Bailey Glasser lawyers Brian A. Glasser, John W. Barrett, Katherine E. Charonko, Joshua I. Hammack, James L. Kauffman, Jonathan R. Marshall, D. Todd Mathews, Michael L. Murphy, and David L. Selby II were named to the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers list. 

As Lawdragon stated in announcing the 2026 list:

This is the 8^th edition of our guide to the lawyers who will fight for you when life delivers its harshest blows. They are the advocates who can win the medical care, insurance benefits and other compensation that can help to compensate for tragedy . . . .They and their fellow honorees inspire us, reminding us there are professionals who will fight for you when all seems lost. Who will take a stand against abuse, and seek changes that create a better future.

Learn more about their important work below.

---

Brian A. Glasser is a founding partner of the firm. Brian is a Rhodes scholar and graduate of Harvard Law and Oxford University and has tried cases in 18 different states, including two mass actions and six class actions, where he went toe to toe with some of the country’s biggest law firms and emerged victorious. Brian has been recognized across the legal industry, including by Lawdragon on its 2026 Lawdragon Top 500 Lawyers in America, and as a Top 500 Leading Litigators since 2023. In addition, he has more than a decade of Band 1 rankings in commercial litigation from Chambers & Partners along with ranking on the corporate/commercial front as well. Forbes named him one of the Top 200 Lawyers in the United States in its inaugural 2024 list in Business Law and included him again in 2025 among its Top 250 Lawyers, alongside numerous other honors. 

In 2025, Brian was co-lead counsel of the trial team representing the Coalition of Counsel for Justice for Talc Claimants that won dismissal of another “Texas Two-Step” attempt by Johnson & Johnson to discharge liabilities arising from people alleging its baby powder causes cancer. Learn more about that 2025 victory here.  Brian also led the trial team that obtained a jury verdict in favor of approximately 37,000 Arkansas State Farm customers who suffered a “total loss” of their vehicle. The jury found that the insurance company breached the contract of insurance when its computer program applied a “typical negotiation adjustment” to comparable vehicles used to determine the “actual cash value” of the wrecked vehicle. Brian and our brave client appeared on a CBS news piece about this win. Learn more here.

John W. Barrett is a leader in class action law and among only a handful of elite lawyers nationally to have won class action, mass action, and individual plaintiff jury trials in federal and state court and successfully argued appeals to uphold verdicts won in those cases. In November 2025, John, alongside David Selby and co-counsel, secured final court approval of a historic settlement exceeding $100 million in a class action lawsuit against Dr. Oumair Aejaz and Henry Ford Health System, including its affiliate Henry Ford Macomb Hospital. The landmark resolution delivers justice to approximately 8,200 patients who were sexually abused or secretly recorded by Dr. Aejaz during medical treatments at Henry Ford Macomb and other hospital system facilities. Over his career, John has recovered more than half a billion dollars in verdicts and settlements for clients across a wide range of matters, including TCPA and consumer litigation, representing survivors of institutional sexual abuse, and handling disputes where energy companies failed to meet their obligations to landowners and royalty owners. John's work earned him recent recognition from Best Lawyers in America® as a 2026 Lawyer of the Year in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs (Charleston, West Virginia), among many other accolades and recognitions.

Katherine E. Charonko is a litigator and head of the firm’s sophisticated and cutting-edge ESI group where she oversees e-discovery in complex disputes involving billions of documents and ensures proper collection, production, and review of electronic data. Kate's work creates life-changing results for people harmed by dangerous products in some of the largest product liability and mass tort cases in the country, including being part of the trial team representing the Coalition of Counsel for Justice for Talc Claimants that won dismissal of another “Texas Two-Step” attempt by Johnson & Johnson to discharge liabilities arising from people alleging its baby powder causes cancer. Learn more about that 2025 victory here. Kate is nationally ranked by Chambers & Partners in the Product Liability: Plaintiffs category, was named a 2026 Lawdragon Top 500 Litigator in America, as well as a 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers, among other accolades. Kate was also recently named a 2026 winner of the Monica Bay Women of Legal Tech Award, an award given by ALM / Legaltech News.

Joshua I. Hammack handles complicated matters from their inception through appeal. He has briefed and argued appeals in state and federal courts across the country in numerous substantive legal areas, including the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), Title IX, the Commerce Clause, contract interpretation, deed construction, statutes of limitation, and more. Josh has a VPPA matter currently pending before the Supreme Court of the United States, learn more about that important appeal here.  Josh was also part of the litigation team representing the Coalition of Counsel for Justice for Talc Claimants that won dismissal of another “Texas Two-Step” attempt by Johnson & Johnson to discharge liabilities arising from people alleging its baby powder causes cancer. Learn more about that 2025 victory here. In addition to being named to this list for another year, Josh was named to Benchmark Litigation's "40 & Under Litigator" list in the appellate and commercial categories for Washington, D.C. in 2024 and 2025.  

