Stephanie B. Sherman - Los Angeles, CA
Attorney at Wisner Baum LLP
Civil Rights Lawyers in Los Angeles, CA
11111 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 1750 Los Angeles, CA 90025
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- 1 Super Lawyers®
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28
Years
Experience
Los Angeles Civil Rights Lawyer
Updated: 03/10/2026
Areas of Practice
- Civil Rights
- Complex and Multi-District Litigation
- Consumer Fraud Litigation
- Defective Medical Devices
- Personal Injury
- Prescription Drug Injuries
- Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability
- Zantac Cancer Lawsuit
- Product Liability Law
- Toxic Torts
- Toxic Baby Food
- Monsanto Roundup Cancer
- Wrongful Death Law
Attorney Information
Overview
Stephanie B. Sherman is a multiple award-winning trial lawyer and shareholder partner at Wisner Baum (formerly Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman). With over 20 years of experience, she has helped thousands of clients in serious personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, chemical exposure, and dangerous pharmaceutical cases.
Stephanie believes that obstacles reveal opportunities. Her background in psychology and the law gives her the unique ability to understand the complexities of trauma and the human experience while thoughtfully guiding her clients through the legal system. She prides herself on being a champion for the nation's most vulnerable and is especially drawn to cases involving social and environmental justice matters.
Before joining Wisner Baum in 2022, Stephanie worked at other elite law firms and won landmark cases worth hundreds of millions against some of the largest companies in the world. Her track record of success includes numerous high-value toxic tort cases involving exposure to PCBs, benzene, and other harmful chemicals.:
Monsanto Company PCB Litigation. Served on the trial team for hundreds of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) clients in the Monsanto polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) litigation, which resulted in a verdict of $46.5 million and a later settlement of all claims in the hundreds of millions.
Rowan v. Georgia Pacific et al, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Ohio. Served as lead counsel for the first wood dust product liability exposure case filed in the country, which resulted in a confidential multimillion-dollar settlement.
Tomas Gonzales v. ASARCO, Nueces County, Corpus Christi, Texas. Filed on behalf of a general labor contractor who was diagnosed with mesothelioma in his 60s and died quickly thereafter. This case resolved in a confidential settlement.
Egelhoff v. Fujifilm et al., Broward County, Miami, Florida. Filed on behalf of a printing press worker in a benzene exposure case and resulting in a confidential settlement.
In addition to her work in toxic tort litigation, Stephanie also has extensive experience handling major pharmaceutical cases against drug manufacturers for causing harm to patients, including successful resolutions against Johnson & Johnson, Gilead, and other pharma companies.
Stephanie is licensed to practice law in Texas and California. She graduated magna cum laude from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and philosophy and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. She later earned her law degree from Texas Tech School of Law and started practicing law in 1998.
Stephanie was selected as one of Texas Monthly Magazine's Texas Rising Stars and has been named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 list for the last four years. A compassionate leader, strategist, organizer, optimist, and innovator, Stephanie thrives on problem-solving and an "all in" team mentality for success. She represents the alignment of empathy, wisdom, sophisticated legal knowledge, and advocacy.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Texas Rising Stars, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2005-2008
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, 2017-2022
Other Sources of Feedback About Stephanie B. Sherman
Included on the 2026Southern California Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2005 Texas Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 1998
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Non Legal Education
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Texas Christian University, 1994
B.A.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Major: Psychology and Philosophy
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Texas Christian University, 1994
Current Employment Position(s)
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Attorney, Partner
Languages
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Spanish
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English
Pro Bono Activities
- Housing discrimination legal advocacy involving the elderly, LBGTQ, and minority communities.
- Educating elementary school students about civil rights and the foundations of equality and due process.
- Represented an injured government worker before the 9-11 Victims Compensation Board in New York.
- Volunteer at community schools teaching children about civil rights.
- First housing discrimination case on behalf of a mixed race child in Kansas litigated under the federal Fair Housing Act that resulted in a swift and confidential settlement.
Representative Cases
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Trial team for hundreds of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) clients in the Monsanto polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) litigation resulting in a St. Louis verdict of $46.5 Million and a later settlement of all claims in the hundreds of millions.
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Lead counsel for the first wood dust products liability exposure case filed in the U.S. (Ohio) for sinonasal cancer resulting in a confidential multi-million dollar settlement.
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Lead counsel on dozens of personal injury and wrongful death cases involving civil rights violations, pharmaceutical product liability, security negligence, property contamination involving oil and gas operations, and toxic torts involving mesothelioma, PCBs, benzene, dioxins, fertilizer plants, and formaldehyde-containing paints and solvents.
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Represented thousands of residents with cancer in a Mississippi community against Dupont for exposing them to dioxins released from a titanium dioxide manufacturing complex.
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1998
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2000
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2000
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2000
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 2001
- California, 2021
Other Affiliations
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of California
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association
- Public Justice
Reviews
Customer Reviews for Stephanie B. Sherman
Highlights
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5.0 Value
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5.0 Quality of Service
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5.0 Professional Competence
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Verified ClientHired Attorney 2020-2022I needed representation after being injured. I needed a warrior because it was going to be a battle. I found one in Stephanie Sherman. She worked tirelessly on my behalf. She stood next to me against giants, fearlessly. She showed compassion and respect towards me. She listened to me and believed me. I sat in admiration at her composure, poise, eloquence and knowledge of the rule of law. I would not hesitate to call on Stephanie Sherman again.
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