2. As the founding owner of Lee J. Rohn and
Associates, LLC, Lee J. Rohn represents clients
in more than 60 percent of civil cases in St.
Croix, Virgin Islands. Additionally, Lee Rohn
serves as a board member for Public Justice,
an association dedicated to public interest
litigation. In May of 2013, Public Justice teamed
with Lee Rohn to successfully defend against
an appeal to remove a local St. Croix lawsuit
from state to federal court, helping to set a
notable precedent.

3. In Abraham v. St. Croix Renaissance Group,
450 St. Croix residents alleged that the
defendant, the owner of a local alumina refinery,
had failed to properly secure toxic waste. The
plaintiffs claimed that Renaissance Group’s
storage of toxic industrial by-products over the
past decade had caused both property damage
and personal injury to St. Croix residents.

4. In an appeal, the defendant attempted to have
the case moved from local to federal court
based on stipulations set by the Class Action
Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA). Public Justice
Attorney Leah Nicholls joined with the Rohn law
firm to successfully argue against this appeal,
and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
maintained the District Court’s original ruling
that the case should remain in the Virgin
Islands.

5. This ruling broke new ground, as it was the
first time a federal court of appeals had ruled
on whether CAFA allows a mass
environmental tort qualifies as "an event" to
be moved to federal court. The decision set
forth the opinion that victims of injuries
resulting from local matters should have their
cases heard and decided in local courts.