Toxic Torts Lawyers
5,968 verified toxic torts attorneys across the United States. Find experienced Toxic Torts counsel to evaluate your case, explain your options, and represent you through every stage of the legal process.
Erin Casey Hangartner is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice, corporate law, insurance defense and 3 other areas of law. Erin received a degree fr...
Peter Wesley Hansen is a lawyer practicing car accidents, dui & dwi, chapter 7 bankruptcy and 21 other areas of law. Peter received a B.A. degree from...
Member, Heuisler Honor Society. Moot Court Champion, 1977-1978.
Joseph Patrick Hummel is a lawyer practicing health care, appellate practice, construction law and 9 other areas of law. Joseph received a B.A. degree...
Jennifer J. Sackett Pohlenz focuses her practice on commercial development, clean air and water concerns, renewable energy projects, and waste managem...
Jenifer S McCaffrey Lehner is a lawyer practicing advocacy, civil litigation, civil trial and 11 other areas of law. Jenifer received a B.A. degree fr...
Christopher M. Drury is a distinguished attorney with extensive experience in personal injury and commercial litigation.
Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Board of Advocates; Order of the Barristers; Texas State Moot Court Champion, 1980; St.
Robert S. Keith II is a lawyer practicing insurance defense, mold litigation, civil practice and 10 other areas of law.
Mr. Keith Alex Kornman is a lawyer practicing commercial, insurance, insurance defense and 3 other areas of law.
Order of the Coif. Member, McGeorge Traynor Society.
Mr. William Raffat Rustam is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice, toxic torts, civil litigation and 7 other areas of law.
Reinaldo J Dorta, Jr. is a lawyer practicing criminal defense, personal injury, workers' compensation and 26 other areas of law. Reinaldo received a B...
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Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Product Liability, Automobile Liability, Bad Faith, Construction Litigation, Toxic Torts Resident in the firm’s Prov...
Ms. Ingrid Maria Evans is a lawyer practicing elder law, personal injury, class action and 14 other areas of law.
Jeanne Andry Landry is a lawyer practicing personal injury, premises liability, automobile claims and 8 other areas of law. Jeanne has been licensed f...
Joseph Tojarieh is a lawyer practicing labor and employment law, class actions, employee benefits and 5 other areas of law. Joseph received a B.A. deg...
Melissa Ruth Stull is a lawyer practicing asbestos, products liability, toxic torts and 2 other areas of law. Melissa received a B.A. degree from Luth...
William Henry McKenzie IV is a lawyer practicing business litigation, medical malpractice, toxic torts and 3 other areas of law. William received a B....
Laurie Del Percio serves as the Lead Litigation Attorney at Horn Law Firm, PC, where she regularly litigates complex personal injury and wrongful deat...
My areas of expertise are in personal injury/accident law in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. My focus areas are car accidents, truck acci...
Daniel Greene became an attorney at Swope, Rodante P. A. soon after graduating law school in 2017.
Atty. Jeffrey Roy Zirgibel is a lawyer practicing trucking accident, personal injury, medical malpractice and 166 other areas of law.
Randall Seth Crompton is a lawyer practicing admiralty and maritime law, antitrust and trade regulation, business litigation and 27 other areas of law...
Mr. Chris T.
Gregory A. Cade had the vision to form a national trial firm that litigates multi-plaintiff environmental cases throughout the United States.
Ms. Darah Lyn Eckert is a lawyer practicing chemical exposure, civil litigation, civil rights and 12 other areas of law.
Kevin Michael O'Hagan is a lawyer practicing bankruptcy & debt, corporate & incorporation, environmental and natural resources and 10 other areas of l...
Billy D. Anderson practices at Kent, Anderson, Bush, Frost & Metcalf, PC Read Full Bio
Ms. Jennifer Shepard Kilpatrick is a lawyer practicing insurance defense, products liability, toxic torts and 1 other area of law.
Taylor Hamilton Webb is a lawyer practicing business law, criminal law, litigation and 14 other areas of law. Taylor received a B.A. degree from Unive...
