About Mark Linder

Mark A. Linder is an Attorney at Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP based in Houston, Texas. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000 and his law degree cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center in 2008. He handled his first mesothelioma case in 2008 and has dedicated his practice to representing people with asbestos-related cancer ever since.

Linder began his involvement in asbestos litigation during law school as a research assistant. He is admitted in Texas, California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and multiple federal district courts in California and Texas. His trial results include a 2024 mesothelioma verdict involving talc pleurodesis exposure and a 2025 mesothelioma verdict for a former shipyard worker with exposure in the 1970s and 1980s.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$34.2 millionVerdictTop 10 in Oregon · #2

A Portland jury awarded $34.2 million to Richard Long, a former Swan Island shipyard laborer diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma, after hearing that John Crane Inc. knew its asbestos gaskets and packing were dangerous decades before it warned anyone who worked with them.

Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon (Case No. 23CV27457) · 2025Product LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Houston Law Center
JD (Cum Laude), 2008
University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate, 2000

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