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Todd Grant Gattoni

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Todd Grant Gattoni is a product liability and commercial litigation attorney whose clients include many pharmaceutical, medical device and health care companies.

Based in the Detroit Office, he defends clients around the nation in high-profile complex civil litigation and class actions. He also represents many well-known consumer products, retail and automotive companies.

Todd represents the country's largest maker of over-the-counter medication in product liability matters. He also provides risk management counseling, including advice on product labeling and warnings. His counsel during a highly publicized voluntary recall of a pain reliever helped prevent widespread national litigation. He also helped the company develop and implement a claims handling system.

General Motors and Ford Motor Company rely on Todd for coordination of chemical exposure/toxic tort litigation. He represents GM and Ford in all asbestos lawsuits filed in Michigan. He is GM's regional counsel in national marine engine asbestos litigation and its national counsel for aviation asbestos litigation. He also defended a leading welding rod manufacturer in mass tort litigation in Michigan involving welding fumes and chemical exposure.

Various industry leading companies, including Trek Bicycle, Sony, Microsoft, Kmart, Sears, Sanmina-Sci Corporation, and Securitas, have relied upon Todd to defend them in product liability and commercial litigation matters. He recently advised Kmart and Sears with regard to a nationwide class action suit involving consumer products manufactured in China. Kmart received indemnity in the matter, thus substantially reducing its exposure.

Prior to joining Dykema, Todd was the interim deputy general counsel for American Protective Services and served on the bench as Judge Pro Tem, deciding cases in the Superior Court of California.

    • DePaul University, J.D.
    • University of Michigan, B.A.

  • Bar Admissions

    • California, 1991
    • Michigan, 1992

    • Named "Lawyer of the Year" by The Best Lawyers in America® for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, 2020 and 2024

    • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, 2019-2024

    • Recipient of an AV® Preeminent™ Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
    • California Bar Association
    • State Bar of Michigan

    • Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), Member

    • Judge Pro Tem in Alameda County, California, Consolidated Courts

    • International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Advocacy Program, Participant, 1996

    • National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), Instructor Training Program, Participant, 1995
    • Oakland Zoo Board of Trustees, President, 2002-2005
    • Member of Northern California Cultural and Trade Delegation to China, 2002

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