Mark Mester has extensive experience in class action litigation and served for three years as Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Consumer Class Action Practice Group.

Mark has been lead counsel in over 1,000 consumer class actions over the last 35+ years. Mark is presently Lead Counsel in multidistrict litigation for the NCAA in In re NCAA Student-Athlete Concussion Injury LitigationIn re NCAA Student-Athlete Concussion Injury Litigation-Single Sport / Single School (Football) as well as for Beyond Meat in In re Beyond Meat, Inc. Protein Content Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation. Mark is also Lead Counsel for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a nationwide TCPA class action. He has also served as Lead Counsel in nationwide consumer class actions and multidistrict litigation for American Honda, Apple, Bass Pro, Behr, CCC Intelligent Solutions, Costco, Electrolux, Fairlife, Goldman Sachs, LG Energy, Navistar, Masco, Reckitt Benckiser, Safeway, Walmart, Weyerhaeuser, and Whole Foods.

For many years, Mark was a member of the firm's Ethics and Pro Bono Committees.

Mark is currently handling or has successfully handled consumer class litigation for:

  • American Automobile Association
  • America Online
  • American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
  • A Pots & Pans Production LLC
  • Auto Injury Solutions, Inc.
  • Apple Inc.
  • Aurora Organic Dairy
  • Bass Pro Shops
  • Beats Music, LLC
  • Behr Process Corporation
  • Beyond Meat, Inc.
  • BrassCraft Manufacturing Co.
  • CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc.
  • Costco Wholesale Corporation
  • ClearLight Partners LLC
  • Crossmatch / HID Global
  • Due North Holdings, LLC
  • Electrolux North America, Inc.
  • Energizer Holdings, Inc.
  • Fairlife LLC
  • Financial Federal
  • Gopher Resources LLC
  • Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
  • Herff Jones
  • Humana Inc.
  • J. Aron & Company
  • LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
  • Mary Kay Cosmetics
  • Masco Corporation
  • MB Financial Bank, N.A.
  • Monsanto Company
  • Navistar, Inc.
  • NCAA
  • NJOY
  • Peloton Interactive, Inc.
  • Reckitt Benckiser LLC
  • Safeway Inc.
  • Saputo Inc.
  • Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
  • Schiff Nutrition International, Inc.
  • Scotty’s Holdings LLC
  • Sears Roebuck and Co.
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • US Bancorp
  • University of Chicago
  • Vivid Seats LLC
  • Walmart Stores, Inc.
  • Western Union
  • Weyerhaeuser Company

Mark has also successfully handled employment class actions for:

  • Aon Corporation
  • Combined Insurance
  • Dominick’s Finer Foods, Inc.
  • Eaton Corporation
  • Illinois State University
  • International Truck and Engine Corporation n/k/a Navistar, Inc.
  • Mitsubishi Motors North America
  • Safeco Insurance Companies
  • TRW, Inc.

A list of representative cases is included below:

