Weitz & Luxenberg Welcomes Asbestos Lawyer Ambre Brandis to the Firm
August 23, 2007, New York, NY—Ambre Brandis has joined the ranks of Weitz
& Luxenberg’s accomplished attorneys in the firm’s Asbestos Litigation
department. No stranger to the law or asbestos, the New Jersey native honed her skills
for four years at Shein Law Center, a boutique asbestos firm in Philadelphia,
while working her way toward her JD degree at the Pierce Law School.
During that time, Brandis was also a judicial clerk with Sandra Moss,
Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia. She also served as a mediator in a New
Hampshire small claims court and a guardian ad litem in the state’s family
division court.
At Weitz & Luxenberg, Brandis is charged with
investigating bankruptcy files, conducting exhaustive research into the
backgrounds of the firm’s clients to identify where they were exposed to the
asbestos that caused their illness, and through which commercial products.
Brandis said she joined the firm, in part, out of great empathy for asbestos
clients.
“I come from a blue-collar family and I worry about their
health since they have been exposed to asbestos throughout their careers,” said
Brandis. “Our clients are similar to my family in that they were recklessly
exposed to this carcinogen. I want to make sure they get compensated for the
carelessness of big businesses,” she said.
The firm is known for
spearheading asbestos cases, among others, obtaining a jury verdict of $37
million for two smokers with lung cancer
who had been exposed to asbestos (index #s 100016/99 and 113583/05, New York
Supreme Court). The defendant was Robert A. Keasbey Company, a former insulation
contractor and distributor of asbestos products.
Brandis is a member of
the New York County Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association and New
York State Trial Lawyers Association. Since being admitted in 2006, Brandis has
been involved in numerous pro bono projects, including one dedicated to
life-planning for the elderly in New York City through Volunteers of Legal
Services. There, she drafts wills, health care proxies and other related
life-planning documents.
Brandis has also participated in the Cancer
Advocacy Project through the New York City Bar Association. She has been asked
to speak at an upcoming conference hosted by Sloan Kettering in October 2007.
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