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Darron Berquist practices in the areas of asbestos litigation, toxic torts, mass torts, pharmaceutical litigation and product liability. Prior to joining The Lanier Law Firm in 2012, Mr. Berquist was an associate at one of the largest and most successful law firms in New Jersey, where he focused his practice on class actions and representing individuals suffering from asbestos-induced diseases, such as mesothelioma and lung cancer. Mr. Berquist has also advocated on behalf of individuals who ...
Kevin Berry is a shareholder in the Mass Tort/Class Action group at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. Over the last 34 years, he has represented more than 5,000 victims of occupational and environmental injuries in New York and New Jersey, including those caused by asbestos, lead, toxic chemicals, and defective equipment. In addition to representing various tradespeople, Mr. Berry also represents individuals who have been injured by defective pharmaceutical products and dangerous consumer ...
Attorney Andrea Bierstein is a Partner at Simmons Hanly Conroy. With over three decades of legal experience, Ms. Bierstein is one of the premier appellate brief-writers and oral advocates in the nation. She works in the Complex Litigation Department and has secured millions of dollars on behalf of her clients, including a $32 million antitrust settlement for a medical supply manufacturer.
Attorney Daniel Patrick Blouin is a Partner at Simmons Hanly Conroy in the Asbestos Litigation Department. Under his leadership as a lead trial attorney securing significant trial verdicts in courts nationwide, the firm’s product liability practice was named a 2019 “Practice Group of the Year” by Law360.Based in the firm’s New York office, Daniel has secured hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of clients diagnosed with products-related cancers, extreme injury and...
Michael Buchman leads Motley Rice’s antitrust team. Prior to joining Motley Rice, Michael served as an Assistant Attorney General in the New York State Attorney General’s Office, Antitrust Bureau. He also served as a co-managing partner of the antitrust department at a large New York-based class action law firm. Michael has served as lead or co-lead counsel for a variety of plaintiff clients, including a Fortune 500 company, multiple states, a city and individual consumers in comp...
Lisa Nathanson Busch is a partner at Simmons Hanly Conroy supporting both attorneys and clients in the areas of mesothelioma and mass tort litigation. Based in the firm’s New York office, Lisa brings nearly 30 years of experience to her position at Simmons Hanly Conroy. Since 2000, she has helped over 30,000 clients pursue the compensation they deserve through asbestos trust fund claims . “Helping patients secure compensation against the companies who caused their disease allows t...
Jayne Conroy is a named shareholder at Simmons Hanly Conroy and oversees practice areas in the Complex Litigation Department. Under her leadership, the firm has become one of the country’s largest plaintiff law firms dedicated to helping those injured by corporate wrongdoing. With a legal career spanning more than three decades, Jayne has earned a superb national reputation as an elite trial lawyer, skilled strategist and decisive negotiator. She has consistently helped secure billions ...
Mildred Conroy joined The Lanier Law Firm’s New York office as an associate in 2018 and practices in the areas of toxic torts, pharmaceutical litigation, mass torts and product liability. She proudly fights for injured clients and their families who have been harmed by defective products and corporate negligence. Prior to joining the Lanier Law Firm, Ms. Conroy was a legal assistant with the Madison County District Attorney’s Office, where she worked primarily in the felony divisi...
Jonathan Damashek is an experienced personal injury attorney in New York City . To Jonathan S. Damashek, the best part of his job is standing up for people who deserve their day in court. “I like fighting for the little guy against the large corporate defendants and insurance carriers to help them recover what they lost in their lives,” he says. In this regard, Mr. Damashek seeks to recover monetary compensation for his clients that covers their past and future pain and suffering,...
Anne-Marie Janine “A.J.” de Bartolomeo is a shareholder and partner at Tadler Law LLP with over thirty years of experience, prosecuting class actions, and complex collective matters in courts throughout the country. She has been named among the highest class of attorneys for professional ethics and legal skills with an AV-Preeminent™ rating by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by her peers for inclusion in the Northern California Super Lawyers list every year since ...
