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Joshua Q. Jamieson Associate

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Josh is an associate and civil litigator in the Commercial Litigation group. A true generalist, Josh practices adaptably across a wide range of complex civil disputes, with focuses in insurance recovery, business torts, mass fraud, products liability, environmental and other mass tort actions, including class actions, and in creditors’ rights litigation. In addition to representations in state and federal courts across the country, Josh also assists clients with internal and other pre-litigation investigations.

Josh also maintains non-litigation practices in the areas of data privacy and corporate/financial restructuring. Josh is a Spanish speaker and maintains a pro bono practice representing clients in immigration proceedings. Prior to joining the firm, Josh clerked for bankruptcy judges in the Northern District of California and Northern District of Florida.

Experience

Civil Litigation and Investigations

  • Represent international mining conglomerate in cross-border contractual dispute with large foreign landholder.
  • Represent major shipbuilding company in pursuing insurance coverage for asbestos-related mass tort liability, including under policies issued to insolvent co-defendant.
  • Represent real estate investment trust in high-stakes insurance recovery litigation concerning significant fire-related property damage and business interruption losses.
  • Defend major oil-and-gas producer in environmental-tort class action.
  • Represent publicly traded distributor in products-liability actions and related insurance-recovery disputes involving multiple simultaneous proceedings in state and federal court.
  • Represent industrial lubricant manufacturer in connection with intellectual property and business defamation dispute arising from distribution of counterfeit products in Latin America.
  • Represent nonbank payment processing firm in insurance coverage litigation related to a malware attack.
  • Represent financial services firm in pursuing liability insurance coverage under D&O policy for antitrust and business tort litigation.
  • Represent liquidating trustee of multi-national entity in creditors’ rights litigation related to entity’s alleged perpetration of sophisticated financial fraud involving secured reinsurance investment vehicles.
  • Represented major financial institutions in connection with Ponzi-scheme and other mass-fraud litigation in state and federal court.
  • Conducted internal investigation on behalf of international logistics company to address alleged violations of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in South America.

Data Privacy

  • Assist clients in complying with rapidly developing state-law data privacy laws and regulations.
  • Advise clients in adopting policies and procedures to address litigation risks associated with biometric data and state and federal wiretapping laws.

Restructuring

  • Advised natural gas distributor in connection with winddown of interstate pipeline project.
  • Advise clients in navigating bankruptcy process of corporate affiliates.