Bina Ghanaat focuses her practice on the defense of toxic tort, product liability, and personal injury cases. She has defended a wide range of clients, including manufacturers, suppliers, and contractors, in high-risk litigation with tens of millions of dollars at stake in California state and federal courts. Bina handles all phases of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, and trial.
Representative Experience
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Won a defense verdict on behalf of an automotive retailer client in an Alameda County Superior Court wrongful death mesothelioma case where Plaintiffs were seeking $63,000,000 in damages
Bina served as second chair trial counsel and delivered closing argument
The verdict was featured in Daily Journal Top Verdicts (Friday, July 5, 2024)
Obtained a unanimous defense verdict while serving as second chair trial counsel on behalf of a boiler manufacturer client in a wrongful death mesothelioma case in the United States District Court, Central District of California, where Plaintiffs were seeking over $32,000,000 in damages
Won a complete defense verdict in her role as second chair trial counsel on behalf of a boiler manufacturer client in a personal injury mesothelioma case in the United States District Court, Southern District of California, where Plaintiffs sought $21,000,000 in damages
Professional & Civic Engagement
State Bar of California
Thought Leadership
Co-Author, “Enough Is Enough: Maritime Law Bars Recovery for Punitive Damage Claims,” HarrisMartin Columns – Asbestos, August 2025
Co-Author, “You Can’t Buy Complex Navy Warship Equipment at Home Depot: An Argument for Expanding McIndoe to Preclude Strict Products Liability Claims Arising from Complex Navy Warship Equipment,” DRI’s For the Defense, June 2025
Co-Author, “The Application of the Strict Products Liability Test Should Be Limited to Common, Commercially Distributed, Products,” HarrisMartin Columns – Asbestos, April 2025
Co-Presenter, “An Associate’s Role at Trial,” DRI Asbestos Medicine Seminar, Las Vegas (2024)
Co-Author, “Evidence by eBay: Reanalyzing the Federal Rules of Evidence,” The Brief Case: DRI Committee News, February 2024
Co-Author, “Asbestos: The Devil is in the Dose II: It’s as Simple as A, B, E!,” The Brief Case: DRI Committee News, January 2024
Co-Author, “A + B ≠ C + D: A Commentary on the Federal Asbestos Causation Standard,” Harris Martin Columns – Asbestos, December 2023
Co-Author, “Federal Court Precludes Anchoring in Voir Dire and Opening Statements,” HarrisMartin, September 26, 2023
Co-Author, “Voir Dire for Dollars,” HarrisMartin, July 2023
Co-Author, “Shopping for Preference in California,” HarrisMartin, June 2023
Co-Author, “The Big Problems with Mini-Openings,” HarrisMartin, April 2023
Co-Author, “Does ‘No’ Mean ‘No’?,” Mealey’s Litigation Report: Asbestos, June 8, 2022
Co-Author, “Statutory Changes and Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation,” Mealey’s Litigation Report: Asbestos, January 26, 2022
Co-Author, “The Rush to Justice During a Pandemic,” Mealey’s Litigation Report: Asbestos, September 23, 2020
Co-Author, “A Commentary: Trial by Trial and Error,” HarrisMartin, August 19, 2020
Co-Author, “Civil Jury Trials in the Time of COVID-19,” Daily Journal, August 14, 2020
Author, “Technology and Privacy: The Need for an Appropriate Mode of Analysis in the Debate over the Federal DNA Act,” 42 UC Davis L. Rev. 1315 (2009)
Honors & Awards
Selected to Northern California Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2025-Present
