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Asbestos

Steptoe & Johnson's asbestos litigators know how to handle asbestos litigation with effective project management, as team attorneys have represented major industrial clients throughout the region for more than 25 years.  Team attorneys know the subject matter, the courts and have built a case management model aimed at providing aggressive and efficient defense of employers, premises owners, manufacturers, contractors, and suppliers faced with an asbestos claim.

Representative Experience

  • Experience in asbestos litigation includes the defense of product manufacturers, premises owners, employers, contractors, and suppliers.
  • Analyzed medical issues in toxic tort cases, which may show other causes for the claimed injuries or other non-related medical problems that would indicate decreased life expectancy and lower potential damages claims
  • Defended a variety of companies in asbestos, benzene and silica litigation with theories ranging from products liability, strict liability,negligence premises liability to deliberate intent
  • Defended asbestos-related illness, including mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis
  • National, regional and local counsel for clients named in asbestos litigation
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What sets us apart from the crowd?


  • Efficient project management and budgeting models to control costs
  • Proactive litigators experienced in asbestos litigation
  • Alternative fee arrangements
  • We know the courts and the subject matter
  • Experienced as National Counsel in asbestos litigation
  • Dedicated team of paraprofessionals,essential in document-intense asbestos litigation
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Recent Articles & Publications
OSHA's Application in Asbestos Cases,
August 5, 2011
Study Compares Asbestos and Nanomaterials,
April 1, 2011
WEST VIRGINIA COURT AMENDS ASBESTOS CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER,
March 26, 2010
NIOSH ACCEPTS PUBLIC COMMENT ON REPORT CONCERNING ASBESTOS FIBERS AND NANO PARTICLES ,
February 24, 2010