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Declaration of Geoffrey Graber — Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation (Dkt. 130.2)
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1 ERIC H. GIBBS (SBN 178658) GEOFFREY A. GRABER (SBN 211547)
ANDRE M. MURA (SBN 298541) KARINA G. PUTTIEVA (SBN 317702)
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AMY M. ZEMAN (SBN 273100) COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS &
3 MARK H. TROUTMAN (pro hac vice) TOLL PLLC
EZEKIEL S. WALD (SBN 341490) 1100 New York Ave. NW, Fifth Floor
4 HANNE JENSEN (SBN 336045) Washington, DC 20005
GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP Telephone: (202) 408-4600
5 1111 Broadway, Suite 2100 Facsimile: (202) 408-4699
6 Oakland, CA 94607 ggraber@cohenmilstein.com
Telephone: (510) 350-9700 kputtieva@cohenmilstein.com
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ehg@classlawgroup.com
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17 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
18 CAT BROOKS and RASHEED SHABAZZ, Case No.: 3:21-cv-01418-EMC-KAW
individually and on behalf of others
19 similarly situated, DECLARATION OF GEOFFREY GRABER
20 Plaintiffs, IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION
FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
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Hon. Edward M. Chen
22 THOMPSON REUTERS CORPORATION,
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1 DECLARATION OF GEOFFREY GRABER
2 I, Geoffrey Graber, declare as follows:
3 1. I am an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of California and
4 admitted in this Court. I am a partner with the law firm of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
5 PLLC (“Cohen Milstein”), and counsel for Plaintiffs and the class in the above-captioned
6 matter. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this Declaration. If called as a
7 witness, I could and would competently testify as to these facts under oath. I submit this
8 declaration in support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification.
9 2. Cohen Milstein is one of the largest, most successful, and most respected
10 plaintiffs’ class action firms in the country. Cohen Milstein has earned recognition as a “class
11 -action powerhouse” (Forbes), “the most effective law firm in the U.S. for lawsuits with a
12 strong social and political component” (Corporate Legal Times), one of “America’s 25 Most
13 Influential Law Firms” (The Trial Lawyer), and one of the “Most Feared Plaintiffs Law
14 Firms” (Law360). Cohen Milstein’s reputation is reflected in the firm’s successes. For over 45
15 years, Cohen Milstein has recovered tens of billions of dollars on behalf of injured plaintiffs.
16 Some examples include: In re Lidoderm Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.) ($104.75 million
17 settlement for end-payors alleging delay in generic launch); In re Flint Water Cases (E.D.
18 Mich.) ($625 million settlement for Flint residents in environmental toxic tort class action);
19 Khoday v. Symantec Corp. (D. Minn.) (class action on behalf purchasers of e-commerce sellers
20 that resulted in a $60 million settlement); In re Urethane Antitrust Litig. (D. Kan.) ($835 million
21 class action settlement after obtaining the largest price-fixing jury verdict in U.S. history);
22 and In re Electronic Books Antitrust Litig. (S.D.N.Y.) ($566 million class action settlement). A
23 true and correct copy of Cohen Milstein’ firm resume is attached as Attachment A.
24 3. Cohen Milstein’s Consumer Practice Group has also been recognized as a
25 leader in the field – by courts, peers, and the legal press – for work on a wide range of
26 consumer issues, ranging from financial services to data privacy to false and deceptive
27 advertising of traditional consumer products. Cohen Milstein is a firm of approximately 100
28 lawyers and an equal number of administrative and professional staff. The Consumer
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1 Practice Group is comprised of 10 attorneys and 3 paralegals. The attorneys who will be most
2 active in this litigation are: Geoffrey Graber, Karina Puttieva, and Victoria Nugent.
3 4. I, Geoffrey Graber, have significant experience prosecuting class actions and
4 other complex litigation. I have been an attorney for over 22 years, first working as a
5 commercial litigator at large defense firm (Morrison & Foerster LLP), then in government at
6 the United States Department of Justice, and finally as a plaintiff’s attorney at Cohen
7 Milstein. As a partner in the Consumer Protection Group at Cohen Milstein, I represent
8 consumers in several substantial, complex class action cases involving issues of privacy and
9 data breaches, false advertising, fraud, and other forms of unfair business practices. These
10 cases include In re Anthem, Inc. Data Breach Litig. (N.D. Cal.), where I worked on the lead
11 counsel team representing a class of nearly 80 million Americans whose information was
12 hacked. The case settled for $115 million -- the largest data breach settlement at the time. I
13 also led the firm’s successful litigation efforts against Facebook in a class action challenging
14 Facebook’s systemic inflation of its video advertising metrics, LLE One v. Facebook, Inc. (N.D.
15 Cal.) which settled for $40 million. I am currently leading the firm’s litigation efforts in Ariza,
16 et al. v. Luxottica Retail N. Amer., Inc. d/b/a LensCrafters (E.D.N.Y.), a certified multi-state class
17 action alleging various violations of consumer protection statutes, including California’s
18 Unfair Competition Law. I am also litigating DZ Reserve, et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (N.D.
19 Cal.), which challenges Facebook’s deliberate inflation of its core “Potential Reach” metric
20 used by advertisers, and have successfully obtained class certification in March 2022 on
21 behalf of millions of advertisers.
22 5. As an associate in the Consumer Protection Group at Cohen Milstein, Karina
23 Puttieva has experience litigating complex class action cases involving issues of privacy and
24 data breaches, false advertising, fraud, and other forms of unfair business practices. These
25 cases include Adkins et al. v. Facebook, Inc. (N.D. Cal.), where she worked on the lead counsel
26 team representing a class of millions of Facebook users whose information was exposed in
27 the 2018 data breach. This case was successfully certified for injunctive relief and settled in
28 2021, resulting in significant changes to Facebook’s security practices. Ms. Puttieva is
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1 currently litigating DZ Reserve, et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (N.D. Cal.), which challenges
2 Facebook’s deliberate inflation of its core “Potential Reach” metric used by advertisers, and
3 successfully obtained class certification in March 2022 on behalf of millions of advertisers.
4 She is also litigating Speerly et al. v. General Motors, LLC (E.D. Mich.), as part of the lead
5 counsel team representing millions of consumers who bought GM vehicles equipped with
6 defective 8-speed transmissions. Ms. Puttieva has a background in data privacy, including
7 as a data privacy and cybersecurity associate at a large defense firm (Nixon Peabody LLP)
8 prior to joining Cohen Milstein. She received her law degree from University of California,
9 Berkeley’s School of Law.
10 6. As a partner at Cohen Milstein, Victoria Nugent has overseen significant
11 consumer fraud investigations and litigation on behalf of the state Attorneys General of
12 Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, and Vermont – as well as class
13 actions brought on behalf of consumers under the laws of numerous states. In recognition of
14 this work, Ms. Nugent was elected to the American Law Institute in 2022 and named among
15 Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Lawyers in America” for 2019 – 2021, as well as Lawdragon’s
16 “500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers” (2020), and The National Law Journal’s
17 “Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers” (2017). She is currently Co-Chair of the Consumer Practice
18 Group. Ms. Nugent’s work in the Consumer Practice Group has included groundbreaking
19 litigation in the digital economy: Keithly v. Intelius, Inc. (W.D. Wash.) and Ferrington v. McAfee
20 (N.D. Cal.) (successfully challenging negative option marketing on heavily trafficked
21 “people search” and digital security platforms and securing class-wide relief under state
22 consumer protection laws); DZ Reserve v. Facebook (N.D. Cal.) (active litigation successfully
23 challenging Facebook’s systematic inflation of its user base to overstate key metrics in
24 advertising sales); Underwood v. Facebook (Sup. Ct. Alameda Cty.) (active litigation alleging
25 Facebook’s liability for encouraging and fostering anti-government violence on the
26 platform).
27 7. Cohen Milstein has extensive experience successfully litigating consumer
28 protection cases with Gibbs Law Group, including In re Anthem, Inc. Data Breach Litig. (N.D.
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1 Cal.) and LLE One v. Facebook, Inc. (N.D. Cal.).
2 8. Ms. Puttieva, Ms. Nugent, and I have closely reviewed all the materials in this
3 case (including, but not limited to the complaint, motion to dismiss briefing and order, status
4 reports, discovery letter briefs, and the instant motion for class certification), and are familiar
5 with the operative facts in this case. Cohen Milstein is fully committed to prosecuting this
6 case and working collaboratively with Gibbs Law Group to zealously advocate on behalf of
7 the named plaintiffs and proposed class of consumers.
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9 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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ATTACHMENT A
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COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC
For decades, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has represented individuals, small businesses, institutional investors,
and employees in many of the major class action cases litigated in the United States for violations of the antitrust,
securities, consumer protection, civil rights/discrimination, ERISA, employment, and human rights laws. Cohen
Milstein is also at the forefront of numerous innovative legal actions that are expanding the quality and availability
of legal recourse for aggrieved individuals and businesses both domestic and international. Over its history, Cohen
Milstein has obtained many landmark judgments and settlements for individuals and businesses in the United States
and abroad. The firm’s most significant successes include:
• In re Ranbaxy Generic Drug Application Antitrust Litigation No. 1:19-md-02878-NMG (MDL No. 2878) (D.
Mass.): On September 19, 2022, the Court granted final approval of a $485 million global settlement to
resolve claims against Ranbaxy in this antitrust, federal RICO, and state consumer protection MDL for
allegedly manipulating the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s generic drug approval process to block
competitors from coming to market and forcing purchasers to pay supracompetitive prices for its
valganciclovir hydrochloride and valsartan products. Of the $485 million global settlement, $340 million will
go to the certified class of Direct Purchasers. Cohen Milstein represented the certified Direct Purchaser
Class.
