Alexander W.Prunka (Alex)

Associate

Cleveland + 1.216.586.1327

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Alex Prunka maintains a broad litigation practice, representing a wide variety of clients in state and federal courts across the country, and his experience spans every stage of litigation.

Alex has represented clients in numerous sectors, including technology, manufacturing, energy, pharmaceuticals, and professional sports. He has served as lead counsel in dozens of actions alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

While Alex has a particular focus on consumer and class action litigation, he has represented clients in business and insurance disputes, bankruptcy litigation, and toxic tort matters. He has significant experience with pretrial discovery, as well as extensive research and briefing experience at the trial and appellate levels.

Alex maintains an active pro bono practice, regularly representing litigants in housing and civil disputes referred from the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.

Experience

  • GOJO secures Ninth Circuit affirmation of PURELL® class action dismissalJones Day successfully defended on appeal a district court’s dismissal of all claims against GOJO Industries, Inc., the maker of PURELL® hand sanitizer products, in a putative class action filed in federal court in California.
  • Data and document vendor obtains summary judgment in Middle District of North CarolinaJones Day successfully defended a data and document vendor which provides a platform for the request and provision of real estate disclosure documents in a putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, involving claims that the client's service fees were unreasonable and violative of certain state statutes which regulate the provision of disclosure documents by planned community owners' associations, as well as North Carolina’s consumer protection laws.
  • Data and document vendor obtains dismissal with prejudice in Western District of North CarolinaJones Day successfully defended a data and document vendor which provides a platform for the request and provision of real estate disclosure documents in a putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, involving claims that the client's service fees were unreasonable and violative of certain state statutes which regulate the provision of disclosure documents by planned community owners' associations, as well as North Carolina’s consumer protection laws.
  • Nine Point Energy secures trial victory clearing path for successful reorganization through sale of its assetsJones Day is representing an oil and gas exploration and production company, Nine Point Energy, that is the Debtor in a chapter 11 bankruptcy case, leading to the successful ruling from the bench concluding that at least $150 million of the $157 million in liens asserted by Caliber were invalid, thus, clearing the path for the successful reorganization of Nine Point through a sale of its assets.
  • Commercial sterilization company defends against multiple personal injury lawsuitsJones Day serves as lead counsel for a commercial sterilization company in multiple personal injury cases.
  • Steel manufacturer and its current and former CEOs defend consolidated federal securities class actionsJones Day is defending a steel manufacturer and its current and former CEOs in consolidated federal securities class actions in which the plaintiffs allege that the manufacturer’s share price fell over 26 percent as a result of alleged corrective disclosures in April 2017.
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