W Mark Lanier
Lanier Law Firm Founder and Lead Counsel W. Mark Lanier is the founder of The Lanier Law Firm, where he serves as the firm's lead litigation counsel. The recent rush of media accolades, in the wake of a stunning verdict in the nation's first VIOXX trial, obscures as much as illuminates...

Brian Abramson
Brian A. Abramson, a Houston native, joined The Lanier Law Firm's Bankruptcy Litigation Group in February 2011. Brian's practice centers on bankruptcy-related litigation as well as all stages of the commercial chapter 11 and chapter 7 process. Prior to joining The Lanier Law Firm, Brian was an associate attorney at...

Jonathan Armour
Jonathan Armour is an associate at The Lanier Law Firm Houston office. He represents clients in a variety of civil litigation matters, including toxic torts, and asbestos related injuries. Born and raised in nearby Cypress, Texas, Mr. Armour lived his entire life in Houston,...

Carmen Aviles
Carmen Aviles is an associate with The Lanier Law Firm's intellectual property group in Palo Alto, California. She joined The Lanier Law Firm in 2009 after working two years at a San Francisco law practice in various areas of civil litigation. Ms. Aviles earned her law degree from the University...

Christopher Banys
Christopher Banys founded and leads The Lanier Law Firm's Palo Alto, California office and heads the firm’s nationwide intellectual-property practice. Mr. Banys has represented both individuals and Fortune 500 corporations in patent and other IP disputes around the country, but he finds...

William H. Barfield
William H. "Bill" Barfield is an associate with The Lanier Law Firm. He devotes his entire practice to litigation, representing plaintiffs in the areas of personal injury, products liability, toxic torts, premises liability, wrongful death, asbestos and silica litigation. As a trial attorney and experienced litigator, Mr....

Daniel Bedell
  Daniel Bedell is an associate in the Lanier Law Firm’s Palo Alto office. Mr. Bedell brings a unique combination of technical, patent and litigation skills to his practice in high-stakes intellectual property disputes. Mr. Bedell’s cases have involved a wide rage of complex technologies...

Mark Bratt
Mark D. Bratt joined The Lanier Law Firm’s Los Angeles office in 2011. A native of Vancouver, Washington, Mark earned his bachelor’s degree from New York University in 2002, and his law degree from Pepperdine University 2006. In the years since graduating, he has dedicated...

Alex J. Brown
Alex J. Brown joined the Bankruptcy Litigation section of The Lanier Law Firm in 2011. His experience in federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate level, and in domestic and international arbitration forums, compliment the bankruptcy expertise of other attorneys in the section. Alex’s...

Angela C. Bullock
Angela C. Bullock is an associate with the Lanier Law Firm. Ms. Bullock joined the firm in 2000, and practices in the areas of toxic torts, asbestos-caused injuries, personal injury and pharmaceutical products liability. Ms. Bullock was born in...

R. Craig Bullock
R. Craig Bullock is an associate at The Lanier Law Firm. He received his B.S. degree in Economics at Texas A&M University in 1993. After graduating from Texas A&M, Mr. Bullock worked for a consumer finance company in Corpus Christi, Texas, and returned to Houston where...

C. Taylor Campbell
C. Taylor Campbell is an associate with The Lanier Law Firm. A native of Kilgore, Texas, Mr. Campbell attended Kilgore College and earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, in 1995. He then earned his law degree from...

M. Michelle Carreras
M. Michelle Carreras is an associate with The Lanier Law Firm, where she works on commercial litigation cases, with an emphasis on bankruptcy-related litigation. Prior to joining The Lanier Law Firm, Ms. Carreras spent six years as an associate at a prominent Texas defense...

Lindsey Cheek
Lindsey Cheek joined the Lanier Law Firm in 2010 and she currently assists and represents those who have suffered toxic tort and asbestos related injuries. Her education and background combine to allow for her to understand all sides of a particular case and most ...

Lee Cirsch
Lee Cirsch is an attorney in The Lanier Law Firm’s Los Angeles office with years of experience litigating business and commercial disputes; mass tort and consumer protection class actions; pharmaceutical, medical device, and other types of products liability actions; significant personal injury claims; toxic exposure actions; medical malpractice cases;...

