No. of offices 4 No. of employees 150+ Headquarters Novato Founded 1983 Number of attorneys 50 | No. of attorneys 50+ Date founded 1983 Motto Attorneys Helping People Number of employees 150 Number of offices 4 | |
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Major practice areas asbestos, mesothelioma, toxic substances, medical malpractice, personal injury Key people Alan Brayton, Gil Purcell (Senior Partners) Profiles | ||
Brayton Purcell, LLP (also known as Brayton Law) is a law firm based in Novato, California. The firm has 45 attorneys and 220 support staff. The majority of the firm's cases involve personal injury, and 75% of all cases are asbestos related.
History
In 1983, founding partner Alan Brayton established the firm until in 1995, senior partner and lead trial counsel Gilbert Purcell, joined to name the partnership Brayton Purcell.
In 2007, an Ohio judge found that the law firm "lied to the court, submitted fraudulent asbestos claim forms and broke other rules" in an asbestos-related case. As a result, the firm was barred from participating in the rest of the case. The event led to further litigation when the Brayton Purcell attorney who was directly responsible for the court sanction charged in his own case against his former employer that he was provided with false information by Brayton staff members and attorneys.