Bilott Keynote Speaker At Brunch For The Bay 2025

Taft's Rob Bilott will be the keynote speaker at Brunch for the Bay 2025 in Sarasota, Florida, hosted by Suncoast Waterkeeper on Nov. 9. Bilott will present "Uncovering the Global Threat of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Contamination." 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 the 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.