Category: BG Team

BG Summer Associate Spotlight: Noah Wilbur

For our final Summer Associate Spotlight, Bailey Glasser has the pleasure of welcoming back Noah Wilbur who began his legal journey at BG as a paralegal in our Washington, D.C. office before embarking into law school. Noah is a rising 3L at Duquesne University Kline School of Law and is working as a summer associate in our Pittsburgh office.

We hope you enjoy this Q&A with Noah:

Q: What’s your favorite quote that inspires you?
A: I have two favorite quotes. The first comes from the iconic Muhammad Ali, who said “Often it isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out, it’s the little pebble in your shoe.” The second quote comes from Theodore Roosevelt: “Comparison is the thief of joy.”

Q: If stranded on a desert island, what would you bring with you for entertainment?
A: If I was stranded on a desert island, I’d bring “Demon Copperhead,” by Barbara Kingsolver to read, “Audioslave” the self-titled debut album by Audioslave to listen to, and I’d bring the epic “The Dark Knight” movie to watch.

Q: What is something that you’ve learned while you’ve been at BG this summer?
A: In all honesty, I could likely write a short novel on the numerous insights that I’ve gained during my time as a summer associate at Bailey Glasser. However, for the sake of brevity, the main takeaway from my summer associate experience is the crucial role that effective workplace communication and collaborative synergy play in enhancing the quality of our work product and driving overall efficiency within the firm. Additionally, I also had the opportunity to greatly expand my knowledge and understanding of the many intricacies involved in toxic tort and environmental litigation.

Q: Last but not least, what kind of law are you most drawn to practicing at this time in your legal studies?
A: The areas I am drawn to include environmental litigation; mass torts; product liability; and toxic torts (with a specific focus on asbestos exposure).

Thank you for joining our community this summer and contributing to our work, Noah!
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BG Summer Associate Spotlight: Mackenzie Howe

As we continue to recognize the promising legal talent that we have with us at BG this summer, today’s Summer Associate Spotlight focuses on Mackenzie Howe, a rising 2L at West Virginia University College of Law. Mackenzie is originally from Danville, Kentucky, and graduated with a B.S. in psychology from Centre College in Kentucky and worked for a year as a deputy clerk at the Kentucky Court of Appeals before starting law school.

We hope you enjoy this Q&A with Mackenzie:

Q: What’s your favorite quote that inspires you?
A: My favorite quote is by Reba McEntire: “To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.” It’s a great reminder to focus on my professional, academic, and personal goals without taking myself too seriously.

Q: If stranded on a desert island, what would you bring with you for entertainment?
A: If I was stranded on a desert island, I’d bring my all-time favorite book, Pride and Prejudice. It’s a great comfort read! I’d listen to Tell Me I’m Pretty by Cage the Elephant or Bad Self Portraits by Lake Street Dive. My must-have films are The Secret Life of Walter Mitty or Dirty Dancing, my two favorites growing up.

Q: What is something that you’ve learned while you’ve been at BG this summer?
A: One thing that I will take away from my summer at BG is the power of concise writing and organization. Effective communication is key! Additionally, I am coming away with a deeper appreciation for mentorship and lifelong learning. It is so inspiring to work with people who are always committed to learning or teaching something new.

Q: Last but not least, what kind of law are you most drawn to practicing at this time in your legal studies?
A: Right now, I am most interested in mass torts, commercial and environmental litigation, and appellate practice.

Thank you for joining our community this summer and contributing to our work, Mackenzie! #summerassociate #summer #wvucollegeoflaw #wvu #thankyou #community

BG Summer Associate Spotlight: George Jacobs II

Bailey Glasser appreciates the burgeoning legal talent that we have with us this summer. Today’s Summer Associate Spotlight focuses on George Jacobs, a rising 2L at West Virginia University College of Law. George’s additional studies at WVU included not only obtaining a BA in International/Global Studies, but also receiving a Master of Arts in History where his thesis was entitled: “Levantine Immigration and Community Building in Charleston, West Virginia, 1900-1930.”

