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About Maura Kolb
Maura Kolb came to The Lanier Law Firm in 2003 after previously working with the firm on complex business and personal injury litigation matters. Her innovative thinking and compassionate approach to clients made her a perfect addition to The Lanier Law Firm's asbestos and mesothelioma lawyers in Houston . In 2011, Maura was promoted to the high-profile role of managing the bankruptcy claims department for the asbestos section of the firm. Her role later expanded to include management of the historical asbestos docket and, more recently, the firm's asbestos docket in Madison County, Illinois.
Her management of the Asbestos Resolution Team, as it is now known, continues today, meeting the voluminous challenges head-on, collecting millions of dollars for clients every year, and more than half a billion dollars for clients over the past 15 years. The team’s core work is tracking the roughly 60 asbestos bankruptcy trusts nationwide, continually reviewing client work histories, so clients can recover from as many trusts as possible. Maura serves on numerous national asbestos trust advisory committees, including the Bondex Trust Advisory Committee and the Garlock Claimant Advisory Committee, for trusts established under Section 524(g) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and is currently counsel for client representatives on various notable asbestos creditor committees. To keep pace with the
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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