• FirstEnergy Shareholder Derivative Litigation (S.D. Ohio, N.D. Ohio): On August 23, 2022, the Court granted
final approval of a $180 million global settlement of all shareholder derivative cases, including Employees
Retirement System of the City of St. Louis and Electrical Workers Pension Fund, Local 103, IBEW v. Charles
E. Jones, FirstEnergy Corp., et al., (S.D. Ohio) that of Miller v. Anderson (N.D. Ohio) and In re FirstEnergy
Corp., Stockholder Derivative Litigation, (Crt. of Common Pleas, Summit County). Plaintiffs represent that
the settlement is “among the largest derivative recoveries ever achieved” in the United States and “three
times greater than any prior derivative recovery in the history of the Sixth Circuit.” Moreover, under the
terms of the settlement, FirstEnergy will commit to a series of internal governance reforms, including the
departure of six Directors, active Board oversight of FirstEnergy’s political spending and lobbying activities,
specific disclosures in the annual proxy statement issued to shareholders.
• Dignity Health Church Plan Litigation No. 3:13-cv-01450 (N.D. Cal.): Cohen Milstein is co-counsel to a class
of defined benefit participants, which alleges that Dignity Health is improperly claiming that its pension
plans are exempt from ERISA’s protections because they are “church plans,” and as a result has underfunded
its plans by over $1.2 billion. In June 2017, the Supreme Court reversed previous rulings on consolidated
church plan cases and ordered plaintiffs, in this case, to file an amended complaint. On July 15, 2022, the
Court granted final approval to the $100 million settlement.
• Jock et al. v. Sterling Jewelers Inc. No. 11 160 0065508 (AAA; S.D.N.Y.): On June 23, 2022, the Arbitrator
granted preliminary approval of a $175 million settlement in this rare, closely watched certified class
arbitration, filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) and the Equal Pay Act (“EPA”). The
lawsuit, which involved approximately 70,000 claimants, was litigated before the AAA, the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit and involved novel legal issues and rulings related to class certification, class arbitration, and the
threshold role of an arbitrator. On October 5, 2020, the Supreme Court declined to hear the petition for
certiorari, allowing the case to move forward to trial as a certified class arbitration before the AAA.
• In re Pinterest Derivative Litigation No. 3:20-cv-08331-WHA (N.D. Cal.): On June 9, 2022, the Court granted
final approval of a $50 million settlement in this consolidated shareholder derivative lawsuit. The settlement
is the first of its kind to embrace diversity goals around a company’s product. It also requires Pinterest to
commit $50 million to a holistic set of workplace and Board-level reforms designed to protect employees
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from discriminatory treatment and to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) throughout its
workplace and product.
• L Brands, Inc. Derivative Litigation No. 2:20-cv-03068-MHW-EPD (S.D. Ohio): Cohen Milstein, in partnership
with the State of Oregon, the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, and other shareholders, helped
resolve allegations that officers and directors of L Brands, Inc., previous owners of Victoria’s Secret,
breached their fiduciary duties by maintaining ties with alleged sex offender and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
and fostering a culture of discrimination and misogyny at the company. Following a Delaware General
Corporate Law Section 220 books and records demand and an extensive, proprietary investigation, L Brands
and the now-standalone company, Victoria’s Secret, agreed to stop enforcing non-disclosure agreements
that prohibit the discussion of a sexual harassment claim’s underlying facts; stop using forced arbitration
agreements; implement sweeping reforms to their codes of conduct, policies and procedures related to
sexual misconduct and retaliation; and to invest $45 million each, for a total of $90 million, in diversity,
equity and inclusion initiatives and DEI Advisory Councils. On May 16, 2022, the Court granted final approval
of this watershed settlement.
• In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation No. 1:16-cv-08637 TMD (N.D. Ill.): On December 20, 2021, the Court
granted final approval to settlements worth $181 million with six chicken processors, Tyson Foods, Fieldale
Farms, Peco Foods, George's Inc., Pilgrim’s Price Corp. and Mar-Jac, to resolve consumer claims that they
conspired to inflate broiler chicken prices since 2009 and that Agri Stats, Inc., a third-party vendor, facilitated
their unlawful scheme. Litigation against the dozen remaining defendants continues. Cohen Milstein was
Co-Lead Settlement Class Counsel.
• In re Flint Water Cases No. 16-cv-10444 (E.D. Mich.): On November 10, 2021, the Court granted final
approval of a landmark $626.25 million settlement between Flint residents and businesses and multiple
governmental defendants, including the State of Michigan, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ), and individual defendants, including former Governor Rick Snyder, in this environmental toxic tort
class action, affecting over 90,000 Flint residents and businesses. Litigation continues against other
defendants, including two private engineering firms, Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews &
Newnam (LAN), both charged with professional negligence, and separate litigation against the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency will also continue. Cohen Milstein’s is Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel in
this litigation.
• Sutter Health Antitrust Litigation No. CSG 14-538451 (Sup. Crt., San Fran. Cnty., Cal.): On August 27, 2021,
the Court granted final approval of a $575 million eve-of-trial settlement, which includes significant
injunctive relief, in this closely-watched antitrust class action against Sutter Health, one of the largest
healthcare providers in California, for restraining hospital competition through anticompetitive contracting
practices with insurance companies. Cohen Milstein was one of five firms that litigated this case since 2014
on behalf of a certified class of self-insured employers and union trust funds against Sutter Health.
California’s Attorney General joined the suit in March 2018.
• National Opioids Litigation: On July 21, 2021, the state Attorneys General of Indiana, New Jersey, and
Vermont announced historic settlement agreements, totaling $704.8 million as a part of a $26 billion
national agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors, Cardinal Health, McKesson,
and AmerisourceBergen, and opioids manufacturer Johnson & Johnson for their roles in promulgating the
opioid epidemic in each of their states. (New Jersey’s settlement with J&J/Janssen – $137.8 million; Indiana’s
settlement with the distributors and J&J/Janssen – $507 million; Vermont’s settlement with the distributors
and J&J/Janssen – $60 million) In addition, the courts ordered numerous injunctive relief requirements of
the Defendants. Cohen Milstein represented the state Attorneys General of Indiana, New Jersey*, and
Vermont in investigations and litigation against these entities. *J&J/Janssen only. Final approval of the
resolution in the litigation against Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family is pending in bankruptcy court.
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• State Attorneys General PBM Investigations & Litigation: We serve as special counsel to more than a dozen
state Attorneys General in their respective investigations of the pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)that
provide pharmacy benefits and services to their state’s Medicaid program and state employee health plans.
The PBMs under investigation include Centene’s Envolve Pharmacy Solutions, OptumRx, Express Scripts,
and CVS Caremark. In Ohio alone, the investigations have led to litigation against Centene, OptumRx and
Express Scripts, for their alleged role in breaching provider agreements with the state. Since June 2021, we
have helped achieve over $400 million in settlements with Centene for our state Attorney General clients,
including: Ohio, Mississippi, Illinois, Arkansas, and New Mexico. We are working with other state Attorneys
General to finalize their settlements with Centene that will return hundreds-of-millions of dollars back to
these states
• Jien, et al. v. Perdue Farms, Inc., et al., No. 1:19-cv002521-ELH (D. Md.): Since July 20, 2021, the Court has
preliminarily approved the first seven settlements against more than a dozen of the nation’s largest poultry
producers, totaling $134.6 million, in this novel wage-fixing conspiracy class action. Plaintiffs allege that,
since 2000, Tyson Foods Inc., Perdue Farms Inc. and other poultry processors conspired to depress the
compensation of poultry processing workers in violation of the federal antitrust laws. The case is at the
vanguard of the movement in antitrust law to protect workers. The Department of Justice filed a case
against certain poultry processors based on the class action complaint which was the result of an
independent private factual investigation. Cohen Milstein serves as Interim Co-Lead Counsel.
• Breen v. U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration No. 1:05-cv-00654 (D.D.C.):
In April 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration agreed to a
record-breaking $43.8 million settlement – the largest age discrimination settlement ever involving the
federal government, ending a 16-year-old age discrimination lawsuit involving 670 former Flight Service
Specialists, who were laid off in 2005 when the FAA conducted a reduction in force. More than 90% of these
workers were over 40 years old and many lost their federal pension benefits.
• In re Alphabet Shareholder Derivative Litigation No. 19CV341522 (Sup. Crt. Cal., Santa Clara Cnty.): Cohen
Milstein, as Co-Lead Counsel, represented Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan and Teamsters Local
272 Labor Management Pension Fund in this shareholder derivative action seeking to hold Alphabet’s
leadership accountable for a “culture of concealment,” which involved covering up pervasive gender
discrimination and sexual harassment and approving secretive, multi-million dollar payouts to high-level
executives credibly accused of serious sexual misconduct against junior employees. In November 2020, the
Court granted final approval of a historic settlement, which includes a $310 million funding commitment
and sweeping reforms to eliminate practices that silence victims and implement new measures to improve
workplace equity and board oversight.
• Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al. No. 18-587 (U.S.
Supreme Court): In June 2020, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump Administration’s plan to rescind the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, preserving immigration protections for
approximately 650,000 current DACA recipients aka “Dreamers.” The Court’s 5-4 ruling upheld the partial
summary judgment in Cohen Milstein’s NAACP case (D.D.C.) – one of three cases consolidated before the
Supreme Court. The Opinion stated that the Court’s affirmance of the NAACP order vacating the rescission
made it unnecessary to examine the propriety of the nationwide preliminary injunctions that were issued
in the consolidated cases. Cohen Milstein’s case: NAACP, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, as President of the United
States, et al., No. 1:17-cv-01907 (D.D.C.) was consolidated with and re-named: Trustees of Princeton
University, et al. v. U.S. et al., No. 1:17-cv-02325 (D.D.C.).