Cristina Delise represents clients in a variety of civil litigation matters, centering on mass torts, class actions, and business litigation in The Lanier Law Firm’s New York office. She has been a key member of trial teams in high-profile products liability matters, including litigation involving the diabetes drugs Actos, medical devices manufactured by Ethicon, the antipsychotic drugs Risperdal and Invega, and defective earplugs for military service members manufactured by the 3M Comp...
Attorney Gary DiMuzio is a partner in the Asbestos Department at Simmons Hanly Conroy. He joined the firm in 2019, bringing 25 years of experience helping victims of mesothelioma and other environmental and workplace hazards. During his career, Gary has represented plaintiffs in cases involving mesothelioma, lung cancer, leukemia, liver cancer, silicosis, plant explosions and environmental contamination. Based in the firm’s New York office, Gary has been litigating mesothelioma cases si...
With over 25 years of experience, Paulina do Amaral is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s New York office and a senior member of the firm’s Mass Tort and Injury Practice Team. Paulina represents individuals, groups and classes in complex, multi-party litigation in state and federal courts and in multidistrict litigation throughout the U.S. Paulina’s current work includes representation of government entities in one of the largest pieces of civil litigation in history, In re: Nati...
In the 1980's, attorney Early successfully undertook to represent thousands of workers who contracted diseases from occupational exposure to asbestos. He is the co-founder and president of Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen, with offices in New Haven, Connecticut and New York City. Currently attorney Early concentrates his practice in representing asbestos victims, particularly those diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma. He represents thousands of asbestos victims nationwide. Also,...
Charles M. Ferguson, Esq., joined Weitz & Luxenberg in 1989 as an associate attorney in our Asbestos Litigation group. He has been admitted to practice law in the state of New York since 1988; not long after that, he gained the privilege to represent clients in U.S. District Court (Southern and Eastern Districts of New York). Mr. Ferguson received a juris doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1987. He completed undergraduate studies at Wilkes College, which, in 1983, conferred upon hi...
Steven E. Fineman is the Managing Partner of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, resident in the firm’s New York office. Under his leadership, Lieff Cabraser has become a “go-to” firm for plaintiffs’ litigation across multiple bars, including Mass Torts, Antitrust, Securities/Financial Fraud, Consumer Protection, Product Liability, Employment Discrimination, and Whistleblower/False Claims Act. This commitment to excellence has led Lieff Cabraser to leadership ...
Laura S. Fitzpatrick is a shareholder at Simmons Hanly Conroy in the Complex Litigation Department. Based out of the New York office, her primary practice is in the area of complex multidistrict litigation and class actions, focusing primarily on pharmaceutical and medical device products liability cases and clergy sexual abuse cases. In her 10-plus years practicing law, Laura has built an extensive resume with impressive results. Familiar with all phases of litigation both in and out of the ...
A partner in our New York office, Wendy R. Fleishman is a passionate and experienced lawyer for the injured and the loved ones of those who died due to the wrongful misconduct of others. With more than thirty years of courtroom experience to draw upon, a large part of Wendy’s practice today consists of representing patients prescribed drugs with undisclosed and dangerous side effects or who received defective medical devices . Wendy has served in leadership roles in significant Multidis...
Jason Goldstein is an experienced trial lawyer in the Lanier Law Firm’s New York City office, working in the areas of pharmaceutical and products liability. Over the past several years Mr. Goldstein has contributed to hundreds of cases at both the state and federal levels, representing plaintiffs in mass tort litigations. These include a $247 million verdict against DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., accused of selling patients faulty hip replacements. He also played a role in the $4.69 billion ...
Renowned environmental and consumer class action attorney Robin Greenwald, Esq., is one of our distinguished “of counsel” lawyers — meaning, she possesses knowledge and skills that make her of incalculable special importance to our clients and to us. A former Assistant United States Attorney and Assistant Chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environmental Crimes Section, Ms. Greenwald today heads the Weitz & Luxenberg Environmental Toxic Torts and Consumer Pro...
