Class Actions lawyers

Jennifer Levy

Jenny Levy is a litigation partner who has been with Kirkland for 23 years. She has appeared before trial courts and arbitration panels across the country. Jenny focuses on complex commercial litigation, state Attorney General litigation and investigations, pharmaceutical litigation, and product liability cases. She has litigated a wide variety of cases including consumer protection actions, public nuisance claims, allegations of fraud and misrepresentation, data breaches, breach of contract, business torts, product liability, antitrust, false claims qui tam actions, and class actions. Her practice has involved a diverse array of subject matters and allegations including Public Nuisance, Medicaid/Medicare fraud, drug pricing fraud and unfair competition (AWP/WAC inflation), HIPAA, HITECH violations, contracts for the sale of energy, state and federal Fair Debt Collection Act violations, collection contracts for the sale of businesses and stock purchase agreements, alleged violations of shareholder agreements, international licensing agreements, allegations of unlawful insurance practices, conspiracy and antitrust violations, and numerous product liability cases on behalf of manufacturers of automotive products, lead products, tobacco and pharmaceuticals. Jenny is a pro bono coordinator for Kirkland’s Washington, D.C. office.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Jeremy Benjamin

Partner, Vice Head of the Corporate, Administrative and Class Action Litigation Department

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.

Jeremy Calsyn

Jeremy Calsyn’s practice focuses on the full range of antitrust matters, including merger review, criminal and civil government investigations globally, and U.S. litigation, including complex class actions. Jeremy has represented clients in their most high-profile and sophisticated matters, including mergers and acquisitions requiring regulatory approval in dozens of jurisdictions, numerous global and U.S.-focused cartel investigations, and in litigation in federal and state courts. Recently, he has navigated several automotive parts suppliers through U.S. Department of Justice and worldwide investigations into industry-wide price fixing—described by the DOJ as the largest criminal investigation it has ever undertaken, and played a major role in arguing the defendants’ successful opposition to class certification in the bearings direct purchaser class action.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Jesse Bernstein

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Jessica LaLonde

Jessica E. La Londe serves as a team lead for Duane Morris' Insurance/Reinsurance industry group, is co-chair of the Duane Morris Insurance and Reinsurance Division of the Trial Practice Group and a member of the Firm’s Partners Board. Jessica’s practice focuses on civil litigation and appeals, with an emphasis on insurance coverage and commercial litigation and appeals. She has counseled and represented insurance companies in complex disputes for over 20 years. This includes counseling and representing insurance companies throughout the life of a claim – including advice with respect to coverage issues, claims handling, bad faith risks (including policy limits settlement demands), and contribution and subrogation opportunities or risks, and any necessary litigation on these issues. She has experience with several lines of insurance, including general liability, environmental pollution, various forms of professional liability, excess liability, auto liability, project liability, and directors and officers liability. These matters have involved a wide array of claims, including pollution, sexual abuse, asbestos, health hazards, construction defects, and medical malpractice. Jessica also has litigated cases involving misappropriation of trade secrets, business contracts, employment disputes, products liability, California Proposition 65, environmental law, and consumer class actions.

Duane Morris LLP

Jill Yates

Partner in and Practice Lead of the firm’s Litigation Group in Vancouver. Chair of the firm’s National Class Actions Group. Experienced commercial litigator and has appeared at all levels of court in British Columbia, in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario, in the Federal Court, and in arbitral hearings. Has expertise in complex commercial litigation involving a variety of types of claims and in a broad range of industries, and particular expertise in defending class actions. Has significant trial experience, including trial of common issues. Frequently represents financial institution clients on a variety of matters including in relation to fraud, de-marketing, contract terms and mortgage issues. Frequently represents clients in consumer protection, product liability and privacy claims.

McCarthy Tétrault

Jim Hollis

Partner

Balch & Bingham LLP

Jina Lee

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Joanne Gray

Partner

Goodwin

Joe McGrade

Joe is a member of the Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. His practice focuses on all aspects of competition law and advocacy, including contested merger litigation, class actions, merger review, price fixing and cartel investigations, abuse of dominance, joint ventures and strategic alliance, and regulatory compliance. He also advises on foreign investment merger review under the Investment Canada Act. Joe has appeared before the Federal Court of Appeal, the Competition Tribunal and the Ontario Superior Court and is a passionate advocate for his clients.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Joe Tomaselli

Partner, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP

Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP

Johan Valk

Partner (Litigation and Supreme Court Litigation)

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

John Browne

John is a Principal Lawyer and the Head of Industrial Disease at Slater and Gordon in Cardiff. He specialises in claims concerning disease and represents a number of trade unions and is an expert in asbestos related cases and other respiratory complaints. John has successfully run group and class actions to the Court of Appeal and to the Supreme Court of England and Wales. He has also brought specific and novel points of law to the High Court and Supreme Court Judiciary for consideration.

Slater and Gordon

John Butts

Partner Chair, Commercial Litigation Group

WilmerHale

John Delionado

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

John Donovan

Senior Counsel

Ropes & Gray LLP

John Dougherty

John is a trial lawyer with nearly 30 years of experience representing public and private companies in high-stakes litigation and disputes. He has a particular focus on commercial litigation and product safety matters and significant experience defending clients in shareholder or derivative cases and consumer class actions. His practice also encompasses appellate, regulatory, patent, and criminal matters as well as internal investigations, compliance counseling, and crisis management. John primarily represents clients in the life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and food & beverage industries. Read full biography.

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

John Emmerig

Partner

Thomsons

John G. Schmidt Jr.

A seasoned litigator, John has earned a reputation as a formidable advocate who realistically evaluates his client’s case, needs and goals. John has extensive experience in complex business disputes and commercial litigation, including class actions, shareholder and partner disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, contract disputes, business torts and fraud matters. John represents a variety of companies and individuals—from large corporations to closely-held businesses, professional firms, not-for-profits and individuals. He serves clients in a variety of industries and professions, including health care, energy, legal, technology, finance, education, manufacturing, municipalities, charities and religious groups. John also practices in technology litigation, computer forensics, white collar and government investigations defense, and antitrust. He has extensive litigation experience in state and federal courts, both trial and appellate. John has been appointed by several courts in complex corporate and personal disputes requiring receiverships and fraud investigations. He also serves on the boards of several civic and charitable organizations.

Phillips Lytle LLP

John Kawana

Partner

Bowmans Zambia

John Majoras

Partner

Jones Day

John Michael Clear

Senior Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

John Pavlakis

Partner

Ashurst

John Q. Lewis

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP