Anthony “Tony” Vieira was raised in the small town of Jacksonville, Illinois, just down the road from Abraham Lincoln’s New Salem Village. Tony’s mother raised five children of her own, and for over forty years she taught and cared for many handicapped children through her work at the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired.
His father, now retired, is a respected, hardworking laborer who worked as a plumber and later as a successful industrial plumbing, heating, and air conditioning contractor. During Tony’s teenage years, when he wasn’t playing basketball, he remembers working alongside his father, helping him do everything a plumbing, heating, and air conditioning man does – from running water and sewer mains and tearing out heating and air conditioning systems to pouring and breaking out concrete. In later years, because of his life’s work in the trades, Tony’s father developed asbestosis.
Mr. Vieira received his law degree from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois, where he attended on an academic scholarship. He served in the United States Navy as a Judge Advocate General. He spent three-and-a-half-years on active duty trying cases as a prosecutor and also as defense counsel. His experience includes working as the Officer-in-Charge of a Navy Legal Assistance office, where he helped sailors, marines, soldiers, and their families with civil legal problems. While in the Navy Mr. Vieira received various awards for his trial representation, including an award from the U.S. Department of Justice for his outstanding work in a series of rape cases.
After he left the Navy Mr. Vieira worked for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office as a Deputy District Attorney. His experience included cases that received national media attention, including the prosecution of the retrial of the Erik and Lyle Menendez case, the “Wrong Way Murder Case,” and the “P9 Witness Murders.” He spent four years as a member of the elite Hard-Core Gang Unit, where he concentrated on conspiracy prosecutions involving murder, attempted murder, and robbery. Mr. Vieira was recognized through numerous awards for his work, including commendations from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the City of Pasadena.
Mr. Vieira’s experience also includes several years working for one of the largest plaintiff’s firms in California, where he led multiple jury trials and helped many families recover millions of dollars in damages because their husbands and fathers and grandfathers were injured by asbestos and other toxic products.
Mr. Vieira has tried nearly two hundred and fifty cases to verdict. He has obtained for deserving families many millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements. He prepares and conducts trials in California, Oregon, Washington, and all over the United States (pro hac vice) on behalf of injured workers and their loved ones.As counsel for Paul & Hanley LLP, Tony Vieira works with qualified teams of staff and attorneys skilled in helping people obtain justice in their situations.
As an experienced trial attorney Mr. Vieira continues to work for Paul & Hanley, helping clients who have been seriously injured and/or who have lost a loved one in a wrongful death situation. Some of Mr. Vieira's most recent cases include serious personal injury from toxic exposures, including mesothelioma, asbestosis and asbestos related lung cancer cases.
Mr. Vieira is recognized as one of the most highly respected Personal Injury Trial Attorneys in the country. He has worked as Lead Trial Attorney and Of Counsel for some of the largest plaintiff toxic tort law firms in the United States. In addition, he is highly skilled and sought out for his trial lawyer skills in the area of mesothelioma/asbestos-related injuries and lung cancers.Mr. Vieira is currently admitted to the Illinois and California State Bars. He is a member of the Consumer Attorneys of California, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, the Bar Association of San Francisco, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice.
Tony Vieira currently lives in Southern California with his wife Amy, his son Luke, and his daughter Tania.Areas of Practice:
- Consumer Protection
- Environmental Law
- Litigation & Appeals
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Products Liability Law
- Toxic Torts
Anthony E. Vieira
1608 Fourth Street,
Suite 300
Berkeley, CA 94710
phone (800) 933-2244
fax (510) 559-9970