He used to defend
corporations.
Now he holds them
accountable.

First Federal Jury to Find Uber Liable in Sexual Assault Case

As part of the trial team in Dean v. Uber, the first bellwether trial of the 3,000+ case Uber Sexual Assault MDL, helped secure an $8.5 million verdict for a 19-year-old survivor — establishing groundbreaking precedent for platform liability nationwide.

Amazon's Motion to Dismiss Denied

In Watkins v. Nurture, LLC, led the briefing and oral argument that defeated Amazon's motion to dismiss in the Toxic Heavy Metals in Baby Food MDL — keeping Amazon in the case on both negligence and bad faith seller claims.

The court found that Amazon knew parents were complaining about heavy metals in baby food, opened investigations, failed to follow through — and kept selling the products without warning unsuspecting families.

Uber Bet on Zero. The Jury Disagreed.

As lead trial counsel in WHB 823, tried a case Uber hand-selected as its bellwether pick — certain a North Carolina jury would value the claim at nothing. After a four-day trial and three hours of deliberation, nine jurors in Charlotte's federal courthouse found for the plaintiff and awarded $5,000. The $5,000 reflects a jury limited to a single 24-hour period of damages; it says nothing about what juries will award for longer-lasting harm.

Before trial, Judge Breyer ruled Uber a "common carrier" under North Carolina law — stripping away Uber's core defense. The verdict left Uber 0-2 in bellwether trials: one case the plaintiffs picked, one Uber picked. Both losses. As a Stanford Law professor noted in the New York Times: "This was supposed to be one of Uber's stronger cases. If the company could not persuade a jury here, that sends a powerful signal about the risks it faces going forward."