Paul R. Cordella
Paul R. Cordella is an associate at The Lanier Law Firm, practicing in the areas of pharmaceutical litigation, mass torts, toxic torts and products liability litigation. Mr. Cordella also has experience in litigating cases involving wrongful death, municipal and premises liability, as well as construction...

Rabi David
Rabi David joined The Lanier Law Firm's Los Angeles office in 2010 where he represents plaintiffs affected by exposure to asbestos. As a former Air Force combat veteran, Rabi appreciates firsthand the important role his clients have served in...

Eugene R. Egdorf
Eugene R. Egdorf represents the firm's clients in commercial and complex litigation matters. These cases have included matters involving antitrust, patent infringement, fraud, deceptive trade practices and breach of contract. Mr. Egdorf also has handled personal injury matters, sports law, work-related injuries, and products liability cases, including...

Kelly Fitzpatrick
Kelly A. Fitzpatrick is an associate at the Lanier Law Firm in the New York office, practicing primarily in the area of pharmaceutical litigation. Ms. Fitzpatrick earned her law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2009, after earning her Bachelor of Arts degree from Fairfield ...

M. Clay Fostel
M. Clay Fostel is an associate with The Lanier Law Firm. A native of Kermit, Texas, Mr. Fostel attended Southern Methodist University and earned his undergraduate degree in psychology in 1996. He then earned his law degree from the South Texas College of Law in Houston, and...

Edward W. Fudge
Edward W. Fudge is Of Counsel to The Lanier Law Firm. He has many years of trial experience in personal injury and civil litigation cases. An ordained minister, Mr. Fudge earned a degree in Biblical Languages in 1967 from Abilene Christian University, where he earned his...

Lincoln Goodwin
Lincoln Goodwin is an associate with The Lanier Law Firm. He represents clients in a variety of civil litigation matters, including toxic torts, asbestos related injuries, and commercial litigation. Originally from Laramie, Wyoming, Mr. Goodwin has lived in Texas since 1982. He earned his undergraduate degree from Baylor University in 1994...

Patrick N. Haines
Patrick Haines has practiced mass tort litigation since graduating from the University of Texas School of Law in 1992. For the last seventeen years, Mr. Haines has concentrated his practice on litigation against the manufacturers of asbestos. Mr. Haines also handles general personal injury cases, including breast implant litigation, premises...

W. Casey Harris
W. Casey Harris is an associate with The Lanier Law Firm. He devotes his entire practice to litigation, representing plaintiffs in the areas of personal injury, products liability, toxic torts, premises liability, wrongful death and asbestos litigation. Mr. Harris is a native of East Texas, where most of...

Catherine Heacox
Catherine Heacox represents individuals who have been injured by dangerous drugs and products, medical negligence and toxic exposure. For more than a decade, Ms. Heacox has focused her practice on complex civil litigation including pharmaceutical and product liability mass tort actions, personal injury actions and environmental...

Dara Hegar
Dara Hegar, a Houston native, brought her expertise in complex litigation and trial coordination to the Lanier Law Firm in 1999. She is a Managing Attorney in the Houston office. She represents clients in each of the firm’s practice areas with a focus on trial coordination in complex litigation matters....

Charles F. Herd, Jr.
Bringing a wealth of litigation and management experience to The Lanier Law Firm, Charles Herd concentrates on Jones Act and maritime-related claims, maritime products liability cases and maritime-related commercial matters. A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Mr. Herd earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 from Vanderbilt University...

Michael R. Holley
Michael Holley is an associate at The Lanier Law Firm. Before joining the firm in June 2006, Mr. Holley served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. During his service, Mr. Holley acquired significant trial experience as both a military prosecutor and military defense attorney, culminating with service as...

Felicia M. Hubert
Felicia M. Hubert is an associate with the Lanier Law Firm, working in all areas of civil litigation, with a primary focus in bad faith insurance claims, personal injury and commercial litigation. Ms. Hubert was born in Houston and raised in Gladewater, Texas. She earned her...

Ryan Jacobs
Ryan Nicole Jacobs is an associate with the Lanier Law Firm, where she represents plaintiffs affected by exposure to asbestos. Mrs. Jacobs is a native of Houston, Texas. She earned her B.B.A. degree in Finance from the University of Texas in 2002 and graduated summa cum laude...

Evan M. Janush
Evan M. Janush oversees commercial litigation for The Lanier Law Firm’s New York office and he is the leader of the firm’s employment litigation practice. Mr. Janush has significant experience representing clients in complex commercial, antitrust and class-action litigation, and representing employees...

