Articles from Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP

Nationally recognized plaintiffs firm Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP, is proud to announce that veteran trial attorney Darren McDowell has been named to D Magazine’s 2025 Best Lawyers in Dallas list.

Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP one of the nation’s leading plaintiff-side firms, is pleased to announce that founding partner Trey Branham has been selected by Lawdragon to its 2025 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know.

A Pierce County Superior Court judge has awarded more than $16 million to a Washington state family in a case against Canada-based asbestos mining company Asbestos Corp. Ltd.

Leading plaintiff trial firm Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP is pleased to announce the selection of partners Jessica Dean, Amin Omar, Trey Branham, Lisa Shirley, Ben Braly and attorney Mark Linder to the list of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers for 2025.

Dean Omar Branham Shirley, a plaintiff firm known for aggressively advocating for the rights of consumers, announced that name partners Jessica Dean and Trey Branham have been named among the nation’s most talented and experienced attorneys in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America for 2025.

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More than 150 plaintiffs have filed suit against Cape, PLC, its subsidiaries and global affiliates including Anglo American (OTCQX: NGLOY), De Beer Group PLC (OTCQX: AAUKF), and ESAB Corp. (NYSE: ESAB), which imported and distributed carcinogenic asbestos in the United States for decades.

A Bridgeport jury has awarded Evan Plotkin and his wife Martha Barry-Plotkin $15 million in a verdict against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and several subsidiaries for damage linked to asbestos in the company’s talc-based Baby Powder.

A South Carolina court has set a trial date of Feb. 3, 2025, to determine whether Anglo-American, PLC (OTCQX: NGLOY), ESAB Corp. (NYSE: ESAB) and billionaire businessman Mohed Altrad, among others, can be held responsible for billions of dollars of liabilities stemming from asbestos that Cape Asbestos sent to companies in the United States and South Carolina for decades.

A Circuit Court in Cook County, Ill., has denied a request by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) for a new trial in a mesothelioma lawsuit decided in April, upholding a jury verdict and award of $45 million in the asbestos-related death of a mother of six.

A South Carolina jury has sided with a cancer patient who sued pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) saying use of the company’s iconic Baby Powder caused his lung cancer.

Plaintiff firm Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP, earned a spot on VerdictSearch’s Top 100 Verdicts for 2023 for Hernandezcueva v. American Standard Inc., a case against Union Carbide Corp. that resulted in a $107 million verdict for the asbestos-related death of a father of four.

The renowned trial firm Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP, is pleased to announce that four of its attorneys have been named among the nation’s most talented young lawyers in Lawdragon’s 500 X – The Next Generation guide for 2024.

A jury in Portland, Ore., has found in favor of a mother of three suffering from the deadly cancer mesothelioma and ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay her $260 million.

A Connecticut Superior Court jury has handed up a verdict of $15 million against R.T. Vanderbilt Holding Company Inc., on behalf of the family of a man who died of mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs tied to asbestos exposure.

Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP, a plaintiffs firm known for securing significant verdicts in mesothelioma cases, is a finalist for The National Law Journal’s 2024 Elite Trial Lawyers award for products liability.

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has upheld a jury’s verdict on behalf of the family of a mesothelioma victim there and increased the award to $13.4 million.

A jury in the Circuit Court of Cook County in Chicago found Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and two subsidiaries liable in the asbestos-related death of a mother and grandmother, and awarded her family $45 million in damages.

Dean Omar Branham Shirley LLP is pleased to announce the selection of attorneys Rachel A. Gross and Sam Iola to the list of Texas Rising Stars for 2024, as published by Thomson Reuters. The list recognizes Texas attorneys who are age 40 or below or have been in practice for 10 years or less.