Foley & Mansfield is pleased to announce that Jacob Sawyer has been elected as partner. Jacob focuses his practice in the areas of products liability and toxic tort litigation, as well as construction and premises liability litigation. He represents manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, premises owners, and contractors defending claims alleging asbestos, benzene, and welding rod exposure.

Jacob received his J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a member of the Illinois and Missouri bars, the Defense Research Institute, and the Chicago Bar Association.

Founded in 1989, Foley & Mansfield has grown to become one of the nation’s leading civil litigation law firms. Its attorneys serve clients ranging in size from multi-million dollar corporations to small businesses and their owners in the areas of commercial litigation, commercial finance and corporate transactions, construction law, employment litigation, medical malpractice defense, product liability, toxic tort and mass tort litigation. F&M is headquartered in Minneapolis and has additional offices in Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Oakland, Miami, Seattle and New York. To learn more, visit the firm’s web site at www.foleymansfield.com.