Revealed: TLR to File Ethics Complaint Against Fraudster Susan Friery (AKA Susan Mowbray) — A Kreindler & Kreindler Ex-Partner– with Bar Association of Washington D.C. ; TLR to Inquire with “Clinics” Where Fraudster Friery Allegedly Volunteerered Such As: Children’s Hospital in Buffalo, New York, Babies Hospital at Columbia Presbyterian in New York City, New York City’s Medical Examiner’s Office. The free clinics at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Veteran’s Hospital in Boston.
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Gretchen M. Nelson
Gretchen M. Nelson
Partner since 2003Gretchen M. Nelson is a 1983 graduate of Georgetown University Law School. She received her B.A. degree from Smith College in 1976. She was admitted to the State Bar of California in January 1984. She is a member of the Board of Governors of the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles. She is a past Chair of the Litigation Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (“LACBA”) and is presently the President-Elect of that association. Her term as President of LACBA will commence on July 1, 2007.
Following law school, she practiced for several years with the law firm of Morgan, Wenzel McNicholas. In August 1988, she joined the law firm of Corinblit Seltzer, a Professional Corporation, where she concentrated her practice in the prosecution of complex business litigation, with a strong emphasis on antitrust and securities class action cases. In February 1998, Ms. Nelson formed her own law firm where she devoted her practice to the litigation of complex class action cases, involving securities, antitrust, employment and consumer claims as well as other litigation on behalf of individuals and small businesses. In 2003, Ms. Nelson joined the law firm of Kreindler &Kreindler LLP when it opened the firm’s first California office located in Los Angeles. She continues to practice in the area of complex class action litigation.
Ms. Nelson has lectured on class and class-related litigation issues for the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, the Association of Trial Lawyers, the Practicing Law Institute, the National Business Institute and Mealeys. She has published articles in the Advocate and the Forum and the American Bar Associations TIPS magazine The Brief on class and other issues.
A list of representative cases, among others, in which Ms. Nelson has had a substantial role is appended hereto.
Representative Cases
(1) In re ZZZZ Best Securities Litigation, Master File No. CV 87-3574 RSWL(Bx) (C.D. Cal.). Corinblit & Selzer was appointed by the Los Angeles federal court as sole lead counsel to represent the plaintiff class of defrauded securities purchasers. The ZZZZ Best fraud was described by the United States Attorney for the Central District of California as “the most massive and elaborate securities fraud perpetrated on the West Coast in over a decade.” In the consolidated class action cases, the court issued several important published rulings sustaining plaintiffs’ claims. See, e.g., In re ZZZZ Best Securities Litigation, 864 F.Supp. 960 (C.D. Cal. 1994); and [1990 Transfer Binder] Fed.Sec.L.Rep. (CCH) ¶95,416 (C.D. Cal. 1990). The case was settled for approximately $40 million in cash.
(2) In re Taxable Municipal Bond Securities Litigation, MDL No. 863 (D. La.). Corinblit & Seltzer was among four firms selected for a leadership role in this consolidated multi-district litigation brought on behalf of defrauded securities purchasers of municipal bonds. After five years of litigation, the case was settled for approximately $110 million in cash.
(3) Raymark Industries, Inc. v. Stemple, No. 88-l0l4-K (D. Kan.). Corinblit & Seltzer defended an attorney in an action brought under the RICO statute and state law for alleged fraud in connection with the settlement of a class action case. The firm was successful in obtaining an injunction restraining the prosecution of twelve related actions filed by the plaintiff in federal courts located throughout the United States. After several years of litigation, the case was settled and dismissed.
(4) Biben v. Card, No. 84-0844-CV-W-6 (W.D. Mo.). Corinblit & Seltzer served as co-lead counsel for plaintiffs in these consolidated securities fraud class action cases. The plaintiffs achieved substantial pretrial victories, including establishing the sufficiency of their claims under the federal securities laws against the director, accountant and attorney defendants in that case and in defeating motions for summary judgment by the insurance carriers for certain individual defendants. The case was settled for approximately $12 million in cash.
(5) Sanwa Bank California v. Facciani, No. CA001132 (L.A. Sup. Ct.) Corinblit & Seltzer was counsel (together with two other plaintiffs’ firms) for a class of investors in this state court securities case and a companion federal case in which settlements totaling approximately $26 million were obtained on behalf of the investors.
(6) Schneider v. Traweek, No. CV 88-0905 RG(Kx) (C.D. Cal.). Corinblit & Seltzer was sole counsel for the plaintiff class consisting of thousands of investors in eight limited partnerships. In granting plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, the court determined that “[t]he qualifications of Plaintiffs’ counsel are not at issue, since the Defendants conceded at oral argument that no one questions the ability of the law firm of Corinblit & Seltzer to prosecute this action on behalf of the proposed class.” Schneider v. Traweek, [1990 Transfer Binder] Fed.Sec.L.Rep. (CCH) ¶95,419 at 97,113 (C.D. Cal. 1990). The case was settled for in excess of $14 million. Other reported decisions in the case can be found at Schneider v. Traweek, [1990 Transfer Binder] Fed.Sec.L.Rep. (CCH) ¶ 95,507 (C.D. Cal. 1990).
