Paul Lannus
Primary Areas of Legal Practice
Environmental Litigation, Products Liability and Toxic Tort
Professional Experience
Mr. Lannus represents clients on both the local and national level in all phases of toxic tort and products liability litigation. His representative matters include asbestos, silica, chemical exposure, clean room, mold, and groundwater contamination litigation.
His experience includes the examination of lay and expert witnesses, law and motion practice, oral arguments at court hearings, settlement conferences and negotiations, mediations, and trial preparation. In addition, he has training in drafting licensing, non-disclosure and sales agreements.
Prior to joining Lankford Crawford Moreno LLP, Mr. Lannus was a senior litigation associate with McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, a 500 attorney international law firm. At McKenna Long, Mr. Lannus served as a primary case handling/senior team attorney with its San Francisco Toxic Tort Group handling asbestos litigation for national and international clients.
He is a graduate of the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy (2004) and served as a Judicial Extern to the Honorable James Ware, United States District Court, Northern District of California in 1998. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Lannus worked for a national entertainment company as a logistics manager.
Past and Present Representative Clients
Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC., Luzenac America, Inc., Rio Tinto Minerals, Inc., and Velan Valve Corp.
Education
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1997)
San Jose State University, San Jose (B.A., 1994)
Public Administration
Bar Admissions
California, 1997
Professional Affiliations
Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California
Defense Research Institute