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Adaeze M. Tudo
Founding Partner
Founded the firm's asbestos practice in 2004 and has tried mesothelioma cases to verdict in eleven states. Lead counsel on the firm's largest single-plaintiff recovery.
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Ten lawyers, all of whom try cases. You will speak to the attorney handling your file, not to a screener working from a script.
The team
Trial lawyers, not case brokers
A large share of the mesothelioma advertising in this country comes from firms that refer the case elsewhere and keep a share. We try our own cases. That is the difference defendants notice, and it is the difference that shows up in settlement values.
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Daniel R. Whitcombe
Managing Partner
Runs the firm's trial teams and case-selection committee. Twenty-two years litigating occupational disease claims against insulation and gasket manufacturers.
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Elena Vasquez-Reyes
Partner, Trial Division
Focuses on secondary household exposure cases, particularly claims brought by spouses and children of insulators and shipyard tradesmen.
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Marcus O. Hollingsworth
Partner, Veterans Practice
A former Navy machinist's mate. Coordinates the firm's VA benefits work alongside civil claims for Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine veterans.
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Priya Raghunathan
Partner, Asbestos Trusts
Handles bankruptcy trust submissions and manages the firm's product-identification database covering more than 3,100 asbestos-containing products.
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Gregory A. Lindqvist
Partner, Discovery
Directs written discovery and corporate-witness depositions. Maintains the firm's archive of internal industry documents dating to the 1930s.
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Nkechi Adeyemi-Barr
Senior Associate
Represents clients in pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma claims and manages expedited trial settings for clients in declining health.
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Samuel T. Okonjo
Senior Associate
Litigates wrongful death and survival actions, with a focus on refinery, steel mill and power-plant exposure sites across the Gulf Coast.
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Hannah Beaumont-Cole
Associate
Works on causation and medical proof, coordinating with pathologists and industrial hygienists retained by the firm.
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Theodore Nwachukwu
Associate, Product Liability
Handles talc, benzene and defective medical device claims that run alongside the firm's core asbestos docket.
Supporting the trial teams
Behind the attorneys are thirty-one paralegals, case managers, investigators and analysts who work only on occupational disease files. Several have been with the firm for more than fifteen years, which in this field means they remember plants and products first-hand.
- Product identification unit. Maintains the firm's database of asbestos-containing products, site records and prior sworn testimony.
- Medical records team. Obtains and organises pathology, imaging and treatment records so clients are not doing it during chemotherapy.
- Trust claims desk. Prepares and tracks bankruptcy trust submissions, which for many clients is the first money to arrive.
- Client services. Arranges home visits, transport and remote signing for clients who cannot travel.
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