Evan M. Janush is the Managing Attorney of the New York office. In addition to his administrative role within the firm, Mr. Janush oversees commercial litigation for The Lanier Law Firm’s New York office and he is the practice group leader of the firm’s employment litigation practice. Mr. Janush has significant experience representing clients in complex commercial litigation, pharmaceutical mass tort litigation, antitrust and class-action litigation, and representing employees in ...
As a lead attorney on Motley Rice’s whistleblower litigation team, Rebecca Katz represents and protects individual whistleblowers who expose corporate misconduct. Rebecca's clients come from all levels of job responsibility in a wide range of industries and she helps them to investigate and report fraud to governmental enforcement agencies including the SEC, DOJ, IRS and CTFC. She has represented senior executives, mid-level managers and staff of multinational banking and financial serv...
Attorney Jim Kramer is a partner at Simmons Hanly Conroy. He joined the firm in 2017 an accomplished trial attorney, having secured more than $35 million in verdicts for his clients. Jim focuses his practice on complex toxic tort litigation with a specialization in mesothelioma- and asbestos-related cases. His responsibilities include managing cases from inception through trial. A Devoted Advocate Jim knew from a young age that he wanted to be an attorney and devote his life to fighting on be...
Attorney Lucarelli graduated from Yale University in 1995 and received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame School of Law in 1999. She entered private practice in 2000 and then joined ELSM in the Fall of 2002. Attorney Lucarelli was named a Partner of ELSM in 2010 as a result of her compassionate and dedicated representation of victims suffering from Mesothelioma. Over the course of her career, Attorney Lucarelli has represented over 1,000 victims of Mesothelioma and has person...
Since the firm’s inception in the late 1980’s, Arthur M. Luxenberg has directed this vast part of Weitz & Luxenberg’s operations, guiding the painstakingly exhaustive behind-the-scenes work that takes place long before any of the firm’s cases makes their way to the courtroom or a settlement negotiation. He oversees the health of the entire W&L ecosystem: adroitly administering the domains of public and governmental affairs, supervising and managing the large-sc...
Kelly McNabb is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s New York office. As a member of the firm’s mass tort and product liability practice group, she has represented people and families who have been injured by dangerous and defective products manufactured by medical device and pharmaceutical companies. Kelly has played an integral role in litigation in state and federal courts across the country against manufacturers such as Zimmer, Stryker, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Da...
Founder and Partner of Morelli Law Firm, PLLC Benedict Morelli is one of the most successful and experienced attorneys in the country, specializing in civil litigation. He represents clients in employment discrimination, truck and train accidents, civil rights, complex product and drug liability, auto accidents, labor law, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, and many other types of cases. With decades of experience and a reputation as a fierce trial lawyer, Benedict Morelli consistently ...
Attorney Laurence V. Nassif is the managing shareholder at Simmons Hanly Conroy. Based in the firm’s New York office, Larry is a seasoned plaintiff’s lawyer who has devoted over two decades to representing clients throughout the country in asbestos and mesothelioma litigation, pharmaceutical mass torts, and other complex personal injury cases. Since starting at the firm in 2015, Larry has played a key role in helping to secure more than $1 billion in settlements and verdicts for o...
I am licensed to practice law in New York, New Jersey, Colorado, and the District of Columbia, and am also admitted before the Supreme Court of the United States. My credentials include an "AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5" rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and recognition by my peers as one of the Best Lawyers for Personal Injury Litigation. My professional affiliations encompass membership in the American Bar Association, American Association for Justice, National Trial Lawyers Association, New Yor...
Paul J. Pennock is the Chief of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device litigation department at Weitz & Luxenberg and the firm’s lead litigator in that area. Litigation Leadership Roles: Mr. Pennock is currently trying the first of what could turn out to be thousands of Fosamax femur fracture cases. Weitz & Luxenberg is taking the lead in a national litigation against Merck, the manufacturer of Fosamax, and Pennock is at the helm. Pennock has been invested in pre-trial preparatio...