(7) In re Domestic Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation, Master File No. 1:90-cv-2485 MHS. Corinblit & Seltzer was appointed by the Atlanta federal court to serve on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee. The litigation consisted of more than fifty consolidated antitrust class actions. The case was settled for $50 million in cash and discount travel certificates with a face value of $408 million, which the Atlanta federal court valued as being worth approximately $305 million.
(8) Pinto v. Birr Wilson & Co., Inc., No. CA001058 (L.A. Co. Sup. Ct.). Corinblit & Seltzer were sole counsel for a class of municipal bondholders who had been allegedly defrauded. The case was settled for approximately $1.4 million in cash and approved by the Los Angeles Superior Court.
(9) Slaven, et al. v. BP America, Inc., et al., No. CV-90-0705 RJK(JRx) (C.D. Cal.). Ms. Nelson and four other firms are prosecuting claims on behalf of a class of businesses who suffered economic losses as a result of a massive oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach that occurred in 1990. Reported decisions in the case appear at Slaven v. American Trading & Transp.Co., 146 F.3d 1066 (9th Cir. 1998); Holifield v. BP America, Inc., 973 F.2d 1468 (9th Cir. 1992); Slaven v. BP America, Inc., 190 F.R.D. 649 (C.D. Cal. 2000); Slaven v. BP America, Inc., 958 F.Supp. 1472 (C.D. Cal. 1997); Holifield v. BP America, Inc., 786 F.Supp. 853 (C.D.Cal. 1992); Holifield v. BP America, Inc., 786 F.Supp. 840 (C.D. Cal. 1991). The case was settled for in excess of $6 million.
(10) In re Brand Name Prescription Drugs Antitrust Litig., MDL 997 (E.D. Ill.). This was a antitrust class action against the manufacturers and wholesalers of brand name prescription drugs. While at Corinblit and Seltzer and thereafter with her own firm, Ms. Nelson acted as one of plaintiffs’ counsel in obtaining certification of a class of pharmacies, settling the claims of the class members against certain of the defendants and pursuing remaining claims to trial. Reported decisions are found at In re Brand Name Prescription Drugs Antitrust Litig., 186 F.3d 781 (7th Cir. 1999); 123 F.3d 599 (7th Cir. 1998); 115 F.3d 456 (7th Cir. 1997). The case resulted in settlements of over $700 million for a class of independent pharmacies.
(11) Porter v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC119914. While with Corinblit & Seltzer and thereafter, Ms. Nelson was one of three attorneys who prosecuted a class action on behalf of tenants of a building demolished by the City of Los Angeles asserting claims for inverse condemnation and negligence. The claims were settled for in excess of $3 million following class certification and shortly prior to trial.
(12) In re Compact Disc Antitrust Litigation, MDL 1216 (C.D. Cal.). Ms. Nelson was one of plaintiffs’ counsel involved in the prosecution of antitrust claims against recorded music distribution companies charging the defendants with price fixing compact discs. Settlements for in excess of $50 million were obtained in the case.
(13) Canning v. Music Express, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC 227542. Ms. Nelson is one of the attorneys representing plaintiffs in a wage and overtime case brought against a limousine company on behalf of its drivers. The court certified the class and thereafter a $2.2 million settlement was achieved and approved by the Court.
(14) In re Broadcom Corp. Securities Litig., Master File No. SACV 01-275 GLT (MLGx) (C.D. Cal.). Ms. Nelson was local counsel for the Lead Plaintiff in these consolidated securities class actions in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Santa Ana Division. A class settlement for $150 million was achieved after lengthy pre-trial proceedings.
(15) Godinez, et al. v. Gray Davis, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC 227352. Ms. Nelson is one of four counsel for the plaintiffs in this public interest lawsuit filed on behalf of students and community organizations challenging the manner in which the State of California and its various agencies have apportioned more than $2 billion in new school construction funds. Following extensive briefing and hearing on plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction, the claims were successfully settled. Issues relating to plaintiffs fee application were appealed to the Court of Appeal and resulted in a published opinion affirming the fee award but remanding for further findings. See Godinez v. Swcharzenegger, 132 Cal.App.4th 73 (2005).
(16) Sanchez v. Survival Insurance Co., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC 225524. Ms. Nelson is one of the attorneys representing plaintiffs in a wage and overtime case brought against the defendants. Following the issuance of an extensive order certifying the class, the claims were settled for in excess of $600,000.
(17) Westways World Travel, Inc. v. AMR Corp., U.S. District Court Case No. 99-7689 RJT (C.D. Cal.). Ms. Nelson is one the counsel for plaintiffs in this class action filed on behalf of a class of travel agents against American Airlines and other defendants. Reported decisions may be found at Westways World Travel, Inc. v. AMR Corp., 182 F.Supp.2d 952 (C.D. Cal. 2001) and 218 F.R.D. 223 (C.D. Cal. 2003). The case is currently on appeal. In addition, Ms. Nelson was one of the counsel for plaintiffs in a related class action entitled All World Professional Travel Services, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc. U.S. District Court Case No. ED CV 02-849RT (SGL. Reported decisions in All World may be found at 282 F.Supp.2d 1161 (C.D. Cal. 2003).
