The Lawyers

James A. Harrod treats cross-border securities work as a problem of mapping: identify the transaction, the governing law, the available forum, and the investor’s actual recovery path before litigation begins.

Lexi J. Hazam co-leads MDL 3047 against Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube, where Breathitt County’s school claims survived summary judgment and settled.

Michael Kanovitz tried Rogers v. BNSF, the first BIPA class action to reach a jury, and led the Cook County Jail strip-search class case before Judge Kennelly.

Nina Perales leads MALDEF’s national litigation and litigates voting-rights cases involving redistricting, voter registration, local election systems, and assistance at the polls.

Claire M. Sylvia represents whistleblowers in Medicare, cybersecurity and defense-contract cases and writes a leading treatise on the False Claims Act.

Michael B. Eisenkraft litigates securities and antitrust matters involving trading systems, market structure, mortgage-backed securities, and complex financial products.

Co-lead class counsel in the $609 million EpiPen settlements with Pfizer and Mylan; tried ITyX v. Kodak Alaris; interim lead counsel in Google RTB privacy case.

Kelly M. Dermody is a Lieff Cabraser partner and Managing Partner of its San Francisco office. Her practice includes civil-rights, employment and pay-equity litigation.

John A. Yanchunis built the law of data-breach recovery, from the $117.5 million Yahoo settlement through Equifax, Capital One and OPM to the $425.65 million Rodriguez v. Google privacy verdict of September 2025.

Alfred L. Fatale III litigates securities claims arising from public offerings through class certification, discovery, expert work, mediation, and judicial approval.

Chicago consumer lawyer who argued Heintz v. Jenkins, the 1995 Supreme Court ruling that lawyers who regularly collect consumer debts are FDCPA debt collectors.

Max W. Berger represents institutional investors in securities-fraud and shareholder cases involving corporate gatekeepers, governance reforms, settlement administration, and distribution.

Christine M. Fox represents investors in securities class actions, directing investigation, discovery, settlement approval, and claims administration.

Oakland civil-rights lawyer who brought the Riders police-misconduct case and enforced Oakland’s 2003 police-reform agreement in federal court until 2026.

One of trial counsel for the class in the $1.06 billion Urethane judgment against Dow; lead counsel for end payers in the generic-drug price-fixing MDL.

Stuart L. Berman leads Kessler Topaz’s global shareholder-litigation practice, guiding public funds and other large investors through active claims, group proceedings, and direct actions across jurisdictions.

Rupali Sharma litigates abortion access in the units the patient pays, from the Texas record behind Whole Woman’s Health and Mellet v. Ireland to today’s fights for young people’s rights.

Eugene Felton Jr. tries and appeals catastrophic-injury cases involving hospital negligence, paralysis, negligent security, official immunity, and sovereign immunity.

Miami securities lawyer Jeffrey Erez builds investor cases around the mechanics of complex products, the communications used to sell them, and the supervision behind the accounts.

Jonathan D. Selbin’s plaintiff-side work spans overdraft fees, automated collection calls, and mortgage-market litigation.

Mike Papantonio tried Carla Bartlett’s C-8 kidney-cancer case, the first of about 3,500 against DuPont to reach a jury, then David Freeman’s malice trial.

Spencer A. Burkholz has tried securities claims to a jury and litigated structured-finance, health-care, banking, and drug-distribution cases for investors.

Randall Kallinen litigates civil-rights cases in Houston involving federal tort claims, police misconduct, jail safety, compelled speech, public records, trials, and appeals.