LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The national
law firm of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman is proud to announce
that consumer attorney R. Brent
Wisner has received the prestigious Clarence Darrow Award
from Mass Torts Made Perfect (MTMP).
Wisner received the Clarence Darrow award from noted attorney
Mike Papantonio at the annual MTMP
conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The award, which is the highest MTMP gives next to the Hall of
Fame, recognizes an attorney who demonstrates exceptional
conviction, dedication, and excellence in their work.
"I want every young lawyer in this place who has aspirations of
being the trial lawyer they want to be," Papantonio said as he
introduced Wisner, "you need to go by and shake [Brent's] hand and
say, 'what's your secret?'"
Wisner earned the Clarence Darrow award for his work in the
Roundup litigation against Monsanto (now part of Bayer). Thousands
of people from across America filed Monsanto Roundup lawsuits
alleging exposure to the company's weed killer causes non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma.
In 2018 and 2019, Wisner won two of the first three Roundup
trials as co-lead trial counsel, earning roughly $2.4 billion in total jury verdicts (later
reduced to $165 million total).
Additionally, Wisner served on the plaintiffs' leadership for
Roundup cases in California state
court consolidated as the Roundup Products Cases JCCP
4953 (known as the Roundup Judicial Council Coordination
Proceedings). Wisner's trial victories helped lay the groundwork
for the $10.9 billion settlements
with Bayer last year, which resolved tens of thousands of Roundup
cases.
"As a trial lawyer it's tough sometimes," Wisner said. "We have
a lot of clients, we have a business to run, we have a lot of
things that pull on our time and attention. But at the end of the
day, what we do is help people. There's a person who is hurt.
Connecting with them and getting their story in front of jury, it
changes things."
"Roundup is being taken off the market. They're putting a label
on it…we did that through hard work and by getting in front of a
jury."
Building on his success in Roundup litigation, Wisner is now
co-leading the Zantac cancer litigation after his appointment to
the plaintiffs' leadership in the California Ranitidine Product
Cases" JCCP 5150. Wisner and colleagues are also leaders in the
toxic baby food litigation.
Contact:
Robin McCall
(310) 207-3233
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