Experienced trial lawyers, close to the work.

Blanchet LLP is a litigation firm for legal departments, companies, executives, and other sophisticated clients facing serious disputes. We bring good judgment, practical business sense, and direct partner involvement from the first assessment through resolution or trial, with a national and international practice.

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Blanchet LLP
[ ABOUT ]

A litigation firm built around judgment.

Blanchet LLP was built by lawyers with elite litigation pedigree and real trial experience across commercial, environmental, product liability, government-facing, financial, IP, and other complex disputes.

The firm is practical and direct by design. Clients work with lawyers who stay close to the facts, staff matters with discipline, and keep the cost, risk, and result in view.

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[ PRACTICE AREAS ]

Areas of
Practice

Blanchet LLP is a litigation firm first. Litigation is the umbrella. Within it, the firm handles commercial disputes, environmental and toxic tort matters, product liability and mass tort, government investigations and enforcement, intellectual property and trade secret disputes, and other complex matters.

BROWSE PRACTICES
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Commercial Litigation

Business-to-business disputes, contract claims, business torts, fraud, partnership disputes, and other commercial cases that require practical judgment and trial readiness.

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Environmental Disputes

Environmental matters involving contamination, agencies, technical records, CERCLA, Superfund, natural resource damages, toxic tort, and long-running factual disputes.

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Product Liability & Mass Tort

Defense of product, chemical exposure, toxic tort, MDL, bellwether, and aggregate matters where scale, expert strategy, and disciplined coordination matter.

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Government Investigations & Enforcement

Representation for companies, executives, and individuals facing government investigations, enforcement actions, internal reviews, and white collar exposure.

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Intellectual Property & Trade Secrets

Trade secret, confidential information, software, licensing, cybercrime, and other technically demanding disputes where the record and business context both matter.

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[ SELECTED EXPERIENCE ]

Representative Examples

The firm’s experience spans commercial litigation, environmental and toxic tort matters, product liability, securities, bankruptcy, IP, investigations, and appellate work.

Commercial Litigation / Insurance Recovery

OIL v. The Dow Chemical Company

Counsel to Dow in litigation involving a natural gas leak in Louisiana, including dispositive motion practice, counterclaim strategy, and insurance-recovery issues.

Mass Tort / Chemical Exposure

June v. Union Carbide Company

Counsel to Union Carbide in long-running chemical-exposure litigation, including dispositive motions, plaintiff-specific defenses, and appellate proceedings.

Intellectual Property

Nilssen v. Osram Sylvania

Counsel to Osram Sylvania in a patent enforceability dispute involving trial strategy, post-trial proceedings, and fee-shifting issues.

Class Action / Consumer Products

In re Horsepower Litigation

Counsel to Briggs & Stratton in nationwide multidistrict consumer-fraud class action litigation resolved before discovery began.

Securities / M&A Litigation

Tenet v. Community Health Systems

Counsel in litigation following a hostile offer, resulting in complete dismissal of securities fraud and related claims.

Bankruptcy / Manufacturing

In re Tower Automotive

Counsel in Chapter 11 litigation involving efforts to reject collective bargaining agreements, resolved on favorable terms at completion of trial.

[ TEAM ]

A bench built for serious disputes.

The firm brings together trial lawyers, appellate lawyers, and litigators with experience across commercial, environmental, product liability, financial, IP, white collar criminal, and government-facing disputes.

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Myles Bartley

Myles Bartley

Partner

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Joel Blanchet

Joel Blanchet

Partner

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Andrew Devine

Andrew Devine

Partner

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Jaran Moten

Jaran Moten

Partner

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Robert Reagan

Robert Reagan

Partner

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John Worth

John Worth

Partner

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Our Approach

Every matter begins with the same discipline: understand the record, define the real problem, and build a strategy that fits the client’s objective.

STEP 1

Understand the Record

Start by identifying the facts, documents, forum, and client objectives that are likely to matter most. Good strategy depends on a disciplined view of the record, not unnecessary process.

+Focus on the record that matters
+Identify the real exposure
+Align on the objective
STEP 2

Set the Strategy

Decide early what the case demands, where leverage is likely to come from, and how the matter should be staffed and run.

+Early case assessment
+Focused staffing
+Clear path forward
STEP 3

Move the Matter

Move the case with discipline. Keep communication direct, staff leanly, and do the work that matters to the outcome.

+Lean teams
+Clear ownership
+Controlled execution
STEP 4

Stay Ready

Whether the matter resolves or goes to trial, preparation should create leverage at every stage.

+Strong preparation
+Better leverage
+Ready for trial
[ INDUSTRY DEPTH ]

Built for industries where the record matters.

Blanchet LLP works with legal departments, companies, executives, and institutional clients in industries where disputes are technical, expensive, and often shaped by years of documents, experts, agencies, enforcement risk, and operational context.

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01 Chemicals +

Counsel for chemical manufacturers facing mass tort, CERCLA, Superfund, toxic tort, dioxane, insurance, and commercial disputes.

The firm’s chemicals experience is anchored by long-running work for Dow, Union Carbide, and related chemical-sector matters. These disputes often require technical records, expert strategy, regulatory fluency, and patience over long factual timelines.

CERCLADioxaneToxic tortInsurance recoveryCERCLADioxane
02 Manufacturing +

Trial-ready counsel for manufacturers facing product liability, supply-chain, commercial, IP, class action, and bankruptcy-related disputes.

Manufacturing disputes often sit at the intersection of product performance, contracts, operations, warranties, experts, and business continuity. Blanchet LLP handles matters where the legal issue and the operational facts cannot be separated.

Products liabilitySupply disputesClass actionsIPProducts liabilitySupply disputes
03 Financial Services +

Representation in securities litigation, fraud, RICO, FCPA, bankruptcy, insurance coverage, and investment-related disputes.

Financial-services matters often move across civil, regulatory, enforcement, and reputational tracks at once. Blanchet LLP brings commercial litigation, white collar, bankruptcy, securities, FCPA, and appellate experience to matters where judgment and control matter early.

SecuritiesFraudFCPABankruptcyRICOSecurities
04 Energy +

Counsel for energy disputes involving MDLs, regulatory proceedings, utility matters, coverage, environmental exposure, and commercial litigation.

Energy disputes can involve technical causation, public agencies, insurance towers, pipeline and utility issues, and cross-border business facts. The firm’s experience includes major MDL, coverage, natural gas, utility, and environmental matters.

Oil and gasUtilitiesCoverageEnvironmentalOil and gasUtilities
05 Healthcare +

Representation in hospital-system disputes, securities and M&A litigation, pharmaceutical RICO, and healthcare fraud matters.

Healthcare disputes require sensitivity to business, governance, regulatory, and reputational consequences. Blanchet LLP’s experience includes hospital-system litigation, defense verdicts, pharmaceutical disputes, and former federal prosecutor credentials.

Hospital systemsPharma RICOHealthcare fraudGovernanceHospital systemsPharma RICO
06 Technology & IP +

Counsel in trade secret, confidential information, software, licensing, cybercrime, and technology commercial disputes.

Technology disputes often turn on highly specific facts, technical records, and business context. Blanchet LLP pairs trade secret, commercial litigation, white collar, and appellate experience for matters where the technology and the dispute have to be understood together.

Trade secretsConfidential dataSoftwareCybercrimeInternal investigationsTrade secrets
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