Critical Mass by Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: A New Law.com Report Finds Lawyers Leading MDLs Are Getting Younger. A Hearing Begins Today Involving Potential Contempt Against Two Ex-Girardi Keese Partners.
December 08, 2021 at 12:26 PM
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Critical Mass
Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. Lawyers who are 45 and under are increasingly getting the top leadership positions in multidistrict litigation. An evidentiary hearing scheduled for the next two days focuses on what former Girardi Keese partners David Lira and Keith Griffin knew about $2 million in missing client funds. Michael Miller, a key plaintiff attorney in the Roundup litigation, has died at age 69.
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(L-R) Kalpana Srinivasan, Harper T. Segui and Andrea R. Gold. (Courtesy photos) Nearly Half the Top Posts in MDL Leadership Went to Younger Attorneys
Lawyers in charge of multidistrict litigation are getting younger. That's according to data reviewed by Law.com showing that in 2020, lawyers who were 45 or younger made up 46% of appointments to lead counsel and plaintiffs' executive committee in multidistrict litigation, up from 32% in 2016.
But it isn't just data that shows a shift. Many federal judges, such as Robin Rosenberg, in the Zantac multidistrict litigation, or Edward Davila, who is overseeing lawsuits involving casino apps, have specifically called on younger lawyers to apply for the topmost leadership roles.
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