• Wynn Resorts, Ltd. Derivative Litigation No. A-18-770013-B (Eighth Jud. Dist. Crt., Clark Cnty., Nev.): Cohen
Milstein represented New York State Common Retirement Fund and the New York City Pension Funds as
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Lead Counsel in a derivative shareholder lawsuit against certain officers and directors of Wynn Resorts, Ltd.,
arising out of their failure to hold Steve Wynn, the former CEO and Chairman of the Board, accountable for
his longstanding pattern of sexual abuse and harassment of female employees. In March 2020, the Court
granted final approval of a $90 million settlement in the form of cash payments and landmark corporate
governance reforms, placing it among the largest, most comprehensive derivative settlements in history.
• National Association of the Deaf v. Harvard & MIT (D. Mass.): In February 2020 and June 2020, Cohen
Milstein and co-counsel successfully settled the second of two groundbreaking class actions on behalf and
deaf and hearing-impaired individuals. The landmark settlements are historic because they require two of
the most lauded academic research institutions in the world to include closed captioning on all content,
including videos and podcasts, available to the public online, establishing a precedent for academia and
business worldwide.
• In Re Equifax, Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation No. 1:17-md-2800-TWT (N.D. Ga.): On
December 19, 2019 the court granted final approval a landmark $1.5 billion settlement concluding this data
breach class action affecting more than 147 million people in the U.S. The settlement consists of a record-
breaking $425 million in monetary and injunctive benefits and requires Equifax to spend $1 billion to
upgrade its security and technology. Cohen Milstein was on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee.
• New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund v. Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC et al. No. 1:08-cv-05310-DAB-HBP
(S.D.N.Y.): On March 8, 2019, the Honorable Deborah A. Batts granted final approval to a $165 million all-
cash settlement, bringing this lawsuit, the last of 11 MBS class actions Cohen Milstein successfully handled,
to conclusion. Cohen Milstein was lead counsel in this certified MBS class action.
• In re Lidoderm Antitrust Litigation No. 3:14-md-02521 (N.D. Cal.): Plaintiffs allege that Endo and Teikoku,
manufacturers of the Lidoderm patch, paid Watson Pharmaceuticals to delay its generic launch. The case
settled on the eve of trial and on September 20, 2018, plaintiffs obtained final approval of a $104.75 million
settlement – more than 40% of plaintiffs’ best-case damages estimate. This case was ranked by Law360 as
“The Biggest Competition Cases Of 2017 So Far” (July 7, 2017).
• In re Domestic Drywall Antitrust Litigation No. 2:13-md-02437 (E.D. Pa.): Cohen Milstein served as co-lead
counsel for a class of direct purchasers of drywall against drywall manufacturers for price-fixing. The court
approved settlements that total more than $190 million. The court commented that it had sided with
plaintiffs because of counsel’s “outstanding work,” and that plaintiffs’ counsel had a “sophisticated and
highly professional approach.” It complemented the attorneys as “highly skilled” and noted that their
performance on class action issues was “imaginative.” It also stated, “Few cases with no government action,
or investigation, result in class settlements as large as this one.”
• In re Anthem Data Breach Litigation No. 15-MD-02617-LHK (N.D. Cal.): On August 16, 2018, the Honorable
Lucy H. Koh in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval to a $115
million settlement – the largest data breach settlement in U.S. history – ending claims that Anthem Inc., one
of the nation’s largest for-profit managed health care companies, put 78.8 million customers’ personal
information, including social security numbers and health date, at risk in a 2015 data breach. Cohen Milstein
was co-lead counsel.
• Relvas v. The Islamic Republic of Iran, et al. No. 1:14-cv-01752-RCL (D.D.C.): On February 28, 2018 U.S.
District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth, for the District of Columbia, ordered the Republic of Iran to pay
$920 million to 80 families of soldiers and other military service members who were killed or injured in the
1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. The Beirut Marine Barracks bombing, which
killed 241 American servicemembers and injured numerous others, was the deadliest state-sponsored
terrorist attack against United States citizens before September 11, 2001.
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• Moody’s Litigation: Represented the co-lead state Mississippi and represented New Jersey in the $864
million consumer fraud settlement achieved in January 2017 by 22 states and the U.S. Department of Justice
with Moody’s Corporation, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and Moody’s Analytics, Inc. Together with the
S&P settlement, these cases against the nation’s two largest credit rating agencies produced key industry
reforms that provide greater transparency for consumers and that divested the credit rating agencies of
more than $2.2 billion for their conduct contributing to the national housing crisis and the Great Recession.
• S&P Litigation: Represented co-lead state Mississippi in the $1.375 billion-dollar consumer fraud settlement
achieved in 2015 by 20 states and the U.S. Department of Justice with Standard & Poor’s. Together with
the Moody’s settlement, these cases against the nation’s two largest credit rating agencies produced key
industry reforms that provide greater transparency for consumers and that divested the credit rating
agencies of more than $2.2 billion for their conduct contributing to the national housing crisis and the Great
Recession.
• In re BP Securities Litigation No. 4:10-MD-02185 (S.D. Tex.): Cohen Milstein represented the New York State
Common Retirement Fund as co-lead plaintiff in a securities class action filed in 2010, alleging that BP
injured investors by intentionally downplaying the severity of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and preventing
investors from learning the magnitude of the disaster. After successfully arguing for class certification to the
district court, Cohen Milstein presented plaintiffs’ defense of that court’s decision to the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which affirmed the class. The case settled for $175 million a few weeks before
trial was set to begin.
• Providence Health Services Church Plan Litigation No. 2:14-cv-01720-JCC (W.D. Wash.): Cohen Milstein
served as co-lead counsel to a class of defined benefit participants of Providence’s health & Service Case
Balance Retirement Plan who alleged that fiduciaries underfunded the pension plan because they
improperly operated it under the ERISA “church plan” exemption. In March 2017, the court granted final
approval of a $315.9 million settlement, one of the largest settlements of its kind, and requires Providence
to continue making minimum plan contributions that aim to fully fund the plan by 2029.
• Bon Secours Health System Church Litigation No. 1:16-cv-01079-RDB (D. Md.): Cohen Milstein served as
lead counsel to a class of defined benefit participants of seven Bon Secours Health System Inc. pension plans
which improperly operated under the “church plan” exemption of ERISA. In May 2017, the court granted
final approval of a settlement of over $102 million, one of the largest settlements of its kind.
• In re Animation Workers Litigation No. 5:14-cv-04062 (N.D. Cal.): Cohen Milstein served as co-lead counsel
representing a class of animation and visual effects workers who alleged that Pixar, Lucasfilm, DreamWorks,
Disney and other studios conspired to suppress their pay primarily through no poach agreements. The court
granted final approval of $168.95 million in settlements. To our knowledge, this is the most successful no-
poach class action, achieving an average recovery per class member of nearly $17,000.
• Mincey v. Honda Motor Company, et al. No. 22787197 (Circ. Crt. Duval Cty, Fla.): On July 15, 2016, Cohen
Milstein resolved a closely watched lawsuit against the Japanese company and airbag maker, Takata,
involving the injury and eventual death of a woman whose car was involved in a minor accident in 2014.The
confidential resolution was announced moments before a critical hearing in which a judge in Jacksonville,
Fla., could have considered allowing punitive damages and for the company’s chief executive, Shigehisa
Takada, to submit a civil deposition.
• HEMT MBS Litigation No. 1:08-cv-05653 (S.D.N.Y.): On May 10, 2016, U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty finally
approved a $110 million settlement in the mortgage-backed securities class action brought by investors
against Credit Suisse AG and its affiliates. This settlement ends claims brought by the New Jersey Carpenters
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Health Fund and other investors who claimed that the offering documents for the mortgage-backed
securities at issue violated the Securities Act as they contained false and misleading misstatements
concerning compliance with underwriting standards.
• In re Urethane Antitrust Litigation (Polyether Polyol Cases) MDL No: 1616 (D. Kan.): Cohen Milstein served
as co-lead counsel on behalf of a class of direct purchasers of chemicals used to make many everyday
products, from mattress foam to carpet cushion, who were overcharged as a result of a nationwide price-
fixing conspiracy. On February 25, 2016, Cohen Milstein reached an agreement with The Dow Chemical
Company to settle the case against Dow for $835 million. Combined with earlier settlements obtained from
Bayer, Huntsman, and BASF, the Dow settlement pushed the total settlements in the case to $974 million.
The settlement was approved on July 29, 2016.
• United States of America et al., ex rel. Lauren Kieff, v. Wyeth No. 03-12366 (D. Mass.): Cohen Milstein was
co-lead counsel in this False Claims Act whistleblower case against pharmaceutical giant Wyeth
(subsequently acquired by Pfizer), in which the whistleblowers alleged that Wyeth defrauded Medicaid, the
joint federal/state healthcare program for the poor, when it reported falsely inflated prices for its acid
suppression drug Protonix from 2001 through 2006 for Medicaid rebate purposes. Weeks before trial, in
February 2016, in one of the largest qui tam settlements in U.S. history, Wyeth agreed to pay $784.6 million
to the U.S. government and the over 35 intervening states.
• RALI MBS Litigation No. 08-8781 (S.D.N.Y.): On July 31, 2015, Judge Katherine Failla gave final approval to a
$235 million settlement with underwriters Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., and UBS
Securities LLC. She also approved a plan for distribution to investors of those funds as well as the previously
approved $100 million settlement with RALI, its affiliates, and the individual Defendants that was reached
in in 2013. This global settlement marks an end to a long and complicated class action over MBS offerings
that RALI and certain of its affiliates issued and sold to the New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund and other
investors from 2006 through 2007. The case took seven years of intense litigation to resolve.
