Mary Rose Alexander Representative Experience

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