Mark G. Strauss

Mark G. Strauss is a founding partner of Humpleby & Strauss, P.C.,
concentrating his practice on representing individuals and families
affected by mesothelioma and asbestos-related diseases. His
involvement in asbestos litigation began in the mid-1980s, giving him
more than four decades of experience studying asbestos exposure and
the litigation surrounding it.

Mr. Strauss began his asbestos litigation work while attending
Washington University School of Law. His early experience included
monitoring asbestos trials in Madison and St. Clair Counties,
Illinois, and attending hundreds of asbestos-related depositions. He
subsequently participated in major federal asbestos litigation
involving New York City powerhouses and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, as
well as the Georgine asbestos class action.

In 1996, Mr. Strauss became a principal in his own law firm,
continuing his representation of asbestos victims and their families.
Over the decades, he developed extensive knowledge of
asbestos-containing products, manufacturers, suppliers, industrial
facilities, construction trades, and historical workplace conditions.

Today, a substantial part of his work involves investigating
difficult-to-identify asbestos exposures, including exposures
occurring during the 1980s and 1990s. His research includes historical
catalogs, corporate documents, supplier records, deposition testimony,
and information concerning asbestos-containing products, talc, and
vermiculite.

At Humpleby & Strauss, Mr. Strauss works alongside founding partner
Craig C. Humpleby, whose bankruptcy law experience assists the firm's
work involving asbestos bankruptcy trusts and complicated claims.

Mr. Strauss believes that individuals diagnosed with mesothelioma
should not be expected to identify the asbestos products that caused
their exposure without assistance. His approach begins with listening
carefully to a person's work and life history and investigating
potential sources of exposure through historical evidence.