Bailey & Glasser LLP

What Bailey & Glasser LLP does

Bailey & Glasser LLP is a national full-service litigation and corporate law firm founded in 1999 by Benjamin L. Bailey and Brian A. Glasser in Charleston, West Virginia. The firm operates from 17 office locations across the United States (including New York, Washington D.C., Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Boise, and Des Moines) and handles matters in 49 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and internationally via a co-counsel network. With 80+ lawyers — 27 from Ivy League or Top 20 law schools — the firm is led by CEO Brian Glasser and President John Barrett alongside founding partner Ben Bailey.

The firm's practice spans four primary service lines: Business Litigation; Business & Corporate (banking, M&A, tax planning, hospitality, life sciences, and Name/Image/Likeness representation for college athletes); Personal Injury & Product Liability (asbestos, Roundup, defective medical devices, catastrophic injury, and sexual abuse); and Class Actions (consumer, ERISA, TCPA, data breach, Title IX). Specialized practice groups include ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation, Title IX Litigation, and an in-house Electronically Stored Information (ESI) & Technology practice led by a Certified e-Discovery Specialist deploying technology-assisted review workflows for national MDL and class action matters. Marquee docket activity includes the $332M Dennis v. Monsanto verdict (2023), defeat of 3M's bankruptcy injunction attempt covering 230,000+ earplug lawsuits, the proposed ~$10B Johnson & Johnson talc bankruptcy channeling for 90,000 cases, and a $101.3M West Virginia Attorney General paving antitrust settlement.

The firm earns revenue through three professional services billing models: traditional hourly billing for complex litigation and corporate matters; contingency fee arrangements in personal injury, mass tort, product liability, and class action cases (where the firm invests capital and shares outcome risk); and fixed/flat fees for transactions, employment matters, and business advisory work. The client base spans enterprise corporations (AEP under a 30-year relationship, Monsanto, Johnson & Johnson, 3M, C.R. Bard), government entities (United States federal government in qui tam matters, West Virginia Attorney General), education institutions (Penn State), and large aggregated plaintiff populations (U.S. veterans in 3M litigation, mass tort claimants). Distribution is fully partner-led enterprise field sales with no self-serve or e-commerce channels.

Name

Bailey & Glasser LLP

Legal name

Bailey & Glasser, LLP

Website

https://baileyglasser.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Bailey & Glasser LLP is a national litigation and corporate law firm founded in 1999, headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia, with 17 US offices and 80+ lawyers. The firm serves corporations, government entities, and individuals in complex litigation, mass torts, class actions, ERISA, and corporate transactions across 49 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Litigation legal services
• Class action lawsuits
• Product liability representation
• Personal injury law
• Corporate legal counsel

Headquarters

HQ city

Charleston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices17 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly Billing: Traditional hourly billing for litigation and corporate legal services, representing corporations, government, individuals, and classes of consumers in high-stakes matters.
2. Legal Services - Contingency Fee: Contingency fee arrangements in personal injury, mass tort, product liability, and class action matters where firm invests in clients and shares risk.
3. Legal Services - Flat/Fixed Fee: Flat fee arrangements for specific legal matters including business disputes, employment matters, and corporate transactions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bailey & Glasser LLP is a national litigation and corporate law firm representing corporations, government entities, individuals, and classes of consumers in high-stakes matters. The firm handles complex litigation including mass torts, multidistrict litigation (MDL), product liability, personal injury, class actions, and appellate advocacy, alongside corporate transactional and advisory services. With 80+ lawyers across 17 offices, the firm serves clients in 49 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and internationally.

