About
Richard Godfrey is a litigation partner in the Chicago office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. He has been recognized as an exceptional trial lawyer with an encyclopedic knowledge of the law. His practice includes defending class actions and individual suits involving mass torts, antitrust, trade regulation, contracts, consumer fraud, fraud and false advertising, discrimination and employment discrimination, ERISA, environmental, franchise and distribution, insurance, products liability, trade secrets, tax disputes, and others. He serves as Chair of the Complex Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) practice at the firm.
Practice areas
AppellateClass ActionCommercial LitigationComplex LitigationConsumer FraudContractsDiscriminationEmployment DiscriminationEnvironmentalERISAFalse AdvertisingFranchise and DistributionFraudInsuranceMass TortMultidistrict LitigationProducts LiabilityTax DisputesTrade RegulationTrade Secrets
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Expertise
Appellate LitigationClass ActionsCommercial LitigationComplex LitigationConsumer FraudContract DisputesDiscriminationEmployment DiscriminationEnvironmental LawERISAFalse AdvertisingFranchise and DistributionFraudInsuranceMass TortMultidistrict LitigationProducts LiabilityTax DisputesTrade RegulationTrade Secrets