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Frederick Martin Baron (born 1947 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is a trial lawyer best known for representing victims of toxic and chemical exposure. He has also been an active figure in politics as a fund-raiser for the Democratic Party.

Career

Baron is one of America’s most prominent trial lawyers. He is a founder of Baron & Budd, P.C., a Dallas, Texas law firm and a former president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. His firm has become one of the largest firms in the country representing victims of toxic and chemical exposure particularly claims of asbestos exposure.

In the controversial asbestos litigation, Baron successfully convinced the United States Supreme Court to de-certify nationwide class action settlements involving future claims of people who are not yet ill, but who may later develop asbestos-related illnesses. The decertification addressed the problem that asbestos-related illnesses like mesothelioma (a fatal cancer of the lining of the lung), have a latency period of 20-40 years from the date of exposure.

Honors

Fred Baron has been honored as a lawyer who helped shape Texas law during the 20th century in Legal Legends: A Century of Texas Law and Lawyering (Texas Lawyer commemorative publication, June 2000).
He has been named as one of the nation's top plaintiff's lawyers by Forbes magazine (2001).
He was named one of Dallas' top lawyers by D Magazine (May 2001 and May 2005).
In 2001, The University of Texas School of Law endowed a chair in his name.

Politics

Baron has been an active figure in politics as a prominent fund-raiser for the Democratic Party and fellow trial lawyer, Sen. John Edwards. Baron was the finance chair of Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign before co-chairing the Kerry Victory '04 committee, a joint effort of the Democratic National Committee and the Presidential campaign of John Kerry.

Accomplishments

Past president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA);
A member of the Board of Governors of ATLA, as Chairman of the Public Affairs Committee on the Board of Governors, and Chairman of its Section on Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts;
Past president of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice;
A member of the Board of Directors of The American Constitution Society;
A member of the American Law Institute, serving on the Products Liability sub-committee;
Vice-Chairman of the Toxic and Hazardous Substances and Environmental Law Subcommittee for the American Bar Association;
Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates;
Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and Dallas Bar Foundation;
Former member of the Board of Advisors to the Toxic Law Reporter (B.N.A.);
Former Trustee for the Civil Justice Foundation;
Member of the Advisory Board of Texas Citizen Action;
Director of the Texas Law Review Association;
Director of the Irving Selikoff Foundation (Charitable Trust);
Trustee of the Manville Victims Special Trust (Charitable Trust);
Trustee of the Democratic National Committee;
On the Texas Advisory Board of the Environmental Defense Fund;
Ranked as one of nation's top plaintiff's lawyers in Forbe's Magazine in 2001.

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