The National Black Lawyers Top 100 Names New Executive Director
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Black Lawyers Top 100 is pleased to announce that Annamaria Steward of Washington, D.C. has been named as its first Executive Director. She joins the organization with nearly 20 years of experience and a reputation … Continue reading
New Trial Ordered For Nevada Death Row Inmate
Category: Blog | May 9, 2019
Las Vegas Judge Michelle Leavitt granted post-conviction relief to death row inmate John M. Watson, age 79. Judge Leavitt ordered that Watson’s conviction and death sentence are overturned and that Watson must receive a new trial. The ruling resulted from … Continue reading
Florida deputies to be tried for shooting disabled man
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that two Brevard County Deputy Sheriffs must stand trial for their shooting of an unarmed man inside his home, when family members asked law enforcement officers to Baker Act the … Continue reading
NTL member Ryan Zehl obtains $23.5M settlement in head-on fatal wreck
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and Top 40 Under 40 member Ryan Zehl secured a $23.5 million settlement in March for the family of a woman killed in a head-on accident in Brazoria County, Texas. Mr. Zehl was assisted by … Continue reading
Roundup and cancer
A federal jury last week ordered Monsanto to pay $80 million to a California cancer victim who had used the weedkiller Roundup for 30 years. Bayer, which purchased Monsanto, reportedly plans to appeal the verdict. What do you need to … Continue reading
NTL members James Power and Sean Houlihan recover $8.1M & $400K after fatal demolition accident
In late March, a pair of National Trial Lawyers members dispersed two separate settlements arising from a single workplace incident to clients of Power Rogers & Smith, L.L.P. The settlements stem from a workplace incident at a demolition site in … Continue reading
NTL member Timothy McMahon settles child death case for $9.5M
National Trial Lawyers member Timothy McMahon, along with Mark Sigala and Ben Stoddard of Corsiglia McMahon & Allard, LLP in San Jose, settled a child death case in California for $9.5 million in January 2019. In June of 2016, Plaintiffs … Continue reading
NTL member Kathleen Zellner talks about trying to get Steven Avery a new trial
Tags: Kathleen Zeller, Making a Murderer, Netflix, new evidence, new trial, Steven Avery Category: Blog | April 3, 2019
National Trial Lawyers member Kathleen Zellner has been working to get Steven Avery, the man featured in Netflix’s Making a Murderer, a new trial, but the state of Wisconsin apparently doesn’t want to see it happen. The state sent Zellner … Continue reading
NTL member Mike Andrews investigating 737 Max 8 crashes
At the request of one of the victim’s family, Beasley Allen is investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane crash that took place earlier this month. We are also looking at an earlier Lion … Continue reading
FDA investigating possible breast implant-related cancer
The Food and Drug Administration is holding a second round of meetings on whether breast implants may be to blame for 457 cases of cancer that have been diagnosed in women who have undergone the procedure, CBS News reports. Some … Continue reading