Curated through peer research and review, Lawdragon 500 is considered by many to be among the most elite registers in the profession, denoting a high level of peer regard and effective legal advocacy skills. It is, therefore, a great honor to be recognized in Lawdragon 500. These lawyers stand up against the worst, seeking justice and providing hope, Lawdragon wrote in its introduction to the 2021 edition. This year seemed a fitting time as well to honor an amazing and historic class of plaintiff lawyers who truly created the world of personal injury and plaintiff consumer lawyering as we know it today.
Attorney Baum and Wisner are the president and co-vice president of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, respectively. They have each played an instrumental role in winning a total of over $4 billion in verdicts and settlements on behalf of the firm s clients in Los Angeles and around the country.Â
Johnson, Brent won a $289 million verdict for the plaintiff, Dewayne Lee Johnson. Monsanto appealed the verdict, and Brent assisted with writing the appeal brief and helped prepare for argument. While the total damages were reduced to $20.5 million, the California Courts of Appeal First Appellate District denied Monsanto s bid to overturn the verdict. The company declined to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, and as a result, the litigation is now closed.
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Pilliod, Brent obtained a $2.055 billion jury verdict, which was the ninth-largest personal injury jury verdict in United States history at the time. The verdict was later reduced to $87 million, and the case is currently on appeal.
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June 1, 2021, Los Angeles, California - - Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman attorney and vice president R. Brent Wisner was selected as a winner of Law360’s Rising Stars award for product liability. Law360 chose Attorney Wisner from a pool of more than 1,400 applicants based on several high-profile case