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J. CHAD MITCHELL

Litigation/International/Environmental Attorney
(206) 676-7000

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Practice: Chad Mitchell has extensive experience handling complex commercial international and domestic disputes.

Experience: Chad recently joined us from Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago, where he was involved in a broad spectrum of cases (both topically and geographically). Chad has tried cases in state and federal courts, and before international tribunals. He has slso been designated a Fellow of The Center for International Legal Studies in Austria.

Representative international engagements:

  • Defending Taiwanese company in $70 million toxic tort class action lawsuit, the first of its kind in Taiwan
  • Defended Greek company in $85 million International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration in London regarding privatization of satellite imaging
  • Represented one of the world’s leading manufacturers of household products in a post-closing purchase price adjustment before a German arbitral tribunal (ICC)
  • Represented auto-industry OEM in post-closing purchase price adjustment dispute against French company in ICC arbitration seated in Toronto
  • Represented client in challenges to and response to cleanup orders from Taiwan’s regulators and oversight of cleanup of former manufacturing facility in Taiwan
  • Drafting and negotiating arbitration provisions in commercial agreements
  • Advising on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments

Representative domestic engagements:

  • International Game Technology v. Casino Data Systems, Inc. (D. Nev.): Counsel for plaintiff electronic gaming manufacturer in lawsuit for patent infringement claims and defended against anti-trust counterclaims
  • W.R Grace & Co. v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (W.D. Mich.): Counsel for plaintiff seeking contribution from defendants for responding to an EPA emergency administrative order under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Successfully obtained summary judgment for client.
  • Represented client in federal (C.D Ill.) and state (Ill.) cost recovery lawsuits and federal grand jury investigation (C.D. Ill.) in connection with environmental incident resulting in a fish kill.
  • Shapo v. Engle (N.D. Ill.): Defended client against $200 million RICO claims in connection with liquidation of Illinois insurance company. Successfully had complaint against client dismissed.
  • Independent Trust Corp. v. Capriotti (Ill.): Represented plaintiff, as receiver for Illinois trust company. Obtained $68 million summary judgment rulings for fraud, breach-of-contract and breach-of fiduciary-duty claims.
  • In re Exide Technologies, Inc. (Bank. D. Del.): Represented debtor at Bankruptcy Confirmation Hearing for public company with over $2.5 billion in revenues.
  • Miller v. Material Sciences Corporation (N.D. Ill.): Defended public company in securities fraud class action.
  • Represented multiple clients in connection with CERCLA actions and environmental regulatory matters.
  • Represented multiples clients in connection with post-closing purchase price adjustment disputes.

Education: Eastern Oregon University (B.S., College Honors Graduate, 1995); J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998); BYU Law Review, Executive Editor.

Memberships and Service: International Bar Association, North American Regional Forum; United States Council for International Business, Arbitration Committee; Fellow, Center for International Legal Studies, Austria; City of Richland’s Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee; Richland School District’s School Safety Committee; Volunteer Leader, Boy Scouts of America; President of the Natural Resources Law Forum; J. Reuben Clark Law School Board of Visitors

Recognition and Awards:

  • Named a Rising Star (under 40) by Illinois’ Super Lawyers Magazine (Feb. 2008)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Brigham Young University Faculty of Law Award for Meritorious Achievements and Distinguished Service 1998
  • J. Reuben Clark Law School Scholarly Writing Award 1998 for Amortization and the Takings Clause: A Search for Fairness
  • Trial Advocacy Team, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Winner Winter Trial Advocacy Competition, 1996
  • EOU Defensive Player of the Game vs. Whitworth College
  • First Team All-State High School Football, Seattle P-I and Tacoma Tribune, 1990

    • Publications and Presentations:

    • Comment, An Alternative Approach to the Fourth Amendment in Public Schools: Balancing Students' Rights with School Safety, 1998 BYU L. REV. 1277.
    • Robert H. Freilich, Planning Blight: The Anglo American Experience, URB. LAW., Spring 1997, at vii.
    • “Arbitration Options for Cross-Border Transactions and the Two-Minute Drill” Center for International Legal Studies, February 2006.
    • “The Balancing Act: Work and Family” J. Reuben Clark Law Society, University of Illinois Student Chapter, November 2005.
    • “A Personal Jurisdiction Dilemma: Collateral Attacks on Foreign Judgments in U.S. Enforcement Actions” Center for International Legal Studies, December 2007

      • Admissions:

      • Illinois 1998
      • Washington 2007
      • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 1998
      • United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan 1999
      • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 1999
      • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin 2002
      • United States District Court for the District of Colorado 2004
      • Unites States District Court for the Central District of Illinois 2007
      • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington 2008

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