Class Actions lawyers

Uriel Prinz

Partner

S. Horowitz & Co

Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy

Partner

ADVANT Altana

Vanessa Wettner

Partner

WilmerHale

Vavaa Mawuli

Principal Lawyer

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

Veronica Moyé

Partner

King & Spalding

Walter (Casey) Berger

Casey Berger represents clients in complex commercial and securities litigation, with a particular focus on energy-related disputes and US and international arbitration. Casey draws on decades of trial and appellate experience to advise corporations, private equity sponsors, financial institutions, and executives on their highest-stakes disputes involving: Securities class actions and derivative matters Merger and corporate governance litigation Antitrust and consumer fraud class actions Breach-of-contract disputes International and US arbitration proceedings Casey has resolved billions of dollars in claims and disputes for his clients across state and federal courts, as well as arbitration proceedings in the US and abroad. He regularly defends corporations, officers, and directors in private securities litigation, enforcement proceedings, and shareholder actions, and represents major corporations in complex commercial arbitration. A trusted strategic advisor, Casey brings a pragmatic, results-oriented approach to clients’ most critical disputes, managing matters through all phases of trial and appellate practice. Before joining Latham, Casey was a partner and chair of the litigation practice at another global law firm.

Latham & Watkins

William E. Thomson

William E. Thomson is a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is Co-Chair of the firm’s Transnational Litigation Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law and Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Practice Groups. Mr. Thomson’s practice focuses on federal and state appellate and Supreme Court litigation, and on strategic analysis and briefing in high-stakes cases in trial courts around the country. Mr. Thomson has extensive experience litigating and counseling on complex U.S. and cross-border matters before both trial and appellate courts in a broad range of contexts, including civil RICO, product liability and mass tort, foreign judgment recognition, First Amendment litigation, and class actions. He has advised on and litigated matters implicating the competing laws of multiple U.S. jurisdictions and dozens of countries around the world, including supply chain liability risks, corporate separateness issues, and cross-border evidentiary actions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

William Geraghty

Wilkinson Stekloff

William Jackson

Partner

Goodwin

William Lavery

Clifford Chance

William Schonewille

William Schonewille is a partner at BarentsKrans and a lawyer since 1996. William specialises in Financial Litigation. He acts on behalf of investors and consumers as well as for financial institutions. William has extensive experience in complex litigation, both on an individual as class action basis. He is involved and has been involved in several high-profile class actions in banking and securities law, such as Via Claim, Leaseverlies (share leasing schemes), DSB Bank N.V. and Verliespolis (information and costload of unit-linked life insurance). Currently, William’s involvement includes the WAMCA proceedings against Airbnb and various other class actions. He is regularly asked by various national and international litigation funders to advise on (optimising) opportunities of complex (collective or individual) proceedings. William also advises in relation to the development of new financial products. From 2006 to 2013, William served on the board of BarentsKrans. From 2008 to 2013, he was chairman of the board.

BarentsKrans

William Tarantino

William Tarantino | Morrison Foerster Drawing on his considerable experience in environmental health, William (Bill) focuses his practice on environmental and consumer protection law, with an emphasis on climate-related goals and claims, hazardous substances, mass torts, and consumer product safety. Bill started his career at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel in San Francisco, and he currently leads the firm’s environmental practice. Bill routinely advises clients in connection with their carbon reduction and climate-related goals and claims (including carbon neutral and net zero carbon commitments) and helps clients substantiate their claims and avoid greenwashing claims. He frequently advises clients in connection with the Federal Trade Commission’s Green Guides, state consumer protection statutes, and a broad range of sustainability and chemical disclosure laws. He defends clients in environmental and consumer class action litigation in courts throughout the country and is highly regarded for his ability to coordinate technical, legal, and communications teams to counsel clients through crises. He has tried cases in state and federal courts for a variety of complex and multidistrict litigation matters, including product liability claims and environmental and land use disputes. Bill represents the firm’s clients in nearly every aspect of environmental regulation and supports the firm’s global transactional practices in all areas of U.S. environmental law. He is also a member of the firm’s ESG + Sustainability Steering Committee. Environmental Litigation and Regulatory Bill has represented the firm’s clients before a broad range of environmental regulatory agencies in rulemaking proceedings, permit applications, and appeals and enforcement actions. Bill heads MoFo’s environmental due diligence teams and serves as the lead on transactional negotiations involving environmental liability risks, including significant experience in cross-border transactions. Consumer Class Action, False Advertising, and Product Liability Bill has broad experience in consumer class action and false advertising litigation, especially concerning claims of health or environmental benefits. He has also advised numerous well known life sciences, technology, and consumer product companies on consumer disclosures and warnings, including compliance with U.S. and European requirements governing product safety.

Morrison Foerster

Yael Antonelli

Partner

Meitar Law Offices

Yael Riemer

FBC - Yael Riemer Ms. Riemer is a partner in FBC's Litigation Department, where she specializes in intellectual property litigation, commercial disputes, and class actions. Ms. Riemer provides legal counsel to individuals, private companies, and public companies with respect to intellectual property, information technology, and Internet law, including with respect to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, privacy protection, and database usage. Ms. Riemer has a particular expertise in the telecommunications market and entertainment law, and has extensive experience relating to disputes with collective organizations regarding the use of intellectual property. Ms. Riemer represents clients before various Israeli courts, the Registrar of Patents and Trademarks, and the Customs Authority, as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings. Ms. Riemer is a member of the Israel group for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

FISCHER (FBC & Co.)

