Jon Conlin
VerifiedAbout Jon Conlin
Jon C. Conlin is a Principal at Cory Watson Attorneys in Birmingham, Alabama, with over 20 years at the firm. His practice focuses on plaintiff's personal injury, products liability, environmental litigation, and general personal injury matters.
Conlin earned his Juris Doctor from The University of Alabama School of Law and his Bachelor's degree from Samford University. He is admitted to the Alabama State Bar, the Supreme Court of Alabama, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh and Sixth Circuits, and ten U.S. District Courts across multiple states.
A Birmingham native who attended Indian Springs High School, Conlin began at Cory Watson as a law clerk while in law school and has remained at the firm since. His honors include AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum membership, Super Lawyers (2013-2025), and Best Lawyers in America (2023-2026).
Notable case results
Cory Watson's Jon Conlin, a co-lead lawyer on the plaintiffs' steering committee, helped drive DuPont and Chemours to a $670.7 million global settlement resolving about 3,550 C-8 water-contamination cancer and injury claims.
A federal jury in Columbus found that DuPont's C-8 contamination caused Travis Abbott's testicular cancer and awarded him and his wife $50 million. After the trial court applied Ohio's cap on his wife's loss-of-consortium damages, the enforceable judgment came to about $40.3 million, which the Sixth Circuit later affirmed.
A Columbus federal jury awarded Kenneth Vigneron Sr. $2 million in compensatory and $10.5 million in punitive damages after finding DuPont's C-8 contamination caused his testicular cancer.
A Columbus federal jury awarded David Freeman $5.1 million for testicular cancer tied to DuPont's C-8 water contamination and found the company acted with malice, adding $500,000 in punitive damages.
An Ohio federal jury found DuPont liable for Carla Bartlett's kidney cancer and awarded her $1.6 million, the first of thousands of C-8 drinking water cases to reach trial.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
