HarrisMartin's Asbestos Litigation Conference: Talc and Other Unique Exposures Speaker Profiles

Joe Rice is recognized as a skillful and innovative negotiator of complex litigation settlements, having served as the lead negotiator in some of the largest civil actions our courts have seen in the last 20 years.

Corporate Legal Times reported that national defense counsel and legal scholars described Joe as one of the nation's “five most feared and respected plaintiffs’ lawyers in corporate America.” He was cited time after time as one of the toughest, sharpest and hardest-working litigators they faced. As the article notes, "For all his talents as a shrewd negotiator ... Rice has earned most of his respect from playing fair and remaining humble.” The American Lawyer described Joe in 2006 as "one of the shrewdest businessmen practicing law.”

Joe negotiates for the firm's clients at all levels, including securities and consumer fraud, anti-terrorism, human rights, environmental, medical drugs and devices, as well as catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. He is a member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the Lipitor® multidistrict litigation and a member of the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee for In re General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation, as well as In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation.