So much of this firm’s success can be traced to co-founder Peter Kraus’s unwavering commitment to individuals injured by dangerous products and negligent corporate practices, so we’re not surprised that peer lawyers would name him Attorney of the Year for Product Liability Litigation in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America®.
Over the course of his career, Peter has earned...
Two women who were sexually assaulted by their ninth-grade social studies teacher at a Los Angeles-area public middle school in 1974 have each obtained seven-figure monetary settlements thanks to litigation filed by trial lawyers at Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel.
According to the two lawsuits, the school district and school personnel ignored signs during the 1974-75 school year that...
Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel is proud to announce that firm attorneys Chris Johnson, Caitlyn Silhan and Camille Hunt have been honored among the nation’s top lawyers under 40 by Thomson Reuters’ 2024 “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars.”
Each year, Super Lawyers conducts a rigorous selection process designed to identify outstanding early and mid-career lawyers in each...
An article published by Law360 highlights the work of Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel attorneys who secured a closely watched ruling on behalf of Boeing manufacturing plant employees seeking to hold the company accountable for birth injuries caused by exposure to toxic chemicals on the job.
In “Boeing Can’t Exit Wash. Worker’s Birth Defect Suit,” reporter Rachel Riley...
Philly jury finds benzene in gasoline caused former mechanic’s leukemia diagnosis
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia jury has returned a $725.5 million verdict against ExxonMobil, finding the company’s failure to warn about the known health risks of exposure to cancer-causing benzene in its petroleum products was responsible for a former service station mechanic’s acute myeloid...
Lawsuit: Ninth-grade teacher groomed and sexually assaulted female students in 1974
CULVER CITY, Calif. — The Culver City Unified School District will go to trial October 23 in a lawsuit filed by a former student who alleges she and at least one other student were systematically groomed and sexually assaulted by a ninth-grade social studies teacher in 1974.
According to the...
Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel attorneys, staff and friends of the firm raised a firm-record amount of money and food for hungry North Texas children during the North Texas Food Bank’s 2023 Partners for Hope (P4H) law firm challenge.
The Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel team received two special awards and was named a “Diamond Partner” based on its volunteer work during the May...
Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel has joined law firms across North Texas to raise funds and collect food to fight food insecurity in our communities.
Throughout the month of May, Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel attorneys, staff and friends of the firm are volunteering at the North Texas Food Bank, raising money, and collecting canned and non-perishable food. The 2023 goal is to donate at...
Phillips & Paolicelli, LLP and Waters & Kraus, LLP announce that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has approved the following announcement of a proposed class action settlement that would benefit investors in one or more of the Lifetrade Funds:
SUMMARY NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION, SHAREHOLDER...
Caitlyn Silhan, a partner at Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel in the Dallas office, was recently invited to be part of the upcoming American Bar Association’s (ABA) False Claims Act mock trial faculty in Coral Gables, Florida. She was invited to participate by Joel Androphy, a partner at Berg & Androphy in Houston, Texas. Androphy has served as Program Director for the American Bar...
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