Baron & Budd Recognized Among 2024 AAJ Steven J. Sharp Public Service Award Recipients
2024年8月6日 - 12:16AM
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Baron & Budd was honored for its role in the Plaintiffs
Executive Committee in the nationwide opioid litigation.
The nationally recognized law firm Baron & Budd is honored
to be among those recognized by the American Association for
Justice (AAJ) with the prestigious 2024 Steven J. Sharp Public
Service Award for the firm’s role on the Plaintiff Executive
Committee (PEC) for the National Prescription Opiate Litigation,
MDL 2804.
Opioids have devasted many Americans and their families, with a
rise in opioid addiction and opioid-related overdoses continuing to
be one of the leading causes of death. The opioid crisis is one of
the most significant public health issues in the nation. The
National Prescription Opiate Litigation is the response of a
coalition of legal teams working together to represent public
entities to combat one of the country’s most troublesome issues.
The settlements obtained from the litigation will help communities
around the country address the crisis through prevention,
education, harm reduction, and treatment.
Baron & Budd shareholders Russell Budd, Burton LeBlanc, Mark
Pifko, Roland Tellis, Chris Mansour, and Catherine Hancock Dorsey
were key members of the leadership team serving in various roles
from negotiation, state liaison, RICO, and the law and briefing
committees of the extremely complex litigation. President and
Managing Shareholder Russell Budd was appointed to the Plaintiffs’
Settlement Negotiation Team for the National Prescription Opiate
Litigation. Budd and the Settlement Negotiation Team have been
responsible for negotiating nearly $60 billion in settlements with
the nation’s largest and most prominent drug distributors,
manufacturers, and dispensers.
“We are honored to be part of this exceptional team of attorneys
who have collaboratively worked on this litigation to hold these
companies accountable for the harm they have caused to our country.
The opioid multidistrict litigation is one of the most complex
cases in our nation’s history, and our success would not have been
possible without the relentless dedication and hard work of
everyone involved,” said Budd.
The AAJ Steven J. Sharp Public Service award recognizes
litigation by plaintiffs and plaintiff attorneys that has created a
lasting change in corporate conduct. The award is named after a
young man who was severely injured, losing both of his arms due to
a defective hay baler. Despite knowing the defects of the machine,
the manufacturer did nothing to resolve the problem. Steven spoke
before Congress, which was about to pass legislation that would
prevent most product liability cases from going to court, denying
victims their right to obtain justice. The legislation did not move
forward, allowing victims to seek justice when they are harmed by
corporate wrongdoing.
About Baron & Budd, P.C.
With more than 40 years of experience, Baron & Budd has the
expertise and resources to handle complex litigation throughout the
United States. As a law firm that takes pride in remaining at the
forefront of litigation, Baron & Budd has spearheaded many
significant cases for hundreds of public entities and tens of
thousands of individuals. Since the firm was founded in 1977, Baron
& Budd has achieved substantial national acclaim for its work
on cutting-edge litigation, trying hundreds of cases to verdict and
settling tens of thousands of cases in areas of litigation as
diverse and significant as dangerous and highly addictive
pharmaceuticals, defective medical devices, asbestos and
mesothelioma, wildfires, environmental contamination, fraudulent
banking practices, e-cigarettes, motor vehicles, federal
whistleblower cases, and other consumer fraud issues.
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