Tell us about your biggest client wins this year. In the landmark Volkswagen "clean diesel" emissions fraud case, settlements grew to encompass more engine models, bringing the estimated settlement value to a staggering $15 billion. And in the Fiat Chrysler emissions fraud case, settlements reached $307.5 million.

[The firm] obtained a $250 million settlement in a civil [Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act] action against State Farm Insurance that involved a secret campaign to fund the election of a favorable Illinois Supreme Court justice who later cast a tie-breaking vote overturning a trial verdict against the insurer.

What's the best lesson you learned as a young lawyer? Be prepared, get on your feet, believe in what you are doing. Prepare.

What's been the most significant change in your practice area and how have you adjusted? We continue to push to protect consumer civil rights with new strategies based on bedrock principles of justice.

Share an interesting fact about your firm that few know. In representing American consumers, Lieff Cabraser has over the decades enabled recoveries for most United States citizens.

Submitted by Michael Sobol, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein senior partner.