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James J. Pizzirusso

1700 K Street, NW Suite 650
Washington, DC 20006
202.540.7200 ph
202.540.7201 fax
jpizzirusso@hausfeldllp.com
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James J. Pizzirusso is a partner in Hausfeld LLP’s Washington, D.C., office. His practice focuses on consumer protection, antitrust, environmental health, and product liability/mass torts litigation. In addition to practicing law, Mr. Pizzirusso has served as an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School.

Mr. Pizzirusso is one of the court-appointed, co-lead counsel in In Re Tyson Foods, Inc., Chicken Raised Without Antibiotics Consumer Litigation (D. Md.) ($8 million nationwide settlement preliminarily approved) and Radosti v. Envision, LLC, (D.D.C.) ($17 million global settlement preliminarily approved). He was also recently involved in Pelletz v. Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. (“In re Choicedek Litigation”), (W.D. Wa.), a nationwide settlement involving mildew spotting on decking materials, and Ross v. Trex, Inc. (N.D. Cal.), a nationwide settlement involving deteriorating deck materials.  Mr. Pizzirusso is currently investigating and litigating claims involving defective Chinese drywall, which releases sulfur fumes and corrodes metal surfaces in homes, and defective Acer notebook computers, which contain insufficient memory to run the Windows operating system.

In the antitrust field, Mr. Pizzirusso represents clients alleging price-fixing and collusion in various retail and transportation sectors. Mr. Pizzirusso is one of the principal attorneys in In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation (E.D. Pa.) and In re Southeastern Milk Antitrust Litigation (E.D. Tenn.). 

Mr. Pizzirusso’s practice also includes domestic and international environmental and public health litigation. He is currently representing numerous farmers and landowners in Barbados who have suffered reduced crop yields and property damages as a result of leaking jet fuel from an underground pipeline.

Mr. Pizzirusso has been asked to appear as a panelist at several conferences around the country, where he has presented on topics including consumer protection law, toxic torts, lead paint litigation, and public interest litigation.