They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40 - Jonathan Schneller of O’Melveny

Please describe two of your most substantial, recent wins in practice.
In announcing his judgment limiting the State of Oklahoma to 2.6 percent of the $17.5 billion it sought in the first opioids lawsuit to go to trial, the trial judge cited separation-of-powers concerns that my team identified in our defense of Johnson & Johnson. We spent many late nights identifying the flaws in the state’s unprecedent public-nuisance theories and it was gratifying to see that work yield concrete results. The arguments we developed are now the backbone of J&J’s appeal in Oklahoma and its defenses against radical public-nuisance theories ...