Alex L. Groden

Alex Groden joined Bartlit Beck in 2015. He maintains a diverse litigation practice and has represented clients in several high stakes matters involving mass torts, intellectual property, accountants' liability, products liability, and breach of warranty. Alex currently represents Raytheon Technologies in a series of environmental tort actions alleging more than $1 billion in property damage and personal injury claims.

Alex joined the firm following a clerkship with Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Prior to his clerkship, Alex graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was a recipient of the Sears Prize. Alex was an economic consultant with Analysis Group before law school.

Representative Matters

The Boeing Company v. Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Goodrich Corporation, Rockwell Collins, Inc., and Rohr Inc. (Circuit Court, St. Louis County, MO)
Representing the Defendants in this contract dispute relating to certain parts supplied for the F/A-18 and F-15 fighter aircraft programs. 

Pratt & Whitney Acreage Litigation (S.D. Fla.)
Trial counsel for Pratt & Whitney in environmental tort cases involving more than $1 billion in alleged property damage and personal injury claims arising out of the declaration of a "cancer cluster" in a neighborhood near Pratt & Whitney's West Palm Beach facility.

Adinolfe et al v. Pratt & Whitney
Defeated class certification (and excluded plaintiffs' main expert) after a five-day evidentiary hearing.

Cotromano et al v. Pratt & Whitney
Obtained a defense verdict after a three-week jury trial on seven plaintiffs’ property diminution claims.

Santiago v. Pratt & Whitney
Won summary judgment on personal injury claims. Bartlit Beck served as appellate counsel in the Eleventh Circuit, where summary judgment was affirmed.

Pinares v. Pratt & Whitney
Won summary judgment on personal injury claims. Bartlit Beck is serving as appellate counsel in the Eleventh Circuit, where the appeal is pending.

ET Plus Litigation
National counsel for defendants, Trinity Industries and Trinity Highway Products, in class actions, qui tam actions, personal injuries, and other litigation in multiple jurisdictions related to Trinity's ET Plus guardrail end terminal system. 

Bayer CropScience LP v. BASF SE (E.D. Va.)
Counsel for Bayer CropScience in patent dispute regarding polymorphs of tembotrione, the active ingredient in Bayer's Laudis® herbicide. Case settled soon after complaint was filed.

Cases Tried or Otherwise Taken to Judgment

Cotromano et al v. Pratt & Whitney
Obtained a defense verdict after a three-week jury trial on seven plaintiffs’ property diminution claims.

Confidential Arbitration (Chicago, New York)
Trial counsel for an accounting firm. Obtained a complete defense verdict following a two-week arbitration. 

UroPep v. Eli Lilly (E.D. Tex., 2016-17)
Trial counsel for UroPep, securing a plaintiff verdict in a patent infringement jury trial concerning Eli Lilly's sales of Cialis to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The jury determined Eli Lilly infringed UroPep's patent, rejected all of Eli Lilly's invalidity defenses, and awarded $20 million in damages. Click here to read more about the trial victory; click here and here to read about the court's denial of Eli Lilly's post-trial motions.

Professional Activities and Community Service

Illinois ARDC Hearing Board Officer, appointed by the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois

Children's Research Fund (affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) — Vice Chair, Fundraising