Derek S. Rajavuori
Office Information
Derek is a member of Butler Snow’s litigation department and practices within the Products, Catastrophic and Industrial Litigation group.
Biography – View PDF Bio
- Associations
- Bar Admissions
- Civic Involvement
- Education & Honors
- Experience
- In the News
- Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Recent Blogs
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota, 2014
- Georgia, 2020
- U.S. District Courts
- Georgia: Northern, Middle, Southern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 11th Circuit
Civic Involvement
- Hands on Atlanta
- ServiceJuris Steering Committee
- AmeriCorps
- Math and Literacy Tutor, 2010-2011
Education & Honors
- University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2014
- CALI Award for Academic Excellence: Legal Writing, Torts, Comparative Employment Law, Decedents’ Estates, Civil Law Clinic
- Senior Editor, Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review
- Summer Exchange Program – Comparative Business Law, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- John A. Campbell Moot Court Board
- Moot Court Competition Judge
- Jessup International Moot Court Advocate – Second Place Written Brief Award, Top 10 Oralist Award
- University of Minnesota Duluth, B.A., Political Science, 2010
Experience
- Clerkship, Honorable Debra Jacobson, Minnesota Judicial Branch, 2014-2016
- Staff Attorney, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2016-2019
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Author, "A Link in the Chain? 'E-Tailer' Liability for Defective Products Sold by Third-Party Vendors," ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, The Brief, Summer 2021.
- Co-Author, "The Purposeful Availment Test After Ford," Law360, May 4, 2021.
- Author, "Amazon Cases Show E-Tailer Product Liability Varies By State," Law360, September 25, 2020.
Recent Blogs
- Navigating the Stream of Commerce: “Purposeful Availment” in the Wake of Ford
- Supreme Court Changes Course in Specific Jurisdiction Jurisprudence, finding Non-Causal “Connection” with the Forum “Close Enough” to be Haled into Court
- OSHA Issues Guidance on Strategies to Mitigate and Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace
- Update: Further Developments in “E-Tailer” Product Liability
- Update: Supreme Court of Ohio Finds Amazon is not a “Supplier” Under State Product Liability Law
- A Link in the Chain? Developments Regarding E-Commerce Website Liability for Defective Products Sold by Third-Party Vendors
- CPSC Regulations Still Apply During COVID-19 Pandemic