Seide, Lonnie K.

Ed Sebold's experience in complex commercial and product liability litigation spans pharmaceuticals and medical devices, consumer class actions, bankruptcy, trade secrets, corporate governance, banking practices, post-closing disputes, and breach of contracts. Ed has served as trial counsel in numerous jury and bench trials throughout the United States and in international and domestic arbitration proceedings. Ed has sharpened his courtroom skills in fast-paced injunction and bankruptcy proceedings.

Ed has played a significant role in the Firm's engagements as national coordinating counsel for Firestone Corporation in its tire recall class actions; national counsel for Wyeth in its antidepressant litigation; international counsel for medical device maker, Mentor Corporation; nationwide class action counsel for AcroMed Corporation; and class action counsel for cable provider Tele-Communications in nationwide cases challenging its billing practices. Ed recently led a trial team that achieved a complete defense jury verdict for Mentor, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, in an Oakland, California state court action challenging one of the company's products.

Ed is actively involved in Firm and community affairs including serving as the pro bono and training coordinator in the Houston Office. He sat on the board of directors of the adult literacy organization Project: LEARN from 1997 to 2003. Ed led a team that won for a death row inmate a new trial based on the withholding of exculpatory evidence. In 2008, Jones Day was awarded The Beacon of Justice Award by the National Legal Aid & Defender Association for its work on death penalty cases.