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NLJ LITIGATION 50
The "winningest" firms in the U.S. in 2001
| Rank |
Total won |
Firm |
Attorneys |
Largest verdict |
| 1 |
$3,031,239,127 |
Law Offices of Michael J. Piuze
Los Angeles |
2 |
$3,005,539,127
Boeken v. Philip Morris Inc. |
| 2 |
$1,056,000,000 |
Smith & Harang
New Orleans |
5 |
$1,056,000,000
Grefer v. Alpha Technical Services |
| 3 |
$540,000,000 |
Pertnoy, Solowsky, Allen & Haber
Miami |
8 |
$540,000,000
Allapattah Services Inc. v. Exxon Corp. |
| 4 |
$523,605,000 |
Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor
Pensacola, Fla. |
25 |
$480,000,000
Cassoutt v. Cessna Aircraft Co. |
| 5 |
$491,500,000 |
Sayles Lidji & Werbner
Dallas |
10 |
$454,500,000
COC v. CompUSA |
| 6 |
$480,000,000 |
Wolk & Genter
Philadelphia |
4 |
$480,000,000
Cassoutt v. Cessna Aircraft Co. |
| 7 |
$388,908,600 |
Arthur W. Tifford
Miami |
1 |
$388,908,600
Universal Express v. Select Capital Advisors Inc. |
| 8 |
$312,765,777 |
The Fillmore Law Firm
Fort Worth, Texas |
4 |
$312,765,777
Fuqua v. Horizon CMS/Healthcare Corp. |
| 9 |
$256,000,000 |
Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley
West Palm Beach, Fla. |
21 |
$256,000,000
Jenkins v. Ranger Construction Industries Inc. |
| 10 |
$182,494,362 |
Ness, Motley
Mount Pleasant, S.C. |
51 |
$130,000,000
Bell v. Dresser Industries Inc. |
| 11 |
$177,500,000 |
Shannon Law Firm
Hazlehurst, Miss. |
5 |
$100,000,000
Rankin v. Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. |
| 12 |
$171,270,000 |
Blackmon & Blackmon
Canton, Miss. |
6 |
$100,000,000
Rankin v. Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. |
| 13 |
$160,078,053 |
Reaud, Morgan & Quinn
Beaumont, Texas |
12 |
$130,000,000
Bell v. Dresser Industries Inc. |
| 14 |
$150,000,000 |
Byrd & Associates
Jackson, Miss. |
7 |
$150,000,000
Johnson v. AC&S Manufacturing Inc. |
| 15 |
$150,000,000 |
Porter & Malouf
Jackson, Miss. |
2 |
$150,000,000
Johnson v. AC&S Manufacturing Inc. |
| 16 |
$150,000,000 |
Sprague & Sprague
Philadelphia |
11 |
$150,000,000
Potamkin v. Reinke |
| 17 |
$149,869,533 |
Pegalis Wachsman & Erickson
Great Neck, N.Y. |
10 |
$114,869,533
McCord v. St. Mary’s Hospital of Brooklyn |
| 18 |
$139,700,000 |
Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis & McManus
Stuart, Fla. |
37 |
$139,700,000
Maris Distributing Co. v. Anheuser-Busch Inc. |
| 19 |
$124,067,407 |
Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Pearson
Tarzana, Calif. |
35 |
$94,500,000Border Business Park v. San Diego |
| 20 |
$111,500,000 |
Simon, Lowe & Passanante
St. Louis |
8 |
$105,000,000
Dorman v. Bridgestone Firestone Inc. |
| 21 |
$111,400,000 |
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott
Chicago, Ill. |
26 |
$96,400,000
Residential Funding Corp. v. DeGeorge Financial Corp. |
| 22 |
$108,240,000 |
Zaffirini & Castillo
Laredo, Texas |
2 |
$108,240,000
De Ayala v. De Brittingham |
| 23 |
$107,806,000 |
Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore
New York |
6 |
$107,806,000
Ballinas v. New York Health and Hospitals Corp. |
| 24 |
$100,000,000 |
Grenfell, Sledge & Stevens
Jackson, Miss. |
4 |
$100,000,000
Rankin v. Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. |
| 25 |
$100,000,000 |
Owens Law Firm
Jackson, Miss. |
4 |
$100,000,000
Rankin v. Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. |
| 26 |
$100,000,000 |
Upshaw, Williams, Biggers, Beckham & Riddick
Greenwood, Miss. |
26 |
$100,000,000
Rankin v. Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. |
| 27 |
$98,957,927 |
Wilkes & McHugh
Tampa, Fla. |
46 |
$78,430,000
Sauer v. Advocat Inc. |
| 28 |
$94,800,000 |
Thorsnes, Bartolotta & McGuire
San Diego |
15 |
$94,500,000
Border Business Park v. San Diego |
| 29 |
$94,270,000 |
Langston Sweet & Freese
Jackson, Miss. |
13 |
$71,270,000
Baker v. Washington Mutual Finance Group |
| 30 |
$91,548,432 |
Sacks & Sacks
New York |
10 |
$85,637,000
Benefield v. Halmar Corp. |
| 31 |
$90,010,000 |
Rudy, Exelrod & Zieff
San Francisco |
6 |
$90,010,000
Bell v. Farmers Insurance Exchange |
| 32 |
$88,500,000 |
Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton
Miami |
18 |
$88,500,000
Palmas y Bambu v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. |
| 33 |
$82,000,000 |
Law Offices of George W. Mauze II
San Antonio |
3 |
$82,000,000
Ernst v. Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corp. |
| 34 |
$80,000,000 |
Constant & Vela
Corpus Christi, Texas |
4 |
$80,000,000
Elizondo v. Tradco Corporation of Texas Inc. |
| 35 |
$80,000,000 |
Nisimblat & Basart
Alice, Texas |
2 |
$80,000,000
Elizondo v. Tradco Corporation of Texas Inc. |
| 36 |
$77,825,000 |
Baron & Budd
Dallas |
80 |
$55,515,000
Hernandez v. Kelly-Moore Paint Co. |
| 37 |
$77,500,000 |
William A. Allain
Jackson, Miss. |
1 |
$77,500,000
Hico Inc. v. St. Paul Fire Insurance Co. |
| 38 |
$77,420,958 |
Watts & Heard
Corpus Christi, Texas |
25 |
$43,000,000
Sanchez v. Parke-Davis Co. |
| 39 |
$76,735,876 |
Greene, Broillet, Panish & Wheeler
Santa Monica, Calif. |
12 |
$55,362,496
Lampe v. Continental General Tire |
| 40 |
$75,672,300 |
Bauman & Kunkis
New York |
5 |
$75,000,000
Antunes v. County of Nassau |
| 41 |
$75,400,000 |
Davenport Legal Group
Houston |
4 |
$75,400,000
Moody v. Summers |
| 42 |
$73,760,000 |
Barnes & Lewis
Oklahoma City |
2 |
$73,760,000
Bridenstine v. Kaiser-Francis Oil Co. |
| 43 |
$73,760,000 |
Burns & Stowers
Norman, Okla. |
3 |
$73,760,000
Bridenstine v. Kaiser-Francis Oil Co. |
| 44 |
$71,270,000 |
Capshaw, Goss & Bowers
Dallas |
5 |
$71,270,000
Baker v. Washington Mutual Finance Group |
| 45 |
$58,263,887 |
The Huerta Law Firm
Corpus Christi, Texas |
4 |
$44,732,000
Ramos v. Bay Inc. |
| 46 |
$58,263,887 |
Sumner, Schick & Hamilton
Dallas |
7 |
$44,732,000
Ramos v. Bay Inc. |
| 47 |
$56,550,000 |
Law Offices of Kathryn Snapka
Corpus Christi, Texas |
5 |
$56,550,000
Lopez v. American Home Products Corp. |
| 48 |
$56,550,000 |
Martinez & Barrera
Brownsville, Texas |
3 |
$56,550,000
Lopez v. American Home Products Corp. |
| 49 |
$55,515,000 |
Law Offices of Enrique Moreno
El Paso, Texas |
1 |
$55,515,000
Hernandez v. Kelly-Moore Paint Co. |
| 50 |
$55,400,000 |
Marc Cook & Associates
Las Vegas |
6 |
$33,000,000
Stoddart v. The Estate of William Peccole |
| (The National Law Journal, July 2002) |
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