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Josh Yount has worked on a number of trial and appellate matters in both state and federal courts since joining Mayer Brown in 2001. Josh has written appellate, summary judgment, dismissal, and class certification briefs and argued motions in state and federal court. He also has deposed class representatives and party witnesses in federal litigation. He has achieved significant success on appeal representing major corporate clients in the US Supreme Court and other appellate forums, and has been successful at obtaining both reversals and denials of class certification in class action litigation.
Josh's areas of focus include class certification defense, securities law, and appellate procedure. He also has experience in accountant's liability, antitrust, telecommunications, tort, contract, insurer defense, products liability, and white-collar criminal litigation. Before joining Mayer Brown, Josh was Law Clerk to Circuit Judge Ann Claire Williams (2000) after serving as a staff attorney with the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1998-1999). Josh is Associate Editor of The Circuit Rider (the Bar Journal of the Seventh Circuit), in which capacity he has written articles on oral argument, motions practice, and pleading requirements after Bell Atlantic v. Twombly. He also is the author of the Motions chapter of the Attorney's Guide to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals |
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