Sentences with phrase «as class action defense»

Matt is an associate in Taft's Litigation practice group, where he focuses his practice on business and commercial disputes, as well as class action defense matters.

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As one of a distinguished group of attorneys who have been listed in Best Lawyers in America for 20 years, Andy has been selected by his peers for inclusion in eight categories: Appellate Practice, Bet - the - Company Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, White - Collar Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Civil Rights Law, and Real Estate Litigation.

Selected eleven times consecutively as a «Rising Star» by Texas Monthly and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, Drew focuses his practice primarily on class action / mass tort (both plaintiff and defense) and complex commercial litigation disputes.

Stiehl arrives to Akerman from Seyfarth Shaw, where he served as co-chair of the Commercial Class Action Defense Practice Group.

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We routinely represent multiple industrial clients in the defense of proposed class actions seeking property damages and / or personal injuries as a result of exposure to contamination or hazardous products (asbestos, PCB's, etc.).

Examples include serving as lead defense counsel on the successful appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court of a decision certifying a toxic tort class action in Alexander v. Norfolk Southern Corp., 82 So.3 d 1234 (La. 2012).

Serving as a member of a trial team that obtained a defense verdict in class action products liability litigation involving home heating oil.

In addition, Mr. Moreno has experience acting as lead associate managing the defense of class actions alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Defense of professionals such as attorneys, officers and directors of public and private companies in class actions alleging fraud, RICO and other statutory and common law claims

He has also served as National Coordinating Liability Counsel for a major international insurance company with reference to the defense of products liability claims involving thousands of individual claimants and several class actions consolidated in Federal Multi District Litigation.

Meredith is counsel to some of the world's leading and most recognized companies and is widely regarded as a rising star in the class action defense bar.

Prior to her current role, Ms. DeBord was a partner in the firm's Commercial Litigation Group and a trial attorney specializing in complex contract, patent, and IP licensing matters, as well as consumer class action defense.

Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Ms. Swafford - Harris practiced as an associate at Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, where she focused on representing employers in the defense of wage and hour class and collective actions arising out of alleged violations of the California Labor Code and / or the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Mr. Hensley's litigation experience is broad in nature, encompassing such diverse practice areas as: real estate issues of almost any nature; construction defect litigation (both plaintiff and defense, representing developers, contractors, managers, subcontractors, and design professionals); federal and state securities class action / derivative defense; partnership / corporate governance issues; UCC / commercial paper / letter of credit issues; intellectual property / trade secret / unfair competition issues; wrongful termination / harassment trials; wage / hour class action defense; contract formation and interpretation issues; bankruptcy adversary proceedings; health care disputes; telecommunications issues; and debtor / creditor financing issues involving both secured and unsecured interests.

Phillip Stano relies on more than 30 years of experience — as a regulator, then as counsel for a life insurers» trade association and now as a defense attorney — to achieve positive outcomes in class action suits, other complex financial services litigation, and regulatory and compliance counseling.

Additionally, recognizing that a cyber - or privacy - related development can expand to encompass a number of other significant legal issues, our group works hand - in - glove with attorneys in our White Collar Defense, Regulatory and Investigations, Securities Litigation, Complex Commercial Litigation, Business Finance & Restructuring and Employment Litigation practices, among others, to address subsequent risks such as government or regulatory inquiries, shareholder, consumer, or employee class action litigation, trade secrets theft, funding or financial issues, and disputes with vendors, service providers and other third parties.

Serve as lead defense counsel in a medical monitoring class action alleging that workplace conditions lead to a chronic illness.

Represent client as lead defense counsel in an environmental class action brought by homeowners asserting nuisance and property damage claims based on allegations that a neighboring industrial site contaminated the water table.

He advises large national corporations on complex litigation in the areas of product liability defense, mass tort defense, class action and multidistrict litigation, as well as regional companies and locally owned concerns, in court cases in both state and federal systems.

The publication highlights some of the firm's high - profile representations, including its role as lead national counsel for an international pharmaceutical company in hormone replacement therapy litigation, Wright's representation of Ford against allegations of unintended acceleration and faulty spark plugs, and Troyer's defense of Wells Fargo in a nationwide class action and an associated individual action and his representation of a manufacturing company in a toxic tort case.

Our reputation as one of the top class action defense firms in the country results from our significant experience in defending against alleged class actions across a broad range of pharmaceutical and other products litigation, as well as antitrust, employment and securities litigation.

Our seasoned litigators have acted on behalf of Global 100 clients as lead defense counsel in hundreds of securities class actions, derivative lawsuits, and SEC investigations and enforcement actions in courts nationwide.

The recent uptick in litigation of all types is driving demand for legal professionals who can represent clients in areas such as complex civil litigation, commercial litigation, insurance defense, class actions, labor and employment, personal injury lawsuits and regulatory actions.

Working in close collaboration with our White Collar Defense, Regulatory and Investigations lawyers as well as our Employment colleagues, we offer clients deep regulatory and criminal experience alongside the Firm's traditional strengths in corporate governance and class action litigation, enabling us to conduct these investigations as quickly, efficiently and thoroughly as possible.

Weil serves as lead counsel overseeing the defense of Toyobo, a major Japanese fiber manufacturer, in connection with potential False Claims Act claims by the U.S. DOJ, class action suits, multiple personal injury suits, and claims by multiple state attorneys general and foreign states, among others, relating to the performance of Toyobo's Zylon fiber in bullet - resistant vests used by thousands of law enforcement agencies worldwide.

He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 50 national TCPA class actions and has litigated nearly a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for major banks and finance companies.

Weil serves as lead counsel in the defense of Toyobo, a major Japanese fiber manufacturer, in class action suits, multiple personal injury suits, as well as claims by multiple state attorneys general, the U.S. Department of Justice, and foreign states relating to the performance of Toyobo's Zylon fiber in bullet - resistant vests used by thousands of law enforcement agencies worldwide.

Before becoming a prosecutor, Mr. Ende practiced as a litigation associate at Goodwin Procter, where he focused on securities class actions, internal investigations and white collar criminal defense.

The funding is for the MLS's continued defense of that case; it comes on top of money NAR had previously put into the case and after another plaintiff filed suit and sought to bring the suit as a class action.