Wilmington, DE, January 13, 2022 – Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC is pleased to announce its attorneys selected to the 2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers and 2022 Louisiana Rising Stars lists.
Maron Marvel congratulates the following lawyers from the firm’s Ridgeland, Mississippi office on being named to the 2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers.
- Thomas W. Tardy, III – Class Action/Mass Torts: Defense, Civil Litigation: Defense, Environmental
- Howard E. Jarvis – Personal Injury – Products: Defense, Insurance Coverage (Knoxville, TN)
- Christi G. Jones – Class Action/Mass Torts: Defense, Personal Injury – Products: Defense
- Colleen S. Welch – Civil Litigation: Defense, Professional Liability: Defense
- Richard M. Crump – Personal Injury – Products: Defense, Environmental Litigation, Construction Litigation: Business
- Samuel D. Habeeb – Civil Litigation: Defense, State, Local & Municipal, Professional Liability: Defense
Thomas W. Tardy, III has been chosen as a Mid-South Super Lawyers honoree for more than 10 years and Christi G. Jones, Colleen S. Welch and Richard M. Crump have been selected to this list for more than five years.
In addition, one attorney from the firm’s New Orleans, Louisiana office was selected to the 2022 LA Rising Stars list.
- Shelley Napolitano – Class Action/Mass Torts: Defense
Congratulations to Shelley and all the firm’s named attorneys on this accomplishment.
Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to the Super Lawyers list and no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected to the Rising Stars list.
Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country. Super Lawyers Magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law. For more information about Super Lawyers, visit SuperLawyers.com.
It is with mixed emotions, enormous gratitude and the highest regard Maron Marvel announces that accomplished litigator and firm leader Tom Tardy has become Of Counsel effective January 1, 2022.
Tom's remarkable legal career spans nearly 50 years and included roles as lead trial counsel, national counsel, MDL counsel, and local counsel for companies ranging from Fortune 100 companies to small local businesses. Tom's clients routinely called on him to assist in some of their most challenging litigation and negotiations. Tom's personable nature and willingness to work on complex issues made him a legacy defense leader in asbestos litigation. His notable victories in mass tort litigation span nearly three decades and are marked as points of demarcation for the litigation, including landmark decisions like Mangialardi in Mississippi that led to substantive tort reform and his arguments and success for clients on the "bare metal defense." His service on the asbestos defense liaison committee in MDL 875 led to the resolution and ultimate closure of that litigation.
Throughout his career, Tom received professional acclaim, including being named a Chambers USA Leading Individuals – Litigation, Top 50 Mississippi Super Lawyers®, Mid-South Super Lawyers®, The Best Lawyers in America®, a Benchmark Litigation Local Litigation Star and was rated Preeminent AV™ by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review. Tom was committed to education through the hundreds of published articles and speaking engagements throughout his career. Most notably, Tom's success for defendants did not keep him from collaboratively working with all the parties in a case to find creative solutions and successful resolutions for his clients. Internally, Tom spearheaded efforts to grow offices, train new lawyers and create initiatives that helped lawyers continue to thrive which directly led to phenomenal firm growth throughout his career.
On behalf of all the partners, associates, and staff at Maron Marvel we wish Tom all the best.
Please join us in congratulating and thanking Tom as he embarks on the next chapter of his life.
"With an indefatigable commitment to his clients, his partners and firm, Tom has crafted an amazing standout legal career. For those of us fortunate enough to have been a part of it, we’ve had a front-row seat to excellence. With heartfelt appreciation for all that Tom has been to so many of us, we say “thanks” to our partner, mentor and friend."
-Stefan G. Bourn, Member, Maron Marvel
"For the past two decades, I have had the opportunity to develop an outstanding professional relationship as well as a friendship with Tom. Tom’s mentorship, expertise in client relationships, and encouragement are all integral to the success of my legal career. Tom’s legacy is his leadership and vision that has helped drive the success and define the culture of Maron Marvel."
-Jack C. McCants,Member, Maron Marvel
Wilmington, DE, January 10, 2022 – Maron Marvel attorney, Robert W. Petti, will be presenting “Current Litigation and MDL Status Update” at the Impact of PFAs on Environmental Litigation Conference.
This virtual conference will be held on Thursday, January 13, 2022. Robert, located in the firm’s Chicago office, is scheduled to speak during the opening session at 11 AM.
To view further details and register, click here.
Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, LLC is excited to announce the elevation of seven new firm members, effective January 1, 2022. The new members are Onofrio "Reno" de Gennaro, Melissa M. Fallah, Stephanie A. Fox, Antoinette D. Hubbard, George "Beau" L. Inabinet Jr., Adam Jagadich, and Dwight A. Kern.
