Dawson Robinson

Dawson Robinson is a trial lawyer that clients rely on for their highest-stakes litigation. He has experience managing every phase of a case, from drafting the complaint to arguing dispositive motions to preparing for and winning at trial. Recently, Dawson was a core member of a trial team that represented Monsanto in a personal injury case alleging that Monsanto’s Roundup® causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma. After a six-week trial, the jury found for Monsanto on all claims and awarded zero damages. The verdict ranked as one of the top ten most impressive defense verdicts of 2023 by Courtroom View Network.

Dawson has successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of cases––including mass tort, breach of contract, antitrust, and securities actions––in both state and federal courts. He takes pride in turning complicated fact patterns into dynamic, digestible stories for judges and juries.

Before joining the firm, Dawson clerked for Judge Kevin Newsom on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Dawson graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor on the Harvard Law Review. Dawson also graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he was President of the undergraduate mock trial program. During his junior year, Dawson earned the highest individual score in the history of the Collegiate Mock Trial National Championship and was named an All-American Attorney.

Representative Matters

Roundup® Litigation (Nationwide)
Trial counsel for Monsanto and Bayer defending the Roundup® products liability litigation. Plaintiffs allege personal injuries, including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, caused by Roundup® herbicide.

• Gordon v. Monsanto (St. Louis Cty., MO) — Plaintiff asserted claims for strict liability design defect, strict liability failure to warn, and negligence. After a six-week trial, the jury found in favor of Monsanto on all three claims for a complete defense verdict.
• Evans v. Monsanto (St. Louis, MO) — Plaintiff asserted claims for strict liability design defect, strict liability failure to warn, and negligence. Case settled mid-trial after three days of testimony.

In re Ranitidine Cases (Cook County, IL)
Trial counsel for GSK in multiple products liability cases claiming that the acid suppressant medication Zantac (with the active ingredient ranitidine) caused Plaintiffs’ cancer. Cases settled favorably shortly before trial.

The Boeing Company v. Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation and Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Harris Cty., Tex.)
Counsel for Defendants in contract dispute relating to certain parts and systems supplied for the CST-100 Starliner space vehicle, which is designed to take astronauts to the International Space Station. 

In re: January 2021 Short Squeeze Trading Litigation (MDL, S.D. Fla.)
Counsel for leading market-making firm in litigation arising from trading restrictions that online trading firms imposed on meme stocks. Southern District of Florida granted motion to dismiss. Appellate counsel in Eleventh Circuit appeal in which decision to dismiss was affirmed.

Allianz Structured Alpha Funds Litigation (S.D.N.Y.)
Counsel for several major institutional investors who collectively lost billions of dollars when the Structured Alpha hedge funds managed by Allianz Global Investors U.S. collapsed in March 2020.  Bartlit Beck also served as co-liaison counsel for a group of twenty plaintiffs for purposes of coordinating discovery with Allianz.  The cases filed by our clients were settled on confidential terms. See Reuters article here.

Adverio Pharma GmbH et al. v. Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. et al. (D. Del.)
Trial counsel for plaintiffs in Hatch-Waxman litigation relating to Bayer's Adempas® (riociguat) product. Case settled during trial.