Taft partner Rob Bilott presented “Dark Waters: Legal and Health Aspects of the PFOA,” at the 2025 Midwest Regional Education and Research Center Symposium (ERC) on April 11 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The symposium focused on the legal, policy, and advocacy aspects of Occupational Safety and Health. Learn more here.

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 has represented a diverse array of clients, nationwide, who have been harmed by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “Forever Chemicals.” His work is the subject of a recent feature film, “Dark Waters,” and the documentaries “The Devil We Know,” “Burned- Protecting the Protectors,” and “Revealed: How to Poison A Planet,” and is detailed in his 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 and is a board member of Less Cancer, Green Umbrella, and the New College Foundation.