A University of Texas School of Law graduate, Chris Kirchmer focuses primarily on pharmaceutical and medical device product liability law. Most recently, Kirchmer was named to the Plaintiffs Steering Committee for the Cook Medical IVC Filter litigation, as well as the Plaintiffs Leadership Counsel for the Bard IVC Filter litigation.

Bryan O. Blevins, Jr. is an equity partner at Provost Umphrey. He has spent his entire professional career with Provost Umphrey Law Firm. Blevins serves as administrator, trial coordinator and litigator for the firm's asbestos department, including direct coordination of over 10,000 cases. Blevins was recently named 2016 Southeast Texas "Lawyer of the Year" for Product Liability Litigation by Best Lawyers in America®.

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Noted Texas attorneys Zona Jones and Michael Havard of Provost Umphrey Law Firm; Louis K. Bonham of Osha Liang LLP; and Patrick Zummo of the Law Offices of Patrick Zummo recently joined the legal team representing the three companies.

On Monday March 21, 2016, Provost Umphrey's Edward Fisher obtained a $4.2 million jury verdict on behalf of Ronda Maddox Evans against NAACO Materials and Handling group. This verdict comes just four months after Fisher obtained a $1.25 million verdict on behalf of a man who was killed on the job while working for Livengood Excavators, Inc. in Pennsylvania.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling awarding $5.8 million against Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) in favor of more than 3,000 workers from an Iowa meat-processing plant who were not paid for the time they spent putting on and removing required protective clothing and traveling to their work areas.

​Volkswagen executives recently announced that they will extend amnesty for any workers coming forward with information on the “cheat device” software that was discovered in 11 million Volkswagon and Audi vehicles sold in Europe and the U.S.

​Provost Umphrey legal team earns key ruling for owner-operators in fee-skimming case