Larry has served as trial counsel for DuPont in the Texas premises liability litigation as well as assisting in the silica and benzene litigations. In the work for DuPont, Larry and Cotten Schmidt have served as regional (multi-state) counsel in the successful defense of the TMJ implant litigation. DuPont won every TMJ case that was decided to a final judgment by the courts. FIFTY-SIX (56) courts in a row ruled in favor of DuPont and every appellate court ruling was also in favor of DuPont. A defense judgment or favorable dismissal was entered for DuPont on all of the claims including those in Texas and all other regions for which Cotten Schmidt served as regional counsel.

In the Benlate™ litigation, as a part of winning a trial in Parker County, Texas, Larry and the firm successfully established the acceptance of the Daubert standard in Texas for the admission of expert witness testimony which was adopted by the Texas Supreme Court in E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Robinson, 923 S.W.2d 549 (Tex. 1995)

The firm has worked collaboratively for over a decade with Crowell & Moring, Mehaffy Weber and others in defending DuPont in premises litigation involving claims concerning alleged asbestos exposure. Larry headed Cotten Schmidt trial teams in obtaining no liability trial victories in three wrongful death cases -- one in Victoria County, one in Dallas County and the third working as co-counsel with Mehaffy Weber in Jefferson County where the damages sought were in excess of one billion dollars.

Larry is proud to have been selected to serve as trial counsel for E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, General Electric Co., Griffin, L.L.C., AT&T, TIN, Inc., Amadeus IT Group SA, and The Electric Insurance Company as well as his other clients.