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Human Trafficking Litigation Attracts Media Attention

Attorneys Mark Lanier and Monica Cooper recently appeared in numerous media outlets discussing the lawsuit filed by trial lawyers at The Lanier Law Firm. Hospitality companies including Best Western, Hyatt and Red Lion have ignored criminal activity occurring on their property and failed to protect victims of sex trafficking from exploitation. The federal lawsuit is part of a […]

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Mark Lanier Named to Lawdragon’s Elite List of Legal Legends for 2019

HOUSTON – Trial lawyer Mark Lanier, founder of The Lanier Law Firm, has been selected to the class of Lawdragon Legends for 2019. The annual listing by the legal industry publication honors attorneys who have been named to the Lawdragon 500 list of top lawyers for 10 years.   The 30 lawyers on this year’s list include two Supreme Court justices; lawyers

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Texas Hotels Willfully Blind to Sex Trafficking, Exploitation, Lawsuit Charges

Big-name hotel chains accused of profiting from sex trade, ignoring criminal activity https://www.lanierlawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Monica-Cooper-on-hotels-legal-obligation-re-human-trafficking.mp4 DALLAS – Three national hotel chains are accused in a federal lawsuit of being complicit in rampant sex trafficking at hotels across the U.S., including a North Texas woman who was victimized at various Dallas-area hotels since age 4. According to the

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Houston Attorney Patrice Baumann McKinney Honored by Texas Bar Foundation

Ms. Patrice Baumann McKinney with Lanier Law Firm has been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. Fellows of the Foundation are selected for their outstanding professional achievements and their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of the justice system throughout the state of Texas. Election is a mark of distinction and

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Mark Lanier Named Among Benchmark Litigation’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers

HOUSTON – Lanier Law Firm founder Mark Lanier has earned recognition for the fourth consecutive year as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America” in the Benchmark Litigation guide to the nation’s finest litigators. Mr. Lanier was selected for his general commercial litigation practice as well as his success in the area of toxic tort litigation. The

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Mark Lanier, Trial Team Help Secure Groundbreaking Settlement with Opioid Distributors, Manufacturers, Retailers

CLEVELAND – Mark Lanier, lead trial counsel for two Ohio counties in what would have been the first federal trial related to damages caused by the opioid addiction epidemic, says the settlement reached with five Big Pharma defendants should allow devastated communities to receive aid quickly. “The key consideration was to get financial relief as quickly

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NYT: Johnson & Johnson Recalls Asbestos-Tainted Baby Powder

By Tiffany Hsu and Roni Caryn Rabin for The New York TimesOctober 18, 2019, 10:38 AM ET Johnson & Johnson is recalling a shipment of baby powder after the Food and Drug Administration discovered evidence of asbestos, the company said on Friday, after months spent denying the presence of the carcinogen in its talc-based products. In a test, the regulator found trace

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Mark Lanier Honored as “Texas Trailblazer” for the State’s Legal Community

HOUSTON – The editors of Texas Lawyer are honoring Houston trial lawyer Mark Lanier among the “Texas Trailblazers” who have made significant marks on the state’s legal profession. The founder of The Lanier Law Firm is being recognized in large part based on his innovative use of technology in the courtroom and his success in using that

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