Joe Sullivan has spent more than 25 years defending product liability and mass tort litigation. He concentrates on high-stakes cases involving toxic exposures, including single-plaintiff and multi-plaintiff matters and multidistrict litigation, and has tried and resolved cases in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Joe currently serves as lead counsel in the Hair Relaxer MDL involving allegations that consumer hair straightening products cause or contribute to uterine cancer, and he is also involved in cosmetic talc and artificial stone silicosis litigation. He previously served as national coordinating counsel in the TMJ Implants Products Liability Litigation involving hundreds of consolidated lawsuits related to silicone implant injuries, where the Eighth Circuit upheld the doctrine that a supplier of non-defective component parts is not strictly liable for defects in a final product it did not control. His other multidistrict experience includes the San Juan DuPont Plaza Hotel Fire and Asbestos Products Liability proceedings.

Joe's experience also includes longstanding representation of major oil companies in matters involving underground storage tank releases, vapor intrusion, and related EPA and state attorney general proceedings, including a win at the Illinois Supreme Court for an oil company defendant in a UST leak case involving a vapor intrusion explosion at a condominium complex. He has obtained defense verdicts in single and consolidated asbestos trials, and has defended catastrophic injury matters involving amputation, electrocution, and wrongful death. His broader practice extends to construction defect, general liability, employment, transportation, and medical and non-medical professional liability matters.