Nina I. Webb-Lawton

Practice Areas

• Litigation
  • Appellate Practice
  • E-Discovery and Electronic Information Management (EIM)
    • Extranets and Shared Information
    • Records Creation, Retention, and Destruction Policies
  • Products Liability
  • Toxic Torts
    • Asbestos, Silica, and Manganese
    • Chemical and Radiation Exposure

Education

• University of California at Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1992, Order of the Coif
  California Law Review, 1990-1992
• Oberlin College, B.A., 1987, Phi Beta Kappa

Bar & Court Admissions

• California
• Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Judicial Clerkships

• The Honorable William A. Ingram, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 1992-1993
• The Honorable Susan J. Dlott, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1996

Ms. Webb-Lawton is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the litigation practice group.  She has litigation experience in a broad range of areas, including toxic tort defense, employment and contract litigation.  Ms. Webb-Lawton regularly represents more than two dozen defendants in asbestos and benzene litigation throughout the state of Ohio.  In that capacity, she represents clients in all aspects of litigation, including trial and appeal.  She also serves as the liaison between defendants and plaintiffs’ counsel, and the Court for one of the most active dockets of cases in Cuyahoga County.

Career highlights include:

• Being actively involved in supporting and defending Ohio’s asbestos reform legislation, House Bill 292

Ms. Webb-Lawton is a member of the State Bar of California and the Ohio State Bar Association.

Ms. Webb-Lawton has spoken on the Application of House Bill 292, Ohio’s asbestos reform legislation.

Ms. Webb-Lawton received her J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law where she was named to the Order of the Coif and was a member of the California Law Review.  She received her B.A. from Oberlin College and was Phi Beta Kappa.

Ms. Webb-Lawton clerked for The Honorable William A. Ingram of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and The Honorable Susan J. Dlott of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Honors & Awards

• Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars, General Litigation, 2005

Events

• Current Developments in Appellate Law on the 200th Anniversary of Judicial Review in Ohio

Publications

• "What Ohio's Retroactive Application Of Its Asbestos Legislation Means For The Litigation, Both Statewide And Nationwide," Mealey's Litigation Report, November 12, 2008
• "Who Decides What's in Your Product?" Industry Week, September 10, 2008
• “Ohio First To Put Reins On Out-of-Control Asbestos Litigation,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, July 2004 (Vol. 12, No. 7)
• “Paying the Price,” Smart Business, August 2004
• “Ohio’s Groundbreaking Asbestos Legislation,” Mealey’s Litigation Report: Asbestos, August 18, 2004

• Client Alert: Cuyahoga Court of Appeals Applies Asbestos-Reform Law
• "What Ohio's Retroactive Application Of Its Asbestos Legislation Means For The Litigation, Both Statewide And Nationwide"
• Client Alert: Vorys Appellate Team Wins Supreme Court of Ohio Case Upholding Constitutionality of Asbestos Reform Statute
• "Who Decides What's In Your Product?"