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Phyllis A. Jones

Partner

Washington +1 202 662 5868

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  • About

    Phyllis Jones is a partner in Covington’s Litigation Practice. Recognized by Chambers USA as a “trusted trial counsel and strategist,” Phyllis has a wide-ranging complex litigation practice representing clients in state and federal courts and before arbitral panels and regulatory bodies.

    Areas of Expertise

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  • Representative Matters
    • Trial counsel to Boehringer Ingelheim in the first two Pradaxa suits to proceed to trial. Defense verdicts in both suits.
    • Trial counsel to GE in patent suit arising from dispute over Smart Grid technology. Jury verdict on behalf of plaintiff reversed by Federal Circuit.
    • Trial counsel to Lilly in the first three Cymbalta suits to proceed to trial. Defense verdicts in all three suits.
    • Defense of Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc. in mass tort litigation involving the medication Accutane, including as a member of two trial teams.
    • Representation of Genentech in first-of-its-kind hearing before the FDA on the withdrawal of the metastatic breast cancer indication for Avastin®.

    • Second-chaired a proceeding before a panel of the American Arbitration Association on behalf of a healthcare client asserting claims against former business partner.
    • Representation of The Gillette Company in environmental insurance coverage action in Massachusetts state court.
    • Secured summary judgment on behalf of George Mason University on sexual harassment and sex discrimination claims pending in federal district court.
    • Representation of UBS Financial Services, Inc. in putative class actions in federal district court involving claims of employment discrimination based on race.
    • Advice to Sodexo, Inc. on diversity best practices and programming in connection with oversight of consent decree entered in race discrimination class action.
    • Advice on federal and state employment law issues arising from $41 billion merger in the pharmaceutical industry.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • Yale Law School, J.D., 2005
        • Yale Law Journal
    • University of Oklahoma, B.A., 2002
        • Phi Beta Kappa
        • with Highest Honors
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • Texas
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Julia Smith Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2006 - 2007
    • Hon. Claire V. Eagan, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, 2005 - 2006
    Pro Bono
    • Trial counsel to individual charged with multiple counts of first-degree felony assault, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and concealing a deadly weapon. Secured acquittal on five of six charges, including felony assault charge.
    • Trial counsel to individual charged with second-degree murder and witness tampering in month-long jury trial in federal district court. Conviction overturned on appeal to the D.C. Circuit.
    • Favorably resolved suit filed in federal district court raising federal constitutional and state tort claims arising out of the improper use of force by a public school employee.
    Accolades
    • Benchmark Litigation, "Top 250 Women in Litigation" (2018) 
    • The AmLaw Litigation Daily, "Litigator of the Week" (5/11/2018)
    • Chambers USA Nationwide, Product Liability & Mass Torts (2016-2023)
    • The American Lawyer “Litigation Department of the Year: Product Liability” (2016)
    • Law360, Product Liability MVP (2015) 
    • Law360, Stars - Product Liability (2014)
    • Legal 500 US, Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (2015-2017)
    • Washington DC Super Lawyers, Products: Defense (2017-2020); Products: Defense "Rising Star" (2014-2015)

    Areas of Expertise

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Covington Named The American Lawyer’s Product Liability Litigation Department of the Year

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