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BCA Wins Coveted National Marketing Award for Oil Spill Campaign

Houston, Tx – June 6, 2011 – The law firm of Brent Coon & Associates, received the “Best Intergrated  Legal  Campaign during the 2011 Internet Advertising Competition Awards  for its “Gulf Coast Disaster” Campaign. The campaign included the website “GulfCoastDisaster.com” and blends both online and offline advertising while incorporating 21st century marketing methods such as interactive online “Town Hall” video seminars and traffic generation efforts targeting online social networks.

Beaumont attorney files claims in BP oil spill lawsuit

Beaumont attorney Brent Coon has spent the last several months filing claims on behalf of the 5,000 Deepwater Horizon plaintiffs his firm represents.

Coon said his firm is expecting litigation in some of the cases to come to a head next spring.

BP's Iris Cross starred in two disaster PR campaigns

Last fall, Iris Cross beamed into millions of homes, the friendly BP worker hailing from New Orleans who assured TV viewers that the oil giant won’t stop cleaning up the worst oil spill in U.S. history “until we make this right.”

She became the very public face of BP, a soothing contrast to former CEO Tony Heyward, whose PR gaffes cemented public opinion against the oil company.

Gunning for BP

Brent Coon is on the warpath over the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Miles Lang talks to the Texan lawyer as he resumes hostilities with an old foe, BP.

HE RIDES a Harley, plays guitar in a rock band and goes skydiving. But Brent Coon's name is known for something else: suing BP. And that's ok with him. With Coon leading many of the lawsuits against BP following the Texas City refinery disaster of 2005, which killed 15 workers and injured more than 100, the settlements ran to more than $3bn.

Brent Coon Named As One of Top 75 Trial Attorneys in the Country

BCA Founder, Brent Coon, was named to an exclusive group of the nation’s top 75 trial lawyers. The group, entitled “Trial Lawyer Kingpins”, was chosen in a survey of defense attorneys throughout the country to identify 'the best plaintiff trial attorneys in terms of experience and influence.'

BP to sell Texas City refinery

BP announced Tuesday it plans to sell its Texas City and Carson, Calif. refineries, cutting its U.S. refining capacity in half.

Beaumont attorney Brent Coon, who represented plaintiffs in a lawsuit against BP after the company's 2005 Texas City refinery explosion, said it's not clear how the facility's ongoing probation status under a federal criminal settlement will impact the sale.

Sex, Drugs & Alcohol: How BP Secured an Oil Deal in Azerbaijan

As reported late last week, BP signed a 30-year deal with Azerbaijan on Thursday to explore and develop major Caspian Sea gas fields. On its own, the story is a little bit dull to those outside of the petrochemical industry and financial world, but once the light is shined on this seedy backstory, we begin to see a tale of corruption and misdeeds. BP has been counting on the short memory of the public to forget how this deal began years ago and the real story here is the culmination of a long, dark road filled with BP’s unique brand of debauchery and decadence. But after the Gulf Coast oil spill, our memories are not so temporal.

DOJ Refuses to Revoke BP's Probation Over Safety Violations at Texas City Refinery

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has refused to pursue a probation revocation case against BP after the company was found to have violated a federal judge's March 2009 felony judgment, which required BP to fulfill the terms of a settlement agreement it entered into with government regulators five years ago to make certain safety upgrades at its Texas City refinery by September 2009, according to documents obtained by Truthout.

Instead, the DOJ will allow BP to spend two additional years to correct hundreds of safety problems that have plagued the refinery - the third-largest in the country - for a decade and have played a part in the deaths of 19 people over the past five years.