• In re: Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Litigation No. 08-08093 (S.D.N.Y.): On May 27, 2015,
U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain finally approved a class action settlement with JPMorgan Chase & Co.,
which agreed to pay $500 million and up to an additional $5 million in litigation-related expenses to resolve
claims arising from the sale of $27.2 billion of mortgage-backed securities issued by Bear Stearns & Co.
during 2006 and 2007 in 22 separate public offerings.
• Harborview MBS Litigation No. 08-5093 (S.D.N.Y.): In February 2014, Cohen Milstein reached a settlement
with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in the Harborview MBS Litigation, resolving claims that RBS duped
investors into buying securities backed by shoddy home loans. The $275 million settlement is the fifth
largest class action settlement in a federal MBS case. This case is one of eight significant MBS actions that
Cohen Milstein has been named lead or co-lead counsel by courts and one of three that were nearly thrown
out by the court, only to be revived in 2012.
• In Re Electronic Books Antitrust Litigation No. 11-md-02293 (S.D.N.Y.): In August 2014, a New York federal
judge approved a $400 million antitrust settlement in the hotly contested ebooks price-fixing suit against
Apple Inc. Combined with $166 million in previous settlements with five defendant publishing companies,
the final settlement totaled more than $560 million. The settlement resolves damages claims brought by a
class of ebook purchasers and attorneys general from 33 U.S. states and territories.
• Countrywide MBS Litigation No. 2:10-cv-00302 (C.D. Cal.): In April 2013, plaintiffs in the landmark mortgage-
backed securities (MBS) class action litigation against Countrywide Financial Corporation and others, led by
Lead Plaintiff, the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS), agreed to a $500 million settlement.
It is the nation’s largest MBS-federal securities class action settlement. The settlement was approved in
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December 2013 and brings to a close the consolidated class action lawsuit brought in 2010 by multiple
retirement funds against Countrywide and other defendants for securities violations involving the packaging
and sale of MBS. The settlement is also one of the largest (top 20) class action securities settlements of all
time.
• In re Beacon Associates Litigation No. 09-cv-0777 (S.D.N.Y): Class action settlement of $219 million for
trustees and participants in ERISA-covered employee benefit plans whose assets were lost through
investments made on their behalf by Beacon Associates LLC I & II in the investment schemes of Bernard
Madoff.
• In re Plasma-Derivative Protein Therapies Antitrust Litigation No. 09 C 7666 (N.D Ill.): After four years of
litigation, in October of 2013, CSL Limited, CSL Behring LLC, CSL Plasma, Inc. (collectively, “CSL”), and the
Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (“PPTA”) agreed to pay $64 million dollars to settle a lawsuit
brought by the University of Utah Hospital and other health care providers alleging that CSL, the PPTA, and
Baxter agreed between 2003-2009 to restrict the supply of immunoglobulin and albumin and thereby
increase the prices of those therapies. Two months later, Baxter International Inc. and Baxter Healthcare
Corp. (collectively “Baxter”) agreed to pay an additional $64 million to settle these claims – bringing the
total recovery to the class to $128 million.
• Keepseagle v. Vilsack Civil Action No. 1:99CV03119 (D.D.C.): A class of Native American farmers and ranchers
allege that they have been systematically denied the same opportunities to obtain farm loans and loan
servicing that have been routinely afforded white farmers by the USDA. A class was certified in 2001 by
Judge Emmet Sullivan, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and the D.C.
Circuit declined USDA’s request to review that decision. On October 19, 2010, the case reached a historic
settlement, with the USDA agreeing to pay $680 million in damages to thousands of Native American
farmers and ranchers and forgive up to $80 million worth of outstanding farm loan debt.
• In re Parmalat Securities Litigation No. 1:04-md-1653 (S.D.N.Y.): Cohen Milstein, as co-lead counsel,
successfully negotiated several settlements totaling approximately $90 million, including two settlements
with Parmalat’s outside auditors. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan remarked that plaintiffs’ counsel “did a wonderful
job here for the class and were in all respects totally professional and totally prepared. I wish I had counsel
this good in front of me in every case.” Parmalat’s bankruptcy filing was the biggest corporate bankruptcy
in Europe, and in December 2003, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a suit charging
Parmalat with “one of the largest and most brazen corporate financial frauds in history.” During the
litigation, the company subsequently emerged from bankruptcy, as a result we added “New Parmalat” as a
defendant because of the egregious fraud committed by the now-bankrupt old Parmalat. New Parmalat
strenuously objected and Judge Kaplan of the Southern District of New York ruled in the class plaintiffs’
favor, a ruling which was affirmed on appeal. This innovative approach of adding New Parmalat enabled
the class to obtain an important additional source of compensation, as we subsequently settled with New
Parmalat for shares worth approximately $26 million.
• Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. No. C-01-2252 (N.D. Cal.): Cohen Milstein is co-lead counsel in this sex
discrimination case. In 2004, the U.S. District Court certified a nationwide class action lawsuit for all female
employees of Wal-Mart who worked in U.S. stores anytime after December 26, 1998. This was the largest
civil rights class action ever certified against a private employer, including approximately 1.5 million current
and former female employees. That ruling was appealed, and while affirmed by the Ninth Circuit, was
reversed by the Supreme Court in June 2011. Cohen Milstein argued the case for the plaintiffs-respondents
in the Supreme Court. Since then, the Dukes action has been amended to address only the Wal-Mart
regions that include stores in California, and other regional class cases have been or are soon to be filed.
This litigation to resolve the merits of the claims – whether Wal-Mart discriminates against its female retail
employees in pay and promotions – continues.
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• Rubin v. MF Global, Ltd. No. 08-CV-02233 (S.D.N.Y.): Acting as co-lead counsel in this class action, the Firm
represented the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund which was one of the co- lead
plaintiffs in the case. In September 2010, as a result of Plaintiffs’ decision to appeal, the U.S. Second Circuit
Court of Appeals vacated in part the lower court’s dismissal of the case and remanded the case for further
proceedings. In overturning the District Court decision, the Second Circuit issued a decision which
differentiated between a forecast or a forward-looking statement accompanied by cautionary language --
which the Appellate Court said would be insulated from liability under the bespeaks caution doctrine -- from
a factual statement, or non-forward-looking statement, for which liability may exist. Importantly, the
Second Circuit accepted Plaintiffs’ position that where a statement is mixed, the court can sever the
forward-looking aspect of the statement from the non-forward-looking aspect. The Court further stated
that statements or omissions as to existing operations (and present intentions as to future operations) are
not protected by the bespeaks caution doctrine. Mediation followed this decision and resulted in a
settlement comprised of $90 million in cash.
• Hughes v. Huron Consulting Group No. 09-CV-04734 (N.D. Ill.): Cohen Milstein represented lead plaintiffs
the Public School Teachers’ Pension & Retirement Fund of Chicago and the Arkansas Public Employees
Retirement System (“APERS”) in this case against Huron Consulting Group, founded by former Arthur
Anderson personnel following its collapse in the wake of the Enron scandal. In August 2010, the District
Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied defendants' motions to dismiss in their entirety and upheld
plaintiffs’ allegations that defendants intentionally improperly accounted for acquisition- related payments,
which allowed plaintiffs to move forward with discovery. The case was settled for $40 million, comprised
of $27 million in cash and 474,547 shares in Huron common stock, with an aggregate value at the time of
final approval in 2011 of approximately $13 million.
• In re Lucent Technologies Securities Litigation No. 00-621 (D.N.J.): A settlement in this massive securities
fraud class action was reached in late March 2003. The class portion of the settlement amounts to over
$500 million in cash, stock and warrants and ranks as the second largest securities class action settlement
ever completed. Cohen Milstein represented one of the co-lead plaintiffs in this action, a private mutual
fund.
• Nate Pease, et al. v. Jasper Wyman & Son, Inc., et al. No. 00-015 (Knox County Superior Court, Me.): In 2004,
a state court jury from Maine found three blueberry processing companies liable for participating in a four-
year price-fixing and non-solicitation conspiracy that artificially lowered the prices defendants paid to
approximately 800 growers for wild blueberries. The jury ordered defendants Cherryfield Foods, Inc.,
Jasper Wyman & Son, Inc., and Allen’s Blueberry Freezer, Inc. to pay $18.68 million in damages, the amount
which the growers would have been paid absent the defendants’ conspiracy. After a mandatory trebling of
this damage figure under Maine antitrust law, the total amount of the verdict for the plaintiffs is just over
$56 million. The firm served as co-lead counsel.
• In re StarLink Corn Products, Liability Litigation MDL No. 1403 (N.D. Ill.): Cohen Milstein successfully
represented U.S. corn farmers in a national class action against Aventis CropScience USA Holding and Garst
Seed Company, the manufacturer and primary distributor of StarLink corn seeds. StarLink is a genetically
modified corn variety that the United States government permitted for sale as animal feed and for industrial
purposes, but never approved for human consumption. However, StarLink was found in corn products sold
in grocery stores across the country and was traced to widespread contamination of the U.S. commodity
corn supply. The Firm, as co-lead counsel, achieved a final settlement providing more than $110 million for
U.S. corn farmers, which was approved by a federal district court in April 2003. This settlement was the first
successful resolution of tort claims brought by farmers against the manufacturers of genetically modified
seeds.
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• Snyder v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company No. 97/0633 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Onondaga Cnty.): Cohen
Milstein served as one of plaintiffs’ principal counsel in this case on behalf of persons who held life insurance
policies issued by Nationwide through its captive agency force. The action alleged consumer fraud and
misrepresentations. Plaintiffs obtained a settlement valued at more than $85 million. The judge praised
the efforts of Cohen Milstein and its co-counsel for having done “a very, very good job for all the people.”
He complimented “not only the manner” in which the result was arrived at, but also the “time … in which it
was done.”
