Jan Schlichtmann
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Jan R. Schlichtmann (born 1951) is a Boston attorney specializing in personal injury law and toxic torts. He was educated at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, B.A., and Cornell University, J.D., and was admitted to the bar in 1977.
[edit] Legal career
Schlichtmann became famous in the 1980's as a result of his lawsuit against W. R. Grace and Beatrice Co., which brought to the public's attention the allegations that chemicals from these companies had contaminated drinking water in a small town north of Boston (Woburn, Massachusetts).
The contamination is alleged to have resulted in the deaths of children from leukemia. This civil action case, often referred to as "Woburn," was chronicled in the 1995 book A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr, which in turn was made into a film starring John Travolta as Schlichtmann.
Schlichtmann has continued in his practice of the law, with a focus on toxic torts and consumer protection. He is currently engaged in a legal battle with a debt collection agency known as "The Cadle Company." Schlichtmann is also representing families from Wilmington Massachusetts in a case that resembles his representation of the families from Woburn.
He is currently working with Bob Ackley, a gas specialist, in an effort to save the urban forest from natural gas leaks.
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