Matt Douglas is a litigator whose practice focuses on product liability and environmental litigation, including extensive work in the energy, manufacturing and pharmaceutical sectors. His experience includes environmental, product liability, consumer class actions, and antitrust matters. His environmental work has included toxic tort litigation, Natural Resource Damages (NRD), Clean Water Act (CWA) enforcement and permitting cases, CERCLA litigation, water contamination matters including PFAS and other emerging contaminants, and Endangered Species Act work. His product liability work includes the defense of major pharmaceutical companies in product liability mass torts in state and federal court. He was counsel to BP in the Deepwater Horizon matter for its internal investigation and for the defense of NRD and CWA claims. He has served as lead trial counsel in a variety of cases, and has trial experience in Colorado and many other states.
Prior to joining the firm, Matt practiced general civil litigation and criminal defense with an emphasis on trial work.
Experience
- AstraZeneca, as national counsel, in Multidistrict Litigation involving proton-pump inhibitors, Prilosec and Nexium.
- Wolverine World Wide, Inc. in three putative class action lawsuits seeking property damage and medical monitoring and approximately 260 personal injury suits related to PFAS chemicals and drinking water in Western Michigan. Johns v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (consolidated); In Re Nylaan Litigation.
- Honeywell, in defending a putative class action seeking property damage and medical monitoring and approximately 50 individual personal injury and other suits related to PFAS chemicals and drinking water in Hoosick Falls, New York. Baker v. Saint-Gobain.
- BP with respect to the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill, including as counsel to BP for NRD matters and for its internal investigation of the spill.
- Major pharmaceutical company as national counsel in defense of nationwide mass tort litigation, including multiple trials.
Perspectives
Recognition
"West Trailblazers" (2022)
Credentials
Education
- J.D., University of Colorado Law School, 1995
- B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1991
Admissions
- Colorado
Clerkships
- Eighth Judicial District, Colorado, The Honorable John-David Sullivan