Jillian Margaret Askren

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Attorney

  Firm Name

  Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Litigation: Representation of an international aerospace company in four high-profile mass toxic-tort actions in which plaintiffs allege that emissions from its manufacturing facility contaminated nearby properties
  potentially exposed persons near the facility. Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief, medical monitoring,
  monetary damages.
  Representation of a public utility in litigation regarding the application
  calculation of a municipal public service tax.
  Irizarry et al. v. Orl
  o Utilities Commission et al. Defended the Orl
  o Utilities Commission in a putative class action brought by residents alleging that emissions from a power plant contaminated properties more than 15,000 properties within an approximate 80 square-mile area with radionuclides, metals,
  other constituents thereby elevating cancer rates. A putative class action that once included more than 30,000 residents has now been dismissed with prejudice.
  Curd, et al. v. Mosaic Fertilizer. Currently defending Mosaic in a putative class action by commercial fishermen alleging damages purportedly resulting from a release of approximately 65 million gallons of process water from a phosphogypsum stack, which was caused by Hurricane Frances.
  Representing Mosaic Fertilizer in a mass tort with over 115 Plaintiffs. The Plaintiffs are commercial fishermen alleging that a chemical release during Hurricane Frances caused them economic damages
  reputational harm. Anderson, et al. v. Mosaic Fertilizer is a follow-on case that was filed after decertification of the putative class in Curd et al. v. Mosaic Fertilizer.
  Confidential Client. Represented a public entity in a high-stakes action against a peer-to-peer company who has developed an industry-disrupting marketplace. Our client asserted that the efficiencies of their operations could have been undermined by the introduction of unregulated commercial activities. We negotiated a settlement for our client that allows the safe operations of the peer-to-peer company without compromising the operations of our client.
  Confidential Client. Currently defending a financial institution's directors
  officers in an action alleging they engaged in a plan to improve their equity position at the expense of the Plaintiffs
  to sell the institution for a large profit.
  Confidential Client. Represented a client in the manufacturing industry in a multi-state federal criminal investigation concerning alleged violations of the Resource Conservation
  Recovery Act (RCRA).
  Confidential Client. Represented an international manufacturer in a construction defect claims matter.
  Confidential Client. Defended a foreign national in a Justice Department investigation involving allegations of tax evasion, conspiracy,
  other purported offenses.
  CCP Harbour Isl
  , LLC v CPPM THP, LLC. Defended a major real estate developer in multiple cases concerning commercial real estate development on Harbour Isl
  .
  Confidential Client. Defended a marine dredging
  engineering company in an action alleging breach of contract, tortious interference,
  misappropriation of trade secrets arising out of the acquisition of an engineering services business.
  Confidential Client. Represented an international real estate firm in a class action lawsuit regarding the alleged embezzlement of tenant funds from a tenant-in-common structure.
  Internships: Summer Honors Law Clerk - Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 2014
  Judicial Extern, Hon. John A. Gibney, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2014
  Legal Intern, Florida Office of the State Attorney, 2013