Darron E. Berquist

Darron E. Berquist is the managing attorney for the firm’s asbestos practice serving clients nationwide and a dedicated New York City mesothelioma lawyer . In addition to representing individuals with asbestos-caused diseases such as mesothelioma, lung cancer, and ovarian cancer , he assists the firm’s pharmaceutical and product liability groups, particularly on matters related to expert witnesses. Darron manages the litigation side of the firm’s asbestos practice, overseeing every matter that is actively litigated and positioned to be tried, across dockets in the Northeast, California , Louisiana , Florida , and other jurisdictions nationwide. His responsibilities include case ' and deadline oversight, retention and coordination of the firm’s expert witnesses, and the mentorship and training of the practice’s younger attorneys and paraprofessional staff. He has continued to work up and try his own cases throughout and remains the primary lawyer on an active docket of his own. A defining feature of the firm’s mesothelioma litigation practice , and of Darron’s own approach, is continuity of counsel. Rather than working a case up and handing it to a separate trial team and then to an appellate team, the same lawyers stay with a client from the first meeting through discovery, motion practice, trial, and appeal. Darron considers that continuity both a tactical advantage, because t