Consumer Class Actions

  • Agnew v. Honda, No. 1:08-cv-01433 (S.D. Ind.) (see 2009 WL 1813783)
  • Alvarez-Flores v. American Fin., No. 99-CH-15032 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • Ambrose v. Bass Pro, No. 2014-CH-5850 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • Anderson v. Behr, No. 1:17-cv-08735 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Anderson v. Navistar, No. 3:11-cv-00205 (M.D. La.)
  • Anderson v. NCAA, No. 3:14-cv-00133 (M.D. La.)
  • Andreozzi v. Weyerhaeuser, No. 2:17-cv-05763 (D.N.J.)
  • Antioch v. Navistar, No. 1:14-cv-07602 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Antognini v. Bass Pro, No. 2609-10 (Bergen Cty., N.J.)
  • Arnold v. Electrolux, No. 2009-cv-166546 (Fulton Cty., Ga.)
  • Arrington v. NCAA, No. 1:11-cv-06356 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Altobelli v. GM, LG Energy, et al., No. 2:20-cv-13256 (E.D. Mich.)
  • In re Aurora Organic Dairy Corp., No. 4:08-md-01907 (E.D. Mo.) (see 2009 WL 1576928; 621 F.3d 781)
  • Bartling v. Apple, No. 5:18-cv-00147 (N.D. Cal.)
  • B&T Express v. Navistar, No. 1:14-cv-05841 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Bearden v. Georgia Farm, No. 01-cv-22114-1 (Floyd Cty., Ga.)
  • In re Behr Process Corp., No. 8:17-cv-01016 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Benya v. Aurora Dairy, No. 3:10-cv-05292 (N.D. Cal.)
  • In re Beyond Meat, No. 1:23-cv-00669 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Billups v. GEICO, No. 01-L-159 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Bishop v. Behr, No. 1:17-cv-04464 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Body Recovery v. Concentra & Auto Injury Solutions, No. 13-2-25923-1 (King Cty., Wash.)
  • Bordoni v. CGU Ins., No. 01-L-157 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Bowen v. Walmart, No. 4:08-cv-00010 (E.D. Ark.)
  • Boyd v. IDOC, No. 3:12-cv-00704 (S.D. Ill.)
  • Brouillette v. Vivid Seats, No. 8:20-cv-02133 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Brown v. CCC, No. 99-VS-0156819 (Fulton Cty., Ga.)
  • Burns v. Navistar, No. 3:10-cv-02295 (S.D. Cal.)
  • Bunting v. Progressive, No. 99-CH-15557 (Cook Cty., Ill.) (see 348 Ill.App.3d 575)
  • Byrne v. CCC, No. 3:10-cv-00337 (S.D. Ill.)
  • Caldwell v. NCAA, No. 1:13-cv-03820 (N.D. Ga.)
  • Campbell v. Sears, No. 2:96-cv-01427-S (N.D. Ala.)
  • Cantu v. First Auto., No. 3:09-cv-50256 (N.D. Ill.) (see 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104035)
  • Carollo v. Financial Fed., No. 87-3879 (Ill. App. Ct.)
  • Carter v. Allstate, No. 02-L-717 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Chandonait v. Navistar, No. 1:11-cv-00044 (D. Me.)
  • In re Chevrolet Bolt EV Battery Litig., No. 2:20-cv-13256 (E.D. Mich.)
  • Cockrell v. Aurora Dairy, No. 1:07-cv-02285 (D. Colo.)
  • Cole v. Behr, No. 1:17-cv-05052 (E.D.N.Y.)
  • Coleman v. Weyerhaeuser, No. 1:17-cv-01093 (D. Del.)
  • Colon-Rivera v. Navistar, No. 3:11-cv-01313 (D.P.R.)
  • Cook v. Dairyland Ins. Co., No. 2000-L-1 (Johnson Cty., Ill.)
  • Cooper v. CCC, No. 2:15-cv-06500 (S.D. W.Va.)
  • Cowan v. Aurora Dairy, No. 1:08-cv-0157 (S.D. Ind.)
  • Dalton v. Honda, No. 2:10-cv-00110 (E.D. Ky.)
  • Darne v. Navistar, No. 1:13-cv-03594 (N.D. Ill)
  • Dasher v. Atlanta Casualty, No. 00-vs-006315-H (Fulton Cty., Ga.) (see 618 S.E.2d 139)
  • DeHaan v. CCC, No. 99-vs-155240C (Fulton Cty., Ga.)
  • Denis Gray Trucking v. Navistar, No. 1:14-cv-05249 (N.D. Ill.)
  • DiSimone v. Aurora Dairy, No. 2:08-cv-00746 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Dotson v. Honda, No. 1:10-cv-05100 (N.D. Ill.) (see 2012 WL 1080329)
  • Doughty v. NCAA, No. 3:13-cv-02894 (D.S.C.)
  • Draeger v. Honda, No. 2:15-cv-06491 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Dranias v. Marriott, No. 96-L-07365 (Cook Cty., Ill.) (see 301 Ill.App.3d 1078)
  • Duhon v. Navistar, No. 1:11-cv-00613 (W.D. La.)
