Taft partner Rob Bilott is featured in several articles related to the major motion picture, “Dark Waters,” and his book, “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont.” “Exposure” was written by Bilott and published by Atria Books/Simon & Schuster and is now available for purchase everywhere books are sold. “Dark Waters” debuted in theaters in November and December 2019.

Click the links below to read each article:

• “Real Life ‘Dark Waters’ Lawyer Spent Decades Fighting DuPont To Save Our Water,” Citizen Truth
• “Chemicals in Dark Waters,” Sloan Science & Film
• “Dark Waters shows the American truth-to-power playbook,” The Republic
• “Mark Ruffalo on Organs of True-Life Legal Thriller ‘Dark Waters’: “I was Floored” – The Contenders of NY Video,” Deadline
• “Damschroder: A dark story of bright hope,” Fremont News Messenger
• “Mark Ruffalo wades into ‘Dark Waters’ for a different kind of legal drama,” Los Angeles Times
• “Dark Waters spans a 20-year legal case. But its message is for right now,” Los Angeles Times
• “Decouvrez la bande annonce de “Dark Waters” de Todd Haynes,” France Inter
• “Erin Brockovich, Piper Perabo Join ‘Dark Waters’ – Inspired Campaign Against Toxic Chemicals (Exclusive),” The Hollywood Reporter
• “Dark Waters And The Battle Against DuPont,” WOSU
• “Notre Dame professor is ambassador for ‘Dark Waters’ film,” South Bend Tribune
• “Dark Waters continues to ripple with West Virginia lawmakers,” The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
• “O’Shea: Learning, truth and fear,” The Herald Tribune
• “Dark Waters is a powerful environmental wake-up call,” Hudson Valley One
• “Diane Mufson: The film ‘Dark Waters’ is illuminating,” The Herald-Dispatch
• “Ruffalo, Hathaway shine in ‘Dark Waters,’ the shocking film about DuPont’s deadly chemical disaster,” DGO
• “Dark Waters Film: Advocates, Journalists Who Aided the Story, Ken Ward, More,” Democratic Underground
• “Movie Review: Ruffalo shines in well-made drama from unlikely director,” Times Standard
• “Dark Waters plunges headlong into murky tale of corporate greed,” The National
• “Mark Ruffalo on why “Dark Waters” was so important for him to make,” Mashable
• “Anne Hathaway on ‘heartbreaking’ eco-drama ‘Dark Waters,’ being ‘inspired’ by Greta Thunberg,” USA Today
• “Ohio Lawyer Makes History and a Movie,” Columbus Underground
• “True-life legal thriller ‘Dark Waters’ serves as a warning that similar shoals may lie ahead,” Cleveland.com
• “Cincinnati attorney featured in ‘Dark Waters’ movie continues legal battle against forever chemicals,” Cincinnati.com

Dubbed by The New York Times Magazine as “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” in an article published on Jan. 6, 2016. Bilott serves as co-lead counsel for the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee (PSC) in Multi-District Litigation (MDL) against DuPont involving PFOA personal injury claims. He also serves as advisory counsel to the PSC in the MDL involving PFAS in firefighting foam. Bilott is the author of the book, “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont.”

Bilott is a member of Taft’s Environmental, Litigation and Product Liability and Personal Injury practices. He represents a diverse range of clients on a wide variety of matters involving federal, state and local environmental laws and related litigation.