We hope you enjoy this Q&A with George:

Q: What’s your favorite quote that inspires you?
A: My favorite quote is from Albert Camus: “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”

Q: If stranded on a desert island, what would you bring with you for entertainment?
A: If I was stranded on a desert island, I’d bring “Blood Meridian” by Cormac McCarthy to read, “The Lighthouse” to watch, and “Con Todo El Mundo” by Khruangbin to listen to. Some media about surviving in the wild might be more helpful, but at least I’ll be entertained.

Q: What is something that you’ve learned while you’ve been at BG this summer?
A: Every day with BG is an opportunity to learn something new. I’ve learned firsthand how experienced attorneys handle important depositions and prepare a case for trial. I’ve also received numerous opportunities to draft motions and complete interesting research projects. I thank everyone at BG for trusting me with difficult and exciting assignments, and for fostering a learning environment that has exceeded my expectations.

Q: Last but not least, what kind of law are you most drawn to practicing at this time in your legal studies?
A: The areas of law I am most drawn to at this point are commercial and environmental litigation, class actions/mass torts, labor and employment, and appellate advocacy.

Thank you for joining our community this summer and contributing to our work, George! #summerassociate #summer #wvucollegeoflaw #wvu #thankyou #community

Meet BG Summer Associate Cameron Adkins, Harvard Law 2L

Bailey Glasser has an exceptional group of summer associates with us this year. Today we are spotlighting Cameron Adkins, a rising 2L at Harvard Law. Originally from Logan County, West Virginia, Cameron graduated from Columbia University with a major in political science before he headed to Harvard Law. Please enjoy this Q&A with Cameron:

Q: What is your favorite inspirational quote?
A: My favorite quote is from “The Power of Persistence” by Calvin Coolidge: “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On!’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

Q: If stranded on a desert island, what books, music, and films would you take with you?
A: You’d find me reading Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey,” and “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl. I’d be listening to “Purgatory” by Tyler Childers, and I’d be watching “Dead Poets Society,” “Interstellar,” and “Good Will Hunting.”

Q: What is something you’ve learned while with BG and what kind of law are you currently most interested in?
A: On reflecting on my journey here at BG, I’ve gained a wealth of knowledge about the law, legal writing, our legal system, and what it takes to be an exceptional litigator. Right now I’m very interested in pursuing class action/mass tort and product liability law, as well as appellate litigation.

Cameron, thank you so much for joining us this summer and for becoming part of our Bailey Glasser community.

Lori Bullock, Katherine Charonko, and Joshua Hammack Named to 2024 Lawdragon X – The Next Generation List

Bailey Glasser partners Lori A. Bullock, Katherine Charonko, and Joshua I. Hammack have been named to Lawdragon’s 2024 500 X – The Next Generation guide. This recognition acknowledges the achievements of the top 500 lawyers who have vaulted to the forefront of the legal profession. This Lawdragon recognition is prestigious as the 500 lawyers included were selected through a process of “select[ing] members of this guide through our time-honed process of submissions, independent research and vetting with friends and foes.”

Lori Bullock is an impactful litigator, handling challenging cases across several litigation areas, including Title IX athletics, labor and employment, sexual harassment, disability discrimination, education law, and civil rights, and is the managing partner of BG’s Des Moines, Iowa office. Lori has won ground-breaking Title IX settlements for student-athletes at nine U.S. colleges and universities for violating the federal civil rights law prohibiting sex discrimination at educational institutions receiving federal funds, including appeals to federal circuit court and the Supreme Court included in this submission. She was also part of the team that won the $5 million judgment against “MyPillow’s” Mike Lindell related to false claims made about the 2020 election.

