A sample of the disputes Ms. Alexander has handled includes:
Public Nuisance and Toxic Torts
- Dow Chemical Company in alleged public nuisance litigation relating to PCE used by California dry cleaners; 2022 & 2023 jury trial (including securing first defense verdict in this set of cases in 25 years)
- Clorox in alleged public nuisance litigation regarding micro plastic in the ocean; recent demurrer victory
- Marathon Oil involving alleged public nuisance litigation relating to methane release
Class Actions
- Netflix in multiple putative class actions involving state franchise taxes; multiple recent district court, appellate court, and state supreme court wins
- Weyerhaeuser in multiple putative class actions / product liability and consumer fraud lawsuits involving building products following national recall; recent jury trial and appellate win
- DTE Energy in putative class action / failure-to-warn litigation involving flooding; recent motion-to-dismiss win
- Nalco Company in numerous class actions arising out of the Gulf of Mexico 2010 oil spill; obtained summary judgment that federal law preempts claims
Environmental Regulations
- Anadarko in a US Tax Court dispute involving the tax treatment of a US$5 billion environmental settlement; 2023 bench trial
- Dow Chemical Company in:
- Natural resource damage litigation regarding alleged dioxane releases
- CERCLA litigation involving Norfolk Southern Ohio release
- Northern States Power Company of Wisconsin in CERCLA litigation involving PAH contamination; federal trial
- Georgia-Pacific Corporation in CERCLA litigation involving the US$1.6 billion PCB remediation of the Fox River; federal trials
Industrial Accidents
- Syngenta in ICC arbitration involving industrial action; 2021 remote trial
- LG Polymers India in litigation and regulatory matters arising from 2020 industrial accident in Vizag, India
Oil and Gas Contracts
- CONSOL Inc. in state court trial involving a midstream gas joint venture; obtained complete trial victory
- Mercuria Energy Trading Inc. in state court trial involving crude by rail
- Arizona Public Service Company in arbitration involving a coal supply contract with the Navajo Nation; obtained complete resolution