"BakerHostetler brings tremendous value to the table. They provide first-rate service, and I am always confident that they possess the intellectual wherewithal that our company would require on any matter."
– Chambers USA 2012
BakerHostetler’s national Class Action Defense team represents companies, institutions and organizations facing class actions across a broad spectrum of industries, including healthcare, insurance, retail, telecommunications, technology, finance and professional services. We have successfully defended companies against class certification, securing dismissal of class representatives’ claims and negotiating favorable settlements.
Recognized by Law360 as Class Action “Practice Group of the Year” (2014), our team has earned numerous accolades. The LA Daily Journal highlighted our privacy work in its Top Appellate Reversals of 2014 for defending against one of the first attempts to apply the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act to a data breach incident, and team attorneys are regularly named in Chambers USA and Best Lawyers in America®, among other ranking programs.
Our seasoned litigators represent organizations in high-stakes, statewide and nationwide class action litigation in every facet of class action proceedings – from removal under the Class Action Fairness Act to motions to dismiss, class certification proceedings, discovery, trial, settlement and appeal. We have experience supervising the administration of class action settlements with classes comprising millions of members, and we have successfully defended some of the most significant data breach class action cases in the country on behalf of large, national financial institutions and top healthcare organizations.
Our Class Action Defense team has particularly extensive experience in the following areas: