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Jerome (Jerry) Block is a associate at Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP (additionally known as LPK) and makes a speciality of representing human beings recognized with mesothelioma, a most cancers resulting from asbestos publicity. Jerry is happy with LPK s commitment to households laid low with mesothelioma which extends past the court. LPK is a pinnacle "Diamond Level" supporter of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF), a non-profit searching for a treatment for mesothelioma and better remedies to improve the lives of those residing with this disorder. LPK is also a Silver Sponsor for the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO).
In addition to securing favorable settlements for clients nationwide, Jerry has gained numerous multimillion dollar jury verdicts that are described below:
2002 - As co-trial recommend with Robert I. Komitor received a jury verdict of $19.25 Million towards manufacturers of risky asbestos products in a mesothelioma lawsuit;
2003 - Served as lead trial counsel in a mesothelioma lawsuit towards manufacturers of asbestos-containing welding rods. The jury s verdict, the first in the nation to be leveled towards the manufacturers of faulty welding rods, totaled $6.sixty five Million;
2004 - A jury presented of Jerry s clients managing mesothelioma a complete of $22 Million. This was the largest compensatory verdict in the country for an asbestos case attempted in 2004, and one of the pinnacle verdicts in New York that 12 months.
2007 - Served as lead counsel in two mesothelioma cases in which the jury awarded a total of $nine Million. These two landmark cases have been the primary asbestos verdicts in New York bobbing up from using industrial cable, valves and steam traps.
2008 - Served as lead trial counsel on behalf of a Navy boilerman who served aboard the USAS. Roan in a mesothelioma lawsuit filed in Syracuse, New York. The jury lower back a verdict of $five million.
2009 - Served as co-counsel on behalf of a submarine backyard employee in a mesothelioma lawsuit filed in Schenectady, New York. The jury rendered a verdict of $8 million.
2010 - Served as lead trial counsel on behalf of a mom and son who both developed mesothelioma. The case became tried in Wilmington, DE and the jury awarded the surviving own family members over $1.7 Million
A relatively seemed lecturer, Jerry has been invited to many national meetings in which he has given displays on topics including Jury Trial Tactics and Asbestos Litigation. Jerry served at the national school of Emory School of Law s Trial Techniques Program in May 2007.
In addition to his revel in in asbestos litigation, Jerry is an authority on tobacco litigation, having served as lead trial suggest in the first tobacco case tried in New York County (Manhattan).
Jerry has been blanketed in the 2005-2012 editions of Best Lawyers in America, inside the vicinity of Mass Torts. He has also been prominent via Super Lawyers in New York City and has been decided on to the National Trial Lawyers Top one hundred List.
Prior to joining LPK in 2001, Jerry labored at an global law office wherein he won treasured revel in representing big company defendants in complex, multi-party court cases.
A graduate of Emory Law School, Jerry served as the "Notes and Comments" editor of the Emory Law Journal. While at Emory, he received numerous awards and honors, and become inducted into The Order of the Coif. After finishing his law degree, Jerry worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Jean C. Hamilton of the U.S. District Court inside the Eastern District of Missouri.
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