Cetrulo & Capone LLP serves as National Coordinating Counsel for several companies in industry-wide, multi-jurisdictional toxic substance litigation. As national coordinating counsel, we develop, implement and coordinate defense strategies in liability claims involving asbestos and other substances, including benzene, lead pigment, and welding rods.
We have extensive nationwide contacts with experts in numerous areas. We have worked closely with defense lawyers throughout the country. We have a long record of successful results, including mediation, arbitration, individual trials, and consolidated trials. We have experience in tailoring a successful defense strategy for high profile companies targeted in litigation, those seeking to maintain a low profile, and various positions in between the two.
Our firm is well placed to perform the complex tasks associated with this role. Our highly experienced attorneys are responsible for planning and supervision, and we achieve efficiency through appropriate delegation. The resources of the firm are available as needed, such as our large support staff, extensive digital library of expert witness testimony, in-house Legal Nurse Consultants and ongoing use of technology that reduces costs and streamlines processes.
As a result of our nationally recognized expertise, our attorneys have actively participated in the defense of toxic tort cases in almost every state in the United States, and have tried cases in all of the New England states, as well as in New York, New Jersey, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Whether serving as Regional Coordinating Counsel or National Coordinating Counsel, our attorneys adhere to several principles including:
- Maintaining trial readiness
- Adhering to local customs and practice
- Analyzing claims to arrive at the best settlement calculations
- Instituting documentation requirements
- Ensuring that local counsel and all others involved understand the trial and settlement strategies
