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Julia Romano is a Partner in King & Spalding’s Trial and Global Disputes practice. She defends Fortune 100 and other large companies in a wide range of complex litigation matters, including medical device, pharmaceutical, automotive, toxic tort and other product liability and tort cases.
Julia is a trial lawyer specializing in high-profile product liability litigation. She works closely with experts and other team members to evaluate cases, develop trial strategies and, ultimately, obtain favorable outcomes for her clients. Julia has received numerous accolades for her trial work, including being named a Rising Star in Products Liability by Law360 in 2019 and earning a spot on the Daily Journal's Top 40 Under 40 List in 2022.
In 2019, Julia served as trial counsel and obtained back-to-back defense verdicts for Johnson & Johnson in two cases claiming the company's talcum powder products caused the plaintiff's mesothelioma. (Blinkinsop v. Albertsons Companies, Inc., et al., JCCP 4674 / BC677764 - April 2019; Crudge v. Amcord, Inc., et al., JCCP 4674 / BC685901 - October 2019). Julia was named a “Legal Lion” by Law360 following both victories.
Julia has helped obtain numerous other successes for her clients. In 2017, Julia was part of the trial team that won a complete jury defense verdict for Johnson & Johnson in the first case in the country to go to verdict where plaintiffs alleged Johnson's Baby Powder caused the plaintiff's mesothelioma. (Tina Herford, et al. v. AT&T Corp, et al., LASC Case No. JCCP 4674 / BC646315.) The Herford defense verdict was ranked No. 1 on CVN’s Top 10 Most Impressive Defense Verdicts of 2017 and named one of the Top Verdicts in California in 2017 by the Daily Journal.
Just one day after the Herford defense verdict, Julia argued and won summary judgment for Johnson & Johnson in what would have been the company’s next talc/mesothelioma case to go to trial. (Gibbons v. Axia Acquisition Corporation, et al., LASC Case No. JCCP 4674 / BC644854.) This judgment was recently affirmed by the California Court of Appeal in a published decision.
In 2014, Julia was part of the trial team that won a complete jury defense verdict for DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. in the first Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implant multi-district litigation case in the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas. Two of Julia's other defense verdicts (one for Ford Motor Company and one for Marriott International, Inc.) were named Top Ten California Jury Verdicts by the Daily Journal in 2011 and 2012, respectively.
Julia is also dedicated to pro bono work, and an active member of the firm's Women's Affinity Group and LGBTQ+ Affinity Group.
Julia earned her B.A. in Psychology and Communication from the University of Southern California (USC), where she was a member of the Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society and a participant in USC’s International Communication Studies Program. She earned her J.D. from Southwestern Law School, where she was an active member of the Moot Court Honors Program, Moot Court Board of Governors, and Student Bar Association.
Julia is a member of the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, and Lambda Legal.
Recognition
- Top 40 Under 40, Daily Journal (2022)
- Women of Influence - Attorneys, Los Angeles Business Journal (2022)
- Top Minority Attorneys in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Business Journal (2020)
- 2019 Rising Star, Law360 (2019)
- Legal Lion, Law360 (October 2019)
- Legal Lion, Law360 (April 2019)
- Top Verdicts in California, Daily Journal (2017)
- No. 1 Most Impressive Defense Verdict, Courtroom View Network (2017)
- Top Ten California Jury Verdicts, Daily Journal (2012)
- Top Ten California Jury Verdicts, Daily Journal (2011)
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