(18) In re ATM Fee Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Ct. Case No. CV 04-2676 CRB (N.D. Cal.) Ms. Nelson is one of the counsel for plaintiffs in consolidated antitrust class actions challenging foreign ATM fees charged by a number of banks and other entities. The case is pending.
(19) In re Cosmetics, California Superior Court Coordinated Proceedings No. JCCP Case No. 4056. Ms. Nelson is one of plaintiffs’ counsel in coordinated proceedings that were litigated in the Marin County Superior Court arising out of antitrust claims asserted by a class of direct purchasers against manufacturers of high-end cosmetics and retailers. A class settlement was achieved valued at in excess of $100 million. The settlement involved a nationwide class and the settlement was presented and approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. An appeal has been filed and the case is pending in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
(20) Archer v. United Rentals, L.A. Superior Court Case No. BC 296139. In this consumer class action, Ms. Nelson represents the plaintiffs who are challenging the practice of recording personal identification information in violation of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act, Civil Code Section 1747, et seq. The court has certified a class under Business & Professions Code Section 17200 for injunctive relief.
(21) Grossett v. Wenaas, California Supreme Court Case No. S139285. This is a derivative lawsuit filed in the San Diego Superior Court by a shareholder of JNI Corporation against the company’s officers and directors charging them with violations of their fiduciary duties and insider trading with respect to a secondary offering. Ms. Nelson is one of the counsel for plaintiff. After lengthy and protracted proceedings, the trial court dismissed the case based on a report by a Special Litigation Committee. The company was then purchased by AMCC Corporation and the stockholders were cashed out. The appellate court dismissed the appeal on the grounds that the stockholder lost standing as a result of the merger. The California Supreme Court granted plaintiff’s petition for review. The case is currently being briefed in the Supreme Court.
(22) In re Emulex Shareholder Cases, JCCP No. 4194. In these coordinated shareholder derivative cases, Ms. Nelson represented plaintiffs asserting claims against the officers and directors of Emulex Corporation. The cases were resolved by an $8 million settlement.
(23) In re Intermix Media, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC 339083. Ms. Nelson is one of counsel for plaintiffs in three consolidated class action proceedings asserting claims against the officers and directors of Intermix Media Inc. arising out of the sale of the company and its primary asset, MySpace.com, to News Corp. Plaintiffs alleged, among other things, that the defendants failed to maximize the value of Intermix in the sale.
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As part of a journalistic inquiry, The Leslie Brodie Report hereby asks Kreindler & Kreindler’s Gretchen Nelson to opine on matters relating to former partner Susan Friery, and in connection with Kreindler & Kreindler 20 year failure to detect the fraud.
Was Kreindler & Kreindler’s failure to detect the fraud part of an scheme? Or, in the alternative, was it a result of mere recklesness?
For background information, background visit @:
http://lesliebrodie.blog.co.uk/2012/02/13/susan-friery-aka-susan-mowbray-biog…
Additionaly, The Leslie Brodie Report hereby asks Kreindler & Kreindler’s Gretchen Nelson to opine on matters relating to Walter Lack of Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack.
For background information, , please see @:
http://lesliebrodie.blog.co.uk/2011/11/15/united-states-court-of-appeals-for-…
Please observe that, rather than contacting you directly, the query is being delivered publicly, here and now.
Any opinion or observation can be sent to lesliebrodie@gmx.com
As part of a journalistic inquiry, The Leslie Brodie Report hereby asks Kreindler & Kreindler’s Gretchen Nelson to opine on matters relating to former partner Susan Friery, and in connection with Kreindler & Kreindler 20 year failure to detect the fraud.
Was Kreindler & Kreindler’s failure to detect the fraud part of an scheme? Or, in the alternative, was it a result of mere recklesness?
For background information, background visit @:
http://lesliebrodie.blog.co.uk/2012/02/13/susan-friery-aka-susan-mowbray-biog…
Additionaly, The Leslie Brodie Report hereby asks Kreindler & Kreindler’s Gretchen Nelson to opine on matters relating to Walter Lack of Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack.
For background information, , please see @:
http://lesliebrodie.blog.co.uk/2011/11/15/united-states-court-of-appeals-for-…
Please observe that, rather than contacting you directly, the query is being delivered publicly, here and now.
Any opinion or observation can be sent to lesliebrodie@gmx.com
An attorney who trained to be a morgue technician has been suspended from practice for misrepresenting herself as an Ivy-league-educated physician.
Susan Friery, a former partner with New York-based plaintiffs law firm Kreindler & Kreindler, repeatedly told clients, colleagues, and opposing counsel that she had a medical degree from Columbia University, according to a decision from the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County in Massachusetts ordering the suspension.
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TLR Note:
Susan Friery joined the firm of Kreindler & Kreindler LLP in 1987, and “graduated” from Columbia medical school in 1988. “Dr.” Friery graduated from New York Law School in 1993. She is also a member of the bar in Washington D.C.
As such, it is clear that the firm was negligent by failing to verify the existence of a medical license.
The two-year suspension is highly suspicious, and is otherwise inconsistent with the proper administration of justice.
Hence, TLR will consider advancing a separate complaint against Friery with the bar of Washington D. C.
January — Susan Friery, M.D., Esq.
