Major Litigation
Victor Yannacone often shaped the body of law through major litigation. Over the decades he has brought new technologies, trends and discoveries to courtrooms and Boardrooms. He has represented clients from all walks of life and championed causes in many fields.
Through six decades of litigation, Yannacone has represented more than 12,000 individual victims of industrial accidents and occupational disease.
Persuading courts to transform academic theories for legal protection of individuals and the environment into remedies can be formidable. The law may be a vast collection of miscellaneous unfamiliar precedents. Worst of all it may be non-existent. Consider the chronicle.
Attacking DDT and the persistent chemical biocides
Saving the Florissant Fossil Beds
Agent Orange and the Vietnam combat veterans
Protecting the drinking water of West Australia
Preventing damage to the Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie