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About Christian Bruno
Christian T. Bruno represents the third generation of lawyers in the Bruno family. He began his journey in the legal field at age 14, assisting with filing at Bruno & Bruno during summer breaks. A native of New Orleans, Christian graduated from Jesuit High School in 2014 and then attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he majored in Philosophy and Psychology with a focus on mental health and human behavior, and worked for the CU Institute of Behavioral Science. After earning his undergraduate degree in 2019, he returned to New Orleans and worked as an intern at the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office.
He enrolled at Loyola University College of Law that same year and graduated in 2023. During law school he completed a summer internship at the Conroy Law Firm in Metairie, which gave him perspective on legal defense work. After passing the Louisiana Bar in 2023, Christian joined Bruno & Bruno as an associate attorney, working alongside his brother, father, uncle, and cousin. Outside the law, he is committed to service in the areas of mental health and addiction.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Bruno & Bruno
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Joseph Bruno and Bruno & Bruno served as lead plaintiffs' counsel in a landmark class action brought by more than 8,000 Gentilly residents exposed to a butadiene tank-car fire in 1987, securing a jury verdict that included $2.5 billion in punitive damages against CSX Transportation alone, later reduced to $850 million on appeal and affirmed by Louisiana's Fourth Circuit.
A New Orleans jury ordered four major tobacco companies to fund a $591 million statewide smoking cessation program for more than 200,000 Louisiana smokers, the first verdict of its kind in U.S. history.
Joseph Bruno served on the eight-member Plaintiffs' Legal Committee in a federal class action covering more than 17,000 people harmed when a corrosion failure triggered a catastrophic pre-dawn explosion at Shell's Norco, Louisiana refinery in May 1988, ultimately settling for nearly $172 million.
Joseph Bruno served as class counsel in a long-running class action on behalf of children who suffered lead poisoning from hazardous paint in Housing Authority of New Orleans units, securing a settlement fund of roughly $65.5 million.
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