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Butler Rubin represents manufacturers and distributors in high-stakes class actions and multidistrict litigation involving mass torts across a broad range of products, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemical products, building products, food products, and industrial equipment. We also act as national coordinating counsel and local counsel in class actions at the federal and state courts at the trial or appellate levels.

Our representation also extends to advising clients on insurance coverage, financing, financial reporting, corporate governance, and communications to shareholders.

Asbestos Litigation: Butler Rubin has skilled and experienced trial lawyers and equally skilled and experienced associates and support staff, who offer:

• Nationwide contacts among an elite, predominantly small firm group of accomplished asbestos defense lawyers.
• Contacts with medical and industrial hygiene experts.
• Understanding of the significance and impact of the unbundling of the Center for Claims Resolution and the bankruptcy filings of more than 25 defendants.
• Experience in finding, analyzing, and capitalizing on insurance assets, including administering insurance coverage to maximize the value of policy assets.
• Contacts and experience with leading plaintiffs lawyers around the country.
• A deserved reputation for a no-nonsense, no-waste approach to litigation.
• An understanding built on years of experience of the unique nature of asbestos litigation, including its economics and politics.
• An understanding of the impact asbestos litigation has on a company's financial statements, cash flow and public disclosure obligations.
• Experience in use of web-based programs to administer asbestos litigation.