Practice Areas & Industries: Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C.

Practice/Industry Group Overview

The firm has represented clients in the chemical and mining industry for over 25 years. We have appeared in more than 40 state and federal jurisdictions on behalf of our clients and have handled hundreds of thousands of claims.

Asbestos

The firm has acted as national coordinating counsel for several asbestos companies for over 25 years, successfully handling tens of thousands of cases. We currently represent a number of clients in the New Jersey and New York asbestos litigation in over 1,000 lawsuits. We have a team of well-trained attorneys and paralegals who handle the fast-paced nature of this litigation. Our attorneys are taking depositions and making court appearances on a daily basis in this litigation.

Chemical Exposure, Toxic Tort and Environmental Exposure

Our substantial experience in defending manufacturers, distributors and users of toxic and hazardous substances includes successfully defending lawsuits involving complex scientific issues, decades of corporate history, novel theories of causation and sympathetic plaintiffs. We have worked with physicians in virtually every specialty to mount persuasive alternative causation defenses.

Premises Liability

Our attorneys are skilled at defending property owners and operators, contractors, architects and engineers in complicated traumatic personal injury and toxic exposure claims. We employ sophisticated fact and expert discovery techniques to defend our clients. Our team-oriented approach to this litigation yields great success for our clients and often results in the early resolution of cases well before trial.