July 30, 2019 – Barrett Law Group, P.A.’s attorneys Richard Barrett and Don Barrett were named as National Trial Lawyers of the Year at last night’s Public Justice 2019 Gala and Awards Dinner at USS Midway in San Diego, California for their work as part of the plaintiff class counsel team in the Hale v. […]

‘Avery’ lawyers say plan for Karmeier deposition is not immediate August 15, 2013 10:30 AM By Steve Korris EAST ST. LOUIS – Lawyers whose plan to depose Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier became public now say they will do it later or maybe not at all. On Aug. 14, they told U.S. District Judge […]

Dodging a Billion-Dollar Verdict SOURCE: AP/Charles Rex Arbogast Republican Judge Lloyd A. Karmeier smiles as he reads from a t-shirt, “Top Ten Reasons I Voted For Judge Karmeier,” after defeating Democrat Gordon E. Maag for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court, Tuesday, November 2, 2004, during an election night gathering at the American Legion […]

HALE V. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL, U.S.D.C SO. DIST. ILLINOIS In 1998 in the Avery v. State Farm case, Don Barrett’s law firm along with co-counsel won the largest verdict ever against State Farm for requiring the use of imitation crash parts in its auto repairs.  After years of appeals, the […]