The attorney tried more than 300 cases in 21 states, his family said, before retiring from his litigation practice in 2009 to focus full-time on his mediation and arbitration practice.

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While in private practice, Hostin specialized in the litigation of employment, securities and white-collar criminal.

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The bill is designed to end the double-, triple-, and quadruple-dipping that is common practice in the asbestos litigation industry.

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