Our Resources

Our extensive resources enable us to provide our clients with the highest quality of legal representation.

Our Medical Library

We understand the complex medical issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma. Over the past 30 years, we have worked with leading doctors around the country who specialize in mesothelioma and other asbestos diseases. We have read and compiled an extensive library of medical texts, articles, journals, and books concerning mesothelioma – from its causes to diagnostic techniques to treatment protocols and clinical trials. Attending conferences around the country keeps us abreast of the latest medical advances, and the most prominent doctors and researchers in the field.

Our Database of Job Sites and Asbestos Products

The clients we have represented over the years were exposed to asbestos at hundreds of difference job sites around the country. We know the types of asbestos products used at various job sites, and we understand how people were exposed to asbestos. Our unique database helps us work with you to identify the companies at fault in your case.

We know a great deal about the asbestos content of thousands of products and how this asbestos was released. Our database includes photographs, trade magazines, product advertisements, product brochures, specifications, samples, and videotapes related to the use of asbestos products. As we prepare your case, we will also work with industrial hygienists who will explain how the asbestos dust became airborne and how you inhaled it.

Our Archive of Navy Records

Hundreds of our clients were exposed to asbestos on Navy ships and submarines. In representing these veterans and shipyard workers, we have researched hundreds of vessels to identify the specific asbestos products used in the construction, overhaul, maintenance, and repair of each of our clients' ships. We research and collect documents from the National Archives, the Washington Navy Yard Library, regional archives, and in the private collections of Navy veterans. As a result, we have our own unique library of historical ship-related documents showing the use of asbestos on Navy ships. We are proud to have this valuable resource at our disposal to effectively represent Navy veterans and shipyard workers in asbestos cases.

Our Collection of Company Documents

We also have hundreds of thousands of documents related to the conduct of the asbestos manufacturers, and their failure to warn workers and others about the hazards of asbetsos. As asbestos litigation was beginning in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Gary Galiher was one of the first lawyers to take the depositions of asbestos company witnesses. He traveled around the country to uncover what these companies knew about the dangers of asbestos. Gary felt that the conduct of the manufacturers in concealing the hazards of asbestos was criminal, and he resolved to continue pursuing these cases on behalf of people who were harmed. As a result of Gary's 30 years of hard work, our firm now has one of the largest collections of company documents.