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John Ewald is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who focuses on product liability and toxic tort cases for clients in the consumer product, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries, among others. He serves as trial counsel for Johnson & Johnson in lawsuits alleging its talcum powder products cause mesothelioma and ovarian cancer, with a 2018 success named one of the “Top Product Liability Cases of 2018” by Law360, and a 2019 success deemed one of the "Top Defense Verdicts of 2019" by The Daily Journal.
John serves as trial counsel for Johnson & Johnson in its talcum powder litigation and also works on developing and coordinating the company's national scientific and medical defense in that litigation.
Most recently, in October 2019, he served as lead trial counsel for the company in a suit seeking at least $25 million that alleged Johnson & Johnson’s talc products caused the plaintiff’s mesothelioma. After a five-week trial, a Los Angeles state court jury rejected all of the plaintiffs’ claims and returned a complete defense verdict for Johnson & Johnson.
John also served as trial counsel in November 2018 for Johnson & Johnson in South Carolina state court where a jury reached a second mistrial in a case that sought $63 million in compensatory damages against the company for allegedly causing the plaintiff's fatal mesothelioma. This success received the Law360 citation as one of the “Top Product Liability Cases of 2018.”
John is an active participant in pro bono matters, including representing a Guantanamo Bay detainee before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. As counsel of record, John drafted the briefs and argued the case in the D.C. Circuit. Awad v. Obama, 608 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2010).
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