Susan, a medical consultant and senior associate for Kreindler & Kreindler, handles a variety of mass disaster, personal injury, and medical malpractice litigation. She has worked on hundreds of 9/11 World Trade Center cases, as well as on the settlement for the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist plan bombing.
Susan loves yoga and volunteers at charities such as Habitat for Humanity.
(Hornick / Rivlin photography)
Partner
Litigation, Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability
Susan Friery joined the firm of Kreindler & Kreindler LLP in 1987 as a medical consultant, became a senior associate and is now a partner at the firm. She focuses in general tort, medical malpractice, product liability and aviation litigation.
Dr. Friery is a 1983 cum laude graduate of Canisius College, where she received the National Bios award for research in benzene toxicity while simultaneously pursuing her career as a principal dancer and soloist with the Empire State Ballet Theater and as guest soloist for the Canadian National Ballet and the American Ballet Theater. She received her medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1988 where she graduated in the top one percent of her class. She has special training in forensic pathology and has worked at Children’s Hospital in Buffalo, New York, Babies Hospital at Columbia Presbyterian in New York City, and the New York City’s Medical Examiner’s Office. She has served as an advisor and worked for the American Red Cross, the National Kidney Foundation and the National Disaster Medical Response Teams. She also served as an editor for numerous medical journals, including the Pediatric Pathology and the Journal of Pediatrics.
Dr. Friery graduated from New York Law School in 1993. Since then she has been able to employ her unique skill set – medical and legal – to benefit Kreindler and Kreindler LLP clients.
At Kreindler, Dr. Friery has been involved in litigating medical malpractice, negligence, aviation, negligence and product liability cases. Recently, she had an important role in obtaining the highest state verdict in a non-dependent personal injury case, Ruby v. Budget Rent a Car, which was upheld on appeal.
Dr. Friery is committed to community work. She volunteers as a patient advocate, intensivist and doctor of Internal Medicine in the free clinics at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Veteran’s Hospital in Boston. She frequently is a guest speaker at medical conventions and hospital training programs regarding patient advocacy and legal-medical ramifications of patient care. She guest lectured at Harvard Medical School on The Power of Apology: Evolving Concepts in Handling Medical Errors and the Aftermath.
Additionally, Dr. Friery is active in several bar associations including American Trial Lawyers Association, where she is a member of the aviation, product liability and medical malpractice sections, and assists the finance committee in raising funds for public education and awareness. She is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, where she serves as Non-Regional Governor.
Dr. Friery is admitted to the bars of Massachusetts and Washington, DC, the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts and has been admitted pro hoc vice in numerous state and federal Courts throughout the United States.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ — Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, one of the nation’s leading plaintiff law firms, announced today the election of Dr. Susan Friery as a partner. Dr. Friery, previously an associate in the firm’s New York and Boston offices, is a Columbia University-trained medical doctor. She joined the firm in 1987 as a medical consultant, and focuses on general tort, medical malpractice, product liability and aviation litigation.
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Dr. Friery is one of only an estimated 2,500 medical doctor/attorneys in the nation, of which less than 100 are representing the rights of victims and their families at plaintiff law firms. Over the last 17 years Dr. Friery has brought her combined legal and medical expertise and skills to bear on hundreds of death and injury cases handled by Kreindler, the nation’s preeminent aviation law firm.
“Susan is an extraordinary attorney with a perspective few can boast,” said firm partner James P. Kreindler. “She understands the intricacies of our nation’s complex healthcare system, is an expert at analyzing victims’ injuries and causes of death, and recognizes how to assess the types and cost of care injured parties will face in their lifetimes. Susan is a terrific asset to the firm and we’re pleased to welcome her into our partnership.”
Dr. Friery works on dozens of the firm’s cases at any one time, and screens hundreds of other inquiries from prospective clients the firm receives each year. “Many of our clients do not have substantial financial means,” said Dr. Friery. “They suffer lifelong, catastrophic injury and face costly medical challenges resulting from the negligence of others. I’m particularly concerned with determining what kind of medical care they will need for the rest of their lives, and ensuring a medically-safe living environment for them. Unfortunately, it is too easy to get lost in the healthcare system, or to be compensated only for short-term needs without the long-term vision of the medical necessities and pain and suffering victims often face. We strive to ensure that doesn’t happen to our clients.”
Dr. Friery plays a substantial role in the injury, death and medical negligence cases of the firm. She coordinates and determines how to prove liability and damages in all of the cases, including those claiming failure to properly diagnose, surgical errors and other active commissions of malpractice by doctors, nurses and hospitals.
As one of the trial attorneys on Ruby v. Budget Rent a Car (2005), Dr. Friery helped Kreindler secure more than $20 million for its client, then the highest-ever New York State verdict in a personal injury case. Recently, she served as one of the two trial attorneys on Reis v. Volvo, a product liability case that resulted in a $8.75 million verdict for a then 56-year-old man who suffered an above-the-knee amputation when struck by a 1978 Volvo 340 that did not contain a clutch safety starter switch.
Dr. Friery received her medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1988, where she graduated in the top one percent of her class. She has special training and experience in forensic pathology and has worked at numerous New York hospitals as well as at the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office. She has served as an advisor and worked for the American Red Cross, the National Kidney Foundation, Habitat for Humanity and the National Disaster Medical Response Teams.
