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CHARLESTON, S.C. – Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman was named a 2019 Best Law Firm by U.S. News & World Report, recognizing the plaintiff firm for its work on mass torts and class actions, product liability, securities, healthcare law, medical malpractice and personal injury lawsuits.

With 16 lawyers listed on the underlying Best Lawyers in America list, RPWB was the top-listed plaintiff law firm in the country for its work on mass torts and class actions. RPWB was the top-listed plaintiff law firm in South Carolina for mass torts, personal injury and product liability.

Four RPWB attorneys were new to the list: Brady Thomas, Chris Tuck, Bobby Wood and Ken Wilson. RPWB founding member Ed Westbrook was named Lawyer of the Year for class actions and mass torts in the Charleston-area.

Here are the RPWB attorneys named to the 2019 Best Lawyers list:

Michael Brickman
Litigation – Securities
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Elizabeth Middleton Burke
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

David Butler
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Blair Hahn
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Greg Lofstead
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Christiaan Marcum
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Kim Keevers Palmer
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Charles Patrick
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Terry Richardson
Business Litigation
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Railroad Law

Tom Rogers
Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Hoyt Rowell
Health Care Law
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Brady Thomas
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Chris Tuck
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Ed Westbrook
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Ken Wilson
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Bobby Wood
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

About RPWB

RPWB was formed in 2002 as a collective of talented legal minds who focus on complex litigation throughout the United States. The firm is well-respected for its work on mass torts and product liability cases, including mesothelioma lawsuits and pharmaceutical litigation. RPWB attorneys regularly hold leadership positions on class actions and other mass torts across the nation.

RPWB founding member Terry Richardson was among the first attorneys in the nation to successfully hold asbestos manufacturers liable for causing mesothelioma cancer. Several attorneys at the firm played pivotal roles in the fight against tobacco companies in the 1990s that led to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. Some of those same attorneys are currently assisting six Canadian provinces seeking to recoup public healthcare spending on smoking-related illnesses.

In addition to national litigation, RPWB also represents individual people in many practice areas, including: catastrophic personal injury, truck accidents, railroad accidents, construction defects, medical malpractice, mesothelioma and other occupational lung disease, whistleblower & qui tam, nursing home abuse, pharmaceutical drugs and medical device cases.