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
As reported by NBC News, on Monday, September 26, 2022, The U.S. Department of Justice threatened to take legal action against local officials in Mississippi if they don’t take the necessary steps to fix problems with the City of Jackson’s water supply, noting that Jackson’s water system is at a “breaking point.”
CNN recently featured a report on the new lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of the residents of Jackson, Mississippi over the extreme water crisis that left residents without running water for weeks. The class action lawsuit is the first of its kind filed over the Jackson water crisis and accuses the City of
As alleged in a new lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of the residents of Jackson, Mississippi over the extreme water crisis that left residents without running water for weeks, the catastrophe arose out of decades of neglect and administrative and political failure. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and monetary damages against various government and
Lieff Cabraser Nashville proudly sponsored the Nashville Bar Association’s first Diversity Summit last week at the Belmont University School of Law.
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser partner Mark P. Chalos has been elected Co-Chair of the Class Action Litigation Section of the American Association for Justice (AAJ). The Class Action Litigation Section creates a forum for attorneys to share ideas, discovery, and litigation strategies and allows AAJ members to
New Board Members Selected from Across the State Nashville ― The Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association recently elected Mark Chalos as president for the 2022-23 term. Chalos, a Nashville attorney, replaces Tony Seaton of Johnson City who served as president from 2021-22. Seaton now assumes the role of immediate past president and Carey Acerra of Memphis