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Pritchard P.C., Ms. Casio worked at an international law firm where she was a member of the firm’s Energy, Environ - ment and Infrastructure practice group. She has served as national litigation and trial counsel for a multi-billion-dollar cor- poration. Ms. Cascio has litigated hun- dreds of cases as lead counsel in both state and federal courts across the coun- try and prides herself on obtaining favor- able results for clients. She has experi- ence litigating individual, multi-party, and mass tort actions involving personal inju- ry, wrongful death, property damage, and commercial disputes. Prior to her work at an international law firm, Ms. Cascio worked at a plain - tiff’s personal injury law firm where she gained a passion for helping clients af- ter a catastrophic injury or medical error.
Jennifer M. Cascio Jennifer M. Cascio joined Salvi, Schos- tok & Pritchard P.C. in 2020. She con- centrates her legal practice in cases concerning personal injury, medical neg- ligence, product liability, and mass torts. Ms. Cascio brings an unparalleled knowl- edge of the chemical industry to the firm. Prior to joining Salvi, Schostok &
Shawn M. Collins Shawn and The Collins Law Firm have won hundreds of millions in compensation for cli- ents who have been diagnosed with cancer after being exposed to carcinogens from cor- porate polluters, as well as for clients whose homes and families have been endangered by contamination from nearby factories. Shawn also created a body of class action law indispensable to justice for those with contaminated air and water, and forced pol- luters to clean up their toxic contamination.
Margaret Galka Margaret focuses her practice on environ- mental mass tort, civil rights and other com- plex litigation. Margaret recently helped se- cure a record-breaking, $363 million, verdict at trial for a client who contracted breast can- cer after decades of living near a sterilization facility that emitted a potent carcinogen (eth- ylene oxide) into their air and was also inte- gral to the successful resolution of nuisance and negligence claims brought on behalf of more than 100 families whose properties and health were threatened by carcinogenic chemicals (TCE, PCE and Vinyl Chloride) in their groundwater and air inside their homes.
Founded by Shawn Collins in 1992, The Collins Law Firm has grown to be- come a national leader in plaintiffs’ environmental litigation. Regularly cho - sen for the “Best Law Firm” list, the firm includes lawyers who are Fellows in the Litigation Counsel of America, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Leading Lawyers, and Super Lawyers. The firm has secured over $950 million in settlements and verdicts fighting for the rights of people injured by environmental con - tamination and corporate greed, as well as the victims of reckless or mali- cious behavior.
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