Attorney Profiles
Biography
Shareholder Ben DuBose has a knack for cracking difficult cases – and he has the resume to prove it. Ben has taken his interest in asbestos litigation and led the way to discover the asbestos-containing properties of many products previously unknown in asbestos litigation. As a result, Ben is responsible for successfully obtaining significant results for clients for whom justice might not have otherwise been served. Thanks to his legal savvy, over a decade of experience litigating complex cases and a work ethic that few could hold a candle to, Ben was recognized as a “Rising Star of Texas Law” in 2005 by Law & Politics Media and Texas Monthly magazine.
Ben’s devotion to winning cases is not simply due to his love of a good challenge; his motivation for practicing law is the opportunity it affords him to help injured victims and their families. “Attorneys are uniquely situated to help individual victims and our society as a whole by defending individual rights,” he says. Ben lives this credo not only in his representation of mesothelioma victims, but also through his pro bono work. For example, Ben represented a victim of the 9/11 attacks seeking compensation from the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund through the non-profit legal services organization, Trial Lawyers Care. Ben is also part of a legal team working with Trial Lawyers for Public Justice seeking to prevent unsafe asbestos abatement practices in the case of Families for Asbestos Compliance, Testing and Safety v. City of St. Louis.
Ben demonstrated his legal talents while still in law school, graduating cum laude and being named to the prestigious Board of Barristers. Outside of his busy legal practice, Ben is a devoted husband and father to three beautiful children.
Education
Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996)
University of North Texas (B.A. 1992)
Bar & Court Admissions
Texas
Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Court
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Professional Associations
American Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Public Justice
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Dallas Bar Association
Dallas Bar Foundation
Publications
“Oilfield: Exposures and Liability,” Plaintiffs Asbestos Litigation Seminar, May 2004.
Newsrss
Baron & Budd opposes use of the controversial "Wet Method" to demolish an asbestos-contaminated building in Fort Worth
Baron & Budd is working with Public Justice and other concerned lawyers and citizens to oppose a plan by the City of Fort Worth along with the EPA to use the experimental "Wet Method," also called the Alternative Asbestos Control Method or AACM, to demolish an asbestos-containing building in a Fort Worth residential neighborhood. Read More