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Jerry N. Paul
Jerry N. Paul
Berkeley, California
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Jerry Neil Paul,
a founding partner of Paul, Hanley & Harley LLP, Berkeley,
California is a nationally recognized trial attorney focusing in the
areas of wrongful death and personal injury resulting from
occupational- and environmental-related toxins. Mr. Paul is also the
Union attorney liaison for all 30 of the Pipe Fitters Local Unions in
California, including Steamfitters, Plumbers, Welders, Refrigeration
and Air Conditioning, as well as Bricklayers local 4, Boilermakers
lodge 549, and Boilermaker lodge 92. In addition, Mr. Paul represents
injured workers in several industry segments, including Ironworkers,
Plasterers, Carpenters, Electricians and Insulators, as well as World
War II and Korean War Veterans from the Army, Navy, Merchant Marines
and U.S. Air Force. Mr. Paul is also the founding board member of the
Mesothelioma Research Foundation of America
In 1985, Mr. Paul sold his Equitable Life Insurance brokerage firm
to devote his career to law, representing the seriously injured who are
suffering from work-related diseases. As more citizens were affected by
occupational- and environmental-toxin-related diseases, Mr. Paul
invited Dean Hanley and Phil Harley to partner and form PHHLAW. Today,
the firm employs over 30 attorneys and 150 staff members to defend the
rights of workers who have been injured on the job at Oil Refineries,
Power Plants, Shipyards, Industrial Plants, Construction Sites as well
as Commercial and Residential Buildings. In fact, the firm is very
successful in obtaining early preferential trial dates for their
mesothelioma and lung cancer clients, often within 120 days of the
complaint filing and defendant response. Finally, Mr. Paul aggressively
advocates for his clients by assisting them in receiving the right
medical treatment through the Mesothelioma Research Foundation of
America. The Mesothelioma Research Foundation of America supports the
only mesothelioma research facility for USC/ Norris Medical Center. The
focus of this research is the Veglin clinical trial initiative led by
Dr. Parkash Gill, a board-certified oncologist and hematologist.
Mr. Paul's firm has produced some of the most notable verdicts and
highest settlement values in the United States, securing financial
compensation for wage losses and uncovered medical bill expenses, as
well as pension and retirement benefit losses. One notable verdict was
produced in a particular asbestos disease related case led by Mr. Paul,
whereby the jury found an asbestos product to be defective under the
Consumer Expectation Test. This was a theory of liability that has now
become a standard in asbestos litigation.
Mr. Paul also acts as a lead consumer advocate in the areas of law
and medicine, including: 1) lobbying efforts to prepare clients for
U.S. State Judiciary Committee Testimony, 2) Financial grant support
for Dr. Gill and the USC Keck School of Medicine mesothelioma clinical
research projects, and 3) Financial Supporter for the Mesothelioma
Research Foundation of America.
Jerry N. Paul was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. In
1975, Mr. Paul received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and
Accounting from Cal State University at Northridge to pursue his career
in benefits and estate planning for Equitable Life Insurance. Mr. Paul
was a member of the Teamsters Union for several years while loading and
unloading United Parcel Service trucks in Los Angeles as he paid his
way through college. At one point the Teamsters actually saved his job.
That's when he came to clearly understand the importance and benefit of
what it means to be a union brother.
While continuing his education through law school, Mr. Paul became
the sole proprietor of his own insurance brokerage business. In 1979,
Mr. Paul received his degree in law from the San Fernando Valley
College of Law. For approximately five years, Mr. Paul maintained both
a sole proprietorship legal practice and Insurance brokerage firm. In
1980, Mr. Paul was admitted to the California bar. In 1993, Mr. Paul
entered an elite group of attorneys when he was admitted to practice
before the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Paul is also very active in the
Consumer Attorneys of California where he serves on the Board of
Governors.
Mr. Paul has been requested to present lectures for Union
organization members and retirees of California Pipe Trade Locals and
Building Trade Locals throughout California. Mr. Paul's presentation
topics include: Mesothelioma Research Foundation where he advocates
consumer education and support for funding mesothelioma research to
find a cure for the disease to preserve the quality of life for those
afflicted by the disease. Presently, Mr. Paul serves on the Board of
the Mesothelioma Research Foundation of America and the Board of
Visitors at Pepperdine University, Malibu, California. Mr. Paul
maintains an active membership in the following organizations: the
Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Ventura; and the
American, California, and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Associations. Mr.
Paul has been appointed as a mediator to arbitrate Manville asbestos
bankruptcy claim appeals and serves as an arbitrator for the Eagle
Pitcher Industry Bankruptcy Victims Trust Fund. He is a Fellow of The
Roscoe Pound Institute, an institute dedicated to the cause of
promoting access to the civil justice system. Mr. Paul has also been
accepted as a Life Member of the National Register of Who's Who for his
work on asbestos litigation and for co-founding the Mesothelioma
Research Foundation of America.
Mr. Paul's practice is limited to the areas of wrongful death and
personal injury (Plaintiff) resulting from occupational exposure to
toxins. Specific areas of practice include asbestos-related lung
cancer, mesothelioma, asbestosis and other diseases; leukemia and
lymphoma resulting from benzene and other solvents exposure; manganese
related neurological disease caused by welding rod exposure; and other
diseases and injuries caused by occupational and environmental related
toxins.