Scott Summy is a shareholder at Baron & Budd, one of the largest and oldest firms in the United States that specializes in environmental litigation. Mr. Summy heads up the firm’s Environmental Litigation Group, which litigates complex environmental…

Mr. Fiske is California’s leading public entity-as-plaintiff lawyer and a shareholder in the San Diego offices of Baron & Budd. Mr. Fiske has obtained significant settlements on behalf of communities, having resolved more than $2.15 billion dollars for his public entity clients since December 2018 alone….

Ed Diab leads the firm’s mass tort practice, focusing on pharmaceutical, medical device and wildfire litigation. Mr. Diab began his career as an active trial attorney focused on complex plaintiffs’ elder abuse and medical malpractice…

Rob Chambers has focused his entire career on representing people who have suffered catastrophic injury or significant economic harm. Prior to co-founding Diab & Chambers, Rob spent more than a decade working alongside several of…

Over the nearly two decades that he has practiced law, Cary McDougal has proven to be a Formidable trial lawyer with unflinching resolve to serve his clients. Cary has been lead attorney in over 75 jury trials in state and federal court. He has tried cases…

Torri Sherlin brings a lifelong passion for the outdoors to Baron & Budd’s Environmental Litigation Group in San Diego. Joining our Ecolawyers unit in 2018, Ms. Sherlin shares her enthusiasm for safeguarding the environment…

Jason Julius, a shareholder with Baron & Budd, joined the firm’s Environmental Litigation Group in 2017. Bringing those who pollute our precious natural spaces to justice is what drives Mr. Julius’ passion every day…

Taylor O’Neal joined the San Diego, California, offices of Baron & Budd’s Environmental Litigation Group as an associate in 2021. Ms. O’Neal knew she wanted to become an…

Erin McIntosh is a Senior Paralegal and Director of the Environmental Litigation Group at Baron & Budd, where she manages all staff in the group. She brings more than 30 years of experience to her work on water contamination cases and wildfire litigation….

Jennifer Hutchison is a Senior Paralegal and Manager of the San Diego office of Baron & Budd, where she has dedicated her time to Environmental Litigation since 2016. The many cases in which Ms. Hutchison is actively…

Kelley Peters has been a legal secretary in the San Diego Offices of Baron & Budd since 2019. Some of the cases Ms. Peters is actively involved with or has previously worked on include …

Cassie Hines is a legal secretary in the San Diego Offices of Baron & Budd, where she has focused her efforts on environmental litigation since joining the firm in 2021. Ms. Hines works in our Environmental…

Elizabeth “Liz” Brewster is the Legal Assistant for Baron & Budd’s office in Chico, California. She joined the firm in November 2018 after losing her home and her hometown of…

Shaye Conley is an Executive Assistant and Paralegal to Rob Chambers. Shaye graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies.…

Santo Riccobono is a caring and dedicated advocate with proven experience. Santo is truly committed to his clients, thriving on the fast paced, competitive world of litigation when it comes to pursuing the best outcomes for them. Santo strives to secure maximum compensation for clients. He has experience in navigating wildfire litigation, injury claims, as well as wrongful death claims.

Tobin Ellis has found his passion in life. It is to help people. It is to help those people, who through no fault of their own, have been harmed by the misconduct of others. To hold accountable those “others” who refuse to do the right thing. To challenge those “others”, either companies or people, who attempt to escape responsibility for their bad deeds.

Courtney Vasquez is an accomplished litigator with 13 years of experience specializing in mass tort cases and consumer class actions. For the past seven years, Courtney has focused her practice on wildfire litigation going head-to-head with the most powerful utility companies operating in the State, including
Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation (PG&E), Southern California Edison Company (SCE), and PacifiCorp.