Jennifer Bonneville

• Represented a pesticide manufacturer in an action involving over 400 plaintiffs for personal injury and wrongful death arising from alleged environmental contamination in Santa Cruz County, CA, and obtained dismissals of over 75 percent of plaintiffs.
• Defeated class certification in multidistrict litigation concerning the sale of allegedly toxic plastic drinking bottles made from BPA.
• Obtained summary judgments and Rule 11 sanctions for a petroleum company facing over 100 personal injury, property damage, and medical monitoring claims from a community allegedly impacted by air and groundwater contamination from a former refinery.
• Represented three energy companies in a commercial property case alleging contamination from a leaking underground storage tank resulting in a defense verdict at trial.
• Excluded the plaintiff's causation expert, resulting in dismissal in a case involving allegations of occupational exposure to benzene.

Jennifer Bonneville is a member of Alston & Bird’s Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group. She works with energy companies, manufacturers of specialty consumer and automotive products, industrial and commodity chemicals, pesticides, and medical devices to defend a diverse array of product and premise-based suits in cases involving wrongful death, property damage, personal injury, and medical monitoring claims.

Combining her background in business and experience as a six-sigma agent with litigation skills and insight, Jennifer manages all aspects of litigation, including pre-litigation investigation and advice, developing and executing case strategy, and preparing and defending corporate witnesses, expert discovery, mediation, trial preparation, and post-trial motions and appeals. She also regularly advises clients on Medicare compliance and reporting issues.

Jennifer gives back to the legal community by volunteering her time to assist the most vulnerable members of society, including children, Holocaust survivors, and victims of domestic violence. In 2014, she was recognized as a Los Angeles County “Volunteer of the Year” for her work with the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Domestic Violence Project.

Bar Admissions

• California
• Massachusetts

Education

• University of Toronto (J.D., 2004)
• University of Western Ontario (H.B.A., 1999)

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