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Litigation
Within Mass tort and class action: plaintiff representation – toxic tort, Weitz & Luxenberg PC is a first tier firm,
Weitz & Luxenberg PC’s attorneys are ‘masters in the field’ in asbestos litigation, for years having been at the forefront of these cases and recovered billions of dollars in settlements and verdicts. In 2010, it was selected to serve on the plaintiffs’ steering committee in the Gulf Coast oil spill MDL, a selection that consolidated the firm’s prominent reputation in toxic tort cases. With 60 lawyers, it is one of the largest personal injury and mass tort plaintiffs’ firms in New York. It also has an office in New Jersey and recently opened an office in Los Angeles, which is managed by the seasoned Joseph Maher. Robert Gordon, who co-led the MTBE litigation against the oil and gas industry on behalf of 153 public and private drinking water systems nationally, is the firm’s most renowned trial lawyer. The highly rated Robin Greenwald heads the environmental toxic tort practice and focuses her own work on vapor intrusion, contaminated water and toxic emissions from landfill. Frank Ortiz and Lisa Nathanson Busch are also recommended.