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Ayodeji Ayolola

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Ayodeji has more than seven years of experience defending exposure matters in toxic tort litigation. He represents manufacturers, suppliers, contractors, and other businesses in toxic tort matters involving alleged exposure and contamination, using early issue-spotting, disciplined discovery, and strategic execution to achieve favorable outcomes. These approaches include reduced settlements, winning dispositive motions, and obtaining defense verdicts.

Asbestos, Talc, and Silica Defense Litigation

Ayodeji focuses on large, multi-party defense matters involving alleged asbestos exposure, talc-related asbestos claims, and silica litigation, including secondary and household exposure allegations. He represents clients across consumer products, luxury goods, technology, chemicals and petrochemicals, heavy equipment, construction, environmental remediation, and related industries. Ayodeji builds defensible case narratives by narrowing issues, aligning internal stakeholders, and developing clean themes that translate from written discovery through trial preparation.

Ayodeji works across all phases of litigation, including responsive pleadings, written discovery, document-intensive reviews, expert witness development, dispositive motion practice, settlement negotiations, and mediation. He prioritizes depositions and trial preparation, focusing on preparing witnesses, building a strong record, and conducting strategic examinations that support core defenses. His practice also includes advising on environmental and regulatory disputes, including matters involving alleged emissions and contamination.

Additionally, Ayodeji’s practice sits at the intersection of science, regulation, and litigation. He tracks regulatory and case law updates on emerging contaminants such as microplastics and PFAS, and writes about what these developments mean for businesses navigating an increasingly complex liability landscape.

Before joining GRSM, Ayodeji gained a strategic, global perspective through several years of toxic tort defense practice in Nigeria, where he coordinated and defended cases from filing through resolution in both state and federal courts. He also served as a Law Professor at the Nigerian Law School for five years, teaching corporate litigation, shareholder disputes, securities litigation, commercial contract disputes, M&A litigation, and corporate governance. He previously served as a judicial extern to the Hon. Martin J. Jenkins (Ret.) at the Supreme Court of California.