Jordan Fox
Jordan Fox, a partner in the law firm of Belluck
& Fox, is one of the nation's most experienced
product liability litigators.
For the past seventeen years, Mr. Fox has represented
and counseled victims of asbestos exposure, lead paint
exposure and other environmental injuries. Mr. Fox has
prosecuted thousands of asbestos cases. He has settled
tens of millions of dollars in claims, and on two
occasions, his verdicts were featured as The National
Law Journal's Largest Verdicts of the Year.
The first such verdict was received on behalf of the
citizens of Baltimore, Maryland to recover damages
against the asbestos industry. Mr. Fox's work resulted
in two separate jury awards of $23 million and $12
million - including punitive damages against the
asbestos companies.
The second verdict was featured in the National Law
Journal as the year's largest asbestos verdict
nationwide. In that case, Mr. Fox obtained a verdict of
$18.2 million on behalf of five individuals who died
from mesothelioma.
Mr. Fox has tried several other asbestos cases,
resulting in jury verdicts ranging from $800,000 to
$14.25 million.
He also secured the first verdict nationwide against
a retail store in an asbestos cancer case, when a jury
in upstate New York found Sears Roebuck responsible for
asbestos products sold under the Sears name. Sears was
held liable for $1.5 million for causing Mesothelioma -
a fatal asbestos cancer.
In addition to trial work, Mr. Fox has successfully
prosecuted appeals, expanding the rights of victims of
defective products to obtain evidence from corporations.
Mr. Fox is a former homicide and sex crimes/special
victims prosecutor in the Brooklyn District Attorney's
Office. Mr. Fox previously served on the New York City
Mayor's Criminal Justice Advisory Council.
Mr. Fox is a frequent lecturer at national
conferences on asbestos and injury law. He is a member
of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the New
York State Trial Lawyers Association and the National
Crime Victim Bar Association. Mr. Fox is admitted to
practice in the State of New York.
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