Roger G. Worthington

Director

Law Office of Roger G. Worthington, P.C.
273 West 7th Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: 310.221.8090 | 800.831.9399
Fax: 310.221.8095

E-Mail: rworthington@rgwpc.com
www.mesothel.com

Biography

Law School: University of Texas at Austin, J.D., 1986
College: University of Texas at Austin, B.A., summa cum laude, 1983
Member: State Bar of Texas; State Bar of California
Born: Chico, California

Roger Worthington is a plaintiffs lawyer and advocate who has represented asbestos cancer patients since 1988. He believes in holding companies who knowingly make and sell defective and ultra-hazardous products accountable. He also believes in giving back. Worthington was the first lawyer ever to reach out to patients, doctors, drug companies and industry to start a non profit medical foundation, the mission of which is to cure mesothelioma (MARF).

In 2005, MARF awarded Roger the Congressman Bruce Vento "Hope Builder" Award in recognition of his efforts to persuade industry, the drug companies, trial lawyers, and the federal government to fund therapy-focused mesothelioma research. Roger dedicated the award to his dad, “Punch” Worthington who has asbestosis and lung cancer.

Unlike MARF, which reviews and awards research grants , PHLBI will conduct its own bench-work and clinical research. Through PHLBI, Worthington has funded the creation of the Punch Worthington Research Laboratory, which is located at the UCLA Medical School in Los Angeles.

Worthington's philosophy is simple: To truly be an advocate, one must accept his client's priorities as his own. Victims of toxic poisoning deserve and need fair compensation. But what they want -- what their spouse, children and friends want -- is more life. Compensating victims is a noble and worthy mission, but that alone does not eradicate a public health epidemic. Worthington believes that all stakeholders -- patients, lawyers, doctors, drug companies, the government and industry -- have a moral obligation to prevent future tragedies by cleaning up the source of the poison and by investing in medical research so that innocent victims have a fighting chance to survive their cruel fate.

Biography: Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Probing the Constitutionality of the Texas Solid Waste Inspection Scheme," 17 State Bar of Texas Environmental Law Journal 61, 1987; "Liability of Officers, Directors and Partners for Violations of Environmental Statutes," Advising Officers, Directors and Partners of Troubled Businesses, State Bar of Texas, February, 1987; "SV40, Asbestos and Mesothelioma: Hot Potato, Red Herring or Silver Bullet?" Asbestos, Harris Martin Publishing, Premier Issue, 2000; "Time Ripe for Government Funded Effort at Mesothelioma Cure," Asbestos, Harris Martin Publishing, January 2003. Founder, Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, Inc., (501 (c) (3) non-profit), 2000. Congressman Bruce Vento "Hope Builder" Award, MARF, 2006.

To date The Law Office of Roger G. Worthington
has contributed more than $2,509,000 to cancer research and science since 2000

Articles/Publications

Curing Mesothelioma: Who Will Take The Initiative?” As Presented at the First International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 14, 2004

“Message to Asbestos Defense: Solve the Problem, Cure the Cancer,” March 31, 2003

Funding Research

Worthington Donates $500,000 to Punch Worthington Lab to Combat Asbestos Cancer. October 3, 2006

Worthington Honors Memory of Steve McQueen, Donates Movie Money to Research. January 16, 2006

“Funding the Cure for Mesothelioma: Major Donation Raises Hope, Issues Challenge,” January 14, 2004

“Worthington, P.C. Donates $200,000 to Mesothelioma Research in 2003,” January 12, 2004