IN RE TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.
754 F.Supp.2d 1208 (2010)
In re TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. UNINTENDED ACCELERATION MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION
This document relates to: All personal liability/wrong death cases.
Case No. 8:10ML 02151 JVS (FMOx).
United States District Court, C.D. California.
December 9, 2010.
Andrea Bierstein, Clinton B. Fisher, Jayne Conroy, Mitchell M. Breit, Paul J. Hanly, Jr., Thomas I. Sheridan, III, Hanly Conroy Bierstein Sheridan Fisher & Hayes LLP, Michael A. London, Douglas & London, Chaim B. Book, Moskowitz Book & Walsh, LLP, Patrick J. Sheehan, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Edith M. Kallas, Shujah A. Awan, Whatley Drake & Kallas LLC, Hunter J. Shkolnik, Reingold Valet Rheingold Shkolnik & McCartney, Anita Magdalena Jaskot, Robert Michael Brill, Law Offices of Robert M. Brill, Ted Trief, Arlene Stevens, Trief & Olk, Jeremy Nathan Nash, Jill Sharyn Abrams, Orin Robert Kurtz, Abbey Spanier Rodd & Abrams, LLP, Wendy R. Fleishman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY, Daniel H. Chang, Diversity Law Group APC, Edward Wonkyu Choi, Choi & Associates Law Offices, Gretchen M. Nelson, Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, Thomas Vincent Girardi, Girardi & Keese, Dana B. Taschner, Lanier Law Firm, Marc M. Seltzer, Ryan C. Kirkpatrick, Steven G. Sklaver, Susman Godfrey LLP, Brian R. Strange, Gretchen Carpenter, John Peter Ohanesian, Strange and Carpenter, Lionel Zevi Glancy, Michael M. Goldberg, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, Mark John Geragos, Shelley Kaufman, Tamar G. Arminak, Geragos & Geragos, Lee M. Gordon, Elaine T. Byszewski, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Edward A. Woods, Eric M. George, Michael A. Bowse, Browne Woods George LLP, Joel E. Elkins, Jordan L. Lurie, Weiss and Lurie, Christopher M. Burke, Hal D. Cunningham, Scott & Scott LLP, Jerome L. Ringler, Paul Alvarez, Paul G. Szumiak, Thomas A. Kearney, Ringler Kearney Alvare, Roger A. Cerda, Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, CA, David C. Wright, Jae Kook Kim, Kristy M. Arevalo, Richard D. McCune, Jr., McCune Wright LLP, Redlands, CA, Derek Yeats Brandt, Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC, East Alton, IL, Peter J. Cambs, Jordan Lucas Chaikin, Bonita Springs, FL, Fred R. Rosenthal, Lisa M. Hasselman, Steve W. Berman, Barbara M. Mahoney, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Rachel S. Black, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA, Behram V. Parekh, Heather Marie Peterson, Michael L. Kelly, Kirtland and Packard, El Segundo, CA, Ben Barnow, Barnow & Associates PC, Kenneth A. Wexler, Wexler Wallace LLP, Aaron J. Bryant, The Bryant Law Group, Chicago, IL, Gene J. Stonebarger, Stonebarger Law, APC, Folsom, CA, David M. Arbogast, Jeffrey K. Berns, Arbogast & Berns LLP, Woodland Hills, CA, H. Scott Leviant, Ira R. Spiro, Spiro Moss LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Mark P. Robinson, Jr., Daniel S. Robinson, Karren Schaeffer, Michelle M. West, Scot D. Wilson, Robinson Calcagnie & Robinson, James B. Hardin, Adam T. Hoover, Marc G. Reich, Reich Radcliffe & Kuttler LLP, Newport Beach, CA, Thomas Joseph O’Reardon, II, Timothy G. Blood, Blood Hurst & O’Reardon LLP, Samuel M. Ward, Stephen R. Basser, Barrack Rodos & Bacine, Alan M. Mansfield, The Consumer Law Group, Daniel J. Mulligan, Thomas A. Jenkins, Jenkins Mulligan & Gabriel LLP, Georgiy B. Lyudyno, Ronald A. Marron, Ronald A. Marron Law Offices APLC, James Robert Hail, John A. Lowther, IV, William James Doyle, II, Doyle Lowther, San Diego, CA, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Jennifer L. Crose, June Anne Oswald, Darryl James Becnel, Salvadore Christina, Jr., Becnel Law Firm LLC, Reserve, LA, Diane Kay Zink, Attorney at Law, Robert M. Becnel, Law Offices of Robert M. Becnel, Christopher Devon Becnel, Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Laplace, LA, Camilo Kossy Salas, III, Salas LC, Cayce Christian Peterson, Hugh