- Time to Find a Venue
Not surprisingly, the MDL meeting in Boise to discuss where to consolidate the federal oil-spill cases against BP and other likely defendants was well attended by members of our 2010 Lawdragon 500 guide. For example, Elizabeth Cabraser, who also worked on the Exxon Valdez case, told the panel judges that she felt the cases should be heard in Gulfport, Miss. According to the story in the New York Times, 23 lawyers made presentations over 90 minutes about where they think the cases should wind up – “the judicial equivalent of speed dating.”
New Orleans lawyer Russ Herman made an argument in favor of holding cases in his home state, which he said has suffered the most. “You have the opportunity to focus the world and the country on the disaster, so it will not happen again — and assist us,” he told the panel. Texas lawyer Mark Lanier is one of several lawyers favoring Houston. Herman told a reporter on scene that Lanier was one of the best lawyers in the country and that he was “going to be so happy to see him ply his trade in Louisiana.”
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