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This personal injury firm, Cellino and Barnes, was well-known throughout the country. Interestingly, about three months ago, Barnes and Cellino had an acrimonious split over business matters and Mr. Barnes was planning to start his new firm shortly before his death.
About Mr. Barnes' death:
Steve Barnes, of Cellino & Barnes Law Firm, Dies in Plane Crash
About the break-up of their firm:
Inside the Bitter Divorce of Cellino & Barnes
"The fight revealed more than just financial dirty laundry and wounded feelings. It captured the birth and boom of what has become one of the most caricatured areas of the law — a pop-culture staple that often earns its reputation as ambulance chasing but also delivers on its promise as one of the most direct ways to bring justice, and fair compensation, to the least powerful members of society. It is a world that isn’t going away anytime soon, even if the men who elevated the New York car-crash lawsuit to a kind of high art have themselves joined the ranks of the injured."
About Mr. Barnes' death:
Steve Barnes, of Cellino & Barnes Law Firm, Dies in Plane Crash
About the break-up of their firm:
Inside the Bitter Divorce of Cellino & Barnes
"The fight revealed more than just financial dirty laundry and wounded feelings. It captured the birth and boom of what has become one of the most caricatured areas of the law — a pop-culture staple that often earns its reputation as ambulance chasing but also delivers on its promise as one of the most direct ways to bring justice, and fair compensation, to the least powerful members of society. It is a world that isn’t going away anytime soon, even if the men who elevated the New York car-crash lawsuit to a kind of high art have themselves joined the ranks of the injured."