Ms. Relkin, whose practice focuses on medical device and pharmaceutical product liability , as well as toxic tort matters, has represented thousands of plaintiffs injured by defective medical products with a recent focus on the generation of failed metal-on-metal and modular hip implants. She serves in leadership capacities appointed by courts as the Co-Lead Counsel of the In Re: DePuy ASR Multi-District Litigation (MDL) and the Lead and Liaison Counsel for the New Jersey In Re: Stryker Rejuv...
Weitz & Luxenberg is home to outstanding and supremely talented personal injury attorneys. Among them: Michael P. Roberts , recognized as a Best Lawyer and five times named a Super Lawyer. Mr. Roberts joined Weitz & Luxenberg more than a quarter-century ago. A few years after starting with the firm, he became a member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy — a nonprofit organization at the forefront of showing up-and-coming attorneys how to be highly effective legal advoca...
James T. Scime is widely recognized as one of the region’s most skilled and respected attorneys. He practices in the areas of personal injury, construction accidents, products liability, medical malpractice, and automobile accidents. He devotes the majority of his time to trial and litigation matters. Mr. Scime is widely respected among his peers for his trial and negotiating skills. Many local attorneys refer matters to him when their clients have sustained serious injuries. Over the c...
Adam Slater is the Founding and Managing Partner of Slater Slater Schulman LLP and leads the Firm’s litigation practice. He has achieved successful resolutions in some of the most challenging cases in the country, and his recent work centers around complex, historical sexual abuse cases involving youth organizations, religious institutions, medical institutions, and schools and universities. Adam is a powerful advocate for survivors of sexual assault. His work on behalf of thousands of ...
Ariana J. Tadler is the Founding Partner of Tadler Law LLP, a WBENC certified women-owned law firm that offers class action, complex and commercial B2B litigation, legal counseling, and eDiscovery services. A nationally recognized lawyer, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker, Ariana J. Tadler is tenacious and gracious. Described as the consummate professional, Ariana owns the room - she opens doors, gains access, and drives results through the deployment of her renowned litigation, communication...
When I joined forces with Arthur Luxenberg many years ago, we created a firm dedicated to protecting workers' rights and the legal rights of the disadvantaged while, at the same time, returning something back to the people of New York. Our employees take great pride in knowing that the Weitz & Luxenberg law firm is so often associated with charitable causes and activities. Our efforts are motivated by the firm's commitment to give something back to the communities in which we live and wor...
Danielle Gold is an associate attorney in our Drugs & Medical Devices Litigation group. She is based in our New York headquarters office. Prior to joining Weitz & Luxenberg in 2013, Ms. Gold served as a law clerk to one of New Jersey’s three mass-tort judges, the Hon. Carol E. Higbee of Superior Court in Atlantic City. Ms. Gold has been a practicing attorney since 2012. Super Lawyers magazine has listed her as one of its New York metro area ”Rising Stars.”
Michelle Greene is an associate at The Lanier Law Firm. She represents clients in a variety of civil litigation matters, including toxic torts and products liability. Prior to joining The Lanier Law Firm, Ms. Greene worked passionately in representing individuals, communities, and municipalities across the country injured as a result of exposure to toxic chemicals. She also represented individuals injured by Aqueous Film-Form Foam (AFFF) and Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamina...
Arthur Prystowsky is an attorney at Simmons Hanly Conroy. He joined the firm in 2020, focusing his practice on helping individuals and families affected by mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. Arthur interviews clients and assists the trial team with depositions. He investigates products, work and secondary sites, social security records, and any potential places of second-hand asbestos exposure. Arthur also pursues damages from corporations’ bankruptcy trusts on behalf of ...
Brittany A. Russell joined Weitz & Luxenberg’s knowledgeable and committed Mesothelioma and Asbestos litigation unit in May 2018. “I’m excited for the opportunity to work at Weitz & Luxenberg and to represent the wonderful families who come to us for help,” indicates Ms. Russell. Weitz & Luxenberg feels equally privileged Ms. Russell decided to join our team of asbestos and mesothelioma attorneys . She brings an enthusiasm and energy that are well matched a...
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