NLJ's Elite Trial Lawyers of 2019
The National Law Journal and ALM Media honored law firms and lawyers handling cutting-edge work on behalf of plaintiffs.
September 27, 2019 at 10:05 AM
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The National Law Journal and ALM Media honored law firms and lawyers handling cutting-edge work on behalf of plaintiffs in practice areas ranging from mass torts to securities litigation. Here's a look back at the work of our winners.
Antitrust Berger Montague
Bankruptcy Reid Collins & Tsai
Bankruptcy Motley Rice
Business Torts Susman Godfrey
Business Torts MoloLamken
Civil Rights Wigdor
Consumer Protection Edelson
Consumer Protection Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Disability Rights The Berry Law Firm
Discrimination Sanford Heisler Sharp
Employment Rights Wigdor
Environmental Protection Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Financial Products Consumer Litigation Associates
Gaming Law Edelson
Immigration Labaton Sucharow
Insurance Liability Girard Sharp
Mass Torts Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman
Mass Torts Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Medical Malpractice Heimberg Barr
Other Areas of Note Taylor & Ring
Pharmaceutical Litigation Berger Montague
Privacy/Data Breach Edelson
Privacy/Data Breach Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Product Liability Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles
Product Liability The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson
Product Liability The Lanier Law Firm
Racial Discrimination Wigdor
Securities Litigation Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Securities Litigation Labaton Sucharow
Sports, Entertainment and Media Law Clare Locke
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Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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