“Our new members are exceptional lawyers and people,” said Paul Bradley, Managing Partner. “Their elevation to member is in recognition of their superior legal skills, commitment to the firm, respect by clients and peers, and dedication to serving the needs of our clients and the firm.”
The group comes from four of the firm’s 12 offices and represents a broad range of practices, including mass toxic tort, premises and products liability, commercial litigation, construction defect, environmental law, general liability, and cannabis litigation.
As one of the first attorneys to join Maron Marvel, Onofrio "Reno" de Gennaro helped build the firm's National Litigation Coordination and Risk Management teams. His diverse litigation practice comprises asbestos defense, toxic tort, products liability, personal injury, and complex commercial litigation. Reno works both in litigation management and as a part of the regional trial team. As a chair of the firm’s Cannabis Law Practice Group, Reno also brings his forward-thinking and open communication style to providing corporate clients, insurance clients, and individuals counsel on all aspects of Cannabis-related law.
Melissa M. Fallah believes that the practice of law is more than just handling a case. Her clients consider her to be a trusted advisor and partner, aggressive, pragmatic, responsive, and cost-effective, always keeping them informed while being mindful of their goals. Melissa defends product liability, premises liability, and toxic tort exposure claims throughout the United States. She serves as national coordinating counsel, regional counsel, local counsel, and trial counsel in mass and toxic tort exposure cases.
Stephanie A. Fox is an experienced litigator concentrating her practice in the areas of asbestos and toxic tort defense, general business, and commercial litigation, including Chapter 11 insolvency matters. For over 30 years, she has provided focused advice and developed winning strategies for large Fortune 500 companies and small family-owned businesses within both state and federal courts in Delaware and Pennsylvania. She has worked with a wide range of industries, notably energy and oil companies, automobile product manufacturers, paper and pulp mills, freight carriers, real estate developers, retailers, financial service industries, investment brokers and numerous health care enterprises. Prior to her joining Maron Marvel, Stephanie spent many years as corporate and business counsel for a group of privately held health care entities and for a business unit of a multinational financial services corporation. She serves as the chair of the firm’s Business and Commercial Litigation Practice Group.
Antoinette D. Hubbard brings nearly four decades of legal experience from several jurisdictions to her insightful and expeditious management of client matters. With clients’ litigation management goals foremost in shaping case strategy, Antoinette principally defends asbestos, product liability, premises liability, and personal injury matters. She also has handled a broad spectrum of litigation matters, including commercial and environmental disputes. Antoinette chairs the firm’s Asbestos Practice Group. Since 2013, Antoinette has served as Maron Marvel’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Director and is a principal architect of the firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Using a strategic and outcome-oriented approach to litigation, George "Beau" L. Inabinet Jr. has served as national coordinating counsel for over 20 years. In this capacity, Beau handles cases throughout the United States defending national and multinational corporations in asbestos and silica litigation. He serves as local counsel in South Carolina for distributors, premises owners and product defendants in asbestos litigation. He also represents companies involved in product liability, toxic tort, and opioid litigation. Beau manages the firm’s Charleston, SC office.
A versatile litigator, Adam Jagadich serves as national coordinating and regional trial counsel for clients facing product liability, mass tort, and environmental claims. Adam recognizes the importance of communication and transparency and prides himself on working collaboratively with clients to get the best possible outcome. If a case merits early settlement, he will work to resolve it cost-effectively; if not, he will work with the client to prepare a creative litigation strategy designed to obtain the best possible result. He is the managing member of the firm’s Chicago, IL office and co-chair of the firm’s product liability practice group.
Dwight A. Kern diligently works to guide his clients to the best possible outcomes that are cost-effective and align with his clients’ business and legal objectives. Dwight’s practice includes toxic torts, environmental litigation, product liability, premises liability, construction defect, and general liability in which he defends both insured and self-insured companies. Dwight manages the firm’s Jersey City, NJ office.
Maron Marvel is a national law firm that defends organizations in asbestos, mass toxic tort, environmental, general liability, product liability, personal injury litigation. A pioneer in the use of technology to improve outcomes, today Maron Marvel employs technology to provide clients with creative, effective and cost-efficient representation.
Pittsburgh, PA, December 20, 2021 – Maron Marvel added attorney John L. Kazmierczak as an associate in the firm's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office. He will be part of the firm’s mass toxic tort practice.
