Q&A with Trial Lawyer Jessica Dean

Jessica Dean fiddled with a Gatorade bottle in her hands as tears brimmed in her eyes. The name partner at Dallas-based Dean Omar Branham Shirley paused before talking about the people she’s represented who died from mesothelioma that she believes was caused by a product they trusted: Johnson & Johnson baby powder. 

Dean’s firm, DOBS, was in back-to-back trials last year across the country against the pharmaceutical giant over allegations its talc-based baby powder contained cancer-causing asbestos. During an October interview with The Texas Lawbook in her Dallas home, Dean was in between trips to Boston and Pittsburgh to try cases.