Palmer Lambert, Linda Jane Nelson, Lambert & Nelson, Matthew B Moreland, Matthew B. Moreland, Attorney at Law, Lawrence J. Centola, III, Scott R. Bickford, Martzell & Bickford, Patrick J. O’Cain, McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, Stephen J. Herman, Herman Gerel LLP, Dawn M. Barrios, Barrios Kingsdorf & Casteis, New Orleans, LA, John Francis Nevares, John F. Nevares Attorney at Law, Ricardo L. Ortiz-Colon, Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, San Juan, PR, Lance August Harke, Harke & Clasby, John Hasan Ruiz, Joseph Lawrence McGuinness, Miami, FL, J. Andrew Meyer, Tamra Carsten Givens, Morgan & Morgan, PA, Tampa, FL, Scott W. Weinstein, Morgan & Morgan PA, Ft. Myers, FL, Andres A. Alonso, Jerrold S. Parker, Melanie H. Muhlstock, David Bruce Krangle, Great Neck, NY, Benjamin L. Bailey, Eric B. Snyder, Robert P. Lorea, Rodney Arthur Smith, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Edgar F. Heiskell, III, Edgar F. Heiskell Attorney at Law, Harry F. Bell, Jr., The Bell Law Firm, Charleston, WV, Mark S. Baumkel, Bingham Farms, MI, Gerarld J. Rodos, Jeffrey B. Gittleman, Mark R. Rosen, Leonard Barrack, Lisa M. Lamb, Barrack Rodos and Bacine, Jeffrey L. Osterwise, Jon J. Lambiras, Sherrie R. Savett, Berger & Montague PC, Larry Pitt, Larry Pitt & Associates PC, Brian J. McCormick, Jr., Sheller PC, Leonard V. Fodera, Louis Todd Silverman, Michael Phillip Lalli, Silverman & Fodera PC, Arnold Levin, Daniel C. Levin, Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, Arthur Camden Lewis, Keith M. Babcock, John S. Simmons, Lewis & Babcock LLP, Columbia, SC, Thomas J. Murray, Thomas J Murray & Associates Inc., James L. Murray, John T. Murray, Dennis E. Murray, Jr., Margaret M. Murray, Murray & Murray, Sandusky, OH, Elizabeth Joan Cabraser, Nimish R. Desai, Robert J. Nelson, Todd A. Walburg, Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein LLP, Rosemary M. Rivas, Tracy Tien, Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Derek G. Howard, Gilmur R. Murray, Brad Yamauchi, Jack W. Lee, Minami Tamaki LLP, Cadio Zirpoli, Guido Saveri, Melissa C. Shapiro, R. Alexander Saveri, Saveri & Saveri Inc., San Francisco, CA, Christopher David Stock, Robert Alan Steinberg, Stanley M. Chesley, Wilbert Benjamin Markovits, Waite Schneider Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH, James E Cecchi, Lindsey H. Taylor, Carella Byrne Bain Gilfillan Cecchi Stewart and Olstein, Roseland, NJ, Charles T. Lester, Jr., Eric C. Deters, Eric C. Deters & Associates PSC, Independence, KY, Ralph K. Phalen, Ralph K. Phalen Law PC, Jose M. Bautista, Robert C. Sullivan, Sullivan Bautista Morgan Allen & Chronic LLC, Shawn Gayland Foster, Davis, Bethune & Jones, LLC, Bradley D. Kuhlman, Chad Cameron Lucas, Kuhlman Law Firm, LLC, Kansas City, MO, W. Mark Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm, Fletcher V. Trammell, Bailey Perrin Bailey, Robert S. Safi, Susman Godfrey LLP, Edward Morgan Carstarphen, III, Ellis Carstarphen et al., Houston, TX, Donald C. Coggins, Jr., John Belton White, Jr., Harrison White Smith and Coggins, Spartanburg, SC, Mark J. Tamblyn, Neha Duggal, Wexler Wallace LLP, C. Brooks Cutter, Stuart C. Talley, Kershaw Cutter & Ratinoff, Sacramento, CA, Bruce W. Steckler, Denyse F. Clancy, Renee M. Melancon, Baron & Budd PC, Dallas, TX, Jennifer K. Berg, Baron & Budd PC, Beverly Hills, CA, Laura L. Singletary, Mary Nell Bennett, Richard Joseph Arsenault, James R. Whaley, John Randall Whaleym, Michael S. Koch, Neblett Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA, John R. Climaco, Patrick G. Warner, Climaco Lefkowitz Peca Wilcox and Garofoli, Frank E. Piscitelli, Jr., Frank E. Piscitelli Co. LLPA, D. Scott Kalish, Frank E. Piscitelli Jr., James L. Deese, Cleveland, OH, Brian W. Smith, Smith & Vanture LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, Thomas D. Mauriello, Mauriello Law Firm, San Clemente, CA, W. Daniel Miles, III, Timothy R. Fiedler, Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC, Montgomery, AL, Gordon M. Fauth, Jr., Litigation Law Group, Alameda, CA, Amy