Zuckerman Spaeder LLP represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex class actions involving matters related to insurance bad faith, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, consumer fraud, Medicaid, real estate, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and securities fraud, among others. Experience on both sides of these cases gives Zuckerman Spaeder the perspective to develop innovative and novel theories on behalf of clients involved in class actions.
But our attorneys are more than just class action lawyers—as experienced trial lawyers, our attorneys know how to put together great cases. Our class action practice builds on the firm’s strengths in other practice areas, including white collar and government investigations, plaintiff’s litigation, and civil litigation—all recognized in our citation by The American Lawyer as one of the nation’s top litigation boutiques in 2005 and 2009. And we use these multidisciplinary skills to develop sophisticated legal strategies that address the complexities of class actions.
Our class action practice also melds with our extensive work in other representative actions, such as derivative actions (where we have represented both plaintiffs and defendants) and cases for and against creditors’ committees in bankruptcy proceedings.
With offices in Washington, DC, New York, Delaware, Maryland, and Florida, Zuckerman Spaeder has the capacity to undertake matters in numerous jurisdictions across the country.
Experience
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Represented a nationwide class that received an $18 million settlement in an ERISA matter in federal district court.
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Represented a former Enron executive in an SEC investigation and shareholder class action lawsuits filed against him and others as a consequence of the collapse and bankruptcy of the company.
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We represent consumers in diverse actions under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act for damages arising from illegal referral fees and kickback arrangements.
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Provided counsel on compensation matters to individual class representatives whose efforts on behalf of a nationwide class of gas station dealers resulted in a $1 billion jury verdict for overcharges by a global oil company. The district court awarded more than $15 million to our clients in the largest ever “incentive” reward to class representatives.
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Representing plaintiff classes in a variety of class actions challenging state Medicaid estate recovery and co-payment procedures.
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Represented a class of pension plans to recover losses arising from improper fee overcharges, securing a $19 million settlement that represented almost 100 percent of the overcharges.
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Represented plaintiffs in consumer class actions against a health insurer (Arkansas), a disability insurer (California), and a property and casualty insurer (Connecticut), reflecting our experience in insurance coverage issues, bad faith insurance practices, and complex commercial litigation.
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We serve on the class steering committee in the nationwide “Hot Fuel” class action against the oil industry for selling retail gas to consumers without adjusting the price to take account of lower fuel content of higher temperature gas.
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