Class Actions lawyers

Rob Hoffman

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Robert Addison

Robert Addison is a business litigator representing banks and financial institutions, corporate entities large and small, consumer products companies, and fiduciaries in business litigation matters in both state and federal courts. He has wide-ranging experience in general business and commercial litigation matters, including banking operations, banking and mortgage fraud, corporate litigation arising from the purchase and sale of businesses, partnership and joint venture disputes, corporate trustee litigation, real property disputes, film finance disputes, unfair competition, intellectual property claims, class actions, and provisional remedies, among many others. Mr. Addison is also an experienced appellate lawyer, having successfully handled appeals at all levels, including before the California Supreme Court. Among the representative litigation matters Mr. Addison has handled are defense of claims for hundreds of millions of dollars arising out of fraud and Ponzi schemes, prosecution of plaintiff’s fraud claims on behalf of financial institutions, prosecution and defense of contractual and partnership claims between corporate entities and their principals, complex litigation representing corporate trustees arising out of management and investment of trust assets, litigation arising out of fraud and the removal of operating partners in a portfolio of real property assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, defense of class actions, and numerous other complex business litigation matters. In addition to his role as the Firm’s General Counsel, Mr. Addison leads Buchalter’s Litigation Practice Group as Firmwide Chair and serves on the firm’s Board of Directors.

Buchalter Law Firm

Robert Baron

Robert H. Baron has handled major commercial cases brought as individual and class actions in federal and state courts, including the representation of major domestic and foreign issuers and financial institutions in litigation related to securities offerings and trading, complex structured financing transactions and mergers and acquisitions.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Robert Clark

5 Wentworth Chambers

Robert Collins

Robert Collins represents companies in complex commercial litigation, particularly involving class action defense and high-stakes business-to-business disputes. Robert advises clients in bet-the-company litigation, including related to: Multijurisdictional class actions and proceedings before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Product liability, including allegations of product defects and false marketing and labeling Consumer protection, including claims of violations of state consumer protection statutes Data security and information privacy, including with respect to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and the California Consumer Privacy Act Breach of contract and breach of warranty Alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and class waivers He draws on extensive knowledge of class action defense and courtroom experience across the country to devise strategies that help clients achieve successful outcomes. Robert distills technical legal concepts for clients, both before and during litigation, to facilitate informed business decisions and mitigate potential risk. Robert maintains an active pro bono practice and has represented children with disabilities, prisoners, domestic violence victims, and asylum applicants. He has served on the firm’s Pro Bono, Legal Professionals and Paralegal, and Business Development Committees, and co-leads his local LGBTQ+ Affinity Group. Robert also serves on the Chicago Bar Foundation’s Young Professionals Board.

Latham & Watkins

Robert Cooper

Partner Bob Cooper is a trial lawyer practicing with a focus on corporate, commercial, class action and securities litigation.

McEwan Partners

Robert Ellis

Robert Ellis is a litigation partner in Kirkland's Chicago office. His practice focuses principally on complex commercial disputes and class action matters. Rob has represented large corporate clients in a wide variety of complex litigation matters, including breach of contract, professional liability, non-compete and trade secret matters. Rob also has extensive experience defending complex consumer fraud and product liability class actions.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Robert H. Pees

Bob Pees’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and domestic and international arbitration arising from securities offerings and corporate transactions. He has extensive experience in the area of class actions, including securities class actions, derivative actions and multidistrict litigation and has served as counsel in many large, complex lawsuits, including high-profile, multidistrict litigation and significant arbitration. His clients include Fortune 500 corporations, financial services firms, broker-dealers, insurance industry intermediaries, investment funds, and real estate limited partnerships. He also frequently counsels investment funds and others regarding counter party risks. To learn more about Bob, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/robert-h-pees.html

Akin

Robert Harrell

Partner

Mayer Brown

Robert Hoff

Partner

Wiggin and Dana LLP

Robert Kwinter

Robert advises clients on the Competition Act including conspiracy, bid-rigging, trade association activities, misleading advertising, mergers and other reviewable trade practices, as well as on regulatory approval under the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act. Litigation counsel in cases under various provisions of the Competition Act, including lead counsel to Visa Canada in a successful proceeding before the Competition Tribunal. Extensive class action experience includes: DRAM, air cargo, hydrogen peroxide, EPDM, chocolate, LCD and credit cards. Complex mergers include: Suncor/Petro-Canada, Merck/Schering-Plough, GE/Alstom.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Robert Serio

