Cory Watson Attorneys 2023 Year in Review
As a new year begins, we at Cory Watson Attorneys are grateful for the opportunity to reflect on the past year, highlight our ongoing efforts, and celebrate our firm’s successes. We look forward to another year of achievements and growth as we continue into 2024.
Our firm takes great pride in the following key moments from 2023:
Successes for Our Clients:
- Cory Watson Attorneys Files $500 Million Individual Lawsuit Against Norfolk Southern Seeking Compensation for East Palestine Victims
- U.S. Supreme Court Denies DuPont Petition for Certiorari in Cory Watson’s $40 Million Teflon Cancer Verdict
- Settlement for Opioid Lawsuit, Hernia Mesh, Transvaginal Mesh, IVC Filter
- $6B Settlement for U.S. Military Veterans and Service Members in 3M Earplug Lawsuit
- Obtained $72K in Car Wreck Jury Verdicts Against the City of Memphis.
- $800K Settlement in a Workplace Premises Liability Case
- $850K Settlement in Tennessee Car Wreck Case
- Settled Head Injury Case for Minor Student
- Settled Against a Major Hotel Chain for Client Who was Sexually Assaulted
- Settlement in a Medical Malpractice Claim for Anoxic Brain Injury
- $225K Settlement in Defective Automotive Brakes Case
Here is a glance at active litigations and cases that the Cory Watson team continues to work in 2024:
Attorney Leadership Appointments:
Co-Founder & Principal Leila H. Watson
- Alabama Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates, President
- Alabama Pattern Jury Instructions Committee – Civil, Chair
- Alabama Bar Commissioner, At-Large
- Alabama Disciplinary Commissioner
Principal Jon C. Conlin
- Plaintiffs Steering Committee for MDL 3081 (Bard PowerPort Products Liability Litigation)
Attorney Joel Caldwell
- Magic City Bar Association, President
- American Bar Association, AL & GA District Representative
Attorney Tiffany Carpenter
- Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association’s Executive Board of Governors, Parliamentarian
Overall, Cory Watson Attorneys has won more than 25,000 cases across the country, securing more than $4 Billion in groundbreaking multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements. We take pride in having improved the safety of products for consumers worldwide, protecting our environment, and ensuring our clients get justice. Our attorneys are determined to continue doing so in the future.
Giving back to, and engaging with, our communities has also remained a pivotal focus and priority at Cory Watson.
A look at the community organizations and initiatives that the Cory Watson team has supported in 2023:
- Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice
- Alabama Civil Justice Foundation
- Alabama Lawyers Association
- Alabama Legal Food Frenzy
- Ben F. Jones Chapter of the National Bar Association
- Birmingham Veterans Day Parade
- Black Law Students Association – University of Alabama School of Law
- Children’s Hospital Sugar Plum Shop
- Children’s Village
- Cumberland School of Law
- Equal Justice Institute
- Holy Family Christo Rey Catholic High School Work Study Program – Corporate Partner
- Kitty Kat Haven and Rescue
- Laura Crandall Brown Foundation
- Magic City Bar Association
- Magic Moments – Wish Granting Organization for Children
- Miles Law School
- M-Power Ministries
- National Civil Justice Institute
- Rape Crisis Center
- Ronald McDonald House
- TumTum Tree Foundation
- United Way of Central Alabama Community Crisis Fund
- Vestavia Hills High School Tennis Program
Additionally, our attorneys and staff have donated long hours and thousands of dollars in support of other community non-profit agencies - most of which focus on children, education and making Alabama a better place to raise a family.
Cory Watson is profoundly thankful and honored for another year to serve our clients. We look forward to serving our community and fighting for justice on behalf of our clients in 2024 and for many years to come.