Trey Jones
Trey Jones joined The Lanier Law Firm’s Los Angeles office in 2010. He has practiced mass tort litigation since graduating from the University of Houston Law Center in 2004. In the years since graduating, Trey has concentrated his practice on litigation against the manufacturers of asbestos and on...

Maura Kolb
Maura Kolb joined The Lanier Law Firm in 2003 after working closely with the firm on complex commercial and personal injury litigation matters. Her innovative thinking and compassionate approach with clients made her a perfect addition to The Lanier Law Firm team. Maura's practice...

David Kuttles
David Kuttles is an associate at The Lanier Law Firm, practicing in the areas of pharmaceutical and toxic tort litigation, general products liability litigation, and commercial matters. Mr. Kuttles has experience in litigating, arbitrating and mediating bodily injury claims involving products liability, premises liability, motor vehicle accidents, and job related...

Dr. Robert Leone
Dr. Robert E. Leone is an attorney and the in-house trial psychologist at The Lanier Law Firm. His pre-trial preparations allow the firm's clients an inside look at how their case will be received by a jury. An accomplished lawyer, Dr. Leone joined the firm in 1997 after serving as the...

Richard Lin
Richard Lin is a member of The Lanier Law Firm’s intellectual property group in Palo Alto, California. He has over a decade of experience representing clients in patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, antitrust, and other complex litigation. A registered patent attorney, Mr. Lin has handled intellectual...

C. Jason Lindamood
C. Jason Lindamood is an associate with the Lanier Law Firm, where he practices in the area of toxic torts, asbestos related injuries, and commercial litigation. A native of Fulshear, Texas, Mr. Lindamood earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Houston. He then earned his...

Nick S. Mancuso
Nick S. Mancuso joined the Lanier Law Firm's Palo Alto office in 2010. He is a member of the firm's high-stakes intellectual property litigation group. Nick is a graduate of The University of Oregon School of Law, where he concentrated on intellectual property law. He was also the Managing...

John W. Maniscalco
John W. Maniscalco is an attorney at The Lanier Law Firm’s Houston office, where he represents plaintiffs in litigation matters as well as having a role in the Issues and Appeals practice area. John, who graduated from Texas Tech University, Cum Laude in 2008 and Texas Tech...

Patrice McKinney
Patrice McKinney grew up on a farm in West Texas and drove a John Deere tractor until she was 18 years old. She understands and appreciates the value of hard work, dedication and perseverance. Patrice has an M.A. in English, an M.S. in Sports Health, and a J.D. in law. She...

J.D. McMullen
J.D. McMullen is an associate with The Lanier Law Firm, practicing in the areas of commercial and toxic tort litigation. He is a Certified Impartial Third Party and has mediated cases for the Harris County Better Business Bureau and Houston's family courts. Since 2006, Mr. McMullen has helped to negotiate...

Richard D. Meadow
Richard D. Meadow has been a practicing trial attorney for more than 24 years. He has represented the rights of individuals who have been injured by pharmaceuticals, medical devices, asbestos, medical malpractice, defective products, construction defects, lead poisoning, and motor vehicles, as well as the negligence of...

Sara A. Morton
Sara A. Morton is an associate at The Lanier Law Firm in the areas of toxic tort litigation and asbestos related injuries. Ms. Morton is a native of Houston, Texas. She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Texas A&M University in 2002, and attended the South Texas...

George Niño
George Niño joined the Lanier Law Firm in 2010 and works in the Bankruptcy Litigation Group. Mr. Niño has recovered settlements and trial verdicts valued at over $140 million. He is a trial attorney with experience in bankruptcy, commercial, class action, environmental, patent and personal injury litigation. He...

Taylor Nuttall
Taylor Nuttall is an associate with the Lanier Law Firm. Born in Houston, he was raised in parts of Southeast Asia and Great Britain. He has now returned to Houston, where he practices in the area of toxic tort litigation and asbestos related injuries. Taylor attended...

Patrick O'Hara
Patrick O'Hara is an associate at The Lanier Law Firm, where he represents clients in a wide variety of civil litigation matters and plays a leading role in the firm’s Asbestos and Toxic Exposure practice group. Mr. O'Hara earned his law license from the Pepperdine...

