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About ELG
We are large enough to take on Fortune 100 defendants, federal contractors, and chemical manufacturers — and small enough that the lawyers handling your case know your name.
When ELG was founded in 1990, most plaintiff firms shied away from toxic exposure work — the science was too complicated, the latency periods too long, the defendants too well-resourced. Bill Lewis, our founder, had watched his father die from a disease caused by toxic exposure and took the opposite view. The same qualities that made these cases hard made them important, and underrepresented, and worth doing well.
For 35+ years since, ELG has represented industrial workers, veterans, and families nationwide in cases involving asbestos, PFAS, ethylene oxide, paraquat, and other invisible threats. Our scientific background — Gregory Cade trained as an industrial hygienist before becoming a lawyer — lets us prove causation in cases where the proof itself is contested.
We are headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, but our 25,000+ clients live in every state. We hold two GSA Schedules and are a certified federal contractor. And we still pick up the phone when a client calls.
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Firm History
Bill Lewis, whose father died as a result of a disease caused by toxic exposure, leaves his very successful tax practice to found Environmental Litigation Group, P.C. with a focus on industrial asbestos claims.
Cade begins at ELG as a paralegal while pursuing his Master of Public Health in Occupational Health, Safety, and Industrial Hygiene at the University of Alabama at Birmingham — with the goal of understanding toxic exposure science deeply enough to win the cases.
Started with 50 clients; within four years the firm represented over 8,000. As Cade earns his J.D. and Lewis prepares to retire, the firm grows into a national environmental tort practice handling CERCLA, PCBs, dioxins, and community exposure cases.
ELG obtains a $260 million settlement for 8,400 plaintiffs in a single group litigation case — among the largest toxic-exposure settlements in firm history.
Recovers $231 million for 9,000 plaintiffs across multiple settlements during this period, while expanding into PFAS, ethylene oxide, paraquat, and pharmaceutical mass torts.
Two GSA Schedules. Active leadership in PACT Act, Camp Lejeune, AFFF, hair relaxer, semaglutide, and 9/11 VCF dockets. Headquartered in Birmingham; clients in all 50 states.
Each case of toxic chemical exposure is unique. Not many lawyers do this type of work. We have handled thousands of toxic exposure cases that have taken us all over the country. You are not required to file your claim in the state where you live. It's more important to work with experienced toxic tort lawyer with proven results than it is to select one attorney in your area. For instance, a successful personal injury attorney may have never handled toxic exposure cases. We have a core group of attorneys and staff that have worked solely on toxic exposure cases for more than 35 years.
From the beginning of our activity, we've had particular traits that contributed to winning the cases: vigorous representation, proactive counseling, and advocacy through extensive experience. What makes us unique is the rare combination of being experts in our fields and being interested in you as an individual. For us, you are a person, not a case.
We believe in authentic human connection. We are also honest about the length of our collaboration, the amount of compensation we can recover and we never set false expectations. The process will not be fast or easy, but we are here for you all the way.
Our team deals with numerous cases of toxic chemical exposure and they will handle yours with commitment.
