Jenny A. Hergenrother

• Second-chaired a trial on behalf of a Fortune 500 appliance manufacturer and obtained a favorable verdict.
• Second-chaired a trial on behalf of a truck and trailer rental company.
• Obtained summary judgment in three putative class actions for a Fortune 10 OEM.
• Obtained summary judgment for a Fortune 50 computer manufacturer in a nationwide class action regarding allegedly defective computers.
• Obtained summary judgment for a prominent OTC drug manufacturer in a personal injury case in federal court.
• Representing an API manufacturer in the In re National Prescription Opiate MDL.
• Defended a prominent paint company in a putative nationwide consumer class action.
• Defended a plumbing products company in a nationwide warranty class action.
• Advising food and beverage companies in consumer protection class actions.
• Counsel to a Tier I automotive supplier in products liability actions.
• Counsel to health care professionals and hospitals in medical malpractice litigation.
• Defending companies in claim substantiation litigation and in the National Advertising Division.
• Appointed by the Eleventh Circuit to brief and argue cases on behalf of pro se appellants.

Jenny Hergenrother is a partner with Alston & Bird’s Products Liability Group, where she focuses on products liability and other complex litigation. Her practice experience includes representing companies in a variety of product litigation, including allegations of false and deceptive advertising, high-value personal injury and wrongful death cases, claim substantiation, and product-related class and mass actions. She chiefly represents automotive, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical companies as well as other manufacturers of consumer products. Jenny has also provided pro bono representation to indigent clients in various civil and criminal cases, including before the Eleventh Circuit on numerous occasions.

While at Washington University in St. Louis, Jenny was inducted into the Order of the Coif, served on the executive board of the Global Studies Law Review, and represented indigent defendants in St. Louis County in connection with the Public Defender Office. She was named to the 2015–2018 Georgia Rising Stars lists by Super Lawyers magazine, an award given to lawyers nominated by their peers.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Washington University in St. Louis (J.D., 2009)
• Duke University (A.B., 2006)

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