Katherine Charonko is a litigator and head of the firm’s sophisticated and cutting-edge ESI group where she oversees e-discovery in complex disputes involving billions of documents and ensures proper collection, production, and review of electronic data. Kate holds the global Certified e-Discovery Specialist (CEDS) credential, a global recognition that assures clients and co-counsel that our approaches are compliant, efficient, cost-effective, and reduces risk in all phases of e-Discovery. In addition, Kate is a key part of the firm’s multidistrict litigation (MDL) teams, which concentrate largely on automotive and medical device product liability actions. She serves as liaison director of e-Discovery and ESI on several MDL leadership committees nationwide and has worked on landmark MDL matters including some of the largest vehicle defect litigations in history, including the Volkswagen emissions case, and many more. Indeed, Kate was recognized for her product liability work in this year’s Chambers & Partners accolades in the nationwide plaintiffs category, among other recognitions.

Joshua Hammack handles complicated matters from their inception through appeal. He has briefed and argued appeals in state and federal courts across the country for a host of substantive legal areas, including Title IX, the Commerce Clause, contract interpretation, deed construction, statutes of limitation, and the Video Privacy Protection Act. He has briefed multiple issues to the Supreme Court of the United States. In just the last eight months, he has argued before the Second, Sixth, and Ninth Circuits, as well as intermediate appellate courts in West Virginia and New York. Members of the firm regularly gather to watch or listen to his oral arguments, and he also hosts an annual training session on brief writing for lawyers at the firm.

To learn more about the 2024 LDX500 guide, visit: https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2024-06-28-the-2024-lawdragon-500-x-the-next-generation

BG Welcomes New Lawyer Paul-Kalvin Collins to Washington, D.C. Office

Bailey Glasser is pleased to announce Paul-Kalvin Collins has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a lawyer in its national Commercial & Environmental Litigation Practice Group.

Cary Joshi, Bailey Glasser’s Commercial & Environmental Litigation Practice Group Leader, stated: “Congratulations to our newest D.C. attorney, Paul-Kalvin Collins. Paul-Kalvin brings unique work experience from his previous career and education that will be valuable to the clients we serve.”

As part of the Commercial and Environmental Litigation team, Paul-Kalvin will represent clients in complex, high-stakes litigation across the full spectrum of business interests. He will also be assisting in matters with the firm’s corporate practice group, which handles corporate and commercial transactional matters of many kinds.

Paul-Kalvin is a 2023 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, and while a law student he served as a law clerk and summer associate with Bailey Glasser, as well as a summer law clerk in the Civil Division of the D.C. Superior Court.

Paul-Kalvin previously was the Director of Urban Teachers, an alternative teacher preparation program located in Baltimore, Maryland and has more than 10 years of educational leadership experience.

To learn more about Paul-Kalvin Collins, please visit here.

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Brian Glasser Named a Top 200 Lawyer in America by Forbes

Bailey Glasser founding partner Brian Glasser has been named one of “America’s Top 200 Lawyers” by Forbes in its first-ever elite lawyer list.

Forbes described its criteria as follows: “[t]he elite lawyers on this list were selected through a rigorous, multi-stage process of researching, evaluating and rating thousands of candidates, conducted by an editorial team with broad experience in law practice and the legal marketplace. The result is a collection of top lawyers involved in the most consequential cases, deals or legal trends in recent years . . . . they all share reputations for integrity, records of excellence—and Forbes’ recognition as the best in the business. What follows is a power list of lawyers whose skill, passion and purpose set them apart—for when you or your business need it most.”

In the last two years alone, Brian won a $5 million award against MyPillow CEO and election conspiracist Michael Lindell; helped lead the challenge to Johnson & Johnson’s “Texas Two Step” bankruptcy maneuver on behalf of people injured by J&J’s asbestos-riddled talc products; helped win dismissal of the bankruptcy of 3M subsidiary Aearo Technologies by a federal judge which thereafter resulted in the $6 billion settlement of more than 260,000 lawsuits brought by veterans and U.S. service members alleging that 3M military earplugs caused their hearing loss; and has won tens of millions of dollars for his clients in other lawsuits. He has also led the filing of hundreds of lawsuits on behalf of people abused as minors by the State of Maryland’s juvenile hall facilities via a new law passed in October 2023 that permitted previously time-barred claims by abuse survivors.

Read more here.

