Class Action Litigation: A Comprehensive Guide to Recent Developments and Best Practices

Gary S. Graifman is a partner in the Firm and co-chair of the Consumer Class Action Litigation Group at KGG. Mr. Graifman’s practice concentrates in the representation of plaintiffs in consumer and securities class action litigation. He is admitted to practice before multiple federal and state courts throughout the nation.

Mr. Graifman is rated “AV-Preeminent” by Martindale Hubbell and has been nominated by Super Lawyers Magazine as a New Jersey Super Lawyer for 2010-2024. He has been a panelist and speaker on class action issues before various bar organizations including those sponsored by the Class Action Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association and by the National Employment Lawyers Association, New York Chapter.

Sushrut Jain is a professional economist with more than two decades of experience providing rigorous economic and data analyses for clients across a broad range of industries. Mr. Jain specializes in the application of economic, financial, and statistical analyses in the context of expert testimony for corporate litigation. Mr. Jain has provided consulting on matters involving intellectual property, false advertising, antitrust, consumer class actions, employment, and commercial litigation issues.

In the area of intellectual property, Mr. Jain has worked on a variety of matters analyzing damages resulting from patent, copyright, trade secret, and trademark disputes. Mr. Jain has provided consulting and expert witness testimony in the area of false advertising damages. His antitrust experience includes the development of economic models to analyze issues of class certification, liability and damages in federal price-fixing cases.

Gerald “Jerry” Maatman, Jr. is a Chambers-recognized class action defense litigator, an eight-time Law360 Employment Law MVP, and a nine-time recipient of BTI Consulting Group’s Client Service All-Star Award.

Jerry is a Partner at Duane Morris LLP and chairs the firm’s Class Action Defense Group. Jerry successfully defended the largest EEOC systemic lawsuit ever prosecuted, the largest age discrimination collective action ever brought in Illinois, the first sexual harassment class action brought by a State Attorney General in the United States, and the largest wage & hour class actions ever litigated in Florida, Illinois, and New York.

Jerry is a graduate of Washington & Lee University and the Northwestern University School of Law, where he serves as an adjunct professor.