Stephanie Sherman

Practice areas

Civil Rights, Consumer Law, General Litigation, Personal Injury – Products: Plaintiff, Personal Injury – General: Plaintiff

Focus areas

Fraud, Litigation, Medical Devices, Personal Injury – Plaintiff, Pharmaceutical, Wrongful Death

Stephanie B. Sherman, a distinguished trial attorney with a history of earning multiple awards, serves as a partner at Wisner Baum (formerly known as Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman). Boasting over two decades of professional experience, she has provided invaluable assistance to numerous clients facing serious personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, chemical exposure, and hazardous pharmaceutical cases.

Stephanie’s philosophy centers around viewing challenges as opportunities. Combining her educational background in psychology with her legal expertise, she possesses a unique ability to comprehend the intricate aspects of trauma and the human condition, enabling her to effectively guide her clients through the complexities of the legal system. She takes great pride in advocating for the most vulnerable in society, and she is particularly drawn to cases involving matters of social and environmental justice.

Before becoming a part of the Wisner Baum team in 2022, Stephanie excelled at other prestigious law firms and secured groundbreaking victories worth hundreds of millions against some of the world’s largest corporations. Her impressive track record includes a series of high-value toxic tort cases that revolved around exposure to harmful substances such as PCBs and benzene:

• She contributed to the trial team in the Monsanto Company PCB Litigation, where she represented numerous non-Hodgkin lymphoma clients. The litigation culminated in a verdict of $46.5 million, followed by a later settlement encompassing claims in the hundreds of millions.
• As lead counsel in the case of Rowan v. Georgia Pacific et al, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Ohio, Stephanie oversaw the first-ever wood dust product liability exposure case. This groundbreaking lawsuit resulted in a confidential multimillion-dollar settlement.
• In the matter of Tomas Gonzales v. ASARCO, Nueces County, Corpus Christi, Texas, Stephanie acted on behalf of a labor contractor diagnosed with mesothelioma. This case reached a confidential settlement resolution.
• She also handled the case of Egelhoff v. Fujifilm et al., Broward County, Miami, Florida, representing a printing press worker in a benzene exposure lawsuit, which concluded with a confidential settlement.

Stephanie’s professional expertise extends to litigating significant pharmaceutical cases against drug manufacturers responsible for patient harm. She achieved successful resolutions against companies like Johnson & Johnson and Gilead, among others.

Licensed to practice law in both Texas and California, Stephanie graduated magna cum laude from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and philosophy. Her induction into the Phi Beta Kappa Society attests to her academic excellence. She later obtained her law degree from Texas Tech School of Law and commenced her legal practice in 1998.

Acknowledged as one of Texas Monthly Magazine’s Texas Rising Stars and a recurring member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 list, Stephanie is not only a skillful strategist and organizer but also a compassionate leader and innovator. Her problem-solving skills and unwavering commitment to teamwork contribute to her ongoing success. She exemplifies the fusion of empathy, sagacity, sophisticated legal acumen, and advocacy.