Jenna Kiziah McGee has litigated and tried high-stakes, multi-defendant cases for over 20 years. She has extensive experience handling claims involving asbestos in premises liability, workplace injury torts, and mass tort litigation. As national coordinating counsel for clients in toxic tort litigation, she handles cases in approximately six states.
She regularly manages complex litigation, investigates the underlying facts of claims, defends and takes depositions of critical fact and expert witnesses, and handles oral arguments and motions. She also represents clients in settlement negotiations, mediation, and arbitration proceedings.
Jenna is a risk manager and problem solver. Her primary goal is to control and limit risk for clients, whether through trial or alternative dispute resolution. She is a straightforward communicator and has the ability to deal with plaintiffs’ counsel and local counsel. She identifies issues early and develops effective resolution strategies that have saved her clients multimillions in costs and indemnity. On a regional basis in South Carolina, Jenna defends product manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, retailers, contractors, and premises sites in complex, multi-party cases involving asbestos and talc.
In addition to Jenna’s product liability practice, she advises public and private entities regarding their real estate and construction needs. As part of that practice, she drafts and negotiates contracts and serves as trial counsel for companies in federal and state court proceedings involving real estate and construction claims. She is the former leader of Parker Poe's practice focused on construction and real estate disputes. Jenna is admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Fourth Circuits, as well as the United States District Courts for South Carolina and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Prior to joining Parker Poe, Jenna practiced complex, civil litigation in New York City with one of the 10 largest global law firms. She also served as a law clerk to United States District Court Judge William H. Pauley III in the Southern District of New York. Jenna graduated from Duke University School of Law with honors. While attending Duke University School of Law, she was senior editor for Law & Contemporary Problems.