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Brent Rosenthal elected to the prestigious American Law Institute

Kelly — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:37:46 -0700

Release Date

October 23, 2007

Summary

Baron & Budd attorney Brent M. Rosenthal has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), a very selective and distinguished group of lawyers, judges, and law professors. As a group, ALI members are extremely accomplished professionally and they have shown interest in the improving and clarifying the law.

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The American Law Institute, established in 1923, is best known for drafting and publishing restatements of the law on various subjects. These restatements attempt both to clarify the law as it is and to improve or reform it in ways that will promote justice. There is no other organization in the United States quite like the American Law Institute, and being elected to its membership is a great honor for a lawyer, recognizing a career of commitment to and achievement in the law.

Brent Rosenthal joined Baron & Budd in 1980, straight out of the University of Texas School of Law. Brent was the founder of Baron & Budd’s Appellate Section, and through his writing and argument to state and federal courts across the country, Brent helped shaped the development of the law on asbestos and toxic torts. Brent has argued before the United States Supreme Court, the five United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and the supreme courts of Texas, and Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri. Brent was recognized by Trial Lawyers for Public Justice for his work representing the National Wildlife Federation in litigation involving the infamous Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Brent is excited about this new opportunity to do what he has always done: to serve and to shape the direction of the law. “I have a chance to step into a new arena and make a difference in the way the law works to protect individuals and promote justice,” says Brent.

To find out more about the American Law Institute, go to http://www.ali.org

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Brent M. Rosenthal

Renée Melançon Appointed to Amicus Curiae Committee of the American Association for Justice

Kelly — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:50:28 -0700

Release Date

June 22, 2007

Summary

Renée Melançon, an attorney with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., has been appointed to the Amicus Curiae Committee of the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Melançon will serve a three-year term in this position beginning August 1. Renée Melançon is an attorney with the appellate section of Baron & Budd, P.C.

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Renee Melancon

Baron & Budd Attorneys Earn "D Magazine" Honors

jess — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:36:15 -0800

Release Date

May 15, 2006

Summary

Attorneys with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. have been selected to the D Magazine list of “Best Lawyers in Dallas under 40” for 2006.

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DALLAS, Texas (May 2006) - Attorneys with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. have been selected to the D Magazine list of “Best Lawyers in Dallas under 40” for 2006. Attorneys named to the list in their respective areas of practice are Laura Baughman (Environmental/Land Use), Kevin McHargue (Appellate) and Bruce Steckler (Personal Injury).

The biennial listing honoring Dallas’ top attorneys appears in the May 2006 issue of the magazine. Peers make nominations for the list, with final selections made by a panel of attorneys chosen by the editors of D Magazine.

About Baron & Budd, P.C.

Since 1977, the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. has championed the rights of people and communities harmed by corporate misconduct. With over 80 attorneys and offices in Texas, California, Ohio, Louisiana and New York, Baron & Budd enjoys a national reputation as a leader of the plaintiffs’ bar. The firm represents individuals with mesothelioma and other diseases caused by asbestos; leukemia and lymphoma caused by benzene; and injuries caused by other toxic substances and pharmaceuticals. The firm also represents water authorities seeking clean-up costs for drinking water contamination; securities investors and governmental entities defrauded by corporate wrongdoing; and consumers. For more information about Baron & Budd, call 1-800-222-2766 or visit www.baronandbudd.com.

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Bruce W. Steckler

Laura J. Baughman

Kevin D. McHargue

Baron & Budd Attorneys Named "Rising Stars of Texas Law"

jess — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:48:46 -0800

Release Date

March 15, 2006

Summary

Attorneys with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. have been named "Rising Stars of Texas Law" in the March 2006 editions of Texas Super Lawyers–Rising Stars and Texas Monthly.

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DALLAS, Texas (March 2006) – Ten attorneys with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. have been named "Rising Stars of Texas Law" in the March 2006 editions of Texas Super Lawyers–Rising Stars and Texas Monthly. The annual list honoring the state’s top young attorneys is a joint project of the publishers of Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Media. Only 2.5% of Texas attorneys under the age of 40 or who have been in practice for less than ten years received this year’s honor.

Baron & Budd attorneys named “Texas Rising Stars” for 2006 are associates Denyse Clancy, who litigates cases on behalf of victims of leukemia and lymphoma caused by benzene exposure; Stephen Johnston and Carla M. Burke, who represent water providers seeking clean-up costs for MTBE and other water contaminants; and Renee M. Melancon, an associate in the firm’s appellate section.

