Firm News

October 24, 2022

Asbestos attorney continues to make his mark in the field

For the first decade of his career, trial attorney James Nevin worked at a relentless, breakneck pace, trying asbestos and other tort cases nearly nonstop.“I would finish one trial and the next day start a new one,” he recalls. “I would get a verdict in one trial and the next day I’d be doing motions in limine in the next trial. It was just trial after trial after trial, which was an amazing experience.” The law firm Nevin had joined right out of law school, Brayton Purcell LLP in California, was awash in cases of workers victimized by toxic exposures in […]
May 25, 2017

Missing Children’s Day: Honoring the Polly Klaas Foundation

Since 1983, National Missing Children’s Day has taken place every year on May 25th. Each year we honor the efforts of agencies, organizations, and individuals to protect children. Today we also want to highlight the efforts of Gary Judd who is one of our associate attorneys. Gary is a Founding Member of the Polly Klaas [...]
September 26, 2016

Brayton Purcell LLP Supports Mesothelioma Awareness Day 2016

September 26, 2016, is an important day on which to raise awareness and money for mesothelioma victims. Mesothelioma – the word strikes fear, desperation and sorrow into the heart of a patient receiving the diagnosis. But the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, called the Meso Foundation, is fighting back against the asbestos-caused cancer by pushing for [...]
June 27, 2016

Brayton Purcell LLP Supports Marin Kids Against Hunger

On June 11, our Senior Trial Attorney, Gil Purcell, and Roxanne Sheridan volunteered with Kids Against Hunger. KAH is a nonprofit humanitarian food aid organization with the mission to significantly reduce the number of undernourished children in the US and starving children around the world. Marin Kids Against Hunger is a fast-paced and fun assembly [...]
May 20, 2016

Celebrating Our Animal Friends

Did you know that we are particularly fond of animals here at  Brayton Purcell LLP? It may or may not have something to do with Mr. Purcell adopting over ten beautiful cats from the Marin Humane Society! After catching wind of an article within Oklahoma Living magazine, we know where he got his love of [...]
January 22, 2016

Brayton Purcell LLP Loves Our Animal Friends

If you have checked out our Employees’ Pets page on braytonlaw.com, you might already know we hold a special place in our hearts for our four-legged friends. Our Senior Trial Partner, Gil Purcell, has adopted over ten beautiful cats. It was no surprise that he brought the story of Chyna to our attention. Chyna, a [...]
December 30, 2015

Brayton Purcell LLP’s New Year’s Resolutions

As 2016 approaches, Brayton Purcell LLP has been reflecting on our New Year’s Resolutions. Our three goals may sound a bit familiar, but they remain relevant and important as time goes on. Ban Asbestos Unfortunately, asbestos is still not banned in the United States. Despite thousands of mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer diagnoses and deaths, the substance [...]
December 25, 2015

Brayton Purcell LLP Food and Fund Drive Results

Brayton Purcell LLP hopes you are having an amazing holiday season! Part of what makes our holidays so special is the ability to give back to our local communities. We recently teamed up with The SF-Marin Food Bank for an annual holiday food drive. Employees raised over $5,000 and collected 105 pounds of food to [...]
December 7, 2015

Gil Purcell at the Southern California Trial Lawyers Conference

Brayton Purcell LLP is proud to announce that our partner and senior trial attorney, Gil Purcell, will be a featured speaker at Pepperdine University’s upcoming Southern California Trial Lawyers Conference. Pepperdine University has trained many of the top plaintiff’s lawyers in the Southern California region. The Pepperdine University School of Law focuses on developing lawyers [...]
October 24, 2022

Asbestos attorney continues to make his mark in the field

For the first decade of his career, trial attorney James Nevin worked at a relentless, breakneck pace, trying asbestos and other tort cases nearly nonstop.“I would finish one trial and the next day start a new one,” he recalls. “I would get a verdict in one trial and the next day I’d be doing motions in limine in the next trial. It was just trial after trial after trial, which was an amazing experience.” The law firm Nevin had joined right out of law school, Brayton Purcell LLP in California, was awash in cases of workers victimized by toxic exposures in […]
May 25, 2017

Missing Children’s Day: Honoring the Polly Klaas Foundation

Since 1983, National Missing Children’s Day has taken place every year on May 25th. Each year we honor the efforts of agencies, organizations, and individuals to protect children. Today we also want to highlight the efforts of Gary Judd who is one of our associate attorneys. Gary is a Founding Member of the Polly Klaas [...]
September 26, 2016

Brayton Purcell LLP Supports Mesothelioma Awareness Day 2016

September 26, 2016, is an important day on which to raise awareness and money for mesothelioma victims. Mesothelioma – the word strikes fear, desperation and sorrow into the heart of a patient receiving the diagnosis. But the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, called the Meso Foundation, is fighting back against the asbestos-caused cancer by pushing for [...]
June 27, 2016

Brayton Purcell LLP Supports Marin Kids Against Hunger

On June 11, our Senior Trial Attorney, Gil Purcell, and Roxanne Sheridan volunteered with Kids Against Hunger. KAH is a nonprofit humanitarian food aid organization with the mission to significantly reduce the number of undernourished children in the US and starving children around the world. Marin Kids Against Hunger is a fast-paced and fun assembly [...]
May 20, 2016

Celebrating Our Animal Friends

Did you know that we are particularly fond of animals here at  Brayton Purcell LLP? It may or may not have something to do with Mr. Purcell adopting over ten beautiful cats from the Marin Humane Society! After catching wind of an article within Oklahoma Living magazine, we know where he got his love of [...]
January 22, 2016

Brayton Purcell LLP Loves Our Animal Friends

If you have checked out our Employees’ Pets page on braytonlaw.com, you might already know we hold a special place in our hearts for our four-legged friends. Our Senior Trial Partner, Gil Purcell, has adopted over ten beautiful cats. It was no surprise that he brought the story of Chyna to our attention. Chyna, a [...]
December 30, 2015

Brayton Purcell LLP’s New Year’s Resolutions

As 2016 approaches, Brayton Purcell LLP has been reflecting on our New Year’s Resolutions. Our three goals may sound a bit familiar, but they remain relevant and important as time goes on. Ban Asbestos Unfortunately, asbestos is still not banned in the United States. Despite thousands of mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer diagnoses and deaths, the substance [...]
December 25, 2015

Brayton Purcell LLP Food and Fund Drive Results

Brayton Purcell LLP hopes you are having an amazing holiday season! Part of what makes our holidays so special is the ability to give back to our local communities. We recently teamed up with The SF-Marin Food Bank for an annual holiday food drive. Employees raised over $5,000 and collected 105 pounds of food to [...]
December 7, 2015

Gil Purcell at the Southern California Trial Lawyers Conference

Brayton Purcell LLP is proud to announce that our partner and senior trial attorney, Gil Purcell, will be a featured speaker at Pepperdine University’s upcoming Southern California Trial Lawyers Conference. Pepperdine University has trained many of the top plaintiff’s lawyers in the Southern California region. The Pepperdine University School of Law focuses on developing lawyers [...]