Joseph Edmonds is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.  Mr. Edmonds’ practice focuses on complex litigation at both the trial and appellate levels, with a special emphasis on mass torts, environmental litigation, product liability, and transnational litigation. Representative matters include:

• Chevron Corp. v. Donziger.  Won a two-month civil RICO trial and obtained an injunction barring enforcement of $9 billion Ecuadorian judgment against Chevron, which the court found was procured by fraud.
• Perez v. Dole Food Company, Inc.  Represented Dole Food Company in a wrongful death case brought by dozens of Colombian plaintiffs who alleged Dole had provided support for a Colombian paramilitary organization.  Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their claims with prejudice after Gibson Dunn uncovered evidence of improper interactions between plaintiffs’ counsel and jailed paramilitary witnesses.
• ET Plus Litigation. Counsel for Trinity Industries, Inc. and Trinity Highway Products, LLC, in product defect litigation alleging personal injuries from Trinity’s ET Plus guardrail end terminal system.
• Nike, Inc. v. Dekovic, et. al.  Represented Nike in misappropriation of trade secret, breach of contract, and business tort litigation involving adidas and three former Nike footwear designers.
• Acosta v. Dole Food Company, Inc.  Defended claims by approximately 1,500 plaintiffs alleging property damages and personal injuries from alleged vapor intrusion of petroleum hydrocarbons in a community in Carson, California.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Edmonds served as a law clerk to Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Edmonds earned his law degree magna cum laude in 2011 from Brigham Young University, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.  During law school, he served as Lead Note and Comment editor on the BYU Law Review editorial board and competed on the moot court team.  In 2008, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management with a major in business finance.

Mr. Edmonds is a member of the California and Washington bars, and is admitted to practice before the Fifth and Ninth Circuits.