• Oncology & Radiation Associates, P.A. v. Bristol Myers Squibb Co., et al. No. 1:01CV02313 (D.D.C.): Cohen
Milstein has been co-lead counsel in this case since its inception in 2001. Plaintiffs alleged that Bristol-Myers
Squibb unlawfully monopolized the United States market for paclitaxel, a cancer drug discovered and
developed by the United States government, which Bristol sells under the brand name Taxol. Bristol’s
scheme included a conspiracy with American BioScience, Inc., a generic manufacturer, to block generic
competition. Cohen Milstein’s investigation and prosecution of this litigation on behalf of direct purchasers
of Taxol led to a settlement of $65,815,000 that was finally approved by U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan
on August 14, 2003 and preceded numerous Taxol-related litigations brought by the Federal Trade
Commission and State Attorneys General offices.
• Kruman v. Christie’s International PLC, et al. No. 01-7309 (S.D.N.Y.): A $40 million settlement on behalf of
all persons who bought or sold items through Christie’s or Sotheby’s auction houses in non-internet actions
was approved in this action. Cohen Milstein served as one of three leading counsel on behalf of foreign
plaintiffs. The Court noted that approval of the settlement was particularly appropriate, given the
significant obstacles that faced plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ counsel in the litigation. The settlement marked the
first time that claims on behalf of foreign plaintiffs under U.S. antitrust laws have been resolved in a U.S.
court, a milestone in U.S. antitrust jurisprudence.
• Roberts v. Texaco, Inc. 94-Civ. 2015 (S.D.N.Y.): Cohen Milstein represented a class of African-American
employees in this landmark litigation that resulted in the then-largest race discrimination settlement in
history ($176 million in cash, salary increases and equitable relief). The Court hailed the work of class
counsel for, inter alia, “framing an imaginative settlement, that may well have important ameliorative
impact not only at Texaco but in the corporate context as a whole …”.
• Trotter v. Perdue Farms, Inc. No. 99-893 (D. Del.): This suit on behalf of hourly workers at Perdue’s chicken
processing facilities – which employ approximately 15,000 people – forced Perdue to pay employees for
time spent “donning and doffing,” that is, obtaining, putting on, sanitizing and removing protective
equipment that they must use both for their own safety and to comply with USDA regulations for the safety
of the food supply. The suit alleged that Perdue’s practice of not counting donning and doffing time as
hours worked violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and state law. In a separate settlement with the
Department of Labor, Perdue agreed to change its pay practices. In addition, Perdue is required to issue
retroactive credit under one of its retirement plans for “donning and doffing” work if the credit would
improve employees’ or former employees’ eligibility for pension benefits. Cohen Milstein was co-lead
counsel.
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Awards & Recognition
2022
• In 2022, Corporate Counsel named Julie G. Reiser a winner of the 2022 Women, Influence & Power in Law
Awards.
• In 2022, Crain's Chicago Business named Carol Gilden a 2022 “Notable Women in Law.”
• In 2022, Who’s Who Legal Competition 2022 - Plaintiff - Legal Marketplace Analysis named Richard A.
Koffman a “Leading Individual – USA.”
• In 2022, Palm Beach Illustrated named six Cohen Milstein attorneys to its 2022 “Top Lawyers” list.
• In 2022, Cohen Milstein recognized as leading firm for women in Law360’s “2022 Glass Ceiling Report:
Women in Law.”
• In 2022, Seventeen Cohen Milstein attorneys recognized by “The Best Lawyers in America.”
• In 2022, Benchmark Litigation named Julie G. Reiser to its 2022 “Top 250 Women in Litigation” list.
• In 2022, Benchmark Litigation named Sharon Robertson to its 2022 “40 & Under” list.
• In 2022, American Lawyer recognized Michael Eisenkraft in “Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout
Outs.”
• In 2022, The National Law Journal named Cohen Milstein it’s 2022 Elite Trial Lawyers of the Year –
“Practice of the Year” for “Consumer Protection” and “Discrimination”
• In 2022, twenty-two Cohen Milstein attorneys named to the 2022 Lawdragon “500 Leading Plaintiff
Financial Lawyers” list.
• In 2022, four Cohen Milstein attorneys recognized in 2022 edition of Florida Super Lawyers.
• In 2022, seven Cohen Milstein attorneys named to 2022 Lawdragon “500 Leading Plaintiff Employment &
Civil Rights Lawyers.”
• In 2022, Legal500 recognized Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust attorneys as 2022 “Hall of Fame,” “Leading
Lawyers” and “Next Generation Partners.”
• In 2022, Legal500 recognized Cohen Milstein Product Liability, Mass Tort & Class Action Attorneys as 2022
“Leading Lawyers.”
• In 2022, Legal500 recognized Cohen Milstein Labor & Employment Attorneys as 2022 “Leading Lawyers”
and “Next Generation Partners.”
• In 2022, Legal500 recognized Cohen Milstein Securities Litigation Attorneys as 2022 “Leading Lawyers”
and “Next Generation Partners.”
• In 2022, Legal 500 named Cohen Milstein “Leading Firm” for Plaintiffs in Antitrust; Labor and Employment
Disputes; Products Liability, Mass Torts & Class Action; and Securities Litigation.
• In 2022, Chambers USA named Michelle Yau a 2022 “Top Ranked” lawyer in ERISA Litigation: Plaintiff –
Nationwide.
• In 2022, Chambers USA named Mary Bortscheller a 2022 “Top Ranked” lawyer in ERISA Litigation:
Plaintiff – Nationwide.
• In 2022, Chambers USA named Daniel R. Sutter a 2022 “Associate to Watch” in ERISA Litigation: Plaintiff
– Nationwide.
• In 2022, Chambers USA ranked Cohen Milstein a 2022 “Top Ranked” firm in four categories – Antitrust:
Plaintiff, ERISA Litigation: Plaintiff, Product Liability & Mass Torts: Plaintiff, and Securities Litigation: Mainly
Plaintiff
• In 2022, Chambers USA named Sharon K. Robertson a 2022 “Top Ranked” lawyer for Antitrust: Plaintiff –
Nationwide and for Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiffs – New York.
• In 2022, Chambers USA named Kit A. Pierson a 2022 “Ranked” lawyer in Antitrust: Plaintiff – Nationwide.
• In 2022, Law360 named Daniel H. Silverman and Molly J. Bowen Law360 2022 “Rising Stars” in Antitrust
and Securities, respectively.
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• In 2022, the National Law Journal named Cohen Milstein a 2022 “Elite Trial Lawyer Award” finalist in
eight practice areas, including Antitrust, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Discrimination, Employment
Rights, Environmental Protection, Shareholder Rights, Class Action.
• In 2022, the National Law Journal named Jan E. Messerschmidt and Daniel H. Silverman 2022 “Rising Stars
of the Plaintiffs Bar” in the areas of Securities and Antitrust, respectively.
• In 2022, the National Law Journal named Christine E. Webber a 2022 “Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar”
award winner.
• In 2022, the National Law Journal named Cohen Milstein a finalist for its 2022 “Diversity Initiative
Award.”
• In 2022, the American Lawyer named Carol Gilden was a 2022 American Lawyer “Trailblazer – Midwest.”
• In 2022, Variety named Cohen Milstein’s Kalpana Kotagal to Variety’s “Legal Impact Report 2022: Top
Attorneys Winning Cases and Making Deals in Hollywood.”
• In 2022, Lawdragon named eight Cohen Milstein attorneys to the “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff
Consumer Lawyers 2022” list.
• In 2022, Law360 appointed Cohen Milstein’s Betsy A. Miller to Law360's 2022 Consumer Protection
Editorial Advisory Board.
• In 2022, Law360 appointed Cohen Milstein’s Christine E. Webber to Law360's 2022 Discrimination
Editorial Advisory Board.
• In 2022, Law360 appointed Cohen Milstein’s Douglas J. McNamara to Law360's 2022 Cybersecurity &
Privacy Editorial Board.
In 2022, Law360 appointed Cohen Milstein’s Michelle C. Yau to Law360's 2022 Benefits Editorial Advisory
Board.
• In 2022, Global Competition Review named six Cohen Milstein attorneys to GCR “Who’s Who Legal:
Competition 2022.”
• In 2022, Lawdragon recognized 12 Cohen Milstein lawyers in the “Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in
America” list.
• In 2022, Law360 recognized Cohen Milstein’s Employee Benefits/ERISA practice as one of five law firms in
the nation for its “Law360 2021 Practice Group of the Year – Benefits” award for the firm’s ERISA-related
litigation accomplishments in 2021.
• In 2022, Law360 recognized Cohen Milstein as one of five law firms in the nation for its “Law360 2021
Practice Group of the Year – Class Actions” for the firm’s class action accomplishments in 2021.
• In 2022, Law360 recognized Cohen Milstein’s Civil Rights & Employment practice for its “Law360 2021
Practice Group of the Year – Employment” for the firm’s employment litigation accomplishments in 2021.
2021
• In 2021, the 2022 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” recognized Cohen Milstein among
the “Top Firms Nationally.”
• In 2021, The American Lawyer named Cohen Milstein a “National Boutique / Specialty Litigation
Department of the Year” finalist.
• In 2021, Cohen Milstein’s Leslie M. Kroeger received the 2021 “B.J. and Tom Masterson Award for
Professionalism” from the Florida Justice Association.
• In 2021, Lawdragon selected eight Cohen Milstein attorneys for its “Leading Plaintiff Employment and
Civil Rights Lawyers” guide.
• In 2021, Palm Beach Illustrated named seven Cohen Milstein attorneys to its “Top Lawyers” list.
• In 2021, Law360 named Cohen Milstein’s Michelle Yau “Benefits – MVP” for her representation of
participants and beneficiaries of the Triad Manufacturing Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in an ERISA
suit claiming the company overcharged workers for company stock.
