Bowman and Brooke LLP

Managing Partner: Paul G. Cereghini (Firm Chair)

Number of partners: 84

Number of lawyers: 175

Languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

Firm Overview:

Bowman and Brooke LLP is a nationally recognized trial firm with one of the largest product liability practices in the United States. The firm’s attorneys defend a variety of corporate clients, including many Global 500 companies, in widely publicized catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters and have tried cases in more than 350 courthouses in 48 states, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and several Canadian provinces. The firm regularly tries precedent-setting bellwether cases.

Main Areas of Practice:

Product Liability Litigation:

Bowman and Brooke has defended thousands of complex wrongful death, catastrophic personal injury and other product liability claims brought against motor vehicle, life sciences, pharmaceutical, chemical and environmental, construction, industrial equipment and materials and consumer products. The firm’s lawyers serve as national and regional coordinating counsel defending clients in one-time matters, pattern litigation and coordinated proceedings, including crisis management situations. Bowman and Brooke is a national leader in handling both pattern litigation and mass torts consolidated by the US Federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and state judicial authorities. The firm’s legal teams are known for developing a deep understanding of the technical and scientific principles applicable to the products of a client. The firm has extensive experience is applying innovative defensive practices, including disposing of unreliable and unscientific testimony of plaintiffs’ experts with Daubert and Frye challenges. Our team of trial lawyers, paralegals, investigators and professional staff are devoted to achieving top results for our clients.

Trial:

Day in and day out, we challenge well-financed plaintiff attorneys in locales unfriendly to business interests across the country. Through intensive preparation, creative presentation and persuasion, the firm prides itself on being an advocate for clients in both the courtroom and the bargaining table. The firm’s lawyers are not "litigators" who work up cases for months and years in the fervent hope of never having to spend a minute in front of a jury. Bowman and Brooke lawyers love the courtroom, relish trying cases and are at home in front of a jury. The firm’s lawyers also understand that scorched earth litigation or trial is often not the best way to resolve conflicts. In defending those cases that should not be tried, their reputation for trying cases is an advantage. Their opponents know that settlement is not a foregone conclusion with Bowman and Brooke — thus they can expeditiously identify, evaluate and resolve the cases that should settle.

Toxic Torts & Environmental Litigation:

Bowman and Brooke is a toxic tort defense powerhouse, defending global manufacturers in exposure and contamination claims nationwide. The firm handles cases involving allegations of cancer, birth defects, and major organ diseases (e.g. diseases of the lungs, liver, kidneys and central nervous system), as well as other chronic and acute injuries allegedly resulting from inhalation, dermal, ocular and ingestion exposures. Working with world-renowned experts, it has defended a wide variety of claims, including cases related to asbestos (friction and non-friction), chemicals, chlorine, pesticides/herbicides, adhesives, solvents, benzene, MTBE and others such as UXO, heavy metals, BTEX and Legionella exposure.

General Liability Litigation:

The firm’s general liability litigation practice group has extensive experience in defending personal injury, property damage, premises liability and economic loss claims. The firm’s personal injury experience includes non-product personal injury, industrial and workplace accidents, motor vehicle accidents, unsafe premises and negligence.

Discovery Coordination, eDiscovery:

Bowman and Brooke’s discovery lawyers are highly skilled at advising clients and managing the full range of discovery litigation issues. The firm excels at national coordinated discovery programs in product liability and consumer warranty litigation. The firm’s client advisory technology services are fully integrated within our practice. The firm has represented hundreds of clients, navigating the legal, technical, financial and business challenges posed by discovery at trial and on appeal.