Jon Barry Orndorff is a lawyer practicing toxic torts, products liability, premises liability and 8 other areas of law. Jon received a B.A. degree fro...
Member: Jessup International Moot Court Team; Environmental Moot Court Advisory Board; National Moot Court Advisory Board. Finalist, DeBouoise Competi...
Donald J. McCormick is a lawyer practicing commercial, appeals, personal injury and 4 other areas of law.
John Francis Rooney III is a lawyer practicing product liability, toxic torts, environmental litigation and 4 other areas of law. John received a B.S....
Paul J Politz is a lawyer practicing construction litigation, products liability, toxic torts and 5 other areas of law. Paul received a B.A. degree fr...
Recipient, Pac-10, Football Academic All American, 1985 and 1986. Law Clerk, Shield and Smith, 1988-1990.
Troy M. Frederick is a lawyer practicing class action, personal injury, toxic torts and 13 other areas of law.
John Raymond Felice is a lawyer practicing fidelity and surety, insurance coverage, insurance defense and 4 other areas of law. John received a B.A. d...
Georgia Brogdon Day is a lawyer practicing personal injury, automobile accidents, motorcycle accidents and 24 other areas of law. Georgia has been lic...
Poorad Razavi is a lawyer practicing advocacy, automobile accidents, aviation and 21 other areas of law. Poorad received a B.S. degree from Indiana Un...
Jeffrey K. Van Etten joined the firm in 1989 and became a member in 1992.
Gary Todd Certain is a lawyer practicing sexual harassment, criminal defense, brain injury and 16 other areas of law. Gary received a B.A. degree from...
David Robert Scheidemantle is a lawyer practicing appellate practice, business law, civil and international litigation and 15 other areas of law. Davi...
J. Scott Dickens is a lawyer practicing architect disciplinary actions, architect, engineer, and design professional malpractice, construction litigat...
John C Hentschel is a lawyer practicing civil practice, general practice, insurance defense and 6 other areas of law. John received a B.A. degree from...
Mr. Colin Kamrath Kelly is a lawyer practicing litigation, products liability, commercial and 3 other areas of law.
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Ms. Tammy-Mary Baldwin Denbo is a lawyer practicing arson & general liability, civil litigation, civil trial and 19 other areas of law.
Drew was born and raised in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where he attended Choctawhatchee High School. He is the son of Vince Bruner of Fort Walton and...
I am the Managing Partner of Mission Personal Injury Lawyers in San Diego, Chula Vista, Carlsbad and El Paso. I have the privilege of advocating on be...
Larissa N. Byers practices at Partner Read Full Bio
David W. Brill graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1989 and the University of Miami School of Law, cum laude, in 1992.
Stephanie Ann Fox is a lawyer practicing complex commercial litigation, toxic torts, products liability and 4 other areas of law. Stephanie received a...
Brad Kelsky - Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Environmental Law Book Award.
Mr. Fred Sherman Boughton, Jr is a lawyer practicing class action defense, collections, commercial litigation and 14 other areas of law.
Mr. Douglas Robert Holmes is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, products liability, environmental law and 3 other areas of law.
Paul Steven Danner is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation and arbitration, global insurance services, toxic tort and 6 other areas of law. Paul ...
What is Toxic Torts?
Toxic Torts is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, toxic torts sits at the intersection of statutes enacted by Congress, the regulations issued by federal agencies, the laws passed by all fifty state legislatures, and the body of judge-made decisions known as the common law. Because every state writes its own version of the rules, the way toxic torts works in one jurisdiction can look noticeably different from how it works in another, and that is one of the main reasons attorneys in this area focus their practice geographically — to stay fluent in the local statutes, court rules, and judicial preferences that shape outcomes.
At a practical level, Toxic Torts attorneys spend their time on three categories of work. The first is advice and prevention: counselling clients on how to structure transactions, draft documents, and conduct business so that legal risk is minimised before a dispute ever begins. The second is transactional execution: producing the contracts, filings, notices, and registrations that the law actually requires to make a decision legally binding. The third is contested representation: defending or pursuing a client's interests when a dispute escalates to negotiation, regulatory enforcement, arbitration, or litigation in court.