• In 2021, Law360 named Cohen Milstein’s Joseph M. Sellers “Employment – MVP” for his role in obtaining
a settlement on behalf of some 700 fight service specialists alleging age discrimination by the Federal
Aviation Administration.
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• In 2021, Law360 named Cohen Milstein’s Theodore J. Leopold “Environmental – MVP” for his work in
securing a settlement for victims of the Flint, MI water crisis.
• In 2021, Law360 named Cohen Milstein’s Sharon K. Robertson “Life Sciences – MVP” for her “pay for
delay” antitrust class actions in the Life Sciences industry.
• In 2021, The Best Lawyers in America named three Cohen Milstein attorneys to its 2021 “Ones to Watch”
list.
• In 2021, The Best Lawyers in America named 13 Cohen Milstein attorneys to its 2021 “Best Lawyers in
America” list.
• In 2021, The Best Lawyers in America named Christine E. Webber “Lawyer of the Year” in the Employment
Law – Washington, DC category.
• In 2021, Lawdragon named 24 Cohen Milstein attorneys to its “500 Leading Plaintiff Employment
Lawyers” list.
• In 2021, Cohen Milstein’s Betsy A. Miller named The National Law Journal/Law.com’s 2021 Elite Trial
Lawyers “Keith Givens Visionary Award.”
• In 2021, Cohen Milstein’s named The National Law Journal/Law.com’s 2021 Elite Trial Lawyers
“Environmental Protection Practice of the Year Award.”
• In 2021, Cohen Milstein’s Laura H. Posner and Emmy L. Levens named The National Law
Journal/Law.com’s 2021 Elite Trial Lawyers “Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar Award.”
• In 2021, Cohen Milstein’s Sharon K. Robertson named to Benchmark Litigation’s 2021 “40 & Under Hot
List.”
• In 2021, three Cohen Milstein Attorneys named to Florida Trend’s 2021 “Florida Legal Elite.”
• In 2021, Cohen Milstein’s Emmy L. Levens named to Bloomberg Law’s inaugural “They’ve Got Next: The
40 Under 40.”
• In 2021, Cohen Milstein’s Richard A. Koffman recognized as GCR’s “Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders –
Competition 2022.”
• In 2021, seven Cohen Milstein Antitrust attorneys named to GCR’s “Who’s Who Legal: Competition
2021.”
• In 2021, seven Cohen Milstein attorneys recognized in “Florida Super Lawyers.”
• In 2021, twelve Cohen Milstein Attorneys Recognized as 2021 “Washington, DC Super Lawyers”; six
recognized as 2021 “Washington, DC Rising Stars.”
• In 2021, Legal 500 named Cohen Milstein a “Leading Firm” in Antitrust Litigation: Plaintiff; Labor and
Employment Disputes: Plaintiff; Products Liability, Mass Torts & Class Action: Plaintiff; and Securities
Litigation: Plaintiff.
• In 2021, Legal 500 named four Cohen Milstein attorneys “Next Generation Partners.”
• In 2021, Legal 500 named eight Cohen Milstein partners “Leading Lawyers.”
• In 2021, Cohen Milstein’s Kit A. Pierson “Ranked” by Chambers USA for Antitrust: Plaintiff.
• In 2021, Cohen Milstein’s Sharon K. Robertson “Top Ranked” by Chambers USA for Antitrust: Plaintiff.
• In 2021, eight Cohen Milstein lawyers named among the “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer
Lawyers.”
• In 2021, Cohen Milstein’s Kalpana Kotagal receives Reel Works “Change Maker Award.”
• In 2021, Cohen Milstein was recognized as a “Leading Firm” by Chambers USA in Three Categories –
Antitrust: Plaintiff; Product Liability: Plaintiff; and Securities Litigation: Plaintiff.
• In 2021, Cohen Milstein named an “Elite Trial Lawyer” finalist in eight practice areas by The National Law
Journal.
• In 2021, Daily Business Review recognized Theodore J. Leopold Recognized as a “2021 Distinguished
Leader.”
• In 2021, Law360 recognized Julie Goldsmith Reiser as a “Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar.”
• In 2021, The National Law Journal and The Trial Lawyer named Betsy A. Miller and Steven J. Toll among
“America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers.”
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• In 2021, Lawdragon named Agnieszka Fryszman Named to the “Lawdragon Global Litigation 500.”
• In 2021, Lawdragon recognized 12 Cohen Milstein lawyers among the “500 Leading Lawyers in America.”
• In 2021, Lawdragon inducted Steven J. Toll into the “Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame.”
2020
• In 2020, Crain’s New York Business recognized Laura H. Posner among New York’s “Notable Women in
Law.”
• In 2020, Law360 recognized Cohen Milstein as a “Class Action Group of the Year.”
• In 2020, Law360 recognized Cohen Milstein as a “Environmental Group of the Year.”
• In 2020, Law360 recognized Cohen Milstein as a “Life Sciences Group of the Year.”
• In 2020, Law360 recognized Cohen Milstein as a “Securities Group of the Year.”
• In 2020, Cumberland School of Law named Theodore J. Leopold its “2020 Distinguished Alumnus of the
Year.”
• In 2020, U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers named Cohen Milstein among their 2021 “Best Law
Firms” nationally in ERISA Litigation, Employee Benefits Law, and Labor & Employment Litigation; for
Washington, DC in Civil Rights Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law – Individuals, Labor
Law – Union, Litigation – ERISA, and Litigation – Labor & Employment; and for West Palm Beach, FL in
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury
Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs for West Palm Beach, FL.
• In 2020, Super Lawyers recognized five Cohen Milstein attorneys as “2020 New York – Metro Super
Lawyers.”
• In 2020, Benchmark Litigation recognized Cohen Milstein as a 2021 “Top Plaintiffs Firm.”
• In 2020, Law360’s Glass Ceiling Report named Cohen Milstein among “The Best Law Firms for Female
Attorneys.”
• In 2020, Lawdragon named seven Cohen Milstein attorneys to its “500 Leading Plaintiff Employment
Lawyers” list.
• In 2020, the Human Trafficking Legal Center named Agnieszka M. Fryszman “Human Trafficking Advocate
of the Year.”
• In 2020, Crain’s Chicago Business named Carol V. Gilden one of its “Notable Women in Law.”
• In 2020, Palm Beach Illustrated named six Cohen Milstein attorneys to its “Top Lawyers” list.
• In 2020, The National Law Journal named Shaylyn Cochran a “Washington D.C. Trailblazer.”
• In 2020, Lawdragon named 15 Cohen Milstein attorneys to its “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers”
list.
• In 2020, The Best Lawyers in America named 15 Cohen Milstein attorneys to its 2021 “Best Lawyers in
America” list.
• In 2020, American Lawyer Media and The National Trial Lawyers named Cohen Milstein “Antitrust Law
Firm of the Year.”
• In 2020, Florida Trend named Poorad Razavi a “Legal Elite” in the Civil Trial section.
• In 2020, Law360 named Emmy L. Levens a “Rising Star – Class Actions.”
• In 2020, Law360 named Shaylyn Cochran a “Rising Star – Employment.”
• In 2020, The Legal 500 named Cohen Milstein a “Top-Tier” firm in Labor and Employment: Labor and
Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Plaintiff.
• In 2020, The Legal 500 named Cohen Milstein a “Leading Practice” in Antitrust, Products Liability, and
Securities Litigation.
• In 2020, Florida Super Lawyers recognized Nicholas C. Johnson, Leslie M. Kroeger, Theodore J. Leopold as
“Super Lawyers” in the area of Personal Injury Law (Plaintiff).
• In 2020, Law360 named Cohen Milstein’s Daniel A. Small a “Law360 Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar” for his
decades of successful work in antitrust litigation.
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• In 2020, The National Law Journal named Cohen Milstein’s John Sheehan a “2020 Plaintiffs’ Trailblazer” in
Environmental Law.
• In 2020, Daily Business Review named Cohen Milstein’s Leslie M. Kroeger a “2020 DBR Distinguished
Leader.”
• In 2020, Super Lawyers recognized 17 Cohen Milstein attorneys as “2020 Washington, DC Super Lawyers”
and seven Cohen Milstein attorneys as “2020 Washington, DC Rising Stars.”
• In 2020, Chambers USA recognized Cohen Milstein as a leading firm in the “Antitrust: Plaintiffs –
Nationwide” category.
• In 2020, Lawdragon recognized eight Cohen Milstein lawyers in the “2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading
Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers” list.
• In 2020, Lawdragon recognized 12 Cohen Milstein lawyers in the “2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers
in America” list.
• In 2020, American Lawyer Media and The National Trial Lawyers named Cohen Milstein “Antitrust Law
Firm of the Year.”
• In 2020, Law360 named Cohen Milstein “Practice Group of the Year – Benefits” for the firm’s work in
2019.
• In 2020, Law360 named Cohen Milstein “Practice Group of the Year – Consumer Protection” for the
firm’s work in 2019.
2019
• In 2019, Law360 named Cohen Milstein’s Sharon K. Robertson “Life Sciences – MVP” for her cutting-edge
“pay for delay” antitrust class actions in the Life Sciences industry.
• In 2019, Lawdragon named Cohen Milstein’s Agnieszka Fryszman and Steve Toll to “Lawdragon Legends,”
a list recognizing 30 of the “nation’s elite lawyers” who have been named to the Lawdragon 500 for at
least ten years.
• In 2019, ALM and The National Trial Lawyers named seven of Cohen Milstein’s practice areas to its “Elite
Trial Lawyer – Finalist” list.
• In 2019, the Seven Hills School awarded Cohen Milstein’s Kalpana Kotagal with the “Norma Martin
Goodall Distinguished Alumni Award.”
