Rob Dille is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 1994 and practices in products liability, toxic tort defense, asbestos litigation and commercial litigation areas. Rob represents industrial and energy industry clients in cases involving toxic tort, chemical exposure, hearing loss, pipeline expropriation, products liability, and class action defense. He has successfully handled hundreds of class action and individual claims involving alleged exposure to asbestos products and other hazardous materials. Importantly, Rob has extensive experience in complex litigation management and oversees the organization and management of cases involving hundreds of plaintiffs, expert testimony, and thousands of documents. Rob has taken to verdict over 15 bench and jury trials.

Representative Experience

• Representation of a global pesticide manufacturer, in a class action lawsuit involving the alleged contamination of crawfish farming fields.
• Representation of a global pesticide manufacturer and pesticide distributors in a multi-plaintiff lawsuit involving damage to crawfish wholesalers and processors caused by a rice pesticide.  Tried to verdict the claims of 3 bell weather plaintiffs.
  
• Representation of major petrochemical companies in jury trials and settlements involving wrongful death and survival claims brought by plaintiffs who allegedly developed mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos-containing products at petrochemical and paper mill facilities.
• Successful representation of a landowner in a trespassing and property damage case against a major utility company.
• Representation of a major energy company in trials involving the expropriation of land in Louisiana for major pipeline projects.

Education

Rob earned his B.S. from Louisiana State University in 1991 and his J.D. from the LSU Law Center in 1994.

Admissions

• Admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana.

Memberships

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations
• Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.

Community Service

• Board of Directors, Boy Scouts of America, Istrouma Area Council.
  
• Member, Catholic High Men's Club.
• Volunteer, Pro Bono Project, Baton Rouge Bar Association.
• Member, Baton Rouge Cancer Services.
• Member, Strengthening Lives Committee, Community Partnership Division, Capital Area United Way.
• Represents children in "child in need of care" cases.

Articles, Publications and Presentations

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