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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, P.C. Shareholder Scott Summy Honored in 2010 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America

DALLAS, Texas (November 5, 2009)  Scott Summy, an attorney and shareholder in Baron & Budd’s Dallas office, has been selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America (Best Lawyers, LLC).  The peer nomination and review process for the 16th Edition included evaluations by more than 2.8 million attorneys from around the country.  Jermone Shestack, past president of the American Bar Association, has called the volume “a thorough, reliable and valuable reference for all who seek the best in our profession.” Read More

Huffington Post Investigation of Atrazine Contamination

The issue of atrazine contamination in public drinking water has received significant media attention in recent days, including a recent New York Times article and this video from the Huffington Post Investigative Fund. Baron & Budd’s water contamination litigation team, led by veteran water attorney Scott Summy, currently represents dozens of public water providers seeking to recover the costs of treating water supplies for atrazine contamination. Baron & Budd’s co-counsel in these cases is the St. Louis-based law firm Korein Tillery. Read More

Widespread Atrazine Contamination Subject of New York Times Article

Baron & Budd has been in the forefront of atrazine litigation, representing dozens of water providers from several corn-growing Midwest states that are struggling with the presence of the herbicide in their drinking water supplies. A recent New York Times article addresses the heavy commercial use of atrazine and the burden atrazine contamination places on public water providers. Atrazine use is so widespread that it is already a major groundwater contaminant and is expected to be found more and more frequently. Read More

Baron & Budd, P.C. Shareholder Melissa Hutts Featured on Pittsburgh Business Showcase

PITTSBURGH, Penn. (July 31, 2009) Melissa Hutts, shareholder at Baron & Budd, P.C., was featured on a local television station in Pittsburgh as part of a Pittsburgh Business Showcase segment on the Dallas-based law firm Baron & Budd. Hutts is an accomplished trial attorney and has a strong background in mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases as well as product liability and consumer fraud. The segment ran as part of the Pittsburgh Today Live morning newscast on July 31 on KDKA, Channel 2. Read More

Baron & Budd, P.C. Water Contamination Attorneys Selected as Finalists for 2009 Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Award

Attorneys recognized for their work on In re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability Litigation MDL 1358

DALLAS –(July 8, 2009) – Scott Summy, Celeste Evangelisti and Carla Burke, all Baron & Budd, P.C. shareholders and part of the law firm’s water contamination litigation team, were selected as finalists for the 2009 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award by the Public Justice Foundation for their work in In re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Products Liability Litigation MDL 1358. Summy and his team negotiated a historic settlement on behalf of 153 public water providers from 17 states in which the bulk of the country’s major oil refiners agreed to pay the costs of cleaning MTBE contamination from the water supply and to clean up any new MTBE contamination that occurs in the next 30 years.
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Ohio EPA will monitor TCE contamination in Dayton

The Ohio EPA will install 12 monitoring wells around Ohio 4 and Keowee Street to test for TCE, or trichloroethylene, contamination recently discovered in the area. Read More

Millbury Ave. Well and Water Treatment Facility in Millbury, Massachusetts back in service after tests show no more perchlorate

The Millbury Ave. Well and Water Treatment Facility are back in service several weeks after perchlorate found in the water forced a temporary shutdown. The August 28th lab analysis found 10.2 parts per billion of perchlorate in the water, more than five times the amount allowed under Massachusetts 2006 Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for the chemical. Read More

EPA and NJDEP finalize plan for cleanup of Evor Phillips Leasing Co. site in Old Bridge Township, NJ

The EPA and the NJ Dept of Environmental Protection have finalized plans for the cleanup of the Evor Phillips Leasing Co. Superfund site. The site consists of 6 acres of contaminated soil with more than a thousand buried waste containers. Read More

Rancho Cordova, Calif. still concerned about continuing groundwater contamination

Aerojet and Fair Oaks Water District have planned to drill wells to monitor and try to control a plume of groundwater contamination from the Aerojet Superfund site. Trichloroethylene and 1, 4 – dioxane have been identified in the Fair Oaks plume. Some of the places proposed for drilling are on private property, and homeowners have protested, leaving plans for dealing with the plume up in the air. Read More