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Practice Areas Asbestos & Toxic Tort

Asbestos & Toxic Tort

A nationally recognized, science driven team defending asbestos, talc, and toxic tort claims with targeted strategies and consistent results.

Practice Area Introduction

Our team is engaged in litigation at the highest level, with a national reputation for medical and scientific knowledge.

Our Expertise

Since the 1970s, Willcox Savage has been at the forefront of asbestos litigation defense. More recently, we also have a prominent role in talc litigation. Our lawyers actively try cases in jurisdictions throughout the country, and work routinely with renowned experts in oncology, pulmonology, pathology, genetics, industrial hygiene, toxicology, occupational medicine, and risk assessment. We have a well-earned national reputation based on decades of experience and a deep knowledge of the critical medical and scientific issues.

Our Approach

We work closely with local and national counsel to evaluate claims early, identify venues and claims that should be tried to verdict, and pursue dispositive motions, targeted discovery, and evidentiary challenges that narrow issues before trial. Our attorneys are comfortable leading multi defendant joint defense efforts, but they also know when a client’s interests require a stand-alone strategy. As trials approach, our trial teams combine courtroom experience, mastery of complex medical and scientific issues, and practical judgment about what will resonate with juries and judges. Throughout the life of a matter, we stay in close communication, providing candid assessments to assist clients in making informed decisions about resolution and trial.

How We’re Different

Manages Complex Dockets

We are regional and national counsel for a number of large defendants and have helped them develop and coordinate their national medical defense strategies.

Science Focused, Future Ready Defenses

Our experience with experts and command of scientific literature and emerging epidemiology helps us stay ahead of new claims and courtroom tests.

National Thought Leaders in Asbestos

Our lawyers shape evolving asbestos defense law through frequent speaking roles at Defense Research Institute national litigation programs.

How We’re Different

Manages Complex Dockets

We are regional and national counsel for a number of large defendants and have helped them develop and coordinate their national medical defense strategies.

Science Focused, Future Ready Defenses

Our experience with experts and command of scientific literature and emerging epidemiology helps us stay ahead of new claims and courtroom tests.

National Thought Leaders in Asbestos

Our lawyers shape evolving asbestos defense law through frequent speaking roles at Defense Research Institute national litigation programs.

Key Takeaway

A nationally recognized, science driven team defending asbestos, talc, and toxic tort claims with targeted strategies and consistent results.

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