Rankings: Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms

  • October 18, 2013

    Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has snagged billion-dollar wins for clients such as the Federal Housing Finance Agency and MBIA Insurance Corp. against banking giants, earning it both a reputation as a powerhouse in post-financial collapse litigation and a spot on Law360's Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms list.

  • October 17, 2013

    Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Motley Rice

    Helping to secure potentially the largest civil class action settlement in U.S. history in litigation over the Deepwater Horizon disaster was just one of a number of significant recent victories achieved by Motley Rice LLC, helping it earn a spot on Law360's Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms list.

  • October 16, 2013

    Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: McKool Smith

    Versata Software Inc.'s initial loss of its $139 million award from business software giant SAP America Inc. in a patent dispute could have rattled any of its attorneys, but the team at McKool Smith PC saw to it that the firm eventually scored a much larger $391 million bounty, niftily applying SAP's own royalty calculations to Versata's advantage in a play befitting of one of Law360's Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms.

  • October 15, 2013

    Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms: Lieff Cabraser

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP's diverse caseload, which tackles suits ranging from securities to employment matters, coupled with its willingness to litigate cases both large and small in equal measure have secured the firm a slot on Law360's Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms list.

  • October 11, 2013

    Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Labaton Sucharow

    Labaton Sucharow LLP's ability to identify strong claims without relying on government regulators' legwork, its knack for building hard-to-dismiss cases through painstaking investigations and its recoveries last year of over a billion dollars for clients in securities fraud litigation have landed the firm on Law360's Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms list.

  • October 10, 2013

    Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Kirby McInerney

    Powered by a hard-hitting securities practice that took in nearly a billion dollars for its clients last year, Kirby McInerney LLP has recently racked up an impressive series of wins, including the landmark $590 million settlement of a securities class action targeting Citigroup Inc., earning it a spot on Law360's Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms list.

  • October 09, 2013

    Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Grant & Eisenhofer

    Over the last decade and a half, Grant & Eisenhofer PA has grown into one of the most high-profile shareholder and whistleblower advocates in the country, securing record-high cash settlements and earning a spot among Law360's Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms.

  • October 08, 2013

    Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Cohen Milstein

    In the past two years, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has proven a formidable foe for defense teams, securing more than $1 billion for plaintiffs in antitrust and mortgage-backed securities class actions, victories that have landed the firm a spot among Law360's Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms.

  • October 07, 2013

    Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms: Bernstein Litowitz

    Over the past two years, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has recovered more than $6 billion for its clients, including the three largest settlements tied to the subprime mortgage meltdown and credit crisis, cementing its spot among Law360's Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms.

  • October 04, 2013

    Law360 Names The Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms

    Amid fierce competition in the plaintiffs bar, 11 firms have stood above the rest in recent years by launching headline-grabbing suits, winning landmark decisions and brokering mammoth settlements, earning them a spot on Law360's inaugural list of Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms.

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