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About Dwana Waltman
Dwana Waltman joined The Lanier Law Firm in February of 2009 as an intake attorney for the toxic tort division. Mrs. Waltman was born in Lufkin, Texas. She graduated from Baylor University, magna cum laude, in 1993 with a degree in Sociology and attended law school at Texas Tech University. Mrs. Waltman was in private practice in Lubbock before taking a position as an Executive Director of a non-profit legal organization.
Under her direction, the agency tripled in size and vastly expanded services to the community. Prior to becoming a member of the firm, she worked with the trial team providing jury consultant services. Mrs. Waltman is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Houston Northwest Bar Association. She is licensed to practice United States District Court, Northern District of Texas.
Mrs. Waltman makes her home in Houston where she lives with her husband Judson and their two children Jackson and Ellie. She is an active member of John Wesley United Methodist Church where she serves on the Family Life Committee and teaches kindergarten Sunday School. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, exercising and volunteering at her children’s school. Transcript: Dwana Waltman: My name is Dwana Waltman and I was licensed to practice law in 1996.
I graduated from Texas Tech School of Law. I’m a mother to two. I’m married. I manage the intake department at Lanier Law
Proven verdicts and settlements at The Lanier Law Firm
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A St. Louis jury in July 2018 awarded 22 women and their families $4.69 billion, the largest U.S. verdict of that year, finding that asbestos in Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer; a Missouri appellate court upheld $2.11 billion in 2020.
After a six-week federal trial, a jury found three of the nation's largest retail pharmacy chains created a public nuisance by flooding Lake and Trumbull Counties, Ohio with opioid pills, and a judge ordered $650 million to fund a 15-year abatement plan.
A Dallas federal jury awarded $1.04 billion to six California patients harmed by Johnson and Johnson's metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implants, with W. Mark Lanier leading an eight-week trial that produced one of the largest product-liability verdicts of 2016.
Hours before opening arguments in the first federal opioid bellwether trial, Cuyahoga and Summit counties in Ohio secured a $260 million settlement from distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson, plus manufacturer Teva.
A Dallas federal jury awarded six New York patients $247 million against Johnson and Johnson and its DePuy unit, finding that the metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implant system was defectively designed and that the company concealed known risks from patients and surgeons.
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