Lawyers who represent people who have been injured, killed or abused are dismissed. Belittled. Ambulance chasers. Until tragedy befalls someone. And then, yes, then, they are the most important person in your life. Each and every member of the 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America is remarkable. They face the longest odds… Continue reading The 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers list Jeffrey B. Simon
DALLAS – A Dallas-based attorney who has been a trial lawyer about 25 years had no difficulty during a recent interview naming his proudest achievement as an attorney. “The short answer is the opportunity to help people who deserve help and really need it,” Jeffrey B. Simon, founding partner of Simon Greenstone Panatier in Dallas,… Continue reading Jeffrey B. Simon gratified by ‘opportunity to help people who deserve help and really need it’
Travis Strickland has been fighting the war on drugs for more than a decade. He’s a sergeant in the Lufkin Police Department’s special services division, which includes the street crime and narcotics units. The job used to involve taking apart methamphetamine labs that sprouted like prickly pears around rural Texas. Then Mexican drug cartels took… Continue reading Corralling the Pills: Rural East Texas Counties Take on Big Pharma Over the Opioid Crisis