Stephen Healy is a seasoned trial attorney with over 37 years of litigation experience across multiple jurisdictions. He is licensed in California, Nevada, Oregon, and the District of Columbia and is accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to represent veterans seeking service-connected disability benefits. He represents clients nationwide in catastrophic injury, wrongful-death, asbestos, and mesothelioma cases, achieving multiple seven-figure verdicts and settlements, and has earned a national reputation for his courtroom skill and comprehensive understanding of asbestos-related product liability.
Beyond toxic-tort litigation, Stephen assists clients with bankruptcy matters, estate planning, probate litigation, intellectual property disputes, and motor-vehicle injury claims in Oregon. He has also appeared before federal courts including the Ninth Circuit, Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Areas of Expertise
- Asbestos litigation (mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis)
- Catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death
- Bankruptcy and estate planning
- Probate litigation
- Intellectual property disputes (copyright, trademark)
- Real estate and business litigation
- Employment discrimination and defamation
- Medical malpractice and insurance bad faith
Pro Bono & Community Services
Accredited by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to represent veterans seeking service-connected disability benefits
Publications & Speeches
Author of California Asbestos Products Liability: Claims, Defenses and Elements of Proof (2011)
Bar Admissions
State Bars
- California, 1988
- Nevada, 1988
- Oregon, 2020
- District of Columbia, 2020
Federal Courts
- U.S. District Court:
- District of Nevada (1991)
- Eastern District of California (1993)
- Central District of California (1998)
- Northern District of California (1999)
- Southern District of California (2023)
- District of Columbia (2020)
- District of Oregon (2020)
- Eastern District of Wisconsin (2025)
- U.S. Court of Appeals:
- Ninth Circuit (2000)
- Federal Circuit (2024)
- U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (2015)
Honors & Awards
Numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements in asbestos, mesothelioma, and other high-stakes litigation
National recognition for courtroom skill and asbestos trial expertise
Education
Lewis & Clark Law School, J.D., 1987
CSU East Bay, B.S., 1984
Significant Jury Trial Verdicts
- $11.30M — River Oaks v. Emory (Real Estate Fraud)
- $7.70M — Yancey v. Plant Insulation Co. (Wrongful Death, Mesothelioma)
- $4.40M — Efstratios v. John Crane, Inc. (Personal Injury, Mesothelioma)
- $2.70M — Reid v. Thorpe Insulation Co. (Asbestosis)
- $2.20M — McGrail v. Advocate Mines, Ltd. (Wrongful Death, Mesothelioma)
- $2.10M — Lovelace v. Pneumo Abex (Personal Injury, Mesothelioma)
- $1.40M — Rogers v. John Crane, Inc. (Wrongful Death, Mesothelioma)
- Plus multiple verdicts in employment, IP, and civil litigation
