In 2006, Baron & Budd attorneys were honored with Public Justice’s “Trial Lawyer of the Year” award for their work on a TCE groundwater contamination case in Tucson, Arizona. The award recognizes the trial attorney or group of attorneys who have made the most significant contribution to the public interest by successfully resolving a precedent-setting case or group of related cases.
In 2009, the Baron & Budd attorneys who worked on the landmark MTBE settlement with the majority of the national’s oil companies were finalists for Public Justice’s “Trial Lawyer of the Year” award.