About Joe Vazquez

Senior Trial Attorney at The Barnes Firm in New York City who heads the firm's Mass Tort Department. Has represented hundreds of injured clients and earned tens of millions in settlements across multiple jurisdictions. Handles cases involving dangerous products, toxic exposures (including asbestos and talcum powder), pharmaceutical drugs, and defective medical devices. Previously practiced at a major Pennsylvania firm handling civil disputes and wrongful death actions.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys

These results are credited to The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$19.45 millionVerdictTop 10 of 2000 · #6

Ross Cellino and Stephen Barnes won a $47.4 million Erie County jury verdict for a 22-year-old law student who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when two drivers played high-speed road tag on the New York State Thruway.

Erie County Supreme Court (Justice Christopher J. Burns); affirmed as modified, NY App. Div. 4th Dep't, Dec. 21, 2001 · 2000Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Temple University Beasley School of Law
J.D.
Haverford College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Awards & recognition

National mock trial championship winner (as law student)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other New York firms

Weitz & Luxenberg
Weitz & Luxenberg
$10.9 billion · Weitz and Luxenberg Helps Win $10.9 Billion Roundup Settlement for 125,000 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Claimants
Levy Konigsberg LLP
Levy Konigsberg LLP
$43.1 Million Verdict Against R.J. Reynolds for Brake Mechanic's Lung Cancer From Menthol and Asbestos
Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore
Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore
$265 million · The Amtrak 188 Derailment and the $265 Million Fund for Its Victims
Jacoby & Meyers, LLP
Jacoby & Meyers, LLP
$34 million · Jury Awards $34 Million After Prempro Hormone Therapy Causes Breast Cancer and Double Mastectomy

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