Ruwani Namal Munaweera Tantula

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Special Counsel

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Representative Experience: On behalf of a large West Coast limousine company, won a motion to compel arbitration
  decertify a class, reducing client's potential damages significantly from approximately $5 million to $2,000, which resulted in the published opinion Iskanian v. CLS Transportation (2014) 59 Cal. 4th 348
  Successfully defeated certification of a class of 150,000 potential plaintiffs, saving the client over $600 million in damages
  Gained a significant victory by defeating class certification,
  saving millions in damages, on behalf of a large beverage company
  Obtained summary judgment in favor of a national transportation company in an age discrimination suit which resulted in the published opinion Reeves v. MV Transportation, Inc. (2010) 186 Cal.App.4th 666
  Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a national telecommunications company sued by a former employee claiming race discrimination
  wrongful termination
  Settled a case favorably on behalf of one of the nation's largest pharmaceutical companies in a wage
  hour
  sexual orientation discrimination action
  Settled a case favorably on behalf of a national manufacturer in which a former employee claimed age discrimination
  wrongful termination after a department layoff
  Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a national corporation accused of disability discrimination
  harassment