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Denyse F. Clancy - Oakland, CA

Jack London Market55 Harrison StreetSuite 400 Oakland, CA 94607 - 3858

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Updated: 09/18/2023

Oakland Asbestos Litigation Lawyer

Overview

Denyse F. Clancy is a nationally recognized appellate and trial lawyer with prominent experience in asbestos litigation and other toxic torts. Prior to joining Kazan Law as a partner in 2016, Ms. Clancy was a shareholder and lead appellate and trial counsel at Baron & Budd, a highly respected trial firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Ms. Clancy has tried and won a wide array of asbestos-related cases, and has succeeded in defending a number of verdicts. Included among her victories as lead appellate counsel were Izell v. Union Carbide, which upheld a large punitive damages verdict. In Mahoney v. Georgia-Pacific, the California Court of Appeal upheld a significant compensatory damages verdict on behalf of a California asbestos sufferer and her family. A verdict for a Louisiana plaintiff with lung cancer was successfully upheld in Watts v. Hebert Brothers. Ms. Clancy's work in Moore v. Ericsson upheld a judgment on behalf of a Pennsylvania electrician against an asbestos wire manufacturer.

Ms. Clancy is one of only a handful of lawyers in the entire nation who has both: (i) been lead trial lawyer in cases resulting in National Law Journal Top 100 verdicts in the nation, and (ii) protected the law as an appellate attorney in numerous state Supreme and Appellate Courts.

About Denyse F. Clancy

Practice Areas

  • Asbestos Litigation

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Partner

Languages

  • Spanish

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 1999
  • California, 2008
  • Louisiana, 2010
  • Pennsylvania, 2010
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court Central District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Other Affiliations

  • American Association for Justice
  • American Bar Association
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Education

  • Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1999
    J.D.
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Honors: Valedictorian
    Law Review: SMU Law Review, Editor
  • Columbia University, 1992
    M.A.
  • Yale University, 1989
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude

Past Positions

  • Baron & Budd, Shareholder, Lead Appellate and Trial Counsel

Classes and Seminars

  • Presenter, "Benzene-Related Diseases: The Plaintiff's Perspective", Mealey's Benzene Litigation Conference, New York, December 4, 2006
  • Presenter, "Building and Defending a Warnings Case", Harris Martin Benzene Litigation Conference, Miami, Florida, November 2, 2006
  • Presenter, "State of the Art", Mealey's Benzene Litigation Conference, Marina del Rey, California, June 12, 2006 - June 13, 2006
  • Presenter, "Benzene Litigation", Mealey's Toxic Tort Update: Texas, Dallas, Texas, March 9, 2006 - March 10, 2006
  • Presenter, "Why Benzene is Not the New Asbestos", Harris Martin Benzene Litigation 101 Conference, San Antonio, Texas, February 2, 2006
  • Presenter, "The Law: Proving Up and Defending Against Liability", Harris Martin Benzene Seminar, Los Angeles, California, September 29, 2005
  • Presenter, "The Admissibility of Refinery-Conducted Epidemiological Studies", Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, July 24, 2004

Achievements

Other Sources of Feedback About Denyse F. Clancy

Included on the 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list


Past Lists

  • 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2009 Texas Super Lawyers list
  • 2008 Texas Super Lawyers list
  • 2007 Texas Super Lawyers list
  • 2006 Texas Super Lawyers list
  • 2005 Texas Super Lawyers list

View the profile for Denyse F. Clancy on Super Lawyers

Honors

  • Texas Rising Star, Thompson Reuters, 2005 - 2009

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Office Information

Address

Jack London Market55 Harrison StreetSuite 400 Oakland, CA 94607 - 3858

Fax

  • (510) 835-4913

Publication

Articles

  • "Fraud Claims Under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933: Should Pleading with Particularity be Required?", 27 SEC. REG. L.J. 411, 2000
  • "The Deductibility of the Costs of Aircraft Maintenance", 64 J. AIR. L. & Com. 539, 1999

Representative Cases

  • Izell v. Union Carbide
  • Mahoney v. Georgia-Pacific
  • Watts v. Hebert Brothers
  • Moore v. Ericsson

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