Meg Gambino focuses her practice on toxic tort, environmental and product liability litigation. Since 1984, she has been actively involved in the defense of national and local clients in asbestos personal injury lawsuits, and she currently oversees all asbestos litigation engagements in the firm's San Francisco office.

Clients Meg has represented in these matters run the gamut from turbine manufacturers and microchip makers to construction managers and automotive companies. These clients have been manufacturers and suppliers of thermal insulation, industrial and friction products, and asbestos cement pipe. Meg is a well-known and respected trial attorney and has attained efficient and favorable resolution of hundreds of asbestos cases, individually and as part of negotiated claims processing agreements.

Meg also has extensive experience defending chemical companies in cases where a variety of toxic exposures have been alleged. She has handled pharmaceutical and environmental litigation as well. She has negotiated favorable settlements in enforcement actions brought by environmental groups under the Clean Water Act and represented potentially responsible parties, including underground tank owners, in Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and other cost recovery actions.

Meg's reputation among judges, plaintiffs' counsel and the defense community involved in asbestos litigation is among the greatest assets she offers to her clients. She served for two years on a committee formed by the San Francisco Superior Court comprised of judges and plaintiffs' and defense attorneys to draft the General Order for mandatory e-filing in asbestos litigation. Meg consulted on proposed language for the Order and represented the position of the defense community on various issues. She also participated on another court-ordered committee to propose revisions to the settlement procedures for asbestos cases.

Memberships & Affiliations

American Bar Association

San Francisco Bar Association

Los Angeles Bar Association

Defense Research Institute (DRI)

Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada: member, Board of Directors 2009-2010; chair, Toxic Tort Committee, 2008-2010.

Awards & Distinctions

AV® Preeminent™ Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers, 2012