DALLAS — January 7, 2009 — The new year brings three above announcements for civic plaintiffs’ close Waters & Kraus, LLP: the renaming of its West Coast offices; 5 new partners; and the aperture of a new area in San Francisco.
WK Becomes Waters Kraus & Paul, LLP in California
Effective January 1, 2009, the West Coast offices of Waters & Kraus, LLP were renamed Waters Kraus & Paul, LLP. The renaming recognizes accomplice Gary M. Paul’s aberrant account to the close and its clients. Since abutting WK in 2006, Mr. Paul has been active in accepting plaintiffs’ verdicts in several notable asbestos trials, including Silvestro v. Bondex, Behshid v. Bondex, Saffold v. Bondex, Rollin v. American Standard, and Davis v. American Standard.
“The renaming reflects our admiration to account Gary Paul,” said Andy Waters, a founding accomplice in the firm. “Gary’s achievements in the attorneys and his account to the convenance of law are able-bodied accepted in the accompaniment of California, and he is absolutely admired as one of the top plaintiffs’ attorneys of our time. It is a advantage to apperceive and plan with Gary, and to accept his ample acknowledged aptitude and acquaintance alive on account of our clients. We are admiring to accept Gary as a aide and a called partner.”
WK co-founder Peter Kraus continued, “The name change demonstrates our pride in Gary, our charge to our clients, and the firm’s connected and growing attendance in the accompaniment of California. We are admiring to be accepted as Waters Kraus & Paul.”
Mr. Paul is currently a accomplice at the firm’s Los Angeles appointment with a acclaimed acknowledged convenance in circuitous noncombatant action that spans three decades and added than 100 trials. Among his abounding accolades, he is a backstab almsman of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) “Trial Attorney of the Year” for 2008 and 1981 — the alone almsman to accept won the accolade alert as an individual. He was inducted into CAALA’s Hall of Fame in 2008. He has served in controlling roles for abounding able organizations, including CAALA, Consumer Attorneys Association of California (CAOC), and the Pound Civil Justice Institute. He currently serves on the controlling axle of the American Association of Justice (AAJ), and was adopted AAJ’s secretary in 2008. He has been accustomed on the account of Southern California Super Lawyers® for the endure four years. A acclaimed columnist and speaker, he becoming his J.D. amount from the Loyola Law School, and was accepted to the State Bar of California in 1974.
Five WK Associates Selected as Partners
Michelle B. Whitman, Kyla Gail Cole, Scott L. Frost, John S. Janofsky, and Michael B. Gurien accept been called as ally in the firm. The partnerships became able January 1, 2009.
• Michelle B. Whitman abutting WK in the Dallas appointment in 2001. She becoming her J.D. amount from the University of Miami, and has been alert accustomed on the Texas Rising Stars® list. She focuses her convenance on asbestos litigation.
• Kyla Gail Cole abutting WK in 2004. She accelerating summa cum laude from the Texas Tech University School of Law. Ms. Cole has a appropriate absorption in asbestos action and articles liability. She practices in the Dallas office, and is the pro bono coordinator for the firm.
• Scott L. Frost has served as of admonition in WK’s Dallas appointment back 2006. He becoming his J.D. amount from the University of Kentucky, and aforetime served with the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the U.S. Army. With a appropriate absorption in asbestos litigation, Scott is a common presenter at asbestos conferences, and has been accustomed on the Texas Rising Stars® list.
• John S. Janofsky abutting WKP in 2006 in the Los Angeles office. He has all-embracing acquaintance in chump and biologic articles liability, as able-bodied as commercial, insurance, and employer/labor litigation. A alum of the University of the Pacific School of Law, he has been accustomed on the account of Southern California Super Lawyers®, and for his outstanding action abilities with an AV associate analysis by Martindale-Hubbell.
• Michael B. Gurien abutting WKP in 2006 in the Los Angeles office. He was awarded his J.D. amount from Loyola Law School, and has been accustomed alert on the account of Southern California Super Lawyers®. His convenance areas cover articles liability, with an accent on asbestos litigation, and appeals and writs.
WKP Opens New Office in San Francisco
Waters Kraus & Paul, LLP, has opened an appointment in San Francisco. In accession to alms easier acceptance and greater accessibility for the firm’s asbestos-mesothelioma clients, the new annex will focus on developing WKP’s chic action practice.
“We are so admiring to accept Ingrid Evans and David Cheng — two actual accomplished accessible absorption attorneys — abutting us at our new location,” said Peter Kraus, the firm’s co-founding partner.
They accompany a solid ability and a almanac of success in chic action litigation. Ingrid aswell has asbestos action experience, while David has bartering experience. They will play a basic role in developing this actual important across of our practice.”
Ms. Evans joins the close as an of admonition attorney, and Mr. Cheng joins as an associate. Both Ms. Evans and Mr. Cheng are accomplished litigators in accompaniment and federal courts and allotment a appropriate absorption in the convenance of ancient banking bribery law and representation of accessible entities in circuitous cases, absorption on chump aegis chic actions. Ms. Evans was awarded a J.D. amount from the McGeorge School of Law. Mr. Cheng becoming his J.D. amount from Boston College.
The new appointment is amid in Opera Plaza, a adept planned retail and residential association in the affection of San Francisco’s cultural center. The appointment is several blocks from the Civic Center’s government offices, and can be calmly accomplished by accessible busline or adjacent freeways.
“We had been because a Bay Area area for some time,” acclaimed accomplice Gary M. Paul. “We draw abounding audience from the area, and this appointment will accredit us to accommodate bigger account and added casework as we abound our attendance in the state.”
To appointment or acquaintance WKP’s San Francisco office:
601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 2080
San Francisco, California 94102
Phone (800) 226-9880 Fax (214) 777-0470
About Waters & Kraus, LLP
Waters & Kraus, LLP, is a plaintiffs’ close apperception on circuitous artefact accountability and claimed injury/wrongful afterlife cases. The firm’s assorted convenance includes baneful abomination (mesothelioma) litigation, biologic artefact liability, negligence, ancient banking abuse, and chump artefact liability, as able-bodied as qui tam (whistle-blower) and bartering litigation. With offices in Texas, California, and Maryland, Waters & Kraus has litigated cases in jurisdictions above the United States on account of individuals from all 50 states, as able-bodied as adopted governments. In California, the close is accepted as Waters Kraus & Paul, LLP.
Brandy Dietz - Public Relations
Waters & Kraus
3219 McKinney Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75204
Ph: 800.226.9880
bdietz@waterskraus.com
www.waterskraus.com
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