.

“These talented lawyers have been at the forefront of the ever-growing mass tort and product liability docket and they have well-deserved reputations as leaders in this complex field,” said Firm Chair Jami McKeon. “Such cases require a strong, deep bench with significant first-chair trial capability, seasoned negotiation skills, and sophisticated defense strategies, and this group enhances our ability to deliver just that.”

“We know firsthand that these are outstanding and accomplished practitioners who will help us expand our national asbestos and broader mass torts practice,” said Brady Edwards, leader of Morgan Lewis’s mass torts practice. “Their experience and understanding of mass tort and products cases, particularly in the asbestos and talc space, will be of immense value to our clients.”