Alex P. Catalona

Associate

Alex P. Catalona has extensive experience managing toxic tort, product liability, and construction litigation for Fortune 500 companies. He also brings and defends lawsuits on behalf of national construction clients in payment disputes on major building projects, and advises on risk management, negotiation and litigation strategy. In addition to his substantial brief writing experience in trial and appellate courts, Mr. Catalona has significant jury trial experience, including giving the closing argument that led to victory for client Owens-Illinois, Inc. after a five-week jury trial and four days of juror deliberations.

Experience

• Won demurrer and summary judgment, then drafted winning appellate brief that led to the precedent-setting opinion on alternative liability theory, Cadlo v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 125 Cal. App. 4th 513 (2004)
• Co-chaired product liability trial to defense verdict for client Owens-Illinois, Inc. on consumer expectation and failure to warn causes of action; the jury deadlocked on remaining negligence cause of action
• Won motion to quash service of process and dismissal of California litigation against Texas corporation sued in San Francisco Superior Court because company did not have minimum Constitutional contacts with California court
• Obtained dismissal without payment of settlement for national construction subcontractor sued in multimillion-dollar dispute over the construction of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Won dismissals of lawsuits against non-California clients sued in several jurisdictions by California forum-shoppers on the ground of inconvenient forum
• Won transfer of venue to County of Shasta for defendant sued by California plaintiffs with no connection to the Superior Court of San Francisco
• Enforced Las Vegas arbitration of multimillion-dollar construction dispute resulting in favorable settlement for national electrical subcontractor
• Won dozens of dismissals across several jurisdictions by drafting and arguing motions for summary judgment, motions for summary adjudication and other dispositive motions

Education

Clerkships

Honorable W. Duane Benton, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Missouri (1998-1999)