• Environmental Litigation

    • Natural Resource Damages

    • Products Liability and Toxic Torts Litigation

    • Consumer Protection Litigation

    • Appellate Litigation

    • Columbia University School of Law, J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar

    • Columbia College, B.A., History

    • New York

    • U.S. Virgin Islands

    • U.S. Supreme Court

John T. Dema

John represents individuals, small businesses, and public entities harmed by environmental contamination and consumer fraud. John is dedicated to helping individuals and public clients stand up to companies responsible for drinking water contamination, toxic chemical exposure, hazardous waste releases, and unfair or misleading business practices.

John’s practice currently focuses on public clients who have alleged significant contamination of their natural resources by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), aqueous film forming foam (“AFFF”), the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”), and other hazardous substances. John also represents individuals in complex environmental, products liability, and consumer protection litigation.

John graduated from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, the co­president of the Environmental Law Society, an editor of the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, and a member of the Environmental Law Clinic. After graduating from law school, John began his legal career at Boies Schiller Flexner in New York City, where he litigated complex business disputes and represented clients subject to government investigations in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

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