John Langdoc - Oakland, CA
Attorney at Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood
Asbestos Litigation Lawyers in Oakland, CA
Jack London Market 55 Harrison Street Suite 400 Oakland, CA 94607 - 3858
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22
Years
Experience
Oakland Asbestos Litigation Lawyer
Updated: 03/10/2026
Areas of Practice
- Asbestos Litigation
Attorney Information
Overview
John L. Langdoc joined Kazan Law as partner in January 2016. Prior to this, Mr. Langdoc was a shareholder and lead trial lawyer for the well-respected Baron & Budd law firm, headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
John Langdoc was a scientist before he was a lawyer. At Baylor College of Medicine, Langdoc researched the brain. Earlier, in graduate school, he researched how prescription drugs like Prozac can cause brain defects in babies born to mothers taking the medications.
Today, as a lawyer, much of Langdoc's practice remains focused on scientific issues, particularly dissecting industry-funded "studies" that invariably show that known industrial toxins are "safe."
In 2015 Mr. Langdoc's $48 million dollar verdict - on behalf of a California mesothelioma patient and his wifeÂ- was affirmed after numerous unsuccessful appeals by the asbestos company; this landmark case was recognized by Legal 500 as one of the most significant toxic exposure verdicts in the nation, and selected by the National Law Journal as one of the Top 100 Verdicts of the year.
Mr. Langdoc was inducted into the inaugural Texas Lawyer's Verdicts Hall of Fame. He was recognized for the top California toxic exposure verdict of 2012, and for both the first place and second place largest product liability verdicts in Texas in 2011.
Langdoc's recent trial successes include:
- $48 million verdict against Union Carbide Corporation for causing a construction worker's cancer
- $9 million verdict against Dow Chemical Company for exposing a worker to carcinogens at a Texas chemical refinery
- $12 million verdict for a man who was exposed to carcinogens at a Pennsylvania paper mill
- $20 million verdict against Georgia-Pacific for a woman who developed cancer from being exposed to asbestos in the Koch Industries subsidiary's home remodeling products
- $8 million verdict for the wife of a man who was exposed to carcinogens from Ashland Inc.'s Haveg pipe
- $6 million verdict for a man who was exposed to carcinogens at a Dow Chemical Company plant in Louisiana
- $5.5 million verdict for the families of men exposed to asbestos, which included Ericsson's asbestos containing wire and cable
- $11 million verdict for a man who was exposed to carcinogens as a painter
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Top 40 under 40, a Super Lawyer Rising Star, National Trial Lawyers Association
- Texas Lawyer’s Verdicts Hall of Fame, inductee
Other Sources of Feedback About John Langdoc
Included on the 2026 Northern California Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 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
- 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Texas Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
- South Texas College of Law Houston, Houston, Texas
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Non Legal Education
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Baylor University, Houston, Texas
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner, since 2016
Past Positions
- Baron & Budd
Classes and Seminars
- Lecture, Continuing Legal Education Seminars for Attorneys
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- California
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Contact
Jack London Market
55 Harrison Street
Suite 400
Oakland, CA 94607 - 3858
Phone: 877-995-6372
Fax: (510) 835-4913
Email: Send a message
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