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.
Desde el comienzo de nuestra actividad legal, hemos tenido rasgos particulares que contribuyeron a ganar los casos: representación potente, asesoramiento proactivo y defensa a través de una amplia experiencia. Lo que nos hace únicos es la combinación entre ser expertos en nuestros campos e interesados en usted como individuo, a nivel personal. Es natural que recordemos su nombre: para nosotros, usted es una persona, no un caso. Creemos en la conexión humana auténtica. También somos honestos sobre la duración de nuestra colaboración, la compensación que podemos recuperar y nunca damos falsas expectativas. El proceso no será rápido, ni fácil, incluso puede que sea difícil, pero estamos aquí para usted desde el principio hasta el final y también después de que el caso se resuelva. Nuestros abogados con experiencia tratan con numerosos casos de cáncer de pulmón y mesotelioma y manejarán su caso con un compromiso a nivel personal.
Recuperamos con éxito más de 1.4 mil millones de dólares para más de 25.000 clientes, desarrollamos las políticas regulatorias ambientales conformes con la EPA para municipalidades e industria, aplicamos el cumplimiento normativo, realizamos la evaluación y aconsejamos en las demandas de Qui Tam y brindamos muchos más servicios donde se encuentran asuntos ambientales y legales. Nuestros servicios abarcan desde la investigación exhaustiva al desarrollo del caso, gestión y la litigación de los casos ambientales, estando especializados en aquellos casos relacionados con la salud pública - lesiones personales, daños a la propiedad y cumplimiento. Llevamos casos relacionados con el asbesto, de gravedad moderada y seria, tomándonos el tiempo para escuchar, investigar, hacer un caso y manejar personalmente cada uno con cuidado.
