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Someday the time may come for you to take a stand about an issue that truly matters. If and when that time comes, you will benefit from the help of a plaintiffs' firm that has the resources, experience and courage to take you through the entire process. We believe we are that firm.

Baron & Budd, P.C. represents individuals with mesothelioma and other diseases caused by asbestos; leukemia caused by benzene; and injuries caused by other toxic substances and pharmaceuticals. The firm also represents water authorities seeking clean-up costs for drinking water contamination; municipalities and securities investors defrauded by corporate wrongdoing; and consumers.

Since 1977, the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. has championed the rights of people and communities harmed by corporate misconduct. With more than 50 attorneys and offices in Texas, Louisiana and California, Baron & Budd enjoys a national reputation as a leader of the plaintiffs' bar

Featured Case | National MTBE Settlement Provides Protection for Public Drinking Water

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Water is one of our most precious and essential natural resources. It is a symbol of purity. But modern industry has put our water at risk. Water pollution threatens to make our water undrinkable in some areas. A wide range of water contaminants—chemicals like MTBE, solvents like TCE and PCE, fertilizers and pesticides such as atrazine—are a real risk to the quality of our water, and Baron & Budd has stepped up to protect the purity and safety of our water supply.

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Prestigious Legal 500 Legal Directory Again Recognizes Baron & Budd as a Leading Mass Tort/Class Action Firm in the U.S.

DALLAS, Texas – Dallas-based Baron & Budd, P.C. has again been selected by The Legal 500 as one of the country's premier law firms in mass tort claims and class action litigation for the firm’s work on toxic tort claims. The directory describes mass tort firms as those who “have the gall to take on corporate America.”

Los Angeles Mayor signs off on plan to decrease diesel emissions around the Port of Los Angeles

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has signed into law a plan that will set new low-emissions standards for trucks carrying cargo in and out of the Port of Los Angeles. This plan is part of a $1.6 billion clean-air initiative.

Beaverton, Oregon will spend almost $3 million to retrofit school buses to cut diesel exhaust exposures

The Beaverton School District, near Portland, will almost $3 million—or between $12,000 and $14,000 per bus—to add equipment to 192 school buses that will cut air pollution and dangerous exposures to the particulates in diesel exhaust. The school district anticipates that the Oregon Department of Education will reimburse 70 percent of the total expense as transportation costs.

Rusk County, Wisconsin sees three fatalities in one weekend from accidents suggestive of design defects

Three men were killed in three different vehicular accidents in a single weekend in Rusk County, Wisconsin. All three accidents involved vehicle rollovers: an SUV, a pickup truck and an ATV.

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Minneapolis-St. Paul brownfield sites to receive funding for asbestos cleanup

Several Minneapolis-St. Pail sites will receive brownfield funding for cleanup of asbestos and other hazardous substances. The Met Council approved almost $4 million for 9 brownfield redevelopment projects in the Twin Cities area to redevelop or reuse land that has been contaminated with Read More

Death rates from mesothelioma on the rise in Australia and around the world

One in fifteen retired carpenters in Australia and the UK will perish from mesothelioma, predicts cancer expert Professor Julian Peto, Head of the Cancer Research UK Epidemiology and Genetics Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Professor Peto delivered his warning to a public... Read More