  • DuRocher v. NCAA., No. 1:13-cv-01570 (S.D. Ind.)
  • Edwards v. Mid-Century Ins., No. 01-L-151 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Elger v. Behr, No. 8:17-cv-01100 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Elster v. Vivid Seats, No. 3:20-cv-07679 (N.D. Cal.)
  • Esanbock v. Weyerhaeuser, No. 0:17-cv-3702 (D. Minn.)
  • Everett v. Baldwin, No. 1:13-cv-04697 (N.D. Ill.)
  • In re Fairlife, No. 1:19-cv-03924 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Fiallos v. Aurora Dairy, No. 1:07-cv-22748 (S.D. Fla.)
  • Flowers v. Schiff & Reckitt Benckiser, No. 2:13-cv-09406 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Foerst v. Navistar, No. 1:14-cv-07680 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Freyre v. Aurora Dairy, No. 1:07 cv-02183 (D. Colo.)
  • Frost v. Sears, No. 2:95-cv-012562 (N.D. Ala.)
  • Gallardo v. Aurora Dairy, No. 3:07-cv-05331 (N.D. Cal.)
  • Gibble v. Honda, No. 2:10-cv-06148 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Gibson v. Orionauto, No. 99-CH-15082 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • Giraldi v. Apple, No. 5:18-cv-00271 (N.D. Cal.)
  • Gober v. Behr, No. 8:17-cv-01282 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Gould v. Navistar, No. 2:10-cv-01145 (D. Utah)
  • Green v. Univ. of Chi., et al., No. 1:23-cv-00646 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Griffin v. CCC, No. 99-VS-0155018-F (Fulton Cty., Ga.)
  • Guiroz v. Navistar, No. 2:10-cv-00282 (S.D. Miss.)
  • Gurkov v. Behr, No. 2:19-cv-01383 (E.D.N.Y.)
  • Gutierrez v. Honda, No. 5:09-cv-01517 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Haas v. Masco, No. 9:12-cv-81160 (S.D. Fla.)
  • Halberstam v. NJOY, No. 2:14-cv-00428 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Hale v. Lexington Law, No. 3:15-cv-01676 (S.D. Cal.)
  • Hamilton v. Behr, No. 2:17-cv-01765 (E.D. Cal.)
  • Hardy v. Sears, No. 98-CH-6305 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • Hasanzadeh v. Lexington Law, No. 5:15-cv-02617 (C.D. Cal.)
  • HatchMed v. HIMSS, No. 1:20-cv-03377 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Haynes v. Progressive, No. CJ-2000-01470 (Tulsa Cty., Okla.)
  • Heckler v. Progressive, No. 00003573 (Hillsborough Cty., Fla.)
  • Hesse v. Costco, No. 2:07-cv-01975 (W.D. Wash.)
  • Honeycutt v. Fair Oaks Farms, No. 2:20-cv-00099 (N.D. Ind.)
  • Houze v. BrassCraft, No. BC493276 (Los Angeles Cty., Cal.)
  • Hudson v. NCAA, No. 5:13-cv-00398 (N.D. Fla.)
  • Hudgins v. Univ. of Chi., et al., No. 1:23-cv-00218 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Hudspeth v. Target, No. 0:07-cv-04755 (D. Minn.)
  • Huff v. Hartford, No. 01-L-158 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Huskey v. Behr, No. 8:17-cv-01374 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Hutchinson v. Allstate, No. 02-v-5027697C (Fulton Cty., Ga.)
  • Hutton v. Navistar, No. 3:11-cv-02454 (D.N.J.)
  • Idleman v. Navistar, No. 4:11-cv-00367 (E.D. Ark.)
  • Iida v. Honda, No. BC622189 (Los Angeles Cty., Cal.)
  • Intervention, Inc. v. Sears, No. C-98-05493 (Contra Costa Cty., Cal.)
  • Jackson v. Atlanta Casualty, No. 03-L-1266 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Jackson v. Nat’l General Ins. Co., No. 02-L-628 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Jacobson v. Farmers Ins., No. 000302459 (Multnomah Cty., Or.)
  • Jayson v. Schiff Nutrition, No. 0:13-cv-60400 (S.D. Fla.)
  • Jobe v. NCAA, No. 3:13-cv-00799 (S.D. Miss.)
  • Johnston v. Reckitt Benckiser, No. 4:15-cv-03669 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Jones v. Navistar, No. 8:11-cv-00307 (D.S.C.)
  • Kastanis v. Behr, No. 8:17-cv-01488 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Kaye v. Aurora Dairy, No. 2:07-cv-04425 (E.D.N.Y.)
  • Kincheloe v. Univ. of Chicago, Case No. 1:20-cv-03015 (N.D. Ill.)
  • King v. Safeway, No. 3:08-cv-00999 (N.D. Cal.)
  • Kipp v. Weyerhaeuser, No. 2:17-cv-03958 (E.D. Pa.)