M. Wilkins, Robert B. Carey, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Leif Garrison, Carey Law Firm, Colorado Springs, CO, Jerry K. Cimmet, Jerry K. Cimmet Law Offices, San Mateo, CA, John M. Kelson, John M. Kelson Law Office, Oakland, CA, J. Gerard Stranch, IV, Joe P. Leniski, Michael G. Stewart, Steven J. Simerlein, Branstetter Stranch & Jennings PLLC, Jonathan P. Farmer, Jones Hawkins & Farmer PLC, Nashville, TN, Amanda M. Williams, Daniel E. Gustafson, Karla M. Gluek, Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Charles S Zimmerman, Zimmerman Reed PLLP, Robert K. Shelquist, Yvonne M. Flaherty, Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, James E. Carter, James E. Carter and Associates, LLC, Savannah, GA, Jon E. Ingram, Jr., Thomas W. Tucker, Tucker Everitt Long Brewton & Lanier PC, Augusta, GA, Doris A. Kim, Mark K. Gray, Matthew L. White, Franklin Gray & White, Gary M. Weiss, Joseph Allan Cobb, Weiss & Cobb Attorneys at Law, Louisville, KY, Frank Piscitelli, Mony Financial Services, Purchase, NY, J. Burton Leblanc, IV, Baron & Budd PC, Baton Rouge, LA, Russell A. Wood, Wood Law Office, P.A., Russellville, AR, Douglas Scott Lyons, Lyons & Farrar PA, Phillip Timothy Howard, Howard & Associates PA, Tallahassee, FL, Norwood Sherman Wilner, Wilner Block PA, Jacksonville, FL, Howard Weil Rubinstein, Law Office of Howard W. Rubinstein, Aspen, CO, Bryan August Pfleeger, Ronald J. Favre, Waldon Michael Hingle, Michael Hingle & Associates, Inc., Slidell, LA, Brian Nolan Mazzola, Law Offices of Brian N. Mazzola PLLC, Beaumont, TX, Dianne M. Nast, Erin C. Burns, Roda & Nast, Lancaster, PA, William A. Riback, William Riback LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, Delana S. Sanders, Justin A. Sanders, The Sanders Law Firm, Covington, KY, Kenneth S. Canfield, Ralph I. Knowles, Robert E. Sanders, Robert E. Shields, W. Matthew Nakajima, Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield & Knowles, LLC, Atlanta, GA, David Pastor, Gilman and Pastor LLP, Patrick T. Jones, Peter J. Schneider, Cooley, Manion, Moore & Jones, PC, Howard Friedman, Law Offices of Howard Friedman, P.C., Boston, MA, Thomas E. Clary, III, Glassman Edwards Wade & Wyatt, P.C., Memphis, TN, Patricia Ann Meester, Franklin D. Azar & Associates PC, Pueblo, CO, Franklin D. Azar, Jason B. Wesoky, Nathan Axvig, Franklin D. Azar & Associates PC, Aurora, CO, Philip Burton Green, Kailua-Kona, HI, William G. Azar, Azar & Schlehofer, P.C., Anchorage, AK, Anthony Martin Urie, Shoreline, WA, Joseph W. Price, Snell & Wilmer, Costa Mesa, CA, Stacey Tjon Bossart, Solberg Stewart Miller and Tjon, Fargo, ND, Martha K. Wivell, Sheller PC, Cook, MN, Sharon L. Van Dyck, Van Dyck Law Firm, PLLC, St. Louis Park, MN, Kevin Bruce Love, Criden & Love PA, South Miami, FL, Jason Saul Remer, Remer & Georges-Pierre PLLC, North Miami, FL, Garrett D. Blanchfield Jr., Roberta A. Yard, Reinhardt Wendorf and Blanchfield, Gino F. Battisi, Foley and Mansfield PLLP, Joseph V. Neill, St. Paul, MN, Andrew E. Bederman, Greenberg and Bederman LLP, Silver Spring, MD, Benjamin F. Johns, Joseph G. Sauder, Matthew D. Schelkopf, Chimicles & Tikellis, LLP, Haverford, PA, Charles A. Fiore, Williamstown, NJ, Francis Christopher Porada, Berenbaum Weinshienk PC, Denver, CO, Ann E. Brown-Graff, Brad J. Brady, Larry D. Helvey, Matthew L. Preston, Brady & O’Shea PC, Cedar Rapids, IA, Christopher P. Welsh, Welsh Welsh Law Firm, Omaha, NE, Donald H. Slavik, Habush Habush & Rottier SC, Milwaukee, WI, Fred Sehultz, Greene, Schultz Law Firm, Bloomington, IN, William A. Cohan, William A. Cohan Law Offices, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, James C. Shah, Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah LLP, Media, PA, William A. Riback, William Riback LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, B. Keith Williams, James R. Stocks, Lannom & Williams, Lebanon, TN, Jud Patterson, Luxon & Patterson, Richmond, KY, Ronald Lee Burdge, Burdge Law Office, Elizabeth Ahern Wells, Dayton, OH, Lucien C. Gwin, III, Gwin, Lewis & Punches, Natchez, MS, for Plaintiffs.
