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If you or a family member has been
diagnosed Experience Allen M. Stewart has represented hundreds of toxic exposure victims for more than 14 years, and he is a successful toxic tort trial attorney. Allen has been named among the top 45 lawyers under the age of 45 by American Lawyer magazine (January 20, 2003), and he was also named to the National Law Journal’s list of “40 Under 40 – Most Successful Litigators in America” (July 29, 2002). Steve Baughman Jensen has represented victims of a wide variety of toxic exposures for 14 years, including cases involving such substances as asbestos, trichloroethylene (TCE), lead, radiation, beryllium, benzene, mercury, arsenic, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), and dioxins. In 2006, he received the “Trial Lawyer of the Year” award from national public interest law firm Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, for his work on behalf of a group of Arizona residents exposed to TCE in their drinking water. James D. Piel, Scott R. Frieling, and Stephanie N. Brooks have collectively represented victims of exposure to dioxins, chromium, benzene, asbestos, PCBs, ethylene dichloride (“EDC”), and other toxic substances for more than 20 years. Jim has been named a “Texas Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics magazine for 2004 through 2006. Scott and Stephanie were both named to the same magazine’s list of “Rising Stars” for 2005 and 2006.
Because we are a small law firm, we pride ourselves on providing prompt, attentive, personal service to individual clients throughout the United States. If we accept your case, our five-lawyer team will personally litigate your claims, rather than referring the case to other lawyers to do the legal work. We commit to provide prompt, individual attention tailored to your specific needs, questions, and circumstances. We start that commitment by responding to any potential mesothelioma client who contacts us within 12 hours. Our lawyers have represented victims of toxic exposure from coast-to-coast, including in cases filed in Texas, Louisiana, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, New York, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Maine, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Delaware, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arizona, Alabama, and West Virginia.
Allen M. Stewart’s trial victories include at least 15 jury verdicts on behalf of victims of asbestos-related disease, including at least 10 verdicts in mesothelioma cases, shown below. His intensity, intelligence, creativity, and dedication have also resulted in hundreds of settlements reached on behalf of victims of asbestos and other toxic exposures. Victories: Steve Baughman Jensen’s appellate court victories include two landmark cases decided by the United States Supreme Court on behalf of asbestos victims. In those two cases, Steve successfully fought two proposed nationwide class action settlements that attempted to cutoff the rights of“future” asbestos victims who had been exposed, but had not yet developed any disease. The United States Supreme Court overturned both settlements in the cases of Amchem v. Windsor, 521 U.S. 591 (1997) and Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp., 527 U.S. 815 (1999). Mesothelioma Mesothelioma is a cancer typically found in the lining of the lung, which is caused by exposure to asbestos fibers or dust and strikes persons who worked with asbestos products. This type of lung cancer usually develops many years after the patient was exposed to asbestos.
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