Practice Areas Overview

Class Actions & Mass Torts

Complex Litigation Counsel in Southern Illinois and Eastern Missouri

The law firm of DeFranco & Bradley, P.C., in Swansea, Illinois, defends national corporations, insurers, and local businesses in class actions, including mass torts and toxic torts. Its class action / mass tort attorneys act as local counsel for companies that must defend litigation in southern Illinois and eastern Missouri, including Madison County and St. Clair County in Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri. Contact the firm for a confidential consultation.

Construction

The firm defends builders, engineers, architects, and subcontractors in construction defect litigation. The firm represents the world's largest provider of geotechnical engineering services and has defended engineers and architects in construction design defect cases, including a case arising out of one of the largest gasoline spills in eastern Missouri.

Class Action Suits

The firm has served as both lead counsel and local counsel in a variety of class action lawsuits filed in St. Clair and Madison Counties. The firm has partnered with firms from Chicago, Pittsburgh, Wichita, New York, and Washington, DC. to protect the interests of its clients in the county that has been described as the "class action capital" of the country.

The firm's president, a former law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, has practiced his entire professional career in the litigation triangle of the heartland and tried over 70 cases in the area. The firm's vice president, a life-long resident of Southern Illinois, has tried over 35 jury trials in Southern Illinois and Eastern Missouri. The firm utilizes its extensive experience in the area to successfully defend class action lawsuits brought in the litigation triangle.

Mass and Toxic Torts

The firm defends cases in which numerous claimants allege injury from the same occurrence or chemical exposure. The firm has experience defending claims arising out of exposure to asbestos, cigarette smoke, ingredients to popcorn, and other chemical exposures. The firm combines extensive experience in the cross-examination of personal injury claimants on damages with a sophisticated database to expose the inconsistencies of symptoms and damages of multiple claimants relating to the same exposure.

Contact the law firm of DeFranco & Bradley, P.C., to schedule a confidential consultation to discuss the defense of your complex litigation in southern Illinois or eastern Missouri.