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.

Mr. Mester has been lead counsel in over 700 consumer class actions over the course of the last 30 years.  Mr. Mester is presently Lead Counsel in multidistrict litigation for the NCAA in In re NCAA Student-Athlete Concussion Injury Litigation and In re NCAA Student-Athlete Concussion Injury Litigation-Single Sport / Single School (Football) as well as for Navistar in In re Navistar MaxxForce Engines Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation and In re Fairlife Milk Products Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation. In addition, Mr. Mester is Lead Counsel in pending nationwide TCPA class actions for Western Union and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He has also served as Lead Counsel in nationwide consumer class actions for American Honda, Bass Pro, Electrolux, Costco, Walmart, Whole Foods, Safeway, Apple, Goldman Sachs, CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc., Behr, Reckitt Benckiser and Weyerhaeuser Company.

For many years, Mr. Mester was a member of the firm's Ethics Committee and Pro Bono Committee. 

Mr. Mester 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
  • BrassCraft Manufacturing Co.
  • Buccaneers Team LLC
  • CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. (f/k/a CCC Information Services 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 (HIMSS)
  • Herff Jones
  • Humana Inc.
  • J. Aron & Company
  • LG Energy Solution
  • 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.
  • Stericycle Inc.
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • US Bancorp
  • University of Chicago
  • Vivid Seats LLC
  • Walmart Stores, Inc.
  • Western Union
  • Weyerhaeuser Company

Mr. Mester has also successfully handled employment class actions for:

  • Aon Corporation
  • Combined Insurance Company of America
  • 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 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.)
  • 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.)
  • Leifer v. Safeco, No. 2:07-cv-00384 (E.D. Wash.) (see 2010 WL 11579014)
  • 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)
  • 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 Foods, 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.)
  • 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.)
  • In re Chevy Bolt EV Battery Litigation, No. 2:20-cv-13256 (E.D. Mich.)
  • In re Spray Polyurethane Foam Insulation, No. 9:12-cv-81160 (S.D. Fla.)
  • 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 Financial, 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.)
  • 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 (Single Sport / Single School), 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 Chicago, 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.)
  • 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.)
  • In re Stericycle, Inc., No. 1:13-cv-05795 (N.D. Ill.)
  • 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

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

Data Breach Class Actions

  • Hough v. Navistar, No. 2021-L-01161 (DuPage Cty., Ill.)
  • McKim v. Navistar, No. 2021-L-010028 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • Brady v. Scotty’s Holdings, No. 1:17-cv-01313 (S.D. Ind.)
  • Ahn v. Herff Jones, NO. 1:21-cv-01381 (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.)
  • In re Herff Jones Data Breach Litig., No. 1:21-cv-01329 (S.D. Ind.)
  • Odagiu v. Herff Jones, No. 1:21-cv-03380 (N.D. lll.)
  • Quintana v. Herff Jones, No. 1:21-cv-01350 (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.)

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 (American Arbitration Association)
  • Caterpillar v. International Truck, No. 02-MR-22 (Peoria Cty., Ill.)
  • C.B. v. Gopher Resource, No. 127852862 (Hillsborough Cty., Fla.)
  • Cremation Soc’y v. Stericycle, No. 2018-CH-15815 (Cook Cty., Ill.)
  • Frey v. Workhorse Custom Chassis LLC, No. 1:03-cv-1896 (S.D. Ind.)
  • Kent Motor Cars v. Reynolds and Reynolds, No. MER L 2463 05 (Mercer Cty., N.J.)
  • Dr. Paul J. Ladone, LLC v. Stericycle, No. 17-L-000229 (Kane Cty., Ill.)
  • Service Corp. Int’l v. Stericycle, No. 1:19-cv-01960 (N.D. Ill.)
  • Sullivan v. Peloton Interactive, 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.)
  • 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 Cmty. Unit 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)
  • University 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