  • Kmucha v. Colonial Penn, No. 03-L-1267 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Knackstedt v. Economy Pref. Ins., No. 01-L-153 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Koch v. Aurora Dairy, No. 4:08-cv-254 (E.D. Mo.)
  • Kokobaeva v. Eddie Bauer, No. 14-06964-C (Middlesex Cty., Mass.)
  • Koppers v. Weyerhaeuser, No. 6:17-cv-6557 (W.D.N.Y.)
  • Kornfein v. Honda, No. 2:15-cv-01295 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Korsmo v. Honda, No. 1:11-cv-01176 (N.D. Ill.) (see 2012 WL 1655969)
  • Koven v. Honda, No. 2:10-cv-00638 (D. Nev.)
  • Kowa v. Auto Club Group a/k/a AAA, No. 1:11-cv-07476 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Krause v. MB Fin., No. 2012-CH-14607 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • Kronemeyer v. U.S. Bank, No. 04-L-229 (Madison Cty., Ill.) (see 368 Ill. App. 3d 224; 2006 Ill. LEXIS 1946)
  • Lancey v. Country Mutual, No. 01-L-113 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Leigh v. Aurora Dairy, No. 4:10-cv-02178 (E.D. Mo.)
  • Lepiane v. Hartford, No. 00-CH-10545 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • Lerma v. Schiff Nutrition, No. 3:11-cv-01056 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Leslie v. Lexington Law, No. 2:15-cv-00833 (D. Utah)
  • Lewis v. Navistar, No. 3:11-cv-00730 (S.D. Cal.)
  • Leifer v. Safeco, No. 2:07-cv-00384 (E.D. Wash.) (see 2010 WL 11579014)
  • Lockabey v. Honda, No. 37-2010-00087755-CU-BT-CTL (San Diego Cty., Cal.)
  • Lundquist, v. First Nat’l Ins., No. 3:18-cv-05301 (W.D. Wash.) (see 2020 WL 6158984; 25 F.4th 1134 (9th Cir. 2022)
  • Maggard v. CCC, No. 1:14-cv-02368 (N.D. Ill.) (see 2015 WL 1112088)
  • Mahoney v. Navistar, No. 2:11-cv-01006 (E.D. La.)
  • McCullough-Sherwin v. Energizer, No. 1:13-cv-00131 (N.D. Ill.)
  • McGovern v. NJOY, No. 30-2014-00705711-CU-FR-CXC (Orange Cty., Cal.)
  • McGowan v. Progressive, No. 00-vs-006525 (Fulton Cty., Ga.) (see 618 S.E.2d 139)
  • Metz v. CCC, No. BC334653 (Los Angeles Cty., Cal.) (see 149 Cal.App.4th 402)
  • Meyers v. Behr, No. 8:17-cv-01228 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Michael v. fairlife, No. 1:19-cv-03924 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Milligan v. GEICO, No. 2:16-cv-00240 (E.D.N.Y.)
  • Mitchell v. Schiff Nutrition, No. 3:14-cv-00387 (S.D. Cal.)
  • In re Monsanto, MDL No. 2697 (J.P.M.L.) (see 176 F.Supp.3d 1379)
  • Moore v. Shelter Ins., No. 01-L-160 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Morgan v. NCAA, No. 0:13-cv-03174 (D. Minn.)
  • Morris v. Navistar, No. 3:11-cv-00263 (N.D. Ohio)
  • Morrison v. Navistar, No. 2:11-cv-00121 (E.D. Va.)
  • Mothershead v. Aurora Dairy, No. 4:07-cv-01701 (E.D. Mo.)
  • Murray v. Electrolux, No. 4:09-cv-05744 (N.D. Cal.) (see 2014 WL 563264)
  • Myers v. Travelers, No. 00-CH-2793 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • In re Navistar 6.0L Diesel Engine, No. 1:11-cv-02496 (N.D. Ill.)
  • In re Navistar MaxxForce Engines, No. 1:14-cv-10318 (N.D. Ill.) (see 2021 WL 925805)
  • In re NCAA Concussion Injury Litig., No. 1:13-cv-09116 (N.D. Ill.) (see 314 F.R.D. 580; 2016 WL 3854603)
  • In re NCAA Bodily Injury MDL, No. 1:16-cv-08727 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Nellis v. Vivid Seats, No. 1:20-cv-02486 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Niemis v. CCC, No. 8:20-cv-02956 (M.D. Fla.)
  • Norfolk Cty. Ret. Sys. v. Ustian, No. 1:07-cv-07014 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Novarad v. HIMSS, No. 1:20-cv-05427 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Olberg v. Allstate, No. 2:18-cv-00573 (W.D. Wash.)
  • O’Leary v. America Online, No. 03-L-491 (St. Clair Cty., Ill.)
  • Owens v. NCAA, No. 1:11-cv-06816 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Pace v. Navistar, No. 4:10-cv-00180 (E.D.N.C.)
  • Pak v. Farmers, No. 98-cv-04873 (Washoe Cty., Nev.)
