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Aug. 21, 2014
San Francisco lawyer honored by Public Justice Foundation
San Francisco lawyer Mary Alexander was named "Trial Lawyer of the Year" last month by Washington, D.C.-based legal advocacy organization Public Justice, which works on poverty, injustice and discrimination. She was honored for obtaining a $1.15 billion verdict against paint companies whose lead paint products negatively affected California infants and children who ingested peeling paint chips in their aging homes. Pictured at the awards event in Baltimore, from left, are Sophia Aslami, Mary Alexander and Jennifer Fiore, all lawyers at Mary Alexander & Associates who received the award. In April, Alexander won the San Francisco "Trial Lawyer of the Year" award; last month she won the same award at the national level. The firm represented 10 cities and counties in the suit, including the counties of San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Los Angeles Monterey, Solano and Ventura, and the cities of Oakland and San Diego.
San Francisco lawyer Mary Alexander was named "Trial Lawyer of the Year" last month by Washington, D.C.-based legal advocacy organization Public Justice, which works on poverty, injustice and discrimination. She was honored for obtaining a $1.15 billion verdict against paint companies whose lead paint products negatively affected California infants and children who ingested peeling paint chips in their aging homes. Pictured at the awards event in Baltimore, from left, are Sophia ...
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