​On July 26, 2017 KFDM’s Angel San Juan aired his investigative story about the Nederland Clinic, Optimum Medical Weight Control and Family Wellness. San Juan’s story featured an interview with Provost Umphrey’s Christopher Kirchmer, the attorney representing two families hoping to sue Optimum.

Long-term occupational exposure in the petro-chemical industry, shipyards, steel mills and foundries and the construction industries leads to a greater risk of developing the deadly cancer, but even short-term and household exposures to asbestos can cause mesothelioma.

A $45 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Philip Morris USA Inc. about, among other things, whether Marlboro Lights and Marlboro Ultra Lights cigarettes were deceptively advertised, marketed and sold as healthier to smoke than regular cigarettes.

Since 1969, Provost Umphrey has proven itself one of America’s most formidable class action law firms. Over the years, the legal team at Provost Umphrey has expanded its knowledge base and legal expertise into diverse areas of the law.

​A research study published in the October issue of Annals of Surgery reports that IVC filters are not only injuring and killing people, they’re doing so while offering no benefit questionable benefits to patients.

Christopher T. Kirchmer was named to the Plaintiffs Steering Committee (PSC) for the Cook Medical IVC filter litigation by Judge Tim A. Baker on December 3, 2015. This is the second PSC appointment for Kirchmer in regards to IVC filter litigation, as he was named to the Plaintiffs Leadership Counsel for the Bard IVC filter litigation in October 2015.