We are proud to announce that Mark P. Chalos has been named a 2023 “Distinguished Leader” by ALM and Law.com. The Managing Partner of Lieff Cabraser’s Nashville office, Mark was honored for serving as Lead or Co-Lead counsel in multiple class actions and additional complex multidistrict litigations in federal and state courts across the U.S.
As reported by Law360, nearly a decade after the toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan began, residents of Flint are still grappling with the aftermath of drinking water contaminated with and poisoned by the extremely toxic heavy metal lead. Despite a $626 million settlement won against the state of Michigan in August 2020, many Flint residents continue
American Legal Media/Law.com have announced their 2023 Southeastern Legal Awards honorees, and we are pleased to report that Lieff Cabraser partners Mark Chalos and Andrew Kaufman have received well-deserved recognition.
We are delighted to announce that Lieff Cabraser Nashville Managing Partner Mark Chalos has been recognized for the eighth time in the Nashville Post’s “In Charge 2023: Legal” list of influential legal professionals.
As reported by Law360, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, U.S. District Judge Benita Y. Pearson of the Northern District of Ohio issued an order consolidating 31 separate lawsuits relating to the February 3, 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and toxic spill in East Palestine, Ohio.
On January 13 2023, Lieff Cabraser partner Mark P. Chalos will be featured as a distinguished speaker at the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) 2023 Seminar in New Orleans.
Lieff Cabraser partners Mark P. Chalos and Kenneth S. Byrd were featured as distinguished speakers at the Mississippi Association for Justice’s 2022 Winter CLE Seminar: Hot Topics in Insurance Law: From Regulation to Litigation, on Thursday, December 15 in Jackson. Both Mark and Kenny led a panel entitled “Texas Two Step. When Insurance is Gone and the Bankruptcy Court
Lieff Cabraser is proud to sponsor the Tennessee Innocence Project’s annual fundraising event, “Inspired by Innocence,” on Thursday, Oct. 27. Over the past year, the Tennessee Innocence Project (TIP) successfully obtained 4 exonerations for actually innocent clients wrongfully convicted of murder. Funds from the event pay for legal services for TIP clients.
Law360 Pulse (subscription) has published a profile of the attorneys involved in the recent class action lawsuit filed on behalf of local residents against the City of Jackson, Mississippi over its role in the current water crisis that left city residents without access to clean and safe drinking water. The piece includes an in-depth profile
We are proud to announce that The American Lawyer has named Lieff Cabraser partner Mark Chalos to its second annual list of “South Trailblazers.” The award recognizes lawyers in the southern states of the U.S. who have “moved the needle in the legal industry,” and who are “true agents of change.” Mark is one of only 54 lawyers to make