Danny Kraft

Background

Danny Kraft serves as Of Counsel at Meirowitz & Wasserberg, LLP, where he represents victims of asbestos-related diseases including mesothelioma and lung cancer. He has spent more than 16 years exclusively practicing asbestos litigation, securing some of the largest plaintiff verdicts in the country. Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, Danny was the first member of his family to attend college. He earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and his Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 2001. After law school, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County from 2001 to 2008 before transitioning to civil asbestos litigation in July 2008. Danny's verdicts include a $190 million consolidated asbestos verdict in 2013 — the largest in New York history, on behalf of five pleural mesothelioma plaintiffs; a $75 million single-plaintiff verdict in 2017 — the largest single-case asbestos verdict in New York; a $41.625 million verdict in 2018 — the largest asbestos verdict in Delaware history; and a $22 million verdict in 2011 for two lung cancer plaintiffs. He is a member of the American Association for Justice and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and was named to the National Trial Lawyers' Top 40 Under 40 in 2014.

Notable cases

• 2013

  Largest consolidated asbestos verdict in NY history; 5 pleural mesothelioma plaintiffs

• 2017

  Largest single-case asbestos verdict in NY; female peritoneal mesothelioma plaintiff

• 2018

  Largest asbestos verdict in Delaware history; male pleural mesothelioma plaintiff

• 2011

  Two lung cancer cases from asbestos exposure involving smokers

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