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Thomas Wells

 
Attorney - Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC
 
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Company Name : Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC
 
Company Website : www.mcglaw.com
 
Company Address : 2400 Regions/Harbert Plz.
1901 Sixth Ave. N, Birmingham, AL,
United States,
 
Thomas Wells Profile :
Attorney - Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC
 
Thomas Wells Biography :

Mr. Wells' trial practice concentrates on complex mass tort, environmental and product liability cases, often handling the defense of class actions or mass consolidated cases throughout the South. He has handled cases in Alabama, Virginia, California, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi and the District of Columbia. Mr. Wells is listed in the Best Lawyers in America® and is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.Representative Cases:Successfully defended operator of coal preparation facility in a multi-week bellwether jury trial of trespass and nuisance claims due to air pollution from industrial facility.Successfully defended steel fabricator in federal environmental enforcement action tried to a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Defendant had been charged by EPA with violating Clean Air Act permitting rules. Obtained decision from U.S. Supreme Court invalidating discriminatory state tax on hazardous waste disposal facility in Alabama. Case was filed in state trial court, and favorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling (after trial, appeal to state supreme court, and certiorari petition) was announced only two years after the original complaint was filed.Defeated motion for class certification in nuisance/trespass case against manufacturer alleged to be responsible for property damage due to air emissions in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.Won settlement of hundreds of asbestos cases for premises defendant in state court in Beaumont, Texas. Won arbitration of post-settlement allocation proceeding between co-defendants and insurance carriers. Arbitrators upheld allocation that attributed only 30% of total damages to client. As co-lead counsel, won case for mining industry in proceedings in Washington, D.C. alleging widespread, nationwide tampering with personal respirable dust samples in underground mines of numerous companies.

 
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