Tucker Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that James Cunningham, Gary Nevolo, and Kelly Breen have joined the firm’s San Francisco office.

James Cunningham joins Tucker Ellis as Counsel. Mr. Cunningham’s practice focuses mainly on toxic tort personal injury cases. He has extensive appellate experience, as well as experience in alternative dispute resolution as a mediator, arbitrator, and court-appointed settlement conference judge. Elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Mr. Cunningham has tried cases involving allegations of fraud, professional malpractice, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death, and has received personal injury settlements on behalf of plaintiffs in excess of seven figures. He received his undergraduate degree from Santa Clara University and his J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law.

Gary Nevolo, Counsel, focuses his practice on products liability, toxic tort, commercial, and environmental litigation. He is experienced in defending manufacturers and distributors of a wide variety of products in various industries, including pharmaceutical companies in cases involving ethical drugs and medical devices. He has also represented manufacturers of consumer products, such as power tools, appliances, and over-the-counter medications. Mr. Nevolo’s toxic tort experience includes Proposition 65 litigation and representing manufacturers in asbestos and silica products liability actions. He has represented individual and institutional commercial clients in contract and business tort cases, and he has
been responsible for handling environmental litigation involving the discharge of hazardous substances in state waterways. Mr. Nevolo received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.

Kelly Breen, Associate, focuses her practice on product liability and toxic tort defense. Her work is concentrated in the area of civil litigation, defending corporate and insurance interests in product liability, contractor liability, complex tort litigation, premises liability, and contractual disputes. She also has experience with various business litigation matters in state, federal, and bankruptcy court, and has participated in all aspects of litigation from the discovery phase through trial and appeal. She received her undergraduate degree cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.