Attorney Profiles
Biography
John Langdoc, an attorney and shareholder with Baron & Budd, is no stranger to the often complex medical and scientific issues involved in the cases he tries. Before becoming a lawyer, he was a scientist who studied how the brain works. At Baylor College of Medicine he researched the brains of people with schizophrenia, depression, and autism. Earlier, in graduate school, he helped discover that some prescription anti-depressants can cause brain birth defects.
“I’ve always loved science. As a scientist, I loved the adventure of trying to figure out how our brains work,” he says. “Today, in the courtroom, you’d be surprised how much of my practice is devoted to fighting to expose phony science - phony science that has been funded by corporate defendants to avoid responsibility for the harms their toxic products have done to people and to the environment.”
As a Baron & Budd attorney, John melds his scientific training and experience with his legal skills as a trial lawyer. John has tried complex cases, in multiple states, against some of the nations most powerful corporations. As a lead trial attorney, John has succeeded in obtaining some of the largest verdicts of their kind.
“I love what I do. I’m honored to fight for people. I’m honored to fight for the environment.”
Publications
Co-Author, “Punitive! Not Exemplary Damages,” Texas Causes of Action, March 2006.
Co-Author, A Structural and Functional MRI Study of the Motor Systems in Schizophrenia,@ Society for Neuroscience, November 2001.
Co-Author, Planum Temporale and Inferior Parietal Volumes in Paranoid Schizophrenia,@ American Psychiatric Association, May 2001.
Co-Author, Adequacy of Assessment of Adolescent Suicide Attempts,@ American Psychiatric Association, May 2001.
Co-Author, Neuroanatomical Activation Correlates of Two Cognitive Tasks Tapping Inhibition,@ Society for Neuroscience, November 2000.
Newsrss
Baron & Budd’s Greatest Hits of the Decade
As the first decade of the new millennium draws to a close and we reflect on the past ten years, Baron & Budd would like to share with you what we consider some of our law firm’s major accomplishments—our “Greatest Hits” of the decade, if you will. So, in the spirit of Casey Kasem, here is our countdown of the decade. We wish all of you happy holidays and a prosperous new year—and new decade—to come. Read More
Baron & Budd, P.C. Wins Appeal for California Asbestos Cancer Verdict
November 9, 2009 (SAN FRANCISCO) –Baron & Budd, P.C. announced an appellate victory in an asbestos cancer lawsuit brought on behalf of mesothelioma patient Joan Mahoney and her husband Daniel Mahoney. Attorneys John Langdoc and Denyse Clancy, who represented the Mahoneys, showed that Mrs. Mahoney’s mesothelioma was caused by her exposure to Georgia Pacific’s asbestos-containing joint compound and that Georgia Pacific knew before Mrs. Mahoney’s exposure that asbestos in its product could caused disease. Read More
Substantial Verdict Leads to Settlement Between Asbestos Victim and Garlock Sealing Technologies
PHILADELPHIA, Penn.-- The law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. today announced that a mesothelioma sufferer and his family have settled with former asbestos manufacturer Garlock Sealing Technologies (based in Palmyra, NY) for a confidential amount following the jury’s substantial damages verdict. The plaintiff contracted mesothelioma—an excruciating and fatal cancer associated with asbestos exposure—after working for decades as a boiler mechanic at a Johnsonburg paper mill. Read More