Product overview

Bailey & Glasser LLP is a national full-service litigation and corporate law firm founded in 1999. The firm operates as a unified legal services practice rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture, offering four primary service lines: Business Litigation, Business & Corporate, Personal Injury & Product Liability, and Class Actions. Within these, the firm provides specialized practice groups including ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation, Title IX Litigation, and Electronically Stored Information & Technology. The firm handles matters spanning commercial disputes, personal injury claims, mass tort litigation, product liability, and corporate transactions across 49 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Litigation Full-service litigation practice covering commercial disputes, consumer litigation, MDL panels, arbitration, criminal defense, and appellate advocacy for corporations and institutional defendants.
• Business & Corporate Corporate legal services including banking and financial services, mergers and acquisitions, business valuation, tax planning, hospitality and franchising, life sciences, and NIL representation for college athletes.
• Personal Injury & Product Liability Plaintiff-focused personal injury representation including asbestos and lung disease, automotive defects, catastrophic injuries, medical malpractice, product liability, and Roundup litigation for injured individuals and families.
• Class Actions Class action litigation services covering consumer claims, data breach and privacy matters, ERISA and employee benefits, TCPA violations, and Title IX cases for classes of plaintiffs.
• ERISA, Employee Benefits & Trust Litigation Litigation involving employee benefits plans, retirement accounts, and trust disputes, including challenges to private equity in 401(k) plans.
• Title IX Litigation Legal representation in Title IX cases including class action lawsuits for sex discrimination in collegiate athletics, such as the lawsuit against Marshall University on behalf of women's swimming and diving team members.
• Electronically Stored Information & Technology E-discovery, ESI management, and technology-assisted review (TAR) services for complex litigation and MDL matters, led by a Certified e-Discovery Specialist (CEDS).

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Carey & Stewart, PLLCminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 April 2023Co-counsel with Carey & Stewart, PLLC in filing lawsuit against Hancock County West Virginia Board of Education for sexual abuse negligence case.
• KTBS LawcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 August 2022Co-counsel relationship representing U.S. veterans in 3M/Aearo Technologies bankruptcy opposition case. Bailey Glasser and KTBS Law led coalition that successfully defeated 3M's preliminary injunction attempt to stop over 230,000 earplug lawsuits.
• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 August 2022Co-counsel in the 3M bankruptcy injunction case representing soldiers in successfully defeating the 3M preliminary injunction.
• Caplin & DrysdalecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 August 2022Part of coalition representing veterans in defeating 3M's bankruptcy injunction attempt.
• Fishman Haygood, LLPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 August 2022Co-counsel representing veterans in 3M earplug litigation bankruptcy case.
• Seeger WeisscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 August 2022Co-counsel in the successful opposition to 3M's bankruptcy preliminary injunction.
• Otterbourg, PCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 August 2022Part of coalition representing veterans in 3M/Aearo Technologies bankruptcy case.
• Co-Counsel and Local Counsel NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirm maintains relationships with co-counsel and local counsel in states where not licensed to practice law, enabling nationwide service.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Motley Rice LLC: Plaintiff-side trial firm with a national mass tort and complex litigation practice spanning asbestos, opioids, environmental contamination, and securities. Closely comparable to Bailey & Glasser in orientation, plaintiff-first model, and MDL leadership strategy.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: National plaintiff firm with comparable size and footprint, focused on class actions, mass torts, and personal injury/product liability. Directly comparable on plaintiff-side mass tort leadership, MDL appointments, and contingency fee model.
• Simmons Hanly Conroy: Plaintiff mass tort firm with parallel asbestos, mesothelioma, Roundup, and talc practices. Comparable in plaintiff orientation, contingency fee mix, and leadership of national mass tort dockets.
• Seeger Weiss LLP: Plaintiff mass tort and product liability firm, co-counsel partner of Bailey & Glasser on the 3M earplugs case. Directly comparable in MDL leadership, mass tort plaintiff orientation, and product liability focus.
• Weitz & Luxenberg PC: Long-standing plaintiff mass tort firm with major asbestos/mesothelioma practice and emerging product liability work. Comparable in plaintiff-first DNA, contingency model, and catastrophic injury pipeline.
• Baron & Budd PC: Plaintiff mass tort firm with deep asbestos practice and active environmental/water contamination docket. Comparable in size class, plaintiff orientation, and trial-focused national litigation model.
• Robins Kaplan LLP: Complex litigation and class action firm with comparable size and national footprint. Overlaps with Bailey & Glasser on MDL leadership, mass tort plaintiff work, and complex commercial litigation.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC: Plaintiff-focused firm with strong class action, consumer protection, and complex litigation practices. Comparable in size, plaintiff orientation, and emphasis on socially significant litigation.
• Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP: Premier plaintiff-side firm focused on securities, corporate governance, and complex litigation. Comparable in size, plaintiff orientation, and Chambers-recognized specialization in high-stakes fiduciary and financial litigation.

Broad incumbents

• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP: Largest litigation-only global firm and a former co-counsel partner on the 3M earplugs matter. Operates at much greater scale, but overlaps on bet-the-company commercial litigation and product liability defense work that complements Bailey & Glasser's plaintiff docket.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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