John Charles Canoni

John Canoni is Co-Partner-in-Charge of the New York office of Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP.

John’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, with a specialized emphasis in product liability, toxic tort, business litigation and employment discrimination matters. He has represented manufacturing, automotive, pharmaceutical, chemical, consumer goods, financial services and insurance companies in a broad range of product liability, corporate governance, real estate, banking, securities and other commercial litigation matters. He has successfully tried cases before juries in state and federal courts and argued before state and federal appellate courts.

John has more than twenty years of experience litigating product defect cases involving automotive, pharmaceutical, alcohol, personal care, food and toy products. He also has extensive experience in mass tort actions involving claimed exposure to asbestos, chemical, silica and tobacco products. John has served as national coordinating counsel for a number of asbestos defendants, for whom he has developed, instituted and managed comprehensive defense strategies and closely coordinated the work of liaison counsel throughout the country.

Additionally, he has defended large and mid-size companies against employment discrimination and harassment claims, as well as provided proactive counseling and training to protect against such claims. John has defended companies of all manner and sizes against fraud, negligence and breach of fiduciary duty claims in the financial services, securities, consulting and insurance contexts.