About Franklin
Mr. Azar helps to curb corporate corruption by actively assisting whistleblowers with enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In 2013, Mr. Azar tried and won one of the largest individual cases against a football helmet manufacturer in U.S. history in Trinidad, Colorado—securing an $11.5 million verdict with $3.1 million of the verdict against Riddell, the primary provider of helmets to the National Football League.
In 1995, Mr. Azar brought the first of 26 state class actions against Wal-Mart in Trinidad, Colorado, resulting in jury verdicts of $172 million in Oakland, California, in 2005 and $78 million (subsequently increased to $188 million to include damages, interest, and attorneys’ fees) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2006. Mr. Azar’s dedication to Wal-Mart’s employees’ rights resulted in over three-quarters of a billion dollars in settlements and forever changed how Wal-Mart paid its employees for overtime and missed rest and meal breaks.
Mr. Azar has been involved in pursuing the makers of Reglan, Yaz, Vioxx, Fen-Phen, Lotronex, Rezulin, Propulsid, Breast Implants, Baycol, and PPA. His firm has handled over 5600 PPA cases in the state of California and that were in the State MDL. Mr. Azar has successfully litigated numerous defective product cases involving Ford’s Bronco II and Bridgestone/Firestone tires.
