Start with what the client remembers
Workplaces, trades, dates, equipment, contractors, coworkers, military service, household history and product memories can all become useful starting points.
For Referring Attorneys
When mesothelioma appears outside your usual practice, the first call can still be simple
H&S can assist with the asbestos and mesothelioma piece: reconstructing exposure history, organizing source research, evaluating legal pathways and discussing whether collaboration or referral makes sense for the client.
Use the research already built
H&S maintains source-led New York workplace research, occupational guides, product/equipment resources, bankruptcy-trust research and exposure-reconstruction tools.
Discuss the relationship directly
Consultation, referral or co-counsel arrangements are case-specific and begin only after appropriate conflict, client and professional-responsibility review.
Keep the client informed
Any division of fees or shared responsibility must comply with applicable professional rules and client-consent requirements. Nothing on this page creates a referral or fee agreement.
Useful Lawyer Starting Points
New York exposure research
Regional and workplace research built around remembered places, occupations, equipment and time periods.
Research & source library
Public-source records, evidence packets and the sourcing standards behind the H&S knowledge system.
Bankruptcy trust research
Company, product, exposure and trust research organized around the underlying history rather than a generic trust list.
Meet the founding partners
Background on Craig Humpleby and Mark G. Strauss and the firm's exposure-investigation approach.
Professional Responsibility
For New York matters, Rule 1.5(g) of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct addresses divisions of fees between lawyers in different firms, including client agreement and written confirmation requirements. Any actual arrangement must be evaluated for the specific matter and jurisdictions involved.