Mesothelioma Law Firm Chris Meisenkothen
Attorney Meisenkothen has focused almost exclusively on representing
people who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma. He has personally
handled hundreds of mesothelioma cases (in addition to numerous other
cases for asbestos-related lung cancer and other asbestos-related
diseases). Chris co-chaired a trial in 2009 involving a Navy veteran
who died from mesothelioma and won a verdict of $2,595,000, the largest
asbestos jury verdict in Connecticut history. Chris has handled
mesothelioma cases that have covered a wide range of settlement values
up to over $3,000,000. Chris manages the firm's Connecticut docket and
oversees all of the firm's Connecticut asbestos cases. He also manages
the firm's asbestos- and toxin-related workers' compensation practice.
In 2011, Attorney Meisenkothen became a named partner in Early,
Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen. The highly regarded Super Lawyers
rating service identified him as a "Rising Star" (2008-2012 — Products Plaintiff; click here for selection criteria). He has since been named “Super Lawyer”
by the Super Lawyers rating service in recognition of the professional
achievements that he has attained thus far in his career (2013-2015 —
Products Plaintiff; click here
for selection criteria). No more than 5% of the lawyers in any given
state are awarded this prestigious designation. In recognition of his
record of success in asbestos litigation in Connecticut, Chris was also
chosen as one of the Connecticut Law Tribune's "Dozen Who Made a
Difference" in 2012.
He is admitted to practice in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts,
Maine and Georgia, and in the U.S. District Courts for the District of
Connecticut and the Northern District of Texas, and the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He is a member of several
professional organizations in the states where he is licensed,
including the American Association for Justice (formerly the
Association of Trial Lawyers of America), the Connecticut Trial Lawyers
Association, the American Bar Association, the Connecticut Bar
Association, and others.
Chris graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1996 with a
bachelor of arts in history and sociology with distinction in history.
He graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1999
and joined the firm in August of that year.
Read a note from one of Chris's satisfied clients below:
A Letter from Janette Gray
Dear Chris,My family and I want to say a very heartfelt THANK YOU to you and the staff at Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen, for all you've done thus far on behalf of our father, Walter H. Gray.
We have peace in knowing how proud our father would be that you and the lawyers have fought on his behalf. All the hard work and long hours he endured has not been in vain. Even though our father was a regular man, whom had worked all his life, you have treated him the same as some of the others who lead a much different path than he did in life. The individuals who have had to battle this fierce disease, the mesothelioma make all workers the same. This disease took him in the golden age of life, it's coming up on a year the 11th day of April, seems as if it were yesterday.
The financial support has been a blessing to our family also. To help finish our father's affairs has meant a lot to us. He left us with the peace of knowing that his children would not have to bear a burden of trying to make ends meet because of him.
Form our hearts, again we say THANK YOU and may God bless everyone at the firm who fights for those who have lost to mesothelioma. But most of all for those who continue to fight and fight until the end.
Chris, there aren't words to write that can express our gratitude. We do hope and pray blessings and favor be bestowed on you and your family for all you've done for the late Walter H. Gray. My family and I are truly blessed and grateful for you.
Sincerely yours,
Janette Gray
Daughter of Walter