Joshua D. Yount

Clients also look to Josh for help with critical appellate matters. They have retained him to brief and argue appeals in numerous federal and state courts. And they have sought his assistance with trial and post-trial strategies to develop and preserve arguments for appeal. Josh's work has been instrumental in achieving significant successes for major corporate clients in the US Supreme Court and other appellate forums.

Beyond appellate and class action matters, clients have retained Josh to help handle a wide variety of significant business litigation in the areas of mass torts, products liability, bankruptcy adversary proceedings, securities, insurer defense, antitrust, fraud-related torts, breach of contract, and commercial disparagement. In addition, Josh has worked on a number of pro bono appeals through Mayer Brown's Seventh Circuit Project.

Previously, Josh worked at the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit—first as a staff attorney and a temporary law clerk for Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood, then as a law clerk to Circuit Judge Ann Claire Williams.

• Served as counsel for a paint company in an MDL multistate class action alleging product defects, ultimately negotiating favorable settlement.
• Represented an appliance manufacturer in a class action over changes to retiree healthcare benefits.
• Handled appeals from excessive attorneys’ fee awards against an appliance manufacturer following class settlements.
• Prevailed on appeal in a suit against an auto manufacturer, defeating a product liability claim based on a vehicle crash incompatibility theory.
• Obtained affirmance for an investment firm in an appeal that upheld the dismissal of a class action complaint challenging mutual fund practices.
• Won summary judgment and appellate affirmance for an on-line brokerage, defeating class action claims regarding the timeliness of on-line securities prices.
• Obtained denial of class certification and dismissal for an on-line brokerage in a suit challenging the promptness of on-line securities transactions.
• Secured denial of class certification and summary judgment for an on-line brokerage where the plaintiff alleged improper delays in the execution of securities transactions.
• Achieved victory for an operator of movie theaters, persuading the appellate court to dismiss a class action challenge to the accuracy of movie start times.
• Represented a bank in series of suits arising out of the collapse of a Ponzi scheme.
• Obtained an appellate victory for debtor vehicle dealers in dispute with state tax authority over tax credits
• Prevailed at trial and on appeal in a suit against a major bank subsidiary over the proper interpretation of lease and remarketing contracts.
• Obtained judgment for a turbo blower manufacturer, prevailing on defamation claims and defeating various counterclaims in a suit over allegedly false and disparaging statements about the parties and their products.
• Obtained judgment for an auto finance company in a state court and related bankruptcy action arising out of the auto dealer’s failure to repay loans.