Attorney Profiles

Biography

Bruce W. Steckler is the head of the General Litigation Section of Baron & Budd, P.C. and is spearheading a variety of products liability, class action, mass tort and complex litigation cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Currently, he represents over 700 plaintiffs in the Chinese Drywall Litigation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, in both individual cases and in class actions. He was appointed by the Hon. Eldon E. Fallon of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana to serve as a member of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for the Chinese Drywall MDL (In Re: Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation; MDL No. 2047). Mr. Steckler also represents individuals in class actions claims against some of the largest banks in the United States in the Bank Overdraft Litigation MDL. Mr. Steckler and his law firm were appointed by the Hon. James Lawrence King of the United States District Court Southern District of Florida to serve on the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee for Bank Overdraft Litigation MDL (In Re: Checking Account Overdraft Litigation; MDL No.2036). He also represents individuals in class action claims in In Re: EasySaver Rewards Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation; MDL No. 2161. Mr. Steckler was appointed co-lead counsel by the Hon. Michael M. Anello in the United States District Court Southern District of California. Mr. Steckler also serves, and has served, as liaison counsel and co-lead counsel in the In Re: Texas State Silica Products Liability Litigation; Master Docket 2004-70000 for the past five (5) years. Mr. Steckler has been appointed by Texas state court judges as lead local counsel in shareholder derivative class action cases. In the past two (2) years, Mr. Steckler was appointed as lead local
counsel in the following Texas shareholder derivative class action cases:

City of St. Clair Shores Police and Fire Retirement System, Individually and on Behalf of All others Similarly Situated v. Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., et al; Cause No. CC-09-07377-C, filed in County Court at Law No. 3, Dallas County, Texas

In Re: Electronic Data Systems Class Action Litigation; Cause No. 366-01078-2008, filed in the 366th Judicial District Court, Collin County, Texas

Current Representative Clients

Mr. Steckler's knowledge and experience in prosecuting complex litigation is further demonstrated by the diversity of clients that have sought his counsel. In the state of Texas, Mr. Steckler currently represents the City of Pasadena, Barber's Hill Independent School District, and La Porte Independent School District in insurance actions arising from damage caused by Hurricane Ike. Similarly, he has been retained by the Cities of Bayamon, Catano and Guaynabo in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to represent them in their environmental damage claims resulting from an oil refinery explosion in October 2009. More recently, the Port of Galveston and the Port of New Orleans have retained Mr. Steckler and his law firm to represent them in the In Re: Marine Fender's Antitrust Litigation; Cause No.
2:10-cv-02319-VBF-RC filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He also represents individuals in the In Re: Musical Instruments and Equipment Antitrust Litigation; Cause No. 3:10-cv-00103-LAB-POR filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. During the course of his professional career, Mr. Steckler has represented thousands of individuals in occupational injury cases against some of the largest corporations in the United States in individual cases, class actions and mass tort cases.