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Julia Gowin

Partner

Pacific Gateway
19191 South Vermont Avenue
Suite 900
Torrance, CA 90502
julia.gowin@nelsonmullins.com
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Julia is a complex civil litigation partner primarily dedicated to the defense of product liability and toxic tort claims. She concentrates on negligence and strict liability actions involving latent diseases from exposure to various products, raw materials, and toxins. Julia manages complex national dockets through coordination of written discovery, corporate designee testimony, and expert witness...

Julia is a complex civil litigation partner primarily dedicated to the defense of product liability and toxic tort claims. She concentrates on negligence and strict liability actions involving latent diseases from exposure to various products, raw materials, and toxins. Julia manages complex national dockets through coordination of written discovery, corporate designee testimony, and expert witness development as well as implementation of law and motion, pretrial, and trial strategy. Julia has supervised high-risk litigation for multiple mass tort clients over the years, and she currently acts as national coordinating counsel in asbestos-related cosmetic talc litigation.

Julia assists a wide range of clients with mass tort, premises liability, and products liability matters in the pharmaceutical and medical device, beauty and personal care, and commercial manufacturing industries. In the past, Julia has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in real estate, construction, eminent domain, trust/probate, business, and general commercial litigation matters. Outside the courtroom, she enjoys international travel, community service, and floral design.

development as well as implementation of law and motion, pretrial, and trial strategy. Julia has supervised high-risk litigation for multiple mass tort clients over the years, and she currently acts as national coordinating counsel in asbestos-related cosmetic talc litigation.

Julia assists a wide range of clients with mass tort, premises liability, and products liability matters in the pharmaceutical and medical device, beauty and personal care, and commercial manufacturing industries. In the past, Julia has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in real estate, construction, eminent domain, trust/probate, business, and general commercial litigation matters. Outside the courtroom, she enjoys international travel, community service, and floral design.

Julia is a complex civil litigation partner primarily dedicated to the defense of product liability and toxic tort claims. She concentrates on negligence and strict liability actions involving latent diseases from exposure to various products, raw materials, and toxins. Julia manages complex national dockets through coordination of written discovery, corporate designee testimony, and expert witness... development as well as implementation of law and motion, pretrial, and trial strategy. Julia has supervised high-risk litigation for multiple mass tort clients over the years, and she currently acts as national coordinating counsel in asbestos-related cosmetic talc litigation.

Julia assists a wide range of clients with mass tort, premises liability, and products liability matters in the pharmaceutical and medical device, beauty and personal care, and commercial manufacturing industries. In the past, Julia has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in real estate, construction, eminent domain, trust/probate, business, and general commercial litigation matters. Outside the courtroom, she enjoys international travel, community service, and floral design.

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Internships

  • Law Clerk; County Counsel – Probate/Mental Health Section, Orange County, CA
  • Intern Investigator; Public Defender for the District of Columbia – Juvenile Division, Washington, D.C.

Education

  • University of Southern California Gould School of Law, JD (2004)
    • ​​​​​​Submissions Editor, Southern California Law Review
  • University of California, Santa Barbara, BA, high honors (2000)

Admissions

  • California
  • Hawaii
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Practice Areas

Industries

Insights

Cosmetics Manufacturers Should Watch Out for PFAS Developments, Happi.com (April 29, 2021)

News

Nelson Mullins Expands Product Liability Practice with Hires in Dallas, Los Angeles (Dec. 4, 2023)
Andrew Apfelberg, Julia A. Gowin and Trever F. Acers Give Insights on Beauty, Fashion & Consumer Goods, Los Angeles Times (Sept. 19, 2022)
  • Member, Defense Research Institute
  • Member, California State Bar Association
  • Member, Hawaii State Bar Association
  • Former English Teacher; Kingsbrook Academy, Barcelona, Spain
  • Pathways to Independence
  • Camp Fire