Cases
Experience: Representative engagements defending: Major auto finance companies in consumer class actions challenging financing
leasing issues, including Toyota Financial Services, GM Financial, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, Consumer Portfolio Services
Sant
er Consumer USA, among others. E.g. In re Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Marketing, Sales Practices,
Products Liability Litigation, 785 F. Supp. 2d 883, 904 (C.D. Cal. 2011) (granting motion to dismiss with prejudice)
AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. (now GM Financial), including Bankston v. AmeriCredit, 2011 WL 89730 (N.D. Cal.) (granting dismissal for lack of st
ing)
Wright v AmeriCredit, 2010 WL 5058345 (S.D. Cal.) (upholding validity of notice
dismissing action).
Major building products manufacturers in putative class actions alleging consumer warranty
unfair business practices claims arising out of the use of allegedly defective building materials. E.g., Camenson v. Milgard Manufacturing, Inc., 2008 WL 2381904 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) (upholding denial of class certification of homeowner claims alleging defective windows).
Major banks, insurers
consumer finance companies in class actions in state
federal courts challenging force-placed insurance on automobile
home loans, including Wahl v. American Security Ins. Co., 2008 WL 2444802 (N.D.Cal.).
Major car rental companies in multiple state
federal class actions challenging fees, pass-throughs
refueling charges. Defeated class certification or prevailed on dispositive motion in four cases, including Guerra v. Hertz, 504 F. Supp. 2d 1014 (D. Nev. 2007).
Major disk drive manufacturer in class action alleging consumer warranty claims. In re Seagate Technology LLC Litigation, 2019 WL 282369 (N.D. Cal.) (denying plaintiffs' second attempt at class certification).
