Jennifer Brinkman Flannery

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Atlanta + 1.404.581.8008

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Jennifer Flannery is a trial lawyer with a distinct understanding of client needs having also worked as in-house counsel. She has more than 30 years of experience defending clients in complex mass tort and multijurisdictional litigation and has served as trial counsel in several high-profile product liability cases involving complex legal theories, including public nuisance, collective liability theories, risk contribution, conspiracy, and constitutional issues. She has extensive experience in case coordination across multiple jurisdictions and working with joint defense groups.

During Jennifer's time in-house, she managed an active nationwide asbestos docket as well as a diverse docket of other cases, including product liability, employment, commercial, and intellectual property matters, and she acted as trial counsel. Jennifer also participated in a variety of continuous improvement and cost control initiatives and regularly interacted with top company executives.

In addition to her trial work, Jennifer is actively involved in the Firm's pro bono activities in Laredo, Texas, which provide comprehensive legal services to immigrants seeking asylum. Jennifer served for five years on the board of directors of The Cool Girls, Inc., an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the self-empowerment of at-risk girls to promote life-long success, and she is a Master in the Clarence Cooper Inn of Court.

Esperienze

  • Sherwin-Williams wins appellate decision from Seventh Circuit affirming defense judgments in more than 150 coordinated lead-pigment casesJones Day client The Sherwin-Williams Company recently won a decision from the Seventh Circuit affirming final judgments in several coordinated cases against approximately 150 personal injury plaintiffs.
  • Sherwin-Williams wins precedential, en banc decision dismissing public nuisance claims involving 300,000 private propertiesJones Day client The Sherwin-Williams Company won dismissal of claims filed by two Pennsylvania counties alleging that former manufacturers of lead paint and pigments should be ordered to abate lead paint in all the pre-1978 homes within their jurisdictions.
  • Sherwin-Williams obtains favorable decision from Seventh Circuit in personal injury casesA Jones Day cross-office, cross-practice team obtained a precedential decision from the Seventh Circuit that directed judgment as a matter of law for The Sherwin-Williams Company following a consolidated trial of three personal injury plaintiffs claiming injury from their exposure to white lead carbonate pigments (WLC).
  • Sherwin-Williams defends against suit alleging injuries to children from ingestion of lead paintJones Day represented The Sherwin-Williams Company and other former manufacturers of white lead carbonate pigments in action involving over 160 plaintiffs in two different cases.
  • Sherwin-Williams defends lead paint actions brought by California cities and countiesJones Day is defending The Sherwin-Williams Company against claims brought by ten of California's largest cities and counties.
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    May 2025 Alert

    Georgia Limits Liability for Pesticide Manufacturers

    January 2021 Commentary

    Recent Qui Tam Actions Predicated on Human Trafficking Allegations

    April 2018 Reprint

    Public Nuisance: The Monster in the Closet is Real and is on the Loose in California, GDLA Law Journal

    March 2017 Commentary

    Connecticut Appellate Court Issues Mixed Ruling on Coverage for Asbestos Liabilities

    • January 27, 2021
      Rotary International, Human Trafficking Summit: Offering Hope for a Better Tomorrow
    • January 28, 2019
      Professionalism Topic: When the Press Comes Knocking, Jones Day CLE Academy
    • October 17, 2017
      Primer on U.S. Product Liability Litigation and E-Discovery, GAP Fall Legal Education Seminar

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