Jordan Fox, a partner in the law firm of Belluck & Fox, is one of the nation's most experienced product liability litigators.

For the past eleven years, Mr. Fox has represented and counseled victims of asbestos exposure, lead paint exposure and other environmental injuries. Mr. Fox has prosecuted thousands of asbestos cases. He has settled tens of millions of dollars in claims, and on two occasions, his verdicts were featured as The National Law Journal's Largest Verdicts of the Year.

The first such verdict was received on behalf of the citizens of Baltimore, Maryland to recover damages against the asbestos industry. Mr. Fox's work resulted in two separate jury awards of $23 million and $12 million -- including punitive damages against the asbestos companies.

The second verdict was featured in the National Law Journal as the year's largest asbestos verdict nationwide. In that case, Mr. Fox obtained a verdict of $18.2 million on behalf of five individuals who died from mesothelioma.

Mr. Fox has tried several other asbestos cases, resulting in jury verdicts ranging from $800,000 to $14.25 million.

He also secured the first verdict nationwide against a retail store in an asbestos cancer case, when a jury in upstate New York found Sears Roebuck responsible for asbestos products sold under the Sears name. Sears was held liable for $1.5 million for causing Mesothelioma -- a fatal asbestos cancer.

In addition to trial work, Mr. Fox has successfully prosecuted appeals, expanding the rights of victims of defective products to obtain evidence from corporations.

Mr. Fox is a former homicide and sex crimes/special victims prosecutor in the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office. Mr. Fox previously served on the New York City Mayor's Criminal Justice Advisory Council.

Mr. Fox is a frequent lecturer at national conferences on asbestos and injury law. He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and the National Crime Victim Bar Association.

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