7 Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen, LLC Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers® Award Recipients

August 15, 2024

New Haven, CT, United States - Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen, LLC is pleased to announce that 7 lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

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Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen, LLC would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to 2025 The Best Lawyers in America list:

• Mark R. Bibro - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• James F. Early - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• Brian Early - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Ethan Early - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• Brian Kenney - Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Jennifer R. Lucarelli - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• Christopher Meisenkothen - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants

About Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen, LLC

Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen (ELSM) is a national law firm recognized for its representation of over 4,000 hardworking men and women who have been exposed to asbestos and diagnosed with mesothelioma. ELSM devotes nearly 100 percent of our resources to mesothelioma cases and has been doing so for over 40 years.

The attorneys at ELSM have extensive knowledge about the companies that distributed, manufactured and supplied products containing asbestos and have used this knowledge to obtain settlements and jury verdicts which are among the highest in the country.

ELSM assists clients not only in filing civil lawsuits to recover for their injuries but also in filing workers compensation and bankruptcy claims where appropriate.

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