  • Panitz v. CCC, No. 00-CC-06505 (Orange Cty., Cal.)
  • Par 4 Transport v. Navistar, No. 1:14-cv-05151 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Parchment v. Travelers, No. 02-L-1135 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Patron v. Navistar, No. 2:11-cv-03215 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Pawlaczyk v. Navistar, No. 1:11-cv-00022 (W.D.N.C.)
  • Pearson v. Schiff Nutrition, No. 1:11-cv-08914 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Philips v. Garrison & CCC, No. 2:19-cv-01727 (N.D. Ala.)
  • Pioneer Transp. v. Navistar, No. 1:14-cv-07531 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Powell v. NCAA, No. 4:13-cv-01106 (W.D. Mo.)
  • Quiroz v. Navistar, No. 2:10-cv-00282 (S.D. Miss.)
  • Rawat v. Navistar, No. 1:08-cv-04305 (N.D. Ill.) (see 2011 WL 222131)
  • Rego v. Honda, No. 2:12-cv-01193 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Renzi v. Masco, No. 9:12-cv-80516 (S.D. Fla.) (see 949 F.Supp.2d 1364)
  • Richardson v. Progressive, No. 01-L-149 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Riley v. Safeway, No. 3:07-cv-06174 (N.D. Cal.)
  • Rodriguez v. Honda, No. 2:15-cv-09203 (C.D. Cal.) (see 2016 WL 5868101)
  • Roehrkasse v. SCAD, 4:20-cv-00116 (S.D. Ga.)
  • Romero v. Vesta Ins., No. 3672882 (Riverside Cty., Cal.)
  • Ruby v. USAA & CCC, No. . 8:19-cv-02922 (M.D. Fla.)
  • Sabeehullah v. Fairlife, No. 2:19-cv-00222 (N.D. Ind.)
  • Salit Auto Sales v. CCC, No. 2:19-cv-18107 (D.N.J.)
  • Saxby v. Navistar, No. 6:11-cv-06240 (W.D.N.Y.)
  • Schafer v. Exelon, No. 1:07-cv-02316 (N.D. Ill.) (see 2007 WL 4557815)
  • Schoenleber v. Prudential, No. 01-L-99 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • Schumer v. Honda, No. 2:10-cv-03639 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Separation of Hinduism from Our Schools v. Univ. of Chi., et al., No. 1:20-cv-04540 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Sheeder v. Navistar, No. 2:11-cv-11502 (E.D. Mich.)
  • Smith v. Weyerhaeuser, No. 1:17-cv-01900 (D. Colo.)
  • Snell v. Aurora Dairy, No. 1:07-cv-02449 (D. Colo.)
  • In re Spray Polyurethane Foam Insulation, No. 9:12-cv-81160 (S.D. Fla.)
  • Stauts v. Nationwide, No. 5:99-cv-00198 (S.D. Miss.)
  • Steinhardt v. Masco, No. 9:13-cv-80354 (S.D. Fla.)
  • Stephens v. USAA & CCC, No. 2:20-cv-00097 (E.D. Wash.)
  • Still v. Aurora Dairy, No. 1:07 cv 02188 (D. Colo.)
  • Stouch v. Honda, No. 2:10-cv-06236 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Sullivan v. Peloton, No. 160744-2020 (New York Cty., NY)
  • Tacker v. Navistar, No. 3:10-cv-01080 (M.D. Tenn.)
  • Thieben v. Honda, No. BC441454 (Los Angeles Cty., Cal.)
  • Tonn v. NCAA, No. 1:14-cv-01563 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Trabakoolas v. Watts Water, No. 3:12-cv-01172 (N.D. Cal.)
  • Travis v. Kemper, No. 01-L-290 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • True v. Honda, No. 5:07-cv-00287 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Tysseling-Mattiace v. Wild Oats, No. 1:07-cv-02622 (D. Colo.)
  • Waggoner v. Navistar, No. 5:10-cv-05228 (W.D. Ark.)
  • Walewski v. Weyerhaeuser, No. 1:17-cv-1940 (D. Colo.)
  • Walker v. Allstate & CCC, No. 2:19-cv-00701 (N.D. Ala.) (see 2020 WL 1235626)
  • Walker v. NCAA, No. 1:13-cv-00293 (E.D. Tenn.)
  • Walker v. State Farm, No. 00-vs-007964-C (Fulton Cty., Ga.) (see 618 S.E.2d 139; 641 S.E.2d 555)
  • Walker v. Weyerhaeuser, 2:18-cv-01637 (W.D. Wash.)
  • Walton v. NCAA, No. 2:13-cv-02904 (W.D. Tenn.)
  • Washington v. NCAA, No. 4:13-cv-02434 (E.D. Mo.)
  • West v. Aurora Dairy, No. 1:07-cv-02625 (D. Colo.)
  • Wexler v. ComEd, No. 1:07-cv-02318 (N.D. Ill.) (see 2007 WL 4557815)
  • White v. America Online, No. 04-L-318 (Madison Cty., Ill.)
  • White v. Aurora Dairy, No. 1:07-cv-09418 (S.D.N.Y.)
  • Whitworth v. Nationwide, No. 00-cv-H08-6980 (Franklin Cty., Ohio)
  • Williams v. GEICO & CCC, No. 3:19-cv-05823 (W.D. Wash.)

