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Joelle Ross

Associate

Washington, DC

+1 202-282-5702

Chicago

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Joelle’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in a variety of industries, including food and beverage, health care, and pharmaceutical companies.

Joelle has experience in all stages of litigation, including fact and expert discovery, taking and defending depositions, motion practice, and trial. She represents clients from a variety of industries, including food and beverage companies, health care companies, and pharmaceutical companies. 

During law school, Joelle externed at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri and served as an associate editor of the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy. 

Key Matters

Joelle’s representative matters include:

  • Defended a major pharmaceutical company and its foreign parent company in a multidistrict products liability case and corresponding state action
  • Defended a health care system in an antitrust class action in federal court
  • Represented a family-owned food company in a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit against a major television news network
  • Represented a class of deaf and hard of hearing inmates in a class action against the Illinois Department of Corrections seeking to protect the inmates’ constitutional and statutory rights
Recent Experience
Secured Settlement for Fox on Brink of Trial in High-Profile Defamation Litigation Brought by US Dominion Voting Systems
Secured Landmark Victory for BPI Against ABC News in Massive Defamation Case

Joelle was named to the 2017 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll by the D.C. Access to Justice Commission and the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center.

Capabilities

Litigation/Trials
Antitrust/Competition
Commercial Litigation & Disputes
Class Actions & Group Litigation
Product Liability & Mass Torts
Health Care
Medical Devices

Key Matters

Joelle’s representative matters include:

  • Defended a major pharmaceutical company and its foreign parent company in a multidistrict products liability case and corresponding state action
  • Defended a health care system in an antitrust class action in federal court
  • Represented a family-owned food company in a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit against a major television news network
  • Represented a class of deaf and hard of hearing inmates in a class action against the Illinois Department of Corrections seeking to protect the inmates’ constitutional and statutory rights
Recent Experience
Secured Settlement for Fox on Brink of Trial in High-Profile Defamation Litigation Brought by US Dominion Voting Systems
Secured Landmark Victory for BPI Against ABC News in Massive Defamation Case

Credentials

Education

Joelle received her J.D., cum laude, from the Washington University School of Law in 2013, where she served as associate editor of the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy. Additionally, she spent a semester externing at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis in 2009.

    Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • Illinois

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