Levin Papantonio Law Firm and BP Oil Spill Lawsuit

BP Oil Spill Lawsuit

The Florida based law firm of Levin Papantonio, is working with residents on the Gulf of Mexico to recover losses due to the BP Oil spill. The law firm is not undertaking this task alone. Quite the contrary really. According to a Business Wire press release, Papantonio has invited the law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. to join in on the environmental suit. Among the noted advocates is Erin Brockovich.

Grounds for the BP Oil Lawsuit

The goal for the law firm is to seek to recover damages suffered by clients as a result of the Gulf oil spill. Obviously there are many, many coastal residents who survive off the bounty of the sea and from tourist dollars.  Brockovich was quoted saying I would like to tell the local commercial fishermen who aren’t able to earn a living, and other business owners, ‘You have rights and we can help.’

Who are these Lawyers involved in the firm?

About the best thing I could find is a post in forum, from someone who sounds like they know about the lawyers:

Who is Fred Levin? He's one of the best trial lawyers in the world and lives in Pensacola. He'll he owns half the town. If Fred gets them their going to be seriously hurting. Good for them, Tony Heyward is going to wish to God he didn't screw with Pensacola. :P The little people have a BITE. :P He lives there.

If you don't believe me look at what Fred Levins law firm has won verdict wise...[he then continues to list a cases won, that is directly from the Florida Personal Injury Lawyer's website]

Judging by the numbers, and positive reviews... he's completely right. With over $2 billion in firm jury verdicts, it seems that the Levin Papantonio Law Firm is one of the nation's premier civil litigation law firms!

Where is the firm based?

There are a lot of the southern states that are effected by the gulf oil spill, so which one is home to Levin Papantonio? They are located in Pensacola, FL. Near the Pensacola Museum of Art and Corinne Jones Park. The firm's address is:

316 South Baylen Street

Suite 600

Pensacola, FL 32502

Phone: (850) 435-7000

Toll Free: (888) 435-7001

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BP in the Media

[Yahoo! Finance on BP]

The case against the BP brand is not so much that the company will enter bankruptcy. It is that BP may end up breaking into pieces for its own sake. This may be to put the liabilities for the Deepwater Horizon spill into a company that also holds escrow capital to cover the huge costs of clean-up and suits. BP may also want to separate its successful refining operations from its exploration business, or recreate an American- based company similar to BP America, which existed for two decades. A restructuring of BP would also allow the firm to take a badly crippled brand and give the oil operation a new name -- much as it did when it changed its name from British Petroleum. The second time may be the charm.

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/110018/10-brands-that-may-disappear-in-2011