Practices:

• Litigation
  • Product Liability and Toxic Tort

Experience

Jayme Long is a partner in McKenna Long & Aldridge's Los Angeles office. Ms. Long’s practice is concentrated in civil litigation with a primary focus on toxic torts, premises liability and products liability.

Ms. Long represents companies in the petrochemical, construction, maritime and automotive industries. She has defended businesses throughout all phases of litigation, including trial. Ms. Long regularly manages and tries cases in California for Fortune 500 companies.

Ms. Long's experience includes state and federal-based claims involving pesticides, benzene, asbestos, mold/fungus, automobiles, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Notable Engagements

• Trial counsel for major petrochemical company where plaintiff claimed he developed mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure at defendant's premises. Judgment in favor of defendant following nonsuit motion. William Marvin Webster v. 3M Company, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. BC 421501
• Trial counsel for major petrochemical company where plaintiff alleged her lung cancer developed as a result of her husband's work at defendant's refinery. Summary judgment granted during first week of trial. Marline Corrigan v. Advocate Mines Limited, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. BC406261
• Trial counsel for contractor defendant where plaintiff claimed he developed an asbestos-related lung cancer due to work performed by defendant's employees. Judgment in favor of defendant following nonsuit motion. Robert Goodwin v. A.P. Green Services Inc., Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. BC 262801
• Trial counsel in maritime action where plaintiff alleged his lung cancer resulted from his work aboard defendant's vessels. Dismissal with prejudice entered following plaintiffs' case. Charles Monette v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. BC 371775
• Trial counsel in multiple cases where trial commenced through at least the taking of initial testimony prior to a favorable resolution.
• Retention as trial counsel by major product manufacturers to defend lawsuits in Northern and Southern California.
• Invited Speaker, HarrisMartin seminars.

Education

• J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, 1999
• B.S., San Diego State University, 1995

Admitted

• California
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of California