John Gardella is a Shareholder at CMBG3 Law in Boston, a law firm specializing in the regulatory, litigation, and compliance aspects of numerous environmental and toxic torts issues. He is a member of the firm’s PFAS Team, which counsels clients on PFAS related issues ranging from state violations to remediation litigation. Mr. Gardella has over 15 years of experience litigating environmental and toxic torts matters, including asbestos, PFAS, benzene, lead paint, mold, talc, hazardous waste and pollution matters. He is a successful trial attorney with over 75 verdicts to his name. Mr. Gardella’s practice includes representation of small, family-owned businesses to Fortune 500 companies. He is a 2003 graduate of Vanderbilt School of Law and a 2000 graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he obtained degrees in Economics and Japanese Language.
Mr. Gardella has successfully negotiated multi-million dollar claims, taken hundreds of expert and fact witness depositions, and successfully argued Motions in the Superior, District, and Housing Courts in Massachusetts. For the last five years, Gardella served as National Coordinating Counsel for a distribution company that is routinely sued nationally in asbestos litigation. In that role, Mr. Gardella developed a national defense strategy for the company, served as trial counsel, and litigated cases throughout the country.