Sharyl A. Reisman

Sharyl Reisman has over 30 years of experience as trial counsel in complex litigation matters, including mass torts, multidistrict litigation (MDL), coordinated proceedings, and consumer class actions. She has defended and tried toxic tort, product liability, environmental, and trade secret cases and has defeated class certification in consumer fraud class actions. She has represented clients in the consumer products, electronics, pharmaceuticals, chemical manufacturing, agriculture, and oil and gas industries. Sharyl has extensive experience in developing the strategy, facts, and expert record necessary to defeat cases involving health effect allegations, product defects, and consumer fraud and misrepresentation.

Sharyl leads Chevron's defense in multiple coordinated proceedings, including a federal MDL in the Southern District of Illinois, a JCCP (Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding) in Contra Costa County, California, and a MTP (Mass Tort Program) in Philadelphia, as well as a handful of individual state cases, in which over six thousand plaintiffs allege health effects from alleged exposure to the herbicide paraquat. She was trial counsel for Yamaha in a bellwether case relating to rollovers of an off-road vehicle, obtaining a complete defense verdict after a three-month jury trial. Sharyl also defended IBM in a mass tort relating to groundwater contamination and vapor intrusion. She was a member of the trial team defending Dole Food Company in a five-month jury trial involving sterility claims of 42 plaintiffs; all of plaintiffs' claims were defeated at trial and in post-trial motions. Sharyl also represented IBM in hundreds of workplace exposure claims alleging various health effects and was a member of the trial team obtaining a unanimous defense verdict in a four-month jury trial.

Sharyl is the Firmwide hiring partner and serves as a member of the Firm's Advisory Committee and Inclusion and Advancement Committee.