The clients who hire Toxic Torts lawyers range from individuals navigating a single life event to multinational corporations with complex regulatory exposure. What unifies them is the need for an experienced lawyer who knows the relevant code sections, has appeared in the relevant courts, and can translate the strategic options into language a client can act on. AttorneyQnA currently lists 5,968 verified toxic torts attorneys across the United States, each with a public profile showing their bar admissions, years in practice, and the kinds of matters they have handled — with the deepest concentration of practitioners in Alabama.
When do you need a Toxic Torts attorney?
Most people contact a toxic torts lawyer for one of two reasons: something is about to happen that they want done correctly the first time, or something has gone wrong and they need it fixed before it gets worse. The earlier you involve counsel, the more options you usually have, and the lower the cost of getting to a resolution tends to be. The scenarios below are the ones we see most often on AttorneyQnA from prospective clients searching for toxic torts representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by a toxic torts lawyer is the cheapest insurance you can buy.
Cease-and-desist letters, regulatory notices, and demand letters all start clocks. Missing the response window can convert a manageable problem into a default judgment or formal enforcement action.
Statutes of limitations, filing windows, and appeal periods are jurisdictional — courts cannot extend them as a favour. If you can identify a date that matters, you need a lawyer before that date arrives.
The moment opposing counsel appears, the conversation moves out of normal English and into procedural language. Continuing unrepresented usually means losing ground you cannot recover later.
Forming an entity, choosing a venue, structuring a deal, or selecting a remedy each has long-term consequences. A consultation at the planning stage is far cheaper than redoing it after the fact.
Multi-state matters bring conflict-of-laws questions that change which statutes apply and which court has authority. An attorney licensed in the right jurisdiction is not optional.
If any of the situations above describes where you are right now, the next step is a focused consultation. Use the Ask a Lawyer tool for short written questions, or browse the 5,968 toxic torts attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose a Toxic Torts attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing a toxic torts lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of toxic torts experience but no exposure to your particular sub-issue can easily be a worse choice than a five-year associate who has handled the same problem repeatedly. We recommend running every prospective lawyer through the same five-step checklist before signing an engagement letter.
- Bar admission in the correct jurisdiction. Confirm the lawyer is admitted in the state — and where relevant, the federal district — where your matter sits. The lawyer's profile on AttorneyQnA shows every bar admission on file, and the underlying state bar's "lawyer lookup" tool will confirm active standing in under a minute.
- Direct experience with your fact pattern. Ask plainly: "How many matters like mine have you handled in the last three years, and how did they resolve?" An honest answer reveals more than years-in-practice alone.
- A written fee agreement. Whether hourly, flat fee, contingent, or hybrid, the engagement letter should specify what is included, what triggers additional charges, and how disputes are handled. Avoid lawyers who resist writing the terms down.
- Communication cadence. Decide upfront how often you expect updates, who your day-to-day contact will be, and what response time is reasonable. The number-one complaint filed with state bar grievance committees is not malpractice — it is non-communication.
- Conflict check + reputation pulse. Make sure the lawyer has run a formal conflict check, then spend ten minutes reading independent reviews and any public disciplinary history. The state bar's website is authoritative for the second; the lawyer's AttorneyQnA profile collects the first.
Once you have a shortlist, schedule consultations with two or three. Lawyers vary widely in temperament, and the right strategic match for your case is sometimes the second or third lawyer you meet — not the first.
How much does a Toxic Torts lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay a toxic torts lawyer depends on the billing model the lawyer offers, the complexity of your matter, and the local market. There are four billing structures used in this practice area; most engagements use one, but hybrid arrangements are increasingly common.
1. Hourly billing
The default model for most non-contingent matters. Rates for toxic torts attorneys in the U.S. typically range from $150–$250/hour in smaller markets to $400–$700/hour in major metropolitan areas, with senior partners at large firms commanding $900/hour and above. Hourly billing is fairest when the scope of work is genuinely unpredictable, but it creates an incentive structure that the client has to monitor.
