Juan S. Ramirez

Biography

Cases

• After prevailing on a motion to dismiss all of plaintiffs' nationwide class claims, settled all claims individually for a major appliance manufacturer in a class action involving the doors in all of its microwave ovens.
• Won favorable settlement for a technology company against a supplier that failed to fulfill or refund a $1.5 million order of personal protection equipment (PPE) amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Managed the global investigations, class action, and commercial litigation dockets for a Fortune 150 products manufacturer.
• Managed North American class action and asbestos litigation portfolios for a Fortune 150 products manufacturer.
• Won a first-of-its-kind defense verdict in Australia against that country's effort to ban an entire category of consumable products.
• Obtained favorable resolutions and dismissals with prejudice of municipality-based class actions in New York and Minnesota in which plaintiffs sought to certify national and state classes of municipal wastewater facilities.
• Successfully defended a manufacturing company against multiple government investigations of false advertising allegations related to the company's fastest growing product category.
• Negotiated pre-suit withdrawals of several threatened ingredient-based class actions alleging false advertising of products as "all" or "100% natural."
• Supervised and managed litigation throughout the Asia Pacific region while leading the integration of legal departments between the parent company and its Chinese subsidiary.
• Led complex litigation and trial teams in Europe, Israel, Canada, and Latin America.
• Achieved favorable resolution for a Fortune 150 company against one of the largest medical device class actions in the company's history.
• Negotiated 97% reduction of a government's proposed civil penalty—in excess of $100 million—against a major manufacturing client.
• Managed and negotiated the largest supplier recovery action in a Fortune 150 client's history, obtaining cash and future indemnity protection well into nine figures.
• Won a preliminary injunction for a product manufacturer in the District of Columbia against the District's attempt to ban an entire category of consumer products.
• Won a favorable verdict, including treble damages, for a large OEM client whose property was converted by a rival company. Secured judgment for fair market value of the converted property as well as the return of millions of dollars of equipment.
• Argued and won before the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a first-impression matter involving the retroactive application of Wisconsin's frivolousness statute. The Court reversed the appeals court's denial of attorney's fees. This upheld a summary judgment win for an oil company facing allegations of wrongful termination of a carrier contract.
• Won a defense verdict, including damages and attorneys' fees, after securing successive appellate court reversals of the trial court's denial of a client's right to enforce a restrictive covenant proscribing the operation of a competitor.
• Won reversal of a trial court's order against an 81-year-old pro bono client who was the victim of a predatory contractor. Won double damages and attorneys' fees under Wisconsin's Home Improvement Code.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

Presentations

• "The Dangers of Imposing Consumer Arbitration Agreements with Class Action Waivers: Mitigating the Emerging Threat of Mass Arbitrations," presented at The Trial Network Product Liability SuperCourse in Minneapolis, (December 2021).

Other Articles/Presentations

• "Reaching Across the Border: The Impact of International Class Actions," presented at DRI Class Actions Seminar, Washington D.C. (September 2013).
• "Keeping the Jury Engaged: Demonstrative Exhibits That Educate and Entertain," Panelist, DRI Product Liability Conference, Las Vegas (September 2012).

Press

• Juan S. Ramirez Joins Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell From Kimberly-Clark

Other Experience

Legal Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Community Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Personal Interests