Kevin P. Parker
Lanier Law Firm Appellate Law Specialist Kevin P. Parker is the appellate law specialist at The Lanier Law Firm. His pre-trial work insures that client cases will stand the test of an appeal. Mr. Parker is an accomplished lawyer, having personally handled more than 20 cases at the...

Aaron Plumlee
Aaron Plumlee is an associate with The Lanier Law Firm, where he represents plaintiffs affected by exposure to asbestos. Born and raised in Houston, Mr. Plumlee earned his undergraduate degree in Government from the University of Texas in 2004. He earned his law degree from the...

Benjamin Pyle
Benjamin Pyle is an associate with The Lanier Law Firm, practicing in the area of toxic tort litigation. Mr. Pyle earned his law degree from South Texas College of Law, where he also served as managing editor of the International Trade Law Journal and a member of the South Texas...

Sam T. Richard
Sam T. Richard, an associate with The Lanier Law Firm, works with clients from all of the firm's practice groups. Mr. Richard personally meets with clients to investigate their claims and serves as their advocate throughout the course of litigation. Mr. Richard is a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma,...

Phillip N. Sanov
Phillip N. Sanov is an associate with The Lanier Law Firm, working in all areas of civil litigation with a primary focus on the firm's commercial litigation cases involving bad faith insurance claims, intellectual property, and other commercial disputes. Mr. Sanov was born and raised in Gladewater, Texas,...

Daniel M. Shafer
Daniel M. Shafer is an associate in the Palo Alto office of The Lanier Law Firm, where he is a member of the firm's high-stakes intellectual property litigation group. He joined the firm in 2010 after several years at a boutique law firm in Silicon Valley...

Alexandra Shef
Alexandra Shef joined The Lanier Law Firm in 2010 and is a member of the firm’s asbestos litigation group in Los Angeles, California. Alexandra has dedicated her legal career to representing people suffering with malignant mesothelioma. She has successfully represented veterans of the United States Navy, construction...

Kelley Smith
Kelley Smith is an intake attorney with The Lanier Law Firm. Ms. Smith earned her BBA degree in Business Law from Tulane University in 2005, where she was a member of the school’s Division I soccer team.  She earned her law degree at South Texas College of...

Kenneth S. Soh
Kenneth Soh has been an associate with The Lanier Law Firm since September 2004. Mr. Soh's principal areas of practice are pharmaceutical litigation, asbestos claims, complex commercial cases and personal injury litigation. Mr. Soh has a broad range of trial and appellate experience working for both...

Dana Taschner
Dana Taschner is Senior Counsel for The Lanier Law Firm and leads the firm's international practice group. Named in Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers, Mr. Taschner has earned a global reputation as one of the finest plaintiff lawyers in the world due to his exceptional...

Bridget B. Truxillo
Bridget B. Truxillo is an associate with The Lanier Law Firm in New York City where she represents plaintiffs who have been hurt by unsafe drugs and products as well as by toxic exposure. Born in Louisiana, Mrs. Truxillo moved to Florida and earned...

Judson A. Waltman
Judson (Jud) Waltman is a native of Lufkin, Texas. He attended Baylor University where he earned his undergraduate degree in History and Spanish in 1993. He received his law degree and graduated, with honors, from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1996. Jud joined The Lanier Law Firm in 2002...

Dwana Waltman
Dwana Waltman joined The Lanier Law Firm in February of 2009 as an intake attorney for the toxic tort division. Mrs. Waltman was born in Lufkin, Texas.  She graduated from Baylor University, magna cum laude, in 1993 with a degree in Sociology and attended law school at Texas...

Jack L. White
Jack L. White is a member of the Issues & Appeals Group of The Lanier Law Firm. Jack joined The Lanier Law Firm after serving as a Law Clerk for Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., on the United States Supreme Court. Jack received his BS and BSCE in...

Lawrence P. Wilson
Lawrence (Larry) Wilson rejoined The Lanier Law Firm in 2003, and practices in the areas of FELA/railroad claims, truck accidents, products liability, the Jones Act, and medical malpractice. A native of Lubbock, Texas, Mr. Wilson earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting with high honors from Lubbock (Texas) Christian College...

Matthew J. Worrall
Matthew J. Worrall joined The Lanier Law Firm as an associate, in 2010, to focus in the areas of asbestos related injuries and toxic tort litigation. Matt is a native of Houston, Texas. He earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration majoring in Finance from Texas A&M...