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Los Angeles office

Phone: (213) 239-5622

Fax: (213) 239-5623

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Eric Weiss is a seasoned commercial litigator with a distinguished practice encompassing automotive law, employment law, business law, toxic tort law, product liability law and Proposition 65 compliance and litigation. Throughout his career, Eric has served as lead counsel in numerous high-stakes cases before both state and federal courts nationwide, including jurisdictions in New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Maryland, Illinois, Missouri, Nevada, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Texas. He has also handled a broad spectrum of product liability and general liability cases, many involving catastrophic injuries. Notably, Eric served as National Trial Counsel for FUJIFILM Corporation and its subsidiaries in high-profile benzene litigation throughout the country.

A prolific writer, Eric has authored numerous articles, including annual reviews and analyses of pivotal appellate decisions and legislative developments. He is an active member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and contributes to the organization's Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Subcommittee, where he serves on the Planning Committee.

Beyond his professional achievements, Eric is deeply committed to education. Along with his wife, Heather, he is a Founding Parent of Larchmont Charter School in Los Angeles, which opened its doors in 2005 with just 120 students in K-2nd grades. Today, the school boasts over 1,400 students across four campuses and has become one of the most sought-after charter schools in the region.

A native of the Washington, D.C. area, Eric earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Delaware before relocating to Los Angeles to attend The Whittier College School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude. At Whittier, he served as Lead Articles and Notes and Comments Editor for the Whittier Law Review.

Representative matters

• Favorably settled a contentious wrongful termination, retaliation, breach of contract and independent contractor misclassification suit by general manager against three automotive dealerships to client’s satisfaction.
• Successful appeal resulting in published opinion of trial court’s denial of motion to quash cross-complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction brought by Korean chemical manufacturer, leading to nominal settlement in wrongful death case with plaintiffs by retailer client.
• Successful appeal resulting in published opinion of trial court’s order granting dismissal or transfer of toxic tort case based on doctrine of forum non conveniens.
• Successful appeal of trial court’s order granting a new trial following a $17,500 million verdict against high-profile and infamous real estate tycoon.
• Successfully obtained dismissals of numerous, hotly contested toxic tort claims, including claims arising out of exposure to benzene, organic solvents, silica, and asbestos.
• Successfully obtained summary judgments by corporate defendants in numerous, multi-party toxic tort claims.
• Nuisance value settlements in dozens of toxic tort claims after depositions of plaintiffs, co-workers, supervisors, treating physicians and expert witnesses.
• Assisted in obtaining defense verdict in FEHA case by manager claiming disability discrimination, harassment, failure to engage in interactive process, and failure to provide reasonable accommodations.
• Dozens of nominal settlements of Proposition 65 claims brought by “bounty hunter” firms against international manufacturers for failing to provide Proposition 65 warnings.
• Nominal settlement, while motion for summary judgment pending, in multi-defendant wrongful death case where jury, thereafter, allocated substantial fault to client resulting in multi-million dollar savings to client.
• Successful resolution of dozens of traumatic brain injury cases following depositions of experts, including neurologists, neuro-psychiatrists, psychologists and experts in vocational rehabilitation.

Credentials