
Adam Pulaski
J.D. University of Houston Law School, 1990;
Law Review- South Texas College of Law, 1988.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA)
Houston Trial Lawyers Association (HTLA)
American Bar Association (ABA)
National Trial Lawyers Association (NTLA)

Steve Kherkher
Throughout his career, Steve has achieved record-setting results through summary judgments, jury verdicts, and arbitration awards. He has successfully represented Plaintiffs in over 40 states in a variety of complex civil litigation matters including catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, commercial automobile and trucking accidents, products liability, toxic torts, premises liability, as well as lawsuits against multi-national pharmaceutical companies. Steve’s expertise is widely respected by judges, opposing counsel, and his fellow colleagues. Due to his notoriety, passion for justice, and zealous representation, Steve has been retained to help other trial lawyers litigate cases throughout the United States.
In his tenure, his litigation expertise and ability to strategically select members of a jury, focusing precisely on outcome determinative issues, have resulted in superior representation of his clients. Steve is considered an Industry Leader by his peers. He has built a reputation amongst his colleagues based upon his unwavering loyalty, integrity, respect for all, leadership abilities, excellence, and selfless service.
Steve’s philosophy is to win every case and achieve exceptional results for his clients. Steve has won numerous record-setting verdicts, including a $100 million dollar verdict ($100,000,000) in Pennsylvania, for a single living plaintiff, in an action against a multi-national pharmaceutical company.
To date, Steve is the only attorney to spearhead, and first-chair multiple lawsuits against Monsanto, resulting in multi-million-dollar judgements for clients suffering from Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Steve prevailed in several lawsuits taken to trial or appeal, despite Monsanto’s repeated efforts to restrict his ability to file suit against them. His most recent suit against Monsanto resulted in a $46,500,000 judgment and verdict. Shortly thereafter, a confidential settlement was obtained for his three clients and their families.
Steve also has extensive experience in insurance coverage litigation, successfully representing homeowners and business owners in actions arising out of coverage disputes between insurers and policyholders, as well as bad faith actions arising out of coverage disputes. Steve helps families obtain favorable judgments against national insurance carriers who wrongfully deny benefits to policyholders.
Steve is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in personal injury trial law. In 2015, Steve was recognized in H-Texas Magazine, as one of the Top Mass Tort & Toxic Tort Lawyers in the State of Texas. In 2009, Steve was elected into the American Board of Trial Advocates, an organization that certifies only experienced, first-chair trial attorneys, who are of high personal character and honorable reputation.
Steve is currently a partner at Pulaski Kherkher. Pulaski Kherkher is comprised of a team of exceptional trial lawyers based in Houston, Texas, with the ability and resources to protect and fight for the rights of their clients against large national and multi-national corporations throughout the United States. Each and every client of Pulaski Kherkher receives personalized attention from a dedicated team of trial lawyers known nationally for their legal expertise and dedication to providing the highest quality representation. In addition to exceptional legal representation, Steve’s clients also become his friends who he remains in contact with long after the verdict is read. He often enjoys cookies and other baked goods clients have provided. Steve has enjoyed attending the weddings of former clients and has helped the children of former clients with educational expenses so that they could attend college. One of the recipients of his generosity is now a medical doctor. Steve looks forward to meeting you, and helping you get the justice you deserve.
Member of Phi Delta Phi
Member of Order of the Lytae
Assistant Editor of the South Texas Law Review
Bachelor of Science from the University of Houston
Master’s degree in education from the University of Houston
Football Graduate Assistant under Bill Yeoman
Pennsylvania
New York
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
State Bar of Texas
Houston Young Lawyers Association
Houston Trial Lawyers Association
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
American Board of Trial Advocates
Steve was named a Super Lawyer®, by Thomson Reuters, in 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 as selected by practicing attorneys in Texas
Texas’ Top Rated Lawyers 2012 Edition, by Thomson Reuters
Named a 2015 Top Mass Tort/Toxic Tort Lawyer in H-Texas Magazine