James L. Kauffman is a consumer rights advocate whose practice focuses on protecting the public from junk fees. James has successfully represented hundreds of thousands of consumers nationwide who were charged illegal junk fees in “pay to pay” schemes – where consumers must pay an extra fee just for paying their bills. Collectors call these “convenience fees” but usually these fees are for paying electronically, which is usually more convenient and economical for the collector than the consumer paying the extra fee. In 2025, James was part of the trial team that won a landmark jury verdict against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, learn more here. In addition, James led teams that won important victories on behalf of consumers being charged illegal fees. This is James's second year being named to this Lawdragon list. 

Jonathan R. Marshall is the Practice Area Leader of the firm's entire contingency side and also leads the firm’s TCPA and Employment Practice Groups, which focuses on numerous areas of consumer law including TCPA litigation, and wage-and-hour class actions. Jonathan is a Director of the Center for Consumer Law and Education at West Virginia University College of Law, where he also teaches. In addition, he is a past President of the Council of Presidents, American Association for Justice. In 2025, Jonathan was part of teams that won important victories on behalf of consumers being charged illegal fees. This is Jonathan's second year on this Lawdragon list, and he was also named to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers list. Best Lawyers in America® named Jonathan its “Lawyer of the Year” in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions in Charleston, West Virginia in 2023 and again in 2025, and Benchmark Litigation recognizes him as a “Litigation Star.”

D. Todd Mathews leads teams fighting for justice on behalf of hundreds of victims of sexual abuse in Maryland, Illinois, and beyond. In 2025, Todd was part of the litigation team that represented the Coalition of Counsel for Justice for Talc Claimants in winning dismissal of another “Texas Two-Step” attempt by Johnson & Johnson to discharge liabilities arising from people alleging its baby powder causes cancer. Learn more about that 2025 victory here.  In addition to being named to this list for another year, Todd was named a Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyer in 2024 and 2025.  He has been ranked by Best Lawyers in America® in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action, Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Law – Plaintiffs, among other accolades.

Michael L. Murphy is a nationally-recognized leader in cutting-edge privacy litigation on behalf of consumers and has extensive experience litigating consumer class actions and an impactful range of other cases in federal and state courts across the country including handling cases related to mortgage lending and finance, privacy, telemarketing, and PPP loans.  His recent work includes being involved in the largest antitrust settlement in U.S. healthcare history ($2.8 billion) in the Blue Cross Blue Shield MDL, a long-running antitrust lawsuit representing healthcare providers nationwide. Mike is part of the appellate team representing our client before the Supreme Court of the United States in a Video Privacy Protection Act case. Learn more here. We appreciate Lawdragon recognizing Mike in this category for another year as well as naming him to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers list. Mike has also been Band 1 ranked by Chambers & Partners in the District of Columbia - Band One; Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs category for several years. 

David L. Selby II is the firm's Mass Torts Practice Group Leader and leads teams fighting on behalf of sexual abuse survivors and people injured by defective products. David is a nationally acclaimed litigator who was named by Lawdragon to its 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America list as well as on its 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers and Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers (2024 and 2025) lists. David is nationally ranked by Chambers USA in its Nationwide Product Liability category as well as leads a practice group nationally ranked by Chambers USA, among many other recognitions.

In 2025, David was part of the trial team representing the Coalition of Counsel for Justice for Talc Claimants that won dismissal of another “Texas Two-Step” attempt by Johnson & Johnson to discharge liabilities arising from people alleging its baby powder causes cancer. Learn more about that 2025 victory here.  He was also part of the trial team that obtained a jury verdict in favor of approximately 37,000 Arkansas State Farm customers who suffered a “total loss” of their vehicle.  The jury found that the insurance company breached the contract of insurance when its computer program applied a “typical negotiation adjustment” to comparable vehicles used to determine the “actual cash value” of the wrecked vehicle. Learn more here.  In November 2025, David, alongside John Barrett and co-counsel, secured final court approval of a historic settlement exceeding $100 million in a class action lawsuit against Dr. Oumair Aejaz and Henry Ford Health System, including its affiliate Henry Ford Macomb Hospital. The landmark resolution delivers justice to approximately 8,200 patients who were sexually abused or secretly recorded by Dr. Aejaz during medical treatments at Henry Ford Macomb and other hospital system facilities.

We warmly congratulate all lawyer ranked on this list across the country, and for the compassionate work they do on behalf of their clients.

To see the full 2026 Lawdragon list, visit this link.