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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 Shareholder Burton LeBlanc Appointed to Louisiana Bar Foundation Panel

September 4, 2009 (Baton Rouge, La.) Baron & Budd, P.C. shareholder Burton LeBlanc was recently appointed to serve as a member of the Capital Area Community Partnership Panel by the Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) Board of Directors. LeBlanc, a former president of the Louisiana Association for Justice (LAJ), also recently became Treasurer of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and Chairman of AAJ’s National Finance Council, which heads up most of the organization’s fundraising efforts. Read More

Baron & Budd Announces Major Louisiana Supreme Court Victory for Mesothelioma Victims

Baton Rouge, LA (June 1, 2009) The Louisiana Supreme Court has handed down an opinion preserving the rights of mesothelioma victims to pursue compensation from their employers for their asbestos-related disease. Almost a year to the day after the First Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment on behalf of a Louisiana pipefitter with the asbestos-related disease, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued an opinion in Rando v. Anco Insulations, Inc., resolving a nearly decade-long split among the state’s appellate courts by holding that mesothelioma victims occupationally exposed to asbestos before 1975 may file suit against their employers. Read More

Asbestos Verdict Upheld by Louisiana Court of Appeal, Announces Baron & Budd

Substantial Verdict Upheld Against Mesothelioma Victim’s Former Employers

BATON ROUGE, LA – Just fifteen months after winning a substantial verdict against contractors Parsons Infrastructure & Technology Group, Inc. and Jacobs Constructors, Inc. on behalf of a mesothleioma victim, Baron & Budd, P.C. today announced the verdict has been affirmed by the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal. The former welder and pipefitter contracted mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure while he worked for the defendants. Read More

Brent Rosenthal elected to the prestigious American Law Institute

Baron & Budd attorney Brent M. Rosenthal has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), a very selective and distinguished group of lawyers, judges, and law professors. As a group, ALI members are extremely accomplished professionally and they have shown interest in the improving and clarifying the law. Read More

Renée Melançon Appointed to Amicus Curiae Committee of the American Association for Justice

Renée Melançon, an attorney with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., has been appointed to the Amicus Curiae Committee of the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Melançon will serve a three-year term in this position beginning August 1. Renée Melançon is an attorney with the appellate section of Baron & Budd, P.C. Read More

Baron & Budd Attorneys Earn "D Magazine" Honors

Attorneys with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. have been selected to the D Magazine list of “Best Lawyers in Dallas under 40” for 2006. Read More

Baron & Budd Attorneys Named "Rising Stars of Texas Law"

Attorneys with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. have been named "Rising Stars of Texas Law" in the March 2006 editions of Texas Super Lawyers–Rising Stars and Texas Monthly. Read More

Baron & Budd, P.C. Named to The National Law Journal's "Plaintiffs' Hot List" for Third Year in a Row

For the third year running, Baron & Budd, P.C. has again been named to The National Law Journal's prestigious "Hot List" of U.S. plaintiffs' firms. Read More

Baron & Budd, P.C. Attorney Kevin D. McHargue to Speak at North Dallas Bar Association Meeting

Kevin D. McHargue, an attorney and shareholder with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., will speak at the North Dallas Bar Association meeting being held today in Farmers Branch, Texas. Read More