Robert F. Serio's practice involves complex commercial and business litigation, with an emphasis on securities class actions, shareholder derivative litigation, SEC enforcement matters and corporate investigations. He served as a Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s national Securities Litigation Practice Group from 2005 through 2020. He is consistently ranked as one of the top securities litigators in New York and has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America©, Benchmark Litigation and New York Super Lawyers. Rob is a co-editor of the Practising Law Institute’s leading treatise on securities litigation entitled Securities Litigation: A Practitioner’s Guide. Routinely, he has been a guest lecturer on securities-related developments where he has presented on such topics as “Trends in Securities Litigation.”

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Robert Staley

Partner

Bennett Jones LLP

Robert Thompson

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Robert Torralbo

Robert practises corporate commercial litigation and arbitration with an emphasis on defending class actions, product liability, securities, banking, real estate and shareholder disputes. His clients include financial institutions, large multinational organizations, securities dealers, manufacturers and real estate developers. Robert regularly appears before all levels of Quebec courts and arbitration panels, and has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Roberta Kaplan

Co-Founding Partner, Kaplan Martin LLP

Kaplan Martin

Roberto Fernández del Valle M.

Partner

Santamarina y Steta

Roberto Quiñones

Capital Member, Litigation Practice Group. Leader, Securities Litigation & Arbitration Practice Team; Leader, Antitrust Practice Team and Co-Leader, Intellectual Property Practice Team

McConnell Valdés LLC

Robin M. Hulshizer

Robin Hulshizer is a trial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience litigating complex commercial and environmental matters. She is a member of Latham’s Complex Commercial Litigation and Environmental, Social & Governance Practices, focusing on all areas of environmental litigation, including contaminated properties, toxic torts, greenwashing claims, and environmental justice-based claims. Her experience is multi-disciplinary, including toxic torts, product liability, consumer fraud, business contract, insurance coverage, class actions, and securities litigation. She has represented clients across various sectors such as manufacturing, oil and gas, retail and consumer products, energy, and industrial hygiene. In the environmental arena, Robin’s experience has spanned every major environmental statute (such as CERCLA, RCRA, CWA) and includes not only litigation but contaminated site remediation, permitting and compliance strategies, regulatory work, investigation, and enforcement actions. She also provides ESG, environmental, and litigation counseling in connection with large-scale mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions. In addition to her representation of clients in litigation arising out of mobile and stationary emissions, toxic tort, and the Superfund/cost recovery arena, her experience includes explosion cases, citizen suits, private cost recovery actions, and claims brought by or against federal and state governments. Robin has also worked on variances and penalty actions for a variety of clients. In the business disputes forum, Robin has extensive trial and court experience, representing various companies in high-stakes commercial litigation, as well as before governmental agencies including the SEC, EPA, and state equivalent agencies. She also has served as counsel in numerous complex, multiparty cases as well as class actions and multi-district litigations, in various federal and state courts around the country, and Canada. She formerly served as Deputy Office Managing Partner of the Chicago office as well as Local Chair of the Environmental, Land & Resources Department. She currently serves as a Vice Chair of the firm's Diversity Leadership Committee.

Latham & Watkins

Robin Reinertson

Robin is one of the leading litigators in British Columbia in the defence of class actions, particularly in product liability, consumer protection, competition/antitrust, and privacy cases. She routinely acts in high-stakes, precedent setting litigation and also regularly advises clients on risk management and litigation avoidance in these areas. Robin has a proven record of defeating class actions prior to certification, as well as extensive experience defending class action and complex product liability cases through discovery and trial.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Robin Squires

Partner, National Leader of BLG’s Transportation Focus Group, and the Toronto Leader of BLG’s Maritime Focus Group

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Rodrigo García

Rodrigo F. García joined Marval O'Farrell Mairal in 1998 and became a partner in 2011. He has more than 20 years of dispute resolution experience and has litigated a broad range of cases. His practice includes arbitration, class actions, family law and complex environmental litigation.

Marval O’Farrell Mairal

Rodrigo Zamora

Co-head of Arbitration and Civil & Commercial Litigation practices

Galicia Abogados S.C.

Roey Sasson

Partner, Litigation

Arnon, Tadmor-Levy