• In 2019, the Chicago Business Journal named Cohen Milstein’s Carol V. Gilden a 2019 “Woman of
Influence.”
• In 2019, Lawdragon named 15 Cohen Milstein lawyers to is 2019 “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers”
list.
• In 2019, Law360 named Cohen Milstein’s Mary Bortscheller a “Rising Star.”
• In 2019, The Best Lawyers in America named 12 Cohen Milstein attorneys to its 2020 “Best Lawyers in
America” list.
• In 2019, Public Justice Foundation named Cohen Milstein one of five finalists for the “Trial Lawyer of the
Year Award.”
• In 2019, Cohen Milstein’s Environmental Toxic Tort practice was named a winner of The National Law
Journal’s “Elite Trial Lawyers” Award, and Cohen Milstein’s Agnieszka Fryszman and Sharon Robertson
were named winners of The National Law Journal’s “Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar” Award.
• In 2019, six of Cohen Milstein lawyers were named among the “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff
Consumer Lawyers.”
• In 2019, Cohen Milstein’s Carol V. Gilden received Lawyer Monthly Magazine’s “Women in Law Award.”
• In 2019, four of Cohen Milstein partners were named to Benchmark Litigation’s “40 & Under Hot List.”
• In 2019, Cohen Milstein’s Christine E. Webber received the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil
Rights and Urban Affairs’ “Roderic V.O. Boggs Award.”
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• In 2019, Cohen Milstein’s Nicholas C. Johnson and Poorad Razavi were named to Florida Trend’s “Legal
Elite.”
• In 2019, Cohen Milstein’s Nicholas C. Johnson was appointed to serve on the AAJ Board of Governors.
• In 2019, The National Law Journal named Cohen Milstein an “Elite Trial Lawyer” finalist in five practice
areas and named Agnieszka Fryszman and Sharon Robertson “Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar.”
• In 2019, Law360’s 2019 Glass Ceiling Report named Cohen Milstein among “The Best Law Firms for
Female Attorneys.”
• In 2019, The Legal 500 recognized Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust, Civil Rights & Employment, Products
Liability, and Securities Litigation practices as “Leading Practices,” and named seven Cohen Milstein
attorneys among their “Leading Lawyers,” “Next Generation Lawyers,” and “Rising Stars.”
• In 2019, Cohen Milstein was named to The National Law Journal’s “Pro Bono Hot List.”
• In 2019, 21 Cohen Milstein attorneys were recognized as “Super Lawyers,” and nine Cohen Milstein
attorneys were recognized as “Rising Stars.”
• In 2019, Cohen Milstein’s Takisha D. Richardson was named a Florida Bar Association's Wm. Reece Smith,
Jr. Leadership Academy Fellow.
• In 2019, six of Cohen Milstein’s Civil Rights & Employment Litigation lawyers were named among the
“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers 2019.”
• In 2019, the Daily Business Review honored Cohen Milstein with three Professional Excellence Awards,
including Theodore J. Leopold, DBR’s 2019 “Distinguished Leaders” award, Nicolas C. Johnson, DBR’s
2019 “On the Rise” award, and the firm’s Sexual Abuse, Sex Trafficking, and Domestic Violence Litigation
team, DBR’s 2019 “Innovative Practice Areas” award.
• In 2019, four Cohen Milstein lawyers received “The Burton Awards' Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing
Award - Law Firm.”
• In 2019, nine Cohen Milstein lawyers were named among the “Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in
America.”
2018
• In 2018, The National Law Journal and Trial Lawyer Magazine, named Steven J. Toll and Betsy A. Miller
among “America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers.”
• In 2018, Law360 named Cohen Milstein “Practice Group of the Year” in two categories: Consumer
Protection and Environmental.
• In 2018, Law360 named three partners MVP in the respective practices, including: Theodore J. Leopold as
Law360’s Environmental MVP, Andrew N. Friedman as Law360’s Cybersecurity and Privacy MVP, and
Kalpana Kotagal as Law360’s Employment MVP.
• In 2018, The National Law Journal named Cohen Milstein winner of “Elite Trial Lawyer of the Year” in four
categories, including Consumer Protection, Counterterrorism, Immigration, and Financial Products, and
finalist in five other categories, including Antitrust, Civil Rights, Disability Rights, Employment Rights, and
Racial Discrimination.
• In 2018, The National Law Journal named Kalpana Kotagal, Betsy A. Miller, and G. Julie Reiser – “Elite
Women of the Plaintiffs Bar.”
• In 2018, A Better Balance presented Kalpana Kotagal with “A Better Balance: The Work & Family Legal
Center’s Distinguished Public Service Award.”
• In 2018, the American Antitrust Institute honored Sharon K. Robertson with its “Outstanding Antitrust
Litigation Achievement Award.”
• In 2018, the NAACP honored Cohen Milstein with its “Foot Soldier in the Sand Award,” in recognition of
the firm’s outstanding commitment to providing pro bono legal services.
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• In 2018, The Best Lawyers in America recognized eleven Cohen Milstein attorneys as among the Best
Lawyers in America (2019), in their respective areas of law.
• In 2018, The Best Lawyers in America singled out and named Joseph M. Sellers “The Best Lawyers in
America 2019, Labor Law Lawyer of the Year – Washington, D.C.”
• In 2018, The Best Lawyers in America singled out and named Milstein’s Leslie M. Kroeger “The Best
Lawyers in America 2019, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions “Lawyer of the Year – West Palm Beach,
FL.”
• In 2018, Palm Beach Illustrated named seven Cohen Milstein attorneys to its ““Top Lawyers” List.”
• In 2018, Benchmark Litigation named four Cohen Milstein attorneys to its “40 & Under Hot List.”
• In 2018, Florida Trend named five Cohen Milstein attorneys to its list of “Florida’s Legal Elite.”
• In 2018, Lawdragon 500 named five Cohen Milstein attorneys to “Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers.”
• In 2018, Crain’s named Carol V. Gilden one of Chicago’s “Notable Women Lawyers.”
• In 2018, Harvard Law School named Kalpana Kotagal a “Wasserstein Fellow.”
• In 2018, Chambers USA Women in Law honored Kalpana Kotagal with its “Outstanding Contribution to
the Community in Advancing Diversity Award.”
• In 2018, the New York Law Journal named Sharon K. Robertson to its list of “New York Rising Stars.”
• In 2018, The Legal 500: Guide to the US Legal Profession listed Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust, Employment
Disputes, and Securities Litigation practices among its “Leading Practices.”
• In 2018, the Daily Business Review named Leslie M. Kroeger a “Distinguished Leader.”
• In 2018, Law360 named Steven J. Toll a 2018 “Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar.”
• In 2018, Leslie M. Kroeger was sworn-in as President-Elect to the Florida Justice Association.
• In 2018, Lawdragon named seven Cohen Milstein attorneys to the 2018 “Lawdragon 500,” an annual list
of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America.
• In 2018, Theodore J. Leopold was recognized as an “Energy and Environmental Trailblazer” by The
National Law Journal.
• In 2018, Super Lawyers recognized 20 Cohen Milstein attorneys as “2018 Super Lawyers” and 12 Cohen
Milstein attorneys as “Super Lawyer Rising Stars.”
2017
• In 2017, Law360 named Cohen Milstein a “Practice Group of the Year: Privacy.”
• In 2017, Steven J. Toll was named a Law360 “MVP – Class Action.”
• In 2017, the Daily Business Review named Theodore J. Leopold a “Most Effective Lawyer of 2017: Class
Action.”
• In 2017, Christopher Lometti, Betsy Miller, and Victoria Nugent were named The National Law Journal’s
“Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers.”
• In 2017, The Best Lawyers in America recognized seven Cohen Milstein partners as among the “Best
Lawyers in America” for their respective practices of law.
• In 2017, Law360 named Cohen Milstein partners, S. Douglas Bunch and Kalpana Kotagal as “Rising Stars.”
• In 2017, The Legal 500 named Cohen Milstein a Leading Firm in “Antitrust: Civil Litigation / Class Actions”
and “Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation – Plaintiff.”
• In 2017, The Legal 500 named Richard A. Koffman to its “Legal 500 Hall of Fame."
• In 2017, Legal 500 named Sharon K. Robertson and Brent W. Johnson as “Legal 500 Next Generation
Lawyer” in the area of Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions.
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• In 2017, Super Lawyers named Brent W. Johnson as a "Rising Star" and a "Top Rated Antitrust Litigation
Attorney in Washington, DC.”
• In 2017, Super Lawyers named Leslie M. Kroeger and Theodore J. Leopold “Florida Super Lawyers” and
Nicholas C. Johnson “Florida Rising Stars.”
• In 2017, the Coalition for Independent Living Options Inc. presented Michael Dolce a Special
Acknowledgment Award for his “Commitment to Ending Sex Crimes against People with Disabilities.”
• In 2017, Florida Trend named Manuel J. Dominguez a “Legal Elite.”
• In 2017, Nicholas C. Johnson was elected President of the F. Malcolm Cunningham, Sr. Bar Association.
• In 2017, Leslie M. Kroeger was elected Treasurer to the Florida Justice Association.
• In 2017, South Florida Legal Guide named Theodore J. Leopold as a “Top Lawyer” and Diana L. Martin a
“Top Up and Comer."
2016
• In 2016, Law360 selected Cohen Milstein as a “Competition Practice Group of the Year” and a “Class
Action Practice Group of the Year.”
• In 2016, Women in Wealth Awards selects Carol V. Gilden Selected as "Best in Securities Litigation Law -
Illinois & Excellence Award for Investor Protection Law."
• In 2016, Richard A. Koffman was named a Law360 “MVP – Competition Law.”
• In 2016, Martha Geer was selected as a “North Carolina Leaders in the Law Honoree.”
• In 2016, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs named Cohen Milstein a
recipient of its “Outstanding Achievement Award.”