Yair Leder

Partner

Berkman & Co

Yaniv Holzman

Partner

Amit, Pollak, Matalon

Yaron Reiter

Yaron Reiter is one of the firm’s founding partners, and heads our Class Actions and Litigation Department, which is consistently ranked by both local and foreign ranking guides as a leader in its field. Yaron is a highly esteemed and venerated litigator, whose appearances in courts have secured him a solid reputation. He is recognized for his creative approach to complex litigation. Yaron serves as an arbitrator and mediator, and appears before all courts, including the Supreme Court and Appellate Courts. Yaron has in-depth knowledge and expertise in local and international litigation and particularly in the field of class actions; in addition, he possesses extensive experience in partner and shareholders disputes. Over the years, Yaron has acquired considerable and unique experience in representing companies and entities sued in class actions in a wide variety of areas, such as insurance, banking, labour law, lotteries and gambling, antitrust, privacy protection, data and cyber processing, environmental nuisance (noise, odour, air pollution, etc.), taxes, capital markets and securities, real estate, accessibility and prevention of discrimination, spam, sports, consumerism, intellectual property, local authorities and councils, corporations, transport, tourism, aviation, and communication (computers, internet, cable, TV, media, cellular, wired, international, etc.). Yaron provides his clients with legal as well as strategic advice. In addition, Yaron has substantial experience representing companies, businesspersons, executives and seniors in derivative claims, managing corporate control struggles, shareholder disputes and minority shareholder oppression claims, as well as administrative petitions, financial sanctions, the Freedom of Information Act, and petitions to the High Court. With experience in managing complex transactions in a variety of fields, Yaron advises and accompanies processes for the formation and formulation of investment transactions in private and public companies, traded in Israel and the United States. Yaron has also accumulated a great deal of experience in representing and operating with venture capital funds and investment banks – and has been a partner to debt settlements and corporate recovery procedures. Yaron is one of Israel’s most prominent and respected lawyers in litigation in general and in the field of class actions in particular; our firm’s class actions department, which he heads, is consistently ranked by the Israeli ranking guides as top tier in the field of class actions. He appears in seminars and professional conferences for various forums, including, on behalf of the Israel Bar Association. Yaron is also known to the Israeli media; having published articles on litigation and been interviewed for articles on topics related to his areas of expertise. Yaron has won recognition by international ranking guides for his achievements: ‘The LEGAL 500’ recommended him as a leading lawyer for his achievements in the field of Dispute Resolution – Class Actions and the field of Transportation. Chambers and Partners ranked him as a leading class action lawyer.

AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co

Yaron Rossman

Yaron Rossman is a partner in the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice, and primarily focuses on complex commercial, banking, intellectual property, and labor disputes, while also specializing in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. His practice spans a wide range of industries, including financial services, technology, consumer products, travel & leisure, shipping & transport, healthcare, pharmaceutical, retail, communications, real estate, and food & beverage industries. Yaron joined Naschitz Brandes Amir in 2007 after several years with another leading Israeli law firm. Over the years, he has amassed considerable experience handling large and complex restructuring and insolvency cases. In addition, Yaron advises leading Israeli companies on employment and labor law matters, including litigation.

Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co.

Yehuda Rosenthal

Partner, Vice Head of the Commercial and Class Action Litigation Department

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.

Yesenia Gallegos

Yesenia M. Gallegos focuses her labor and employment practice on a wide range of matters, including restrictive covenants, wage and hour law, discrimination and harassment claims, executive employment agreements, leaves of absence, employee terminations and reductions in force. Yesenia represents employers in employment litigation—including class actions—pending in both state and federal court. She also represents employers in actions against former employees in trade secret and embezzlement actions that require immediate restraining orders, injunctions and/or liens. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/gallegos-yesenia-m/

McDermott Will & Schulte

Yisrael Hiller

Yisrael is a partner in Asserson's Dispute Resolution team, and leads the specialist US Disputes practice (Asserson Hiller).

Asserson Law Offices

Yoav Hertman

Partner

Herzog Fox & Neeman

Yoav Hirsh

Head of the Litigation department, Yoav Hirsh brings more than 25 years of high pedigree experience in complex commercial litigation, representing clients before every type of court, as well as in arbitration and mediation forums. Yoav joined the firm in 1988 as an intern for Dr. Michael Cheshin, who later became the Supreme Court’s Vice President. Clients benefit from his considerable experience in a range of complex commercial-civil litigation cases. He has forged a successful reputation in representing clients in banking, class actions, administrative law, communications, insurance and antitrust disputes. Yoav’s client roster includes banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, gasoline companies, communications companies, supermarket chains, consumer products companies and numerous other institutional bodies. Yoav’s experience as an intern for some of Israel’s most prominent judges also gives his clients access to one of the best litigators and presenters in court in the country.

Agmon with Tulchinsky Law Firm

Yoav Schori

Mr. Yoav Schori is a senior associate in FISCHER’s Litigation practice. He specializes in intellectual property litigation, data and privacy protection, commercial disputes and class actions. Mr. Schori provides legal counsel to the firm’s clients, including individuals, private companies and public companies, with respect to intellectual property, information technology, internet law, patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, privacy protection, and database usage. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Schori served for four years as a Senior Law Clerk to the Honorable Justice David Mintz of the Supreme Court of Israel. Additionally, he interned for the Honorable Justice (retired) Elyakim Rubinstein and in the chambers of the Attorney General of Israel.

FISCHER (FBC & Co.)