Bailey Glasser Adds Two Lawyers to its Asbestos & Lung Disease Practice

Bailey & Glasser, LLP has added two compassionate and dedicated lawyers to its national Asbestos and Lung Disease practice group. Jena Borden will practice in the firm’s Maryville, Illinois office, and Timothy Leckenby is the newest member of the firm’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office. Jena and Tim focus their practice on representing individuals who have contracted mesothelioma, asbestosis, and other lung diseases caused by exposure to asbestos.

Of Counsel lawyer Jena L. Borden is an experienced litigator with over twenty years of experience representing plaintiffs injured by products made by companies that put profits over people. Jena has collected millions in settlements for asbestos victims nationwide, but she also brings valuable regional expertise having litigated cases in the most active court in the nation for asbestos litigation, Madison County, Illinois. For more about Jena Borden please click here.

Lawyer Timothy Leckenby joins our busy Pittsburgh asbestos team focusing on investigating asbestos cases from industrial settings like steel mills, chemical plants, power plants, or factories to residential dwellings and school buildings. Tim brings prior litigation experience including contract, personal injury, professional negligence, e-discovery, class actions and multidistrict litigation, unfair trade practices, and federal declaratory judgment actions. Learn more about Timothy Leckenby here.

To read the full announcement, please visit here.

To learn more about our Asbestos and Lung Disease practice, please visit here.

Partner D. Todd Mathews Named a “Super Lawyer”

BG partner Todd Mathews has been named a 2024 Super Lawyer. Todd dedicates his career to fighting for people injured by defective products like asbestos, hernia mesh, 3M’s combat earplugs, as well as on behalf of survivors of sexual abuse. We thank everyone who took part in Todd receiving this recognition. For more about Todd and his work, please visit here.

In addition to this accolade, Todd is a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, an invitation-only organization composed of premier trial lawyers from each state or region, and is a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in America. In 2024 he was also recognized by Best Lawyers in America in three categories: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action – Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Law – Plaintiffs.

Litigator Elliott McGraw Elevated to Partner


Bailey Glasser is pleased to announce that Washington, D.C. litigator Elliott McGraw has been elevated to partner effective January 2024.

“Congratulations to Elliott on her much-deserved promotion to partner at Bailey Glasser,” said Cary Joshi, Commercial & Environmental Litigation Practice Group Leader. “Elliott’s tenacity and strategic skills as a litigator are exceptionally valuable to our clients as she handles some of our most complicated matters.”

Elliott is a member of the Commercial & Environmental Litigation Practice Group, where she focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts across the country and represents institutional investors and asset managers, as both plaintiffs and defendants, in contract and tort-based claims arising from financial fraud, accounting malpractice, and corporate malfeasance. Elliott has an extensive privacy and data protection background and was named a Best Lawyers Ones to Watch in Privacy and Data Security Law in Washington, D.C. in 2024.

Elliott commented: “I love practicing law with Bailey Glasser and I’m very excited about the additional opportunities to contribute to this world class group of litigators and our fantastic clients as a partner.”

Bailey Glasser’s Commercial & Environmental Litigation practice has a proven track record of successfully handling national high-stakes litigation in state and federal courts and before arbitrators and mediators across the country. We represent businesses in many industries and of all sizes from Fortune 500 companies to family offices, individuals, governmental entities, government servants, and even other law firms call upon us to lead bet-the-company litigation and parachute into cases and appeals when our deep experience and resources are necessary.

Elliott is a vital team member in some of our most complex matters. Notably, she was a member of the Bailey Glasser team that served as co-lead trial counsel representing the Official Committee of Talc Plaintiffs in its high-profile challenge against Johnson & Johnson’s “Texas Two Step” bankruptcy ploy to offset the liability of 38,000 lawsuits related to the company’s alleged cancer-causing baby powder. She has also contributed her time to litigating cases on behalf of women athletes in Title IX sex discrimination cases against universities across the country. Elliott’s experience also includes advising organizational and individual clients navigating government or internal investigations and has represented clients in front of Congressional committees, including the 2019 Impeachment Inquiry into then-President Donald Trump.

To learn more about Elliott’s experience please visit this link.

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