About ELSSAttorneys
James F. Early
Attorney Early is co-founder and president of Early, Ludwick, Sweeney & Strauss, LLC in New Haven, Connecticut, and Early & Strauss L.L.C. in New York City. In the 1980's he successfully undertook to represent thousands of workers who contracted diseases from occupational exposure to asbestos. In addition, his firm represented the first plaintiff to file a lead paint poisoning case against manufacturers of lead paint.
Presently he concentrates his practice in representing asbestos victims, especially those suffering from malignant mesothelioma. He is involved in representing thousands of asbestos victims nationwide, as well as hundreds of children affected with learning disorders and brain disease from the ingestion of lead paint dust. He has been appointed by the State Courts of Connecticut as lead counsel for plaintiffs filing lawsuits for asbestos diseases and for poisoning from lead paint.
Mr. Early graduated from Harvard College and Boston University School of Law, and is a member of the Connecticut, New Hampshire and New Haven County Bar Associations, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. He was admitted to the Bar, 1971, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit; 1975, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1977 U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit; 1987 United States District Court, District of Rhode Island.