Andrew B. Cooke, Flaherty Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Rebecca A. Betts, David B. Thomas, Nicholas S. Johnson, Allen Guthrie McHugh and Thomas, Elizabeth L. Taylor, Flaherty Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Charleston, WV, Anne O. Hanna, Vincent Galvin, Jr., Bowman and Brooke LLP, San Jose, CA, Craig Carpenito, Judith Anna Amorosa, Karl Geercken, Kristin Ann Meister, Matthew Carl Decker, Alston & Bird, LLP, New York, NY, Cari K. Dawson, Derin B. Dickerson, Kyle G.A. Wallace, Alston & Bird LLP, Andrew T. Bayman, King and Spalding LLP, Kara Kennedy, Scott Austin Elder, Alston & Bird, LLP, Harold E. Franklin, Jr., Atlanta, GA, Clem C. Trischler, James F. Marrion, Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, Paula J. Allan, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, PA, Daniel W. Olivas, J. Randolph Bibb, Jr., Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C., Donna L. Roberts, Stephen H. Price, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Nashville, TN, Gregory A. Harrison, Andrew R. Kwiatkowski, Jeffrey P. Hinebaugh, Dinsmore & Shohl, Chad Michael Sizemore, Jason A. Golden, Kelly Maria Carbetta Scandy, Kelly C. Scandy, Kimberly Vanover Riley, Montgomery Rennie & Jonson, Cincinnati, OH, James Karl Viehman, Hartline Dacus et al., Charles Glen Morris, Darren McCarty, Alston & Bird LLP, Dallas, TX, John D. Arya, Lisa Gilford, Rachel Aleeza Rappaport, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Roger A. Cerda, Stephanie Ann Jones, Alston & Bird LLP, James J. Yukevich, Raymond H. Hua, Alexander G. Calfo, Yukevich Calfo and Cavanaugh, Los Angeles, CA, Kathryn Ashley Meyers, Michael Ross Tein, Lewis Tein PL, Coconut Grove, FL, Mary Michelle Kranzow, William Francis Auther Bowman & Brooke LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Patrick Darrow Wilson, Edwin L. Lowther, Jr., Wright Lindsey and Jennings, Little Rock, AR, Paul J. Osowski, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Charlotte, NC, Ross W. Johnson, Faegre & Benson LLP, Des Moines, IA, Steven A. McKelvey, William H. Latham, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Angela Gilbert Strickland, Pamela J. Roberts, Bowman & Brooke LLP, Columbia, SC, Todd E. Kennedy, Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Greg W. Marsh, Law Offices of Greg W. Marsh, Todd E. Kennedy, Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Las Vegas, NV, C. Brandon Wisoff, Douglas R. Young, Farella Braun and Martel LLP, San Francisco, CA, Bridget M. Ahmann, Demoya R. Gordon, Faegre & Benson LLP, Bard D. Borkon, Douglas L. Pfeifer, Bowman & Brooke LLP, Carrie L. Hund, Bassford Remele, PA, Minneapolis, MN, Charles A. Getto, McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A., Holly P. Smith, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, Colvin Gamble Norwood, Jr., Henri Wolbrette, III, Jose L. Barro, III, Mark N. Bodin, Patrick J. O’Cain, Lorraine Perkins Mclnnis, McGlinchey Stafford Lang, PLLC, New Orleans, LA; Dennis P. Ziemba, Edward A. Gray, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Philadelphia, PA, David L. Ayers, Todd Jefferson Hartley, Jennifer Ann Rogers, Watkins & Eager, David Lawrence Ayers, Jackson, MS, David T. Schaefer, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville, KY, De Martenson, Huie Fernambucq & Stewart LLP, Birmingham, AL, Joel A. Dewey, Kelly M. Marzullo, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Baltimore, MD, Jonathan Hale Claydon, Jose A. Isasi, Jose Antonio Isasi II, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Charles Scott Ofstein, Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC, Gerald Geary, Pappas Hubbard O’Connor Fildes Secaras, PC, Jose Antonio Isasi, II, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Mark Howard Boyle, Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC, Chicago, IL, Karoline E. Jackson, Michael Rosiello, T. Joseph Wendt, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Nicholas C. Pappas, Richelle M. Harris, Frost Brown Todd LLC, India-napolis IN, Lee A. Rosenthal, Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington, KY, Ricardo L. Ortiz-Colon, Roberto A. Camara-Fuertes, Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, San Juan, PR, Sarah C. McBride, Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C., Knoxville, TN, David J. Williams, Stoel Rives, Salt Lake City, UT, John A.K. Grunert, James M. Campbell, Campbell, Campbell, Edwards & Conroy, P.C., Boston, MA, John W. Knottnerus, Philip A. Rush, Martin Bischoff Templeton Langslet & Hoffman, Portland, OR, Regina M. Rodriguez, Faegre & Benson, LLP, Denver, CO, Robert L. Blank, Jared Smith, Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, PA, Tampa, FL, Steven Robert Kramer, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott LLC, White Plains, NY, Thomas P. Branigan, Bowman & Brooke, Troy, MI, B. Timothy Durick, Pearce & Duriek, Bismarck, ND, Bruce S. Terlep, David J. Riski, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Lisle, IL, Gene R. Ward, Demars Hornblower Manning & Ward, Corpus Christi, TX, John B. Thorsness, Clapp, Peterson, Van Flein, Tiemessen & Thorsness, LLC, Anchorage, AK, Jon Barry Waldorf, Mark W. Skanes, The Rose Law Firm, PLLC, Albany, NY, Julian G. Senior, O’Hagan Spencer, LLP, Manhattan Beach, CA, Nicholas Thomas Moraites, William Dean Ledoux, Jr., Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Washington, DC, Sheree A. Kon-Herrera, Fukunaga Matayoshi Hershey Ching & Kop, Honolulu, HI, Tracy M. Jenks, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Albuquerque, NM, William E. Schaefer, Law Office of John P. Hendrzak, Center Valley, PA, for Defendants.