John focuses his practice on handling complex toxic tort personal injury cases in state and federal courts. In doing so, he has also gained substantial experiences in collateral areas of law including bankruptcy, real property, and estates and trusts.
Ridgeland, MS, December 1, 2021 – Maron Marvel recently added Autumn T. Breeden as an associate with the firm’s Ridgeland, Mississippi office. Autumn practices law in toxic tort, environmental, product liability, and personal injury. In this capacity, she coordinates and communicates litigation, settlement, and defense strategies alongside local counsel, in addition to organizing expert witness and discovery needs.
Before joining Maron Marvel, Autumn was a judicial administrator and law clerk for the Honorable Judge Michael P. Mills of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
We are excited to announce that Maron Marvel was selected to bp’s U.S. panel for 2022-2024. Twenty-six firms were appointed to serve as legal counsel for four panels – global, UK, US, and Singapore.
Additionally, on December 1, bp hosted an award ceremony to present Maron Marvel with bp America’s DE&I award for 2020. Catherine Pyune McEldowney and Antoinette Hubbard went to Houston to accept the award on behalf of the firm. They were joined by Maron Marvel bp team members Jaime Careathers, Melissa Fallah, Adam Jagadich, Shari Lumb Milewski, MingJee Prak and Shounak “Ruku” Sarkar who presented how diversity, equity, and inclusion have impacted their lives both professionally and personally.
bp America Inc. annually recognizes one outside counsel firm that has shown an exceptional focus on promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession and society as a whole. Maron Marvel was awarded the honor for 2020. Due to COVID restrictions, the award ceremony was postponed until December 1, 2021.
Congratulations to Donald Partridge on representing the general contractor in a case that involved alleged construction defects in a 20-story condominium tower located on the Gulf of Mexico in Orange Beach, AL.
A small gap at the balcony slab to wall interface allowed water intrusion behind the stucco exterior, which caused severe rusting of the structural steel supporting the entire south elevation. Repairs took nearly a year to complete and required the replacement of the steel framing and exterior stucco wall.
Claimants sued the general contractor and a sub-contractor seeking $29,000,000, including repair costs, lost rental income, diminution of value, and punitive damages. The case was compelled to arbitration. At a seven-day evidentiary hearing before a three-person panel of arbitrators, the defendants proved that the damages resulted from a design defect rather than construction-related, and claimants were awarded nothing.
Maron Marvel ranked as a national first-tier law firm in mass tort litigation in the 2022 edition of the U.S. News – Best Law Firms® in America. Additionally, the firm once again achieved top rankings across several practice areas, including mass tort, product liability, personal injury, and commercial litigation, on behalf of defendants, and in multiple metropolitan areas.
Earlier this year, Maron Marvel was recognized by their peers in the 2022 Best Lawyers in America survey, which ranked 24 of our attorneys and firm director Howard E. Jarvis was named the Best Lawyers 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” in Knoxville, Tennessee for environmental litigation.
National Tier 1
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Metropolitan Tier 1
Delaware
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Jackson-MS
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Knoxville
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Pittsburgh
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Metropolitan Tier 2
Charleston-SC
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Dallas/Fort Worth
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Delaware
Commercial Litigation
Houston
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Jackson-MS
Commercial Litigation
Knoxville
Litigation – Environmental
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
New Orleans
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Philadelphia
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
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The highest honor, a Tier 1 ranking, is based on a firm’s overall evaluation. This is derived from a combination of the firm's clients' impressive feedback, the high regard that lawyers in other firms in the same practice area have for the firm, and information that firms provide to Best Lawyers via a survey.
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Maron Marvel added attorney Mark J. Skinner as a director in the firm's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office. He will be part of the firm’s toxic tort, asbestos and general liability practices.
Mark brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to his clients. With over 20 years of experience managing hundreds of complex high-volume cases. Mark uses a strategic and outcome-oriented approach to litigation to get his clients the results they want. The scope of his capabilities involves issues of strict liability, negligence, employer and premises liability in strategic partnership with outside counsel and insurance carriers in asbestos litigation. He is seasoned in the development of alternative causation, state-of-the-art medical defenses, and mitigation of damages. He is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
Before joining Maron Marvel, Mark worked as a civil litigator defending clients from multinational Fortune 500 companies to local businesses.
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Antoinette Hubbard, diversity, equity, and inclusion director at Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy goes on the record with Sarah Larson in this episode of On Record PR. Please listen to this informative podcast. Antoinette provides interesting insights and her first-hand experiences in making the business case for advancing diversity efforts in the legal profession.
On the Record Podcast with Antoinette Hubbard