2. Flat fee
Increasingly used for well-defined transactions — incorporations, will drafting, single-issue filings, uncontested matters. A flat fee tells you exactly what the deliverable will cost, and the lawyer absorbs the risk of unexpected complexity. Ask whether the flat fee includes filing fees, third-party costs, and any post-filing follow-up.
3. Contingency
Where it is permitted by the rules of professional conduct — most often in plaintiff-side toxic torts work involving monetary recovery — the lawyer is paid a percentage of the proceeds, typically 33% before suit is filed and 40% after. The client pays nothing if there is no recovery. Contingency fees align the lawyer's economics with yours, but the percentage compounds across time, so very strong cases sometimes do better on hourly billing.
4. Retainer / subscription
A monthly fee that buys a defined block of access or hours. This is common for businesses with ongoing toxic torts needs — contract review, employee questions, regulatory check-ins. A subscription smooths out spending and gives the lawyer a reason to know your operation in depth.
Whichever model you choose, ask for an itemised written estimate before the engagement begins, and ask explicitly what is not covered. Surprise expenses are the most common source of attorney-client friction.
Frequently asked questions about toxic torts
How quickly can a toxic torts lawyer review my matter?
Most lawyers can schedule an initial consultation within 1–3 business days. Urgent matters — pending deadlines, time-sensitive notices, court-ordered hearings — should be flagged in your first message; many lawyers reserve emergency consultation slots for that reason. If you need a written answer faster, the Ask a Lawyer tool typically returns answers in under 24 hours.
Do I need a toxic torts lawyer in my exact city, or anywhere in my state?
Bar admission is the controlling rule: any attorney licensed in your state can represent you in that state's courts and agencies, regardless of which city they're based in. Practical proximity still matters for in-person meetings, local court familiarity, and access to the local bench and bar. For state-level filings and remote-friendly matters, an attorney elsewhere in the same state often works fine.
Will an initial consultation cost me anything?
Many toxic torts attorneys offer a free 15- to 30-minute initial consultation; others charge a flat consultation fee that may be credited against the engagement if you hire them. The lawyer's profile lists the consultation policy. Free does not always mean better — a fee-based consultation is sometimes the sign of a lawyer who treats their time, and yours, seriously.
What documents should I bring to the first meeting?
Bring every contract, notice, letter, filing, or written communication connected to the matter; a written timeline of events with dates; the names and contact details of every other party involved; and any deadlines or hearing dates you are already aware of. Even an incomplete file is more useful than a verbal summary alone.
Can I change lawyers if I am not happy with mine?
Yes. Clients can discharge their lawyer at any time, for any reason, by written notice. Your case file belongs to you and must be transferred to your new counsel. Any unpaid fees through the date of discharge remain owed; any unearned advance must be refunded. If you are mid-litigation, the court typically must approve the substitution, but approval is routine.
How long does a typical toxic torts matter take?
It depends almost entirely on whether the matter is transactional or contested. A transactional matter — a contract, a filing, a single-step transaction — can resolve in days to weeks. A contested matter — anything involving disputed facts, court intervention, or regulatory action — typically takes months at minimum, and complex cases can run multiple years. Your lawyer should give you a realistic outside estimate at intake.
Are toxic torts lawyer fees tax-deductible?
It depends on the nature of the matter and current tax law. Fees connected to producing or collecting taxable income, managing investment property, or operating a business are often deductible; fees for personal matters generally are not. Because rules change, confirm deductibility with a tax professional for the year in which the fees are paid.
What is the difference between toxic torts and the related practice areas?
Toxic Torts overlaps with several adjacent areas — see the related-practice-area grid below for direct links. Choosing the right lawyer often means picking the one whose primary focus matches the heart of your problem, even if multiple labels could technically apply. When you are unsure, list your situation in your own words to two lawyers from neighbouring areas and ask which one of them is the better fit; honest lawyers will tell you.
Find toxic torts attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the toxic torts roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Toxic Torts Law Firms
Main Law Firm
Winter Park
Walton Law Firm
San Marcos
Bruner Law Firm
Fort Walton Beach
J&Y Law Firm
Los Angeles
West Law Firm
Charleston
John T. Floyd Law Firm
Houston
Toxic Torts by State
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