Swanson, Martin & Bell is a nationally recognized trial firm, with decades of experience in representing clients in asbestos litigation. Attorneys with the firm have successfully tried asbestos cases to verdict in jurisdictions throughout the United States, including in some of the most challenging forums, such as California, Illinois, Maryland, Florida, Georgia, West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Swanson, Martin & Bell serves in the role of national coordinating counsel, national or regional trial counsel, discovery counsel and national expertise counsel. The firm also serves as local counsel in Illinois and Indiana for many clients. Many Fortune 500 companies look to Swanson, Martin & Bell’s asbestos expertise, to manage and control the potentially catastrophic risks of asbestos litigation.

Firm attorneys have defended cases involving a wide variety of products, including: gaskets, packing, pumps, valves, brakes, clutches, cranes, fire trucks, tractors, industrial equipment and machinery, automobiles, aircraft, flooring, roofing, siding, joint compounds and plasters, furnaces, boilers, water heaters, large appliances, small appliances, wire and cable, electronics and consumer products.

In order to help clients manage and defend their asbestos litigation, SMB attorneys have performed a variety of functions including:

• Preparation and coordination of discovery responses and document production
• Location, selection, and training of local counsel
• Development, preparation, and presentation of all corporate witnesses at deposition and trial
• Development and presentation of defense experts at deposition and trial
• Cross-examination of plaintiffs’ local and national experts at deposition and trial
• Coordination of product testing or survey of premises
• Lead trial counsel in cases throughout the United States
• Evaluation of litigation exposure

Swanson, Martin & Bell maintains an extensive library of materials developed and collected in the course of 20 years of asbestos litigation, including expert deposition and trial testimony, medical and scientific articles, regulatory information, briefs, and motions on key asbestos issues. Swanson, Martin & Bell attorneys frequently attend and lecture at national conferences and author articles on asbestos defense strategy and litigation management.

Firm attorneys have developed an extensive network of contacts with other asbestos defense attorneys throughout the country which allows firm attorneys to keep constantly abreast of all new developments in the litigation. Also, Swanson, Martin & Bell lawyers enjoy long-time professional relationships with many of the most prominent expert witnesses in asbestos litigation. Many firms, without the same experience and commitment to the litigation, are unable to obtain the services of key local counsel and expert consultants.

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