• In 2016, for the eighth consecutive year, Cohen Milstein was recognized by The Legal 500 as one of the
leading plaintiff class action antitrust firms in the United States.
• In 2016, Agnieszka Fryszman, Chris Lometti, Kit Pierson, Joe Sellers and Steve Toll were named to the 2016
Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America.
• In 2016, Law360 named Julie Goldsmith Reiser one of the “25 Most Influential Women in Securities Law.”
• In 2016, Cohen Milstein is named to The National Law Journal’s “Plaintiffs Hot List” for the fifth time in
six years.
• In 2016, Law360 named Cohen Milstein as one of the top firms for female attorneys.
2015
• In 2015, Law360 named Cohen Milstein as the sole plaintiffs firm to be selected in two "Practice Groups of
the Year" categories and one of only five class action firms recognized.
• In 2015, Cohen Milstein was named an “Elite Trial Lawyer Firm” by The National Law Journal for the
second year in a row.
• In 2015, Steven J. Toll named a Law360 “MVP – Securities Law.”
• In 2015, Cohen Milstein was selected as a "Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm" by Law360 for the third year in a
row.
• In 2015, Richard Koffman was named, for the fifth consecutive year, in The Legal 500 "Leading Lawyers" in
"Litigation - Mass Tort and Class Action: Plaintiff Representation – Antitrust."
• In 2015, Theodore J. Leopold and Leslie M. Kroeger were selected as “Florida Super Lawyers.”
• In 2015, Andrew Friedman, Agnieszka Fryszman, Kit A. Pierson, Julie Reiser, Joseph M. Sellers, Daniel A.
Small, Daniel S. Sommers, Steven J. Toll and Christine E. Webber were selected as “Washington DC Super
Lawyers.”
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• In 2015, Monya Bunch, S. Douglas Bunch, Johanna Hickman, Kalpana Kotagal, and Emmy Levens were
selected as “Washington DC Rising Stars” by Super Lawyers.
• In 2015, for the fourth time in five years, Cohen Milstein was selected to The National Law Journal
“Plaintiffs’ Hot List.”
• In 2015, Carol V. Gilden was selected as "Pension Funds Litigation Attorney of the Year in Illinois" for the
second year in a row by the Corporate INTL Legal Awards.
2014
• In 2014, Cohen Milstein's Antitrust Practice was selected as a “Practice Group of the Year” by Law360.
• In 2014, Cohen Milstein Partner Kit Pierson was selected as an “Antitrust MVP” by Law360.
• In 2014, Cohen Milstein was named a "Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm" by Law360 for the second year in a row.
In 2014, Cohen Milstein was selected as an Elite Trial Lawyer firm by The National Law Journal.
• Cohen Milstein Partners Steven J. Toll, Joseph M. Sellers, Kit A. Pierson, and Agnieszka M. Fryszman Selected
to the 2014 Lawdragon 500.
• Released in 2015, Joseph M. Sellers, Theodore J. Leopold, and Leslie M. Kroeger listed in "Best Lawyers in
America."
• Released in 2014, the 2013 SCAS 50 Report on Total Securities Class Action Settlements ranked Cohen
Milstein as a top firm.
• In 2014, Cohen Milstein’s Theodore J. Leopold was named among the “Top 100” Florida Super Lawyers,
Leslie M. Kroeger was named to the “Florida Super Lawyers,” and Diana L. Martin was named a “Florida
Rising Star.”
• In 2014, Cohen Milstein’s Leslie M. Kroeger was recognized in Florida Trend’s “Florida Legal Elite.”
• In 2014, Cohen Milstein was selected to the selected to the National Law Journal's Midsize Hot List.
• In 2014, Cohen Milstein was recognized as a "Highly Recommended Washington, DC Litigation Firm" by
• Benchmark Plaintiff: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Plaintiff Firms and Attorneys.
• In 2014, Cohen Milstein was ranked as a Leading Plaintiff Class Action Antitrust Firm in the United States
by the Legal 500 for the sixth year in a row.
• In 2014, Partner Richard Koffman was named, for the fourth consecutive year, in the Legal 500 United States
"Leading Lawyers" list under the category of "Litigation - Mass Tort and Class Action: Plaintiff
Representation - Antitrust".
• In 2014, Cohen Milstein attorneys Agnieszka Fryszman, Julie Goldsmith Reiser, Joseph Sellers, Daniel
Sommers, and Steven Toll were recognized as Local Litigation Stars by Benchmark Plaintiff: The Definitive
Guide to America’s Leading Plaintiff Firms and Attorneys.
• In 2014, Cohen Milstein attorneys R. Joseph Barton, Andrew Friedman, Agnieszka Fryszman, Kit A. Pierson,
Julie Reiser, Joseph M. Sellers, Daniel A. Small, Daniel S. Sommers, Steven J. Toll and Christine E. Webber
were selected as Washington DC Super Lawyers.
• In 2014, Cohen Milstein attorneys Monya Bunch, S. Douglas Bunch, Jeffrey Dubner, Johanna Hickman,
Joshua Kolsky, Kalpana Kotagal, Emmy Levens, and Michelle Yau were selected as Washington DC Rising
Stars by Super Lawyers.
• In 2014, Cohen Milstein Partner Carol V. Gilden was selected as the Illinois Pension Fund Attorney of the
Year.
• In 2014, Best Lawyers named Cohen Milstein Partner Joseph Sellers D.C. Litigation - Labor & Employment
Lawyer of the Year.
2013
• In 2013, for the third-year in a row, Cohen Milstein was selected to the National Law Journal Plaintiffs’ Hot
List.
• In 2013, Cohen Milstein was named a "Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm" by Law360.
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• In 2013, Cohen Milstein was ranked as a Leading Plaintiff Class Action Antitrust Firm in the United States by
the Legal 500 for the fifth year in a row.
• In 2013, Cohen Milstein attorneys Joseph Barton, Andrew Friedman, Agnieszka Fryszman, Kit A. Pierson,
Julie G. Reiser, Joseph M. Sellers, Daniel A. Small, Daniel S. Sommers, Steven J. Toll, and Christine E. Webber
were selected as Washington DC Super Lawyers.
• In 2013, Cohen Milstein attorney Michelle Yau was selected as Washington DC Rising Stars by Super
Lawyers. In 2013, Cohen Milstein Partner Carol V. Gilden was selected as a 2013 Illinois Super Lawyer. She
has been selected every year since 2005.
2012
• In 2012, for the second-year in a row, Cohen Milstein was selected to the National Law Journal Plaintiffs’
Hot List.
• In 2012, Cohen Milstein was the recipient of the Judith M. Conti Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award from
the Employment Justice Center.
• In 2012, Cohen Milstein was recognized as a "Highly Recommended Washington, DC Litigation Firm" by
• Benchmark Plaintiff: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Plaintiff Firms and Attorneys.
• In 2012, Cohen Milstein was ranked as a top firm by the 2011 SCAS Report on Total Securities Class Action
Settlements.
• In 2012, Cohen Milstein was ranked as a Leading Plaintiff Class Action Antitrust Firm in the United States by
the Legal 500 for the fourth year in a row.
• In 2012, Partner Joseph M. Sellers was selected as a Washington DC Super Lawyer. Mr. Sellers was also
selected for this prestigious award in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
• In 2012, Partner Steven J. Toll was selected as a Washington DC Super Lawyer. Mr. Toll was also selected
for this prestigious award in 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
• In 2012, Partner Daniel S. Sommers was selected as a Washington DC Super Lawyer. Mr. Sommers was also
selected for this prestigious award in 2011.
• In 2012, Partner Christine E. Webber was selected as a Washington DC Super Lawyer. Ms. Webber was also
selected for this prestigious award in 2007.
• In 2012, Partner Agnieszka M. Fryszman was selected as a Washington DC Super Lawyer. In 2012, Partner
Kit A. Pierson was selected as a Washington DC Super Lawyer.
• In 2012, Partner Carol V. Gilden was selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer. Ms. Gilden was also selected for
this prestigious award in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
2011
• In 2011, Cohen Milstein was selected to the National Law Journal Plaintiffs’ Hot List.
• In 2011, Partner Joseph M. Sellers was selected as a "Visionary" by The National Law Journal.
• In 2011, Of Counsel Christopher Lometti were selected as New York - Metro Super Lawyers.
• In 2011, Partner Joseph M. Sellers and the Keepseagle v. Vilsack team were selected as a finalist for the 2011
• Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the Public Justice Foundation.
• In 2011, Cohen Milstein was ranked as a Leading Plaintiff Class Action Antitrust Firm in the United States
by the Legal 500 for the third year in a row.
• In 2011, Partners Steven Toll, Joseph Sellers, and Daniel Sommers were selected as Washington DC Super
Lawyers. Of Counsel Christopher Lometti were selected as New York - Metro Super Lawyers. Partner Carol
Gilden was selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer.
• In 2011, Cohen Milstein was a recipient of The National Law Journal’s Pro Bono Award. The Firm was named
one of the “six firms that best reflect the pro bono tradition.”
2010
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• In 2010, Partner Joseph M. Sellers was selected as one of “The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers” by The
National Law Journal.
• In 2010, Partner Steven J. Toll was named one of Law360’s “Most Admired Attorneys”. In 2010, Partner
Andrew N. Friedman was selected as a Washington DC Super Lawyer.
• In 2010, Partner Agnieszka M. Fryszman was selected as a finalist for the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award
from the Public Justice Foundation.
• In 2010, Partners Joseph M. Sellers and Agnieszka M. Fryszman were both selected as one of the Lawdragon
500 Leading Lawyers in America.
• In 2010, Cohen Milstein was once again ranked as a Leading Plaintiff Class Action Antitrust Firm in the
United States by the Legal 500.
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