BIPA Class Actions

  • Cothron v. White Castle, No. 1:19-cv-00382 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Donets v. Vivid Seats, No. 1:20-cv-03551 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Garrett v. Mary Kay, No. 1:21-cv-04029 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Komorski v. OHM Concession Grp., No. 1:19-cv-00157 (N.D. Ill.)

Data Breach / Privacy Class Actions

  • Ahn v. Herff Jones, NO. 1:21-cv-01381 (S.D. Ind.)
  • Brady v. Scotty’s Holdings, No. 1:17-cv-01313 (S.D. Ind.)
  • Furcinito v. Herff Jones, No. 1:21-cv-01661 (S.D. Ind.)
  • Garrett v. Herff Jones, No. 1:21-cv-01329 (S.D. Ind.)
  • Harang v. Apple, No. 2:18-cv-02998 (N.D. Cal.) and No. 1:17-cv-08500 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Hough v. Navistar, No. 2021-L-01161 (DuPage Cty., Ill.)
  • In re Herff Jones Data Breach Litig., No. 1:21-cv-01329 (S.D. Ind.)
  • Kalbrier v. Navistar, No. 1:21-cv-05203 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Matthews v. Navistar, No. 1:21-cv-05607 (N.D. Ill.)
  • McIntosh v. Navistar, No. 1:21-cv-05810 (N.D. Ill.)
  • McKim v. Navistar, No. 2021-L-010028 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • Odagiu v. Herff Jones, No. 1:21-cv-03380 (N.D. lll.)
  • Quintana v. Herff Jones, No. 1:21-cv-01350 (S.D. Ind.)

Employment Class Actions

  • Allen v. International Truck, No. 1:02-cv-0902 (S.D. Ind.) (took over representation mid-trial after discovery and other issues arose)
  • Gaitane v. Eaton Corp., No. 1:11-cv-02323 (S.D.N.Y.)
  • Hodge v. AON, No. BC265725 (Los Angeles Cty., Cal.)
  • Jastremski v. Safeco Ins., No. 3:01-cv-7382 (N.D. Ohio) (see 243 F. Supp. 2d 743)
  • Jobe, et al. v. TRW, No. 3:03-cv-00477 (M.D. Tenn.)
  • Orlowski v. Dominick’s, No. 1:95-cv-01666 (N.D. Ill.) (see 172 F.R.D. 370)
  • Palmer v. Combined Ins., No. 1:02-cv-01764 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Radmanovich v. Combined Ins., No. 1:01-cv-09502 (N.D. Ill.) (see 216 F.R.D. 424)
  • Varner v. ISU, No. 1:95-cv-1355 (C.D. Ill.) (see 150 F.3d 706, 120 S. Ct. 928, 226 F.3d 927)
  • Woodard v. Mitsubishi, No. 1:00-cv-01038 (C.D. Ill.)

