General Information
Overview
Baron & Budd is a nationally recognized law firm with offices in Dallas, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. The firm has been protecting the rights of people, businesses and entities that have been harmed by corporate wrongdoing for more than forty-five years.
Baron & Budd won one of the first mesothelioma lawsuits 1970s and the firm continues to actively represent victims of asbestos exposure and mesothelioma. The firm fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1999 to protect the rights of individual mesothelioma patients, where Baron & Budd was victorious against a national settlement that would have limited the ability for future asbestos claimants to receive fair compensation.
Today, Baron & Budd represents individuals and government and business entities in areas as diverse as dangerous pharmaceuticals and medical devices, environmental contamination, financial fraud, whistleblower actions, deceptive advertising, automotive defects, trucking accidents, and asbestos-related illnesses such as mesothelioma.
Most notably, the firm has an established history of precedent-setting cases and significant victories on behalf of clients, ranging from a $1 billion settlement with a utility company for damages caused by wildfires to a $12.5 billion settlement with 3M Company and a $1.185 billion settlement with DuPont centered around PFAS contamination, to nearly $60 billion in settlements for victims of the opioid epidemic.
Baron & Budd prides itself on being at the forefront of litigation and has received many notable accolades for its work, including being selected to the National Law Journal’s prestigious Plaintiffs’ “Hot List” seven times and being recognized in the Best Law Firms® edition every year since 2013, where the firm has been annually ranked by Best Lawyers® regionally in three practice areas including mass tort litigation/class actions, personal injury litigation, and commercial litigation.
For more information about Baron & Budd call 1.866.844.4556 or visit our website at https://baronandbudd.com/
Rankings
Baron & Budd, P.C. is metro ranked in 4 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
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Practice Areas
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Qui Tam Law