The number of people diagnosed with asbestos caused diseases in the U.S. continues to increase. Experts believe 60,000 mesothelioma deaths will occur between 2010 and 2030.

Work related injuries harm up to 14 million people annually, with harms including traumatic brain injuries, spinal injuries, amputations, burns, and electrocutions. Around 20,000 to 60,000 workers die each year from accidents, toxins, and violence at their jobs.

Millions of consumers and workers are injured each year because of defective products. Defects can occur when a product is designed poorly, when a product is manufactured in a manner that differs from the intended design, or when the product does not contain proper warnings or instructions. Defects can occur in automobiles, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, construction equipment, toys, and other goods.

Between 1.5 and 2 million elderly reside in nursing home facilities, with studies revealing that 44% have suffered some form of abuse. Many believe the actual number of residents suffering abuse is much higher. Neglect and abuse may result in serious emotional, physical, and financial harm

Paul & Hanley’s legal team has produced some of the most notable verdicts and highest settlements in the United States. Over 500 of our clients have each obtained in excess of 1 million dollars. Over 250 have recovered multi-million dollar recoveries.

Anthony Vieira

 

Anthony “Tony” Vieira, a partner of Paul & Hanley LLP, is recognized as one of the most highly respected Trial Attorneys in the country.  He has helped many families recover millions of dollars in damages because of serious injury from toxic exposures and defective products. During his career, Tony has tried nearly two hundred and fifty cases to verdict.  He prepares and conducts trials all over the United States on behalf of injured workers and their loved ones.

Anthony Vieira, Partner
Phone:  1-800-933-2244
Fax:  1-510-559-9970
 
Bar Admissions
California
Illinois 
 
Areas of Practice
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death
Mesothelioma
Toxic Torts
Consumer Products
Product Liability Law
Workplace Safety
Premises Liability
Medical Malpractice
Nursing Home Abuse
Memberships
•American Association for Justice
•Alameda County Bar Association
•Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
•Consumer Attorneys Association of California
•Los Angeles County Bar Association
•Public Justice Foundation
 
 
Tony was raised in the small town of Jacksonville, Illinois, just down the road from Abraham Lincoln’s New Salem Village. His 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.

Tony 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, Tony 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 Tony 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.

 
Tony Vieira currently lives in Southern California with his wife Amy, his son Luke, and his daughter Tania.