About Leah Kagan

Ms. Kagan joined the firm in 2015 focusing her practice on asbestos litigation, with an emphasis on cases involving exposures to talc and talcum powder products. Prior to joining SGP, in 2013, Leah jointly tried and successfully obtained a groundbreaking verdict in the first cosmetic talcum powder exposure case tried against the distributor of asbestos-containing talc to the Shulton Company, maker of Old Spice, in New Jersey. Leah has represented clients in cases involving toxic torts, business torts and products liability, as well as indigent individuals through The Legal Aid Society – Special Litigation Division in New York City.

Ms. Kagan is admitted to practice law in California, New York, and New Jersey and in the United States District Courts in California and New Jersey. She received her law degree from Rutgers School of Law in Camden, NJ, in 2009 and her Bachelor of Arts degree in History, with a minor in English, from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2006. Upon graduating from law school, Leah was named “Next Generation Leader” by The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy. She has been included on the New Jersey and Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars listings and selected to be part of the Super Lawyers 2017 Top Women Attorneys in Southern California. Leah has been an invited speaker at attorney seminars for both plaintiff and defense attorneys, with presentations addressing emerging issues in litigation involving talc and talcum powder. She is a member of The American Association for Justice, the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, and a donor to the Animal Legal Defense Fund. Leah is also fluent in Russian.