Richard E. Sarver

Richard E. Sarver has extensive jury trial experience, including trials in thirteen different states. He has served as lead trial attorney in more than 100 jury trials, including complex multidistrict litigation. Many of his trials have been in bet-the-company litigation, where he repeatedly has succeeded before juries. His experience includes federal and state civil and criminal proceedings. His practice is concentrated in complex litigation, particularly including environmental, product liability and toxic tort cases.

Rick has successfully represented a major oil company in cases arising out of the second largest on-shore oil spill in United States history, including the first-ever Clean Water Act enforcement action under the Oil Pollution Act. Rick is currently serving as national trial counsel for Johnson & Johnson in the DePuy Hip multidistrict litigation. He won a complete defense verdict in a hip implant suit in state court in Chicago, Cook County, and a complete defense verdict in the first bellwether trial in a second multidistrict litigation, following an eight week jury trial in Dallas. As national lead trial counsel for the welding industry, Rick won all 10 jury trials he has handled in the nationwide product liability litigation. Juries in Cleveland, New Orleans, Madison County, and Akron unanimously rendered verdicts for the defendants in these cases.

Rick handles a variety of environmental matters, including legacy litigation involving claims of property contamination from historic oil and gas operations.