Chan

McLeod

Chan McLeod focuses his practice on managing litigation and providing guidance and counsel to corporations and associations on a variety of issues arising from legal matters. He has extensive experience defending product liability, premises liability, toxic tort, and mass tort cases for his clients.

He manages litigation on both the national and local levels and has defended complex liability cases in federal and state courts across the country. He has served as trial counsel for litigation involving benzene, gasoline, and solvent litigation.

Chan has served as national coordinating counsel for asbestos companies handling national litigation strategy, overseeing the administration of local counsel litigation activities, and directing case resolution efforts in jurisdictions nationwide. He has experience defending claims related to crude oil spills, dioxins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and wood treatment chemicals.

Chan is adept at establishing defenses based on medical and scientific issues, including medical causation, disease process, and epidemiology. He is experienced in the preparation of experts for deposition and trial. Chan has successfully drafted Daubert motions resulting in the exclusion of experts and the granting of summary judgment in complex mass tort litigation.