Litigation
Jan. 26, 2016
San Francisco plaintiffs' lawyer hailed as fine choice for lead counsel in VW case
Elizabeth J. Cabraser, a partner with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, was picked by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer to lead a 22-member steering committee in the class action against Volkswagen AG over the carmaker's emissions cheating software.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When 60 law firms across the country pooled their resources for an unprecedented class action against American tobacco companies 20 years ago,they tapped Elizabeth J. Cabraser to argue the high-stakes bid before a federal appellate court.
Cabraser, a San Francisco partner with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, was already a star in 1996.
And in the star-studded firmament of liti...
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