Marler Clark was established in 1998 by the top food attorneys for the plaintiffs and defendants in the landmark litigation arising from the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak. The firm has since represented thousands of victims of foodborne illness outbreaks across the country.

The Marler Clark food attorneys focus solely on representing victims of foodborne illness outbreaks, representing victims of E. coli, Hepatitis A, Campylobacter, Listeria, norovirus, Salmonella, and Shigella outbreaks nationwide. Marler Clark has litigated against huge corporations including Cargill, Dole, Wal-Mart, Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Nebraska Beef, Nestle, and Yum! Brands on behalf of clients injured in foodborne illness outbreaks traced back to the companies’ food products. Our food attorneys have won over $600 million dollars in settlements for our clients.

Marler Clark’s attorneys travel widely to speak to environmental health and industry groups, university students, and food safety conference audiences, often on topics related to the intersection of public health and the law and preventing foodborne illness.

The law firm advocates for safer food by working with clients to tell their stories; Bill Marler and several of the firm’s clients have testified before Congress about illnesses from unsafe food.

Our Philosophy

We work with insurance companies and medical providers so that our clients can focus on what they need to do to recover from injuries, and build the case so that our clients are fairly compensated.

We see our clients as people with lives that have been deeply affected by what has happened to them, and strive to build lasting relationships with clients by always being dependable. When we close a file, having successfully represented someone, we do so with the hope that we have not just obtained superior results for the client, but that we have been a friend the client can depend on again and again.

We aim to be respected by our peers, by our opponents, and by our current and former clients for our professionalism, experience, and commitment to excellence. We work to exceed our clients’ expectations every day.