Blog: Press Release

November 22, 2019

Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP Nationally Ranked as 2020 “Best Law Firms” Winner

We are proud to announce that Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP was named as a 2020 “Best Law Firm” nationally and in Washington, DC by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®! The “Best Law ...

January 3, 2019

Ashcraft & Gerel Set for January 2019 Trial Against J&J

Alleges Johnson’s Baby Powder Caused Clients’ Ovarian Cancer Washington, DC: Local law firm Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP (A&G) heads to trial on January 22, 2019 in St. ...

May 29, 2018

Jared Kushner’s Company Sued for Failure to Maintain Apartment Complex

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Alexandria, VA) The law firm of Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP has filed a lawsuit on behalf of their client, Robinn L. Johnson, against Jared Kushner’s ...

April 19, 2018

Michelle A. Parfitt Joins International Academy of Trial Lawyers

PRESS RELEASE Michelle A. Parfitt, a Senior Partner of Ashcraft & Gerel, was recently inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) at their Annual ...

April 16, 2018

Ashcraft & Gerel to Represent Victims Harmed by Talcum Powder

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Over the past two years, Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay nearly 1 billion dollars in total damages to victims and their families who have ...

January 15, 2018

Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP Attorney Appointed to Wage and Hour Advisory Board

Allen Lowe, the firm’s managing partner, is one of only four advisors serving this next term on the Wage and Hour Advisory Board, reports ashcraftandgerel.com. FOR IMMEDIATE ...

November 6, 2017

Michelle A. Parfitt Presenting at Harrismartin’s Talcum Powder Litigation Conference

We are proud to announce that Michelle A. Parfitt of Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP will be among the presenters at the HarrisMartin Talcum Powder Litigation Conference in Miami ...

August 22, 2017

Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $417M in California Talc Cancer Trial

A California jury awarded Eva Echeverria $417M, after evaluating the link between Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder products and her ovarian cancer. After two days of ...

July 31, 2017

Jury Orders the Makers of Androgel to Pay $150M in Punitive Damages

Jury orders the makers of AndroGel to pay $150MM in punitive damages even though they were not found to have been guilty of causing Illinois man’s heart attack. After a 3-week ...

December 6, 2014

A Statement from Robert P. Enderle on the Sparrows Point Building Collapse

Our thoughts and prayers are with the nine workers who were hospitalized Monday after the roof gave way on a building at the former steel mill in Sparrows Point, Maryland. ...