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Baron & Budd, P.C. Named to The National Law Journal's "Plaintiffs' Hot List" for Third Year in a Row

jess — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:12:24 -0800

Release Date

October 12, 2005

Summary

For the third year running, Baron & Budd, P.C. has again been named to <em>The National Law Journal's</em> prestigious "Hot List" of U.S. plaintiffs' firms.

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DALLAS, Texas - For the third year running, Baron & Budd, P.C. has again been named to The National Law Journal's prestigious "Hot List" of U.S. plaintiffs' firms. The publication's annual compendium of the plaintiffs' firms doing the most to shape the law featured only 12 U.S. firms in the article appearing October 10, 2005, "a reflection of our narrower focus on firms that showed a special spark at trial before a judge or jury. . .We wanted to emphasize firms that secured trial verdicts significant for their size or their reverberations in business and society."

The article noted that Baron & Budd stayed in the limelight representing varied clients and "seems assured of maintaining its high profile. . . ." The national legal publication highlighted some of Baron & Budd's noteworthy cases of the past year, including:

Strong v. E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co. (Jones Co., Miss., Cir. Ct.): The firm won a $15.5 million verdict in August 2005 for a man who contracted cancer through exposure to dioxin released from a Gulfport, Miss., chemical plant into the air in the surrounding neighborhood and St. Louis Bay.

Bostic v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., et al, (Dallas County, Texas, Ct. At Law No. 3): A Dallas jury in March 2005 awarded $9.3 million against Georgia-Pacific Corp. for a man who died at 41 from mesothelioma attributed to his exposure to asbestos while working with his father as a boy. Within six weeks, the firm secured two other verdicts for victims of asbestos cancer, including a $10 million verdict for a Los Angeles Navy veteran who developed mesothelioma and a $3.6 million verdict for a Louisiana chemical plant worker who developed asbestos-related lung cancer.

CBE v. Tosco Corp. (San Francisco Co., Calif., Super. Ct.): The firm reached settlements requiring several major oil companies to upgrade gas stations, clean up groundwater contamination and take steps to prevent gasoline leaking from more than 1,000 underground storage tanks in California.

About Baron & Budd, P.C.:

Since 1977, the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. has championed the rights of people and communities harmed by corporate misconduct. With over 80 attorneys and offices in Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Louisiana and New York, Baron & Budd enjoys a national reputation as a leader of the plaintiffs' bar. The firm represents individuals with mesothelioma and other diseases caused by asbestos; leukemia and lymphoma caused by benzene; and injuries caused by other toxic substances and pharmaceuticals. The firm also represents water authorities seeking clean-up costs for drinking water contamination; securities investors defrauded by corporate wrongdoing; and consumers. For more information about Baron & Budd, call 1-800-222-2766 or visit www.baronandbudd.com.

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Baron & Budd, P.C. Attorney Kevin D. McHargue to Speak at North Dallas Bar Association Meeting

jess — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:15:14 -0800

Release Date

October 11, 2005

Summary

Kevin D. McHargue, an attorney and shareholder with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., will speak at the North Dallas Bar Association meeting being held today in Farmers Branch, Texas.

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DALLAS, Texas - Kevin D. McHargue, an attorney and shareholder with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., will speak at the North Dallas Bar Association meeting being held today in Farmers Branch, Texas.

McHargue will give a presentation on class actions, discussing recent federal legislation, developments in Texas law, and the ethics of litigating and settling class actions. McHargue is a shareholder in the appellate section of Baron & Budd, P.C.

About Baron & Budd, P.C.:

Since 1977, the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. has championed the rights of people and communities harmed by corporate misconduct. With over 80 attorneys and offices in Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Louisiana, and New York, Baron & Budd enjoys a national reputation as a leader of the plaintiffs’ bar. The firm represents individuals with mesothelioma and other diseases caused by asbestos; leukemia and lymphoma caused by benzene; and injuries caused by other toxic substances and pharmaceuticals. The firm also represents water authorities seeking clean-up costs for drinking water contamination; securities investors defrauded by corporate wrongdoing; and consumers. For more information about Baron & Budd, call 1-800-222-2766 or visit www.baronandbudd.com.

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Kevin D. McHargue