Elisabeth Leonard recevied her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2010, after which she practiced in plaintiff-side asbestos litigation before leaving to pursue other interests. She holds a Ph.D. in English Literature and an MFA in Fiction Writing and is a published novelist.
Articles By Elisabeth Leonard
You may have heard of asbestos claimants getting million dollar verdicts, but will you?
Key factors that determine how long you'll have to wait until your asbestos/mesothelioma case is resolved.
Like all injury claims, most asbestos cases will reach an out-of-court settlement or some other resolution before a trial needs to take place, but asbestos cases also raise some unique settlement-related questions.