How it works
Stemple Law is committed to seeking justice for people whose lives have been affected by toxic substances, particularly asbestos. Drawing on more than four decades of experience.
Any Asbestos-related harm
This is not a mesothelioma-only office. If asbestos did the damage, Gordon looks at the file.
Location is not a barrier
We'll find the right court for you. Where you live shouldn't limit your options.
Worried it's too late?
If you're worried about statutes of limitations or whether it’s too late to act, the only way to know for sure is to call.
Contingency fee only
If no financial recovery is made on your behalf, there is no fee.
Not just Mesothelioma cases
If you find yourself suffering from Lung cancer or advanced Asbestosis resulting from industrial asbestos exposure, you deserve to be heard.
While some law firms exclusively represent Mesothelioma clients, our practice is broader.
Establishing the connection between asbestos exposure and diseases such as lung cancer or asbestosis can be challenging. But if the connection is there, it may only be found by taking the time to look for it. If you have questions about whether your illness may be related to asbestos exposure, call Gordon.
Determining the Most Beneficial Venue
Gordon personally takes time to determine which state’s laws and venue may be most favorable for your case. In his view, California is among the better venues in the country for people harmed by toxic substances. In most instances, Gordon has been successful in bringing cases involving out of state clients to the most favorable venues within California.
A retired shipyard worker living in Nevada filed in San Francisco, went to trial in eight months, and only had to be present three days. His testimony was strong enough that the remaining defendants did not want the case to go to the jury. After he died, his sons kept receiving settlements from the asbestos trusts.
An Oregon family with a mesothelioma diagnosis had a wrongful-death case filed in San Francisco within a month. Court settlements and trust settlements both continued.
If you think it’s too late
Don’t assume it’s too late on your own.
Time limits are not the same in every state. The only way to know is to call.
The consultation with Gordon is free.
If you or your family member is 70 or older, or a doctor has said there may be less than six months life expectancy, California courts can fast-track a case: months, not years.
Gordon’s history with Asbestos
In the late 1970s through the 1980s, few individual law firms had the resources to pursue large toxic tort cases. Gordon developed litigation projects that brought established law firms together to share the substantial time, expense, and responsibility required. By 1984, he supervised and coordinated more than 24 firms representing over 30,000 individual plaintiffs in multiple jurisdictions from coast to coast, including the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
1977–1994: Long Beach, Mare Island, and Hunters Point
We filed individual asbestos cases for more than 4,000 current and retired workers at the Long Beach, Mare Island, and Hunters Point Naval Shipyards. Most of those clients were in the trades — boilermakers, riggers, laggers, electricians, pipefitters — men who had built the ships and been kept in the dark about the dangers of the dust well into the 1980s.
By the time Johns-Manville, the largest asbestos manufacturer, filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection on August 2, 1982, my firm represented 25% of all asbestos cases filed in the United States against it. I served on the Asbestos Health Claimants Committee in those New York proceedings and in other asbestos-company bankruptcies that followed. Those cases led to the asbestos trust funds still used today.
1985–1992: National Tire Workers Litigation Project
In 1985, while testing workers for chemical exposures from the closed Firestone factory that had been disposing of its waste at the Crazy Horse landfill, we found an epidemic of asbestos-related illness among American tire-manufacturing workers. Despite resistance from the tire and asbestos industries, the project represented more than 13,000 tire workers, coast to coast, exposed to asbestos.
Industrial talc used in abundance in those factories was found to contain up to 60% tremolite asbestos. This was vehemently disputed by talc manufacturers. Today, that hazard is widely accepted.
