The Lawyers

Lee Gelernt litigates immigrants’ rights, asylum, family-integrity, detention and constitutional cases as Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project.

Leonard A. Bennett’s plaintiff-side work spans credit reporting, debt collection, individual verdicts, and high-cost lending cases.

Kelly Iverson co-led the $1.6 billion Philips CPAP settlements and tried Maurice Able’s Eighth Amendment case to a jury verdict in Pittsburgh.

Cary S. McGehee has represented Flint residents since 2015, from the Mays class action and $626.25 million settlement to the negligence case against the EPA.

Sharan Nirmul represents investors in securities class actions built through discovery, expert proof, trial preparation, and settlement.

Jameel Jaffer’s First Amendment and transparency practice spans surveillance litigation, government records, and the Knight First Amendment Institute.

Edgar N. Romano represents workers in occupational-disease, asbestos, industrial-exposure, and World Trade Center claims, including administrative and appellate review.

Kelsey Stokes co-leads the Bard hernia mesh MDL, is Administering Counsel for its settlement fund, and tried the first Covidien mesh bellwether in Boston.

Jayne Conroy tried Suffolk County’s opioid case to a verdict against Teva and helped negotiate $13.8 billion in settlements with CVS, Walgreens and Walmart.

Kristi C. Kelly’s tribal-lending and usury cases: Hengle v. Asner, a $43.4 million judgment against Matt Martorello, Lac du Flambeau loans, zombie mortgages.

Monique Olivier represents workers and classes in employment, wage-and-hour, ERISA, civil-rights, consumer, trial, and appellate litigation.

Ben Wizner is an ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of its Center for Democracy, with a practice spanning speech, privacy and constitutional litigation.

Ilann M. Maazel represents plaintiffs in Title IX, gender-violence, civil-rights, and appellate litigation.

Janet L. Goldstein represents whistleblowers in health care, pharmaceutical and government-contract False Claims Act cases.

Wilson M. Dunlavey litigates environmental torts, consumer fraud, product liability, climate-related claims, and class actions.

Joseph A. Fonti’s practice joins pension-fund and investor stewardship with class certification, appellate advocacy, and trial-ready securities litigation.

Shawn A. Williams represents investors in securities litigation, including the Apple case that defeated summary judgment and produced a $490 million court-approved settlement before trial.

Mary Kathryn Nagle’s appellate advocacy, tribal-sovereignty work, and Native playwriting connect federal Indian law with the safety of Native women and children.

James M. Finberg represents employees in class and collective actions involving equal pay, discrimination, wage-and-hour law, and voting rights.

Michelle C. Yau represents employees and retirees in pension, 401(k), ESOP, and employee-benefits class actions.

Rebecca E. Boon uses securities and derivative litigation to connect workplace misconduct with board oversight, investor disclosure, and enforceable corporate duties.

Lead counsel for Camp Lejeune plaintiffs in North Carolina federal court; helped draft the Act’s lower burden of proof and pressed for kidney-cancer trials.

Robert A. Nersesian represents casino patrons and advantage players in false-imprisonment, property, gaming-law, and constitutional cases nationwide.