Laura S. Rahman

"My longevity of practice, first-hand experience with and understanding of the plaintiff attorneys involved in occupational exposure, toxic tort, and other mass tort civil disputes, and proven skill in effectively litigating large-scale disputes have resulted in highly strategic and successful defenses for the clients we serve."

Laura Rahman practices with the firm’s Casualty and Mass Tort Litigation group. She is a critical member of key client teams that defend major toxic tort, product and premises liability claims with demands that reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Laura has earned her reputation for excellence in effectively developing and continuously analyzing, streamlining, managing, and supporting the copious amounts of information and details inherent in these disputes. A considerate defense strategist and highly effective claim manager and litigator, Laura is the ultimate taskmaster who will ensure dispute resolution remains on track and moving toward the right result.

Among Laura’s clients are industrial businesses, public and private companies, and commercial factories and plants. She brings considerable skill to defending claims of asbestos, benzene, and silica exposure, including lawsuits against the companies that manufacture and distribute such products and the premises on which those products were utilized. She is particularly effective in resolving this type of litigation due to her profound understanding of the medical and scientific information that permeates these matters, distinct capabilities that are brought to bear for the benefit of her clients.

Nearly three decades of successful practice in effectively defending and managing complex litigation across the state and beyond means that Laura brings her proven proficiency and dexterity to every matter in which she is involved. Clients and colleagues alike turn to Laura not only for her legal acumen but also for her heightened organizational skills, strong professional relationships cultivated over many years of serving as a defense advocate and earned reputation for being reasonable and engaging. She is fluent in the tactics of the myriad plaintiffs' attorneys associated with these lawsuits – a value-add when a favorable result in or out of court is mission-critical to her client.

As a litigation strategist, Laura is relied upon for her creativity in applying the law to each distinct case in a manner that leverages the potential of a favorable outcome via tactical, hard-fought litigation or advantageous settlement. She brings out-of-the-box thinking and novel approaches to the many layers of problem-solving inherent in single and multi-plaintiff claims, and multi-district litigation, and large-scale defenses with an array of players, moving parts, contingencies, and unexpected roadblocks to progress.