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About Leila Ayachi
Prior to joining The Lanier Law Firm, Ms. Ayachi represented clients in a variety of public interest cases, including public and private housing, construction liability, public access, contractor and insurance fraud, and medical benefits claims, which gives her a well-rounded and unique ability of viewing her client’s cases. Ms. Ayachi earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Harvard College with a major in Comparative Religion, focusing on early Christianity and Buddhism, and a minor in Italian Languages and Literature. She earned her law degree from Villanova Law School and is admitted to practice in Texas. During her first semester at Villanova Law School, Hurricane Ike hit her native Galveston community. Ms. Ayachi recruited fellow students and returned home each year to offer a variety of hurricane-related, pro bono legal services for the Galveston County community.
Through this effort, over 50 Galveston residents were served and over 1500 hours of pro bono work were completed by the Villanova students. Ms. Ayachi was recognized as the 2011 Anne Bowen Poulin Pro Bono Service award recipient which is given to the student who has contributed the most meaningful pro bono service to those in need. With these efforts, Ms. Ayachi has proven time and time again her heart for service to her community and her passion for justice. Ms. Ayachi currently resides in Houston with
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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