FACTA Class Actions

  • Boal v. Bass Pro, No. 2:08-cv-00221 (W.D. Pa.)
  • Goods v. Bass Pro, No. 2:07-cv-182 (N.D. Ind.)

TCPA Class Actions

  • Cin-Q Auto. v. Buccaneers, No. 8:13-cv-01592 (M.D. Fla.)
  • Craddock v. Beats Music, No. 1:14-cv-10301 (N.D. Ill.) (see 2015 WL 4960041)
  • Douglas v. Western Union, No. 1:14-cv-01741 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Prater v. MediCredit, No. 4:14-cv-00159 (E.D. Mo.)
  • Tech. Training v. Buccaneers, No. 8:16-cv-01622 (M.D. Fla.)

Individual Consumer Litigation
(e.g., products liability, unfair competition, conspiracy, fraud)

  • AxoGen Corp. v. Organ Recovery, No. 33-133-Y-00183-05 (AAA)
  • Caterpillar v. Int’l Truck, No. 02-MR-22 (Peoria Cty., Ill.)
  • Frey v. Workhorse, No. 1:03-cv-1896 (S.D. Ind.)
  • Kent Motor Cars v. Reynolds and Reynolds, No. MER L 2463 05 (Mercer Cty., N.J.)
  • Sullivan v. Peloton, Inc., Ref. No. 1425034370 (JAMS)
  • Troy v. Bass Pro, No. 1:07-cv-04580 (N.D. Ill.)

Other Litigation

  • Abbott Labs. v. Watson Pharma., No. 1:01-cv-04432 (N.D. Ill.)
  • ABC Rail Corp. v. Abex Corp., No. 91-CH-10943 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • Abex Corp. v. ABC Rail, No. 1:94-cv-00271 (W.D. Pa.) (see 158 F.R.D. 75)
  • ACE American v. Aurora Organic Dairy, No. 1:08-cv-01236 (D. Colo.)
  • Active Screw v. Profile for Speed, No. 95-M-1107201 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • C.B. v. Gopher Resource, No. 127852862 (Hillsborough Cty., Fla.)
  • CCC v. Tractable, No. 1:18-cv-07246 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Center for Science v. USDA, No. 1:11-cv-00288 (D.D.C.)
  • Chemical Waste Mgmt. v. Sims, No. 1:94-cv-01964 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Codman & Shurtleff v. Integra, No. 2:06-cv-02414 (D.N.J.)
  • Couey v. Powers, No. 8:96-cv-00044 (C.D. Cal.)
  • Cytyc Corp. v. Neuromedical Sys., No. 7:97-cv-04642 (S.D.N.Y.)
  • C.Z. v. Plainfield Sch. Dist. No. 202, No. 1:09-cv-06171 (N.D. Ill.) (see 680 F.Supp.2d 950)
  • Davis v. Mitsubishi, No. 1:09-cv-01255 (C.D. Ill.) (see 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 100933)
  • Federal Ins. Co. v. HIMSS, No. 1:20-cv-06797 (N.D. Ill.)
  • In re FGI Wireless, Ltd., No. 96 CH 1169 (DuPage Cty., Ill.)
  • Jim White Nissan v. Nissan Motor, No. 3:94-cv-7423 (N.D. Ohio)
  • Li v. SCAD, No. PCV20-00425 (Chatham Cty., Ga.)
  • Mitsubishi v. Illinois Sec’y of State, No. 2005-L-050574 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • Murray v. Profile for Speed, No. 94-M-111129 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • Owens Illinois v. H-C Industries, No. 51 133 00100 94 (AAA)
  • Profile Racing v. Profile For Speed, No. 1:93-cv-05175 (N.D. Ill.) (see 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13187)
  • Univ. of Utah v. Burnham Inst., No. 3:98-cv-02244 (S.D. Cal.)

Bar Qualification

  • Illinois

Education

  • JD, Yale Law School, 1986
  • BA, Yale University, 1982