Darsey L. Glean
South Texas College of Law, J.D.
Houston Trial Lawyers Association
American Bar Association
Houston Young Lawyer’s Association
South Texas College of Law Alumni Association
Texas Exes University of Texas Alumni Association

Eric Boss
Eric is admitted to practice in all state courts of the State of Texas, as well as the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas.
Houston Trial Lawyers Association (HTLA)
American Bar Association (ABA)

Leslie Lamacchia
Leslie has also been appointed by the Honorable Paul Engelmayer to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in MDL No. 2767, In re: Mirena IUS Levonorgestrel-Related Products Liability Litigation (No. II), and served as co-chair of the Science Committee and a member of the Law and Briefing Committee.
Leslie’s extensive pharmaceutical drug and product liability experience and practice currently includes defective women’s birth control devices, breast cancer chemotherapy drugs and anti-coagulants.
South Texas College of Law, J.D., December, 2004
New Jersey, November 2005
US Supreme Court, April 2018
State Bar of New Jersey
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
American Bar Association
American Association for Justice

Katherine Cornell
Ms. Cornell is well known amongst her peers for her work in the global transvaginal mesh litigation. She served on the trial team against Mentor Worldwide and its parent company Johnson & Johnson that obtained a $4.4 million dollar verdict.
Her experience working has proved invaluable to not only her clients but also to other victims of defective medical products and dangers prescription medications. Ms. Cornell is currently working with victims of defective hernia mesh products and 3M Combat Arms Earplugs to help hold manufacturers accountable for their defective devices. She also assists victims of personal injury accidents in getting compensation for their injuries.
Ms. Cornell was appointed in 2019 and reappointed in 2020 to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee by the Honorable Casey Rodgers of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Florida in the 3M Combat Arms Earplug Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2885. She was also appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Proceed Mesh Litigation (Proceed Surgical Mesh and Proceed Ventral Patch Hernia Mesh), Case No. 630, in the Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division, Atlantic County.
In her spare time, Ms. Cornell is an active member of the legal community. She has been named a Top 40 Under 40 by The National Trial Lawyers and has been a Rising Star recipient from 2017 – 2020, which is an honor reserved for only 2.5% of attorneys. Ms. Cornell is a board member of Texas Women Rainmakers, a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation which is a Houston-based organization aimed at empowering women through education, mentorship and networking to advance themselves in the legal field. She is a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, where she currently serves as a member of the board of directors. She is also the former treasurer for the Law Practice Management Section of the Houston Bar Association and the Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation.
Ms. Cornell received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Work at Grand Valley State University before attending Michigan State University College of Law, where she received Dean’s List recognition. While in her home state of Michigan, she worked as a probation officer in the 59th District Court, served as a Law Clerk to Judge F. Kay Behm in The Probate Court For The County of Genesee, and as a Law Clerk to Judge Joseph J. Farah of the 7th Circuit Court.
Grand Valley State University, B.A. in Social Work, 2009
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
2018 – Present
Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation, Gala Marketing/Media Committee, 2015
Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2015
Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 2012
Houston Young Lawyers Association, 2012
American Association For Justice, 2012
American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, Top Lawyer, 2016
The National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40, 2016
Conference, August 2018
“Statute of Limitations and Its Applicability On Hernia Mesh Cases,”
HarrisMartin Conference, July 2018
“Hernia Mesh: Litigation Update,” HarrisMartin Conference, April 2017
“Building Blocks for Civil Litigation,” Texas Women Rainmakers Annual
Conference, August 2017
“Experiences as a New Attorney,” University of Houston Pre-law Society, 2013.

