Taft partner Rob Bilott will be the guest speaker at the United Nations Day PFAS Program, “GenX: The Saga of Forever Chemicals,” on Oct. 28 in Louisville, Kentucky. Previews will also be shown of the upcoming documentary, GenX, produced by actor Mark Ruffalo, about the worst pollution crisis in world history. 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 and Green Umbrella.