PRACTICE AREAS

Class Actions

Employment lawyers at Pope, Berger & Williams, LLP have successfully represented workers in class actions involving overtime, minimum wage, unpaid hours worked and/or independent contractor status and unfair business practices.

• Archie v. United Parcel Service – settlement $18,000,000
• Addvensky v. Corporate Express – settlement $9,750,000
• Elias v. El Pollo Loco, Inc. – settlement $8,000,000
• Walker v. OfficeMax – settlement $6,500,000
• Granahan v. Pacific Monarch Resorts – settlement $6,000,000
• Sullivan v. ZipRealty, Inc – settlement $4,164,000.00
• Elzarie v. SWH Corporation dba Mimi’s Café – settlement $2,500,000
• Badran v. Prime Time Shuttle – settlement up to $2,012,750
• Andrade v. Sunshine Communications – settlement $1,600,000 (eve of trial)
• Class Action against trucking company – settlement $1,500,000
• Graham v. Judson Enterprises, Inc. – settlement $1,375.000.00
• Halley v. Mini-Bus Systems, Inc. dba SuperShuttle of Ontario -
   settlement $1,200,000.00 (during trial)
• Hall v. Check N’ Go – settled April, 2008 – $1,000,000
• Langley v. MC Communications, Inc. – settlement $1,000,000.00
• Fejerang v. North County Vending, Inc. – settlement $625,000
• Newman v. Express Messenger Systems, Inc. – settlement $550,000
• Aguirre v. Richard Heath & Associates, Inc. – settlement $550,000
• Ellis v. Lewis Operating Corp. – settlement $450,000
• Shammas v. Vanguard Car rental USA, Inc. – settlement $398,712.50
• Welch v. Luth Research, Inc. – settlement $355,000
• Casper v. Fresenius, USA, Inc. – settlement $325,000
• Cubas v. Mabie Marketing, Inc. – settlement $250,000
• Prescott v. Morris Silverman Management Corp. – settlement $218,775
• Other Class Actions settled in excess of $10 Million

Employment and Labor Law Firm Pope, Berger & Williams, LLP has also defended employers in class action lawsuits.