Marlo Fischer
She has worked on numerous MDL claims including pelvic mesh litigation and SGLT-2 inhibitor claims and has successfully negotiated settlements on behalf of her clients. Currently, Ms. Fischer represents individuals who have suffered injuries related to the use of Zantac, and works on various other complex litigation claims.
South Texas College of Law, JD
U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Texas

Bret Stanley
Member of the Texas Cowboys – New Man Fall 2003
Texas Educators Certificate
Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 2010 – Cum Laude with honors.
U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court of the Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court of Federal Claims
Prior Pro Hac Vice Admissions – U.S. District Court of the Southern District of West Virginia, U.S. District Court of Arizona, U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Indiana.
National Trial Lawyers’ Top 40 Under 40 for Texas 2019

David P. Matthews
Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards: Property, Civil Procedure
Law Review: South Texas College Law Review, Assistant Editor, 1988
Law Review: South Texas Law Review, Comment Editor
University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1984 B.A.
Houston Bar Association Member
American Bar Association Member
State Bar of Texas Member
Houston Young Lawyers Association Member
Texas Trial Lawyers Association Associate Director
American Board of Trial Advocates Member
American Association of Justice

Amber Prange
University of Washington (full golf scholarship athlete), B.A. in Communication and Marketing
American Bar Association
American Association for Justice

Megan Moore
B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Forensic Psychology
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, J.D.
United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, November 2016

Eric A. Hawley
Additionally, Mr. Hawley advises clients on a broad range of catastrophic and serious personal injury matters, including negligence, wrongful death, and premises liability, among others.
The University of Texas at Austin – Bachelor of Arts in History (2005)
Admitted to practice in the Southern District of Texas, 2013
Admitted to practice in the Eastern District of Texas, 2015
Member, Houston Bar Association
Member, Houston Trial Lawyers Association
Recent Developments Associate Editor, The Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law, 2009-10
Lifetime Member of the Texas Exes

Ryan Haun
Honors: Board of Advocates, 2005 State Bar of Texas Administrative Law Tournament Moot Court Champion
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas B.A. – 2003
Honors: 2002 University Honors recipient Major: English
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2006
Houston Bar Association
Houston Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 2007-present)
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (2006-present)
American Association for Justice

Douglas Mena
St. Edward’s University, BBA, 2004; magna cum laude
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2006
American Bar Association
Texas Bar Association
Houston Bar Association
Fort Bend Bar Association
South Texas College of Law Young Alumni Association
Houston Trial Lawyers Association
Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Board Member (2019)
The National Trial Lawyers

Kevin Edwards
The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1999
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2003
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2004
Dallas Bar Association
Dallas Trial Lawyers Association

Timothy Bearb
Mr. Bearb is a native Houstonian with years of courtroom experience. He has years of experience handling personal injury cases involving child sexual abuse, insurance property loss, breach of contract, and employment litigation. His legal practice is dedicated to helping people who have suffered at the hands of large corporations and institutions.
Mr. Bearb began his injury and insurance law practice with a desire to help people who have been wronged by forces with apparently unlimited financial and political resources. Along the way, he has won the confidence of his clients, representing them in a significant number of injury, abuse, and insurance claims’ matters.
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas – B.A. Physics
Washington
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Houston Trial Lawyers Association
Washington State Association for Justice
Washington State Bar Association

Julie Matthews
JD, South Texas College of Law
Active Member of Wisconsin Bar since 1992

Riley Burnett
University of Houston Law Center
American Board of Trial Advocates
Adilia Miranda Carreon
She uses the knowledge and skills she has garnered through her education and work experience to excel as a newly admitted attorney to the State of Texas Bar. Her reputation for a strong work ethic and perseverance are attributes that will surely provide positive results for her clients.
M.P.A., Nova Southeastern University, 2014
B.A., University of Houston, 2010
Houston Bar Association
American Bar Association
Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law, section of the State Bar of Texas
Pi Alpha Alpha, International Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration

Kathryn Hiett
Before joining the firm, Kathryn attended law school at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas. During law school, Kathryn was awarded best oralist for an outstanding appellate oral argument, and she enjoyed competing on her school’s traveling negotiation team.
As a law student, Kathryn gained experience in a variety of civil matters. She began her legal career as a judicial law clerk for the Arkansas Supreme Court. After, she became a student attorney for the law school civil clinic where she represented indigent clients in breach of contract and unpaid wage claims. Since then, Kathryn clerked for multiple different firms practicing an assortment of civil law matters, such as contract law, property law, and employment law.
B.S. in Political Science, University of Arkansas
Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Member
U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Texas