Category: Firm News

The Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) filed an amicus brief in response to a Texas appeals court throwing out Ellarene Farris’ suit against Jefferson County earlier this year. She accused the county of exposing Judge James Farris, her husband ...

A Texas appeals court tossed out Ellarene Farris’ suit against Jefferson County, accusing it of grossly negligent conduct in exposing her husband, Judge James Farris, to asbestos while he worked there. The appeals court stated that Jefferson County ...

Bailey Cowan Heckaman PLLC attorney Aaron Heckaman is scheduled to speak at the HarrisMartin's Midwest Asbestos Litigation Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis, MO on Thursday, September 6. He will focus his presentation on providing att ...

Bailey Cowan Heckaman PLLC attorney Aaron Heckaman was invited to speak at the TTLA Midyear Conference and CLE Seminar in Houston this weekend. Aaron will be leading a certification and recertification program titled “Increased Profitability Using ...

The United States Supreme Court announced on Monday, March 26 that they will not hear Crane Co.’s appeal of the Missouri appellate courts’ decision to uphold the original $11.5 million jury verdict in favor of Jeanette Poage, whose husband died i ...

BCH attorneys representing Jeanette Poage recently filed a brief with the US Supreme Court in opposition to Crane Co.’s latest appeal of the $11.5 million jury verdict. Jeanette Poage, the widow of James Poage, received $1.5 million for wrongful de ...

Bailey Cowan Heckaman PLLC partner Aaron Heckaman will speak at the Perrin Conferences’ Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Conference, held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA on Thursday, March 8 and Friday, March 9. He ...

Bailey Cowan Heckaman PLLC is excited to announce that attorneys Aaron Heckaman and J. Kyle Beale were named as top lawyers in the December issue of Houstonia Magazine. Houstonia Magazine puts together this annual list in order to recognize the top l ...

Attorneys Aaron Heckaman and Robert Cowan successfully secured an $11.5 million jury verdict in St. Louis, Missouri Circuit Court for Jeanette Poage, the widow of James Poage, who died of mesothelioma in May of 2012. $10 million w ...

Bailey Cowan Heckaman PLLC has achieved 100% participation in South Texas College of Law’s 2016 Law Firm Challenge. The challenge, which began in 2007, was established for alumni of South Texas College of Law to come together to help maintain the e ...