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Class-action lawyer, Shook Hardy & Bacon. Co-author, Class Action Playbook, Betting the Company. Kind of obsessed with Brexit. Not the IP guy or the AI guy.

Los Angeles, CA
Joined November 2009
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Level 1: This procedure is impossible. Level 2: Wright & Miller? What's Wright & Miller. Level 3: Wright & Miller are collectively the Patriarch of All Federal Rules. Level 4: Wait they are really opinionated and say a bunch of stuff I'm not sure is right.
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The @HRC has selected Shook as one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality" for the 14th consecutive year. Shook is proud to receive a 100% score on the Corporate Equality Index for 2022. #CEI2022 fal.cn/3lGHl
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LCJ thanks all those who participated in the Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules’ hearing on the proposed amendments to Rule 702. We greatly appreciate your dedication to civil justice reform.
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Shook is named as Practice Group of the Year for Privacy and Cybersecurity 2022 by @Law360. Partner Al Saikali leads the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Practice and Partner Melissa Siebert leads Shook's Biometric Privacy litigation team. fal.cn/3lt2v
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“You can’t love your country only when you win.” - President Biden Most spot on quote of his presidency.
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One year ago today, Mike Fanone, a plainclothes narcotics officer with the DC Metropolitan Police Department, reported to work and answered the call to the Capitol. 🧵
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"It's just plain wrong." Lead counsel in talc MDL under fire over common benefit fees. at.law.com/HfB8mt?cmp=share_… via @lawdotcom
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“I’m not the first and won’t be the last to decry the proliferation of acronyms in legal and official writing. They are a prime example of false economy,” writes #redlines columnist @ProfJoeKimble.

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Shook Partner Michael Mallow explains his trial strategy when defending clients against unexpected, complex litigation. Michael co-chairs the firm’s Class Action & Appellate Litigation Practice Group. youtube.com/watch?v=22Ixacr2…
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Mass tort TV ads in serious slump as pandemic drags on ⁦@Reuters⁩ reuters.com/legal/legalindus…
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LCJ is excited to announce our 2021 Outstanding Contribution Award winners. This distinguished group played a key role in helping to advance civil justice reform over the past year. Please join us in thanking them for their outstanding service.
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Norma Bennett, Shook Of Counsel and co-chair of the firm's Veteran Employee Resource Group, discusses her experience serving. Norma was an Air Force intelligence officer and served in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm. #ShookVeterans #USVeterans linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
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an average male giraffe is 550 cm high. *the books of jacob* by olga tokarczuk is 5.5cm high, or exactly 1/100th of a giraffe. this is a helpful way of remembering either the height of a giraffe or the height of *t.b.o.j*, depending on which you're more in danger or forgetting
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Phil Goldberg (@SHBLaw ) shares about the invaluable network he has created in the IADC and its benefit on his national amicus practice. youtube.com/watch?v=on_4Lc7U…
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U.S. News - @BestLawyers in America has ranked Shook in five National Tier 1 rankings across a range of litigation defense practices. Shook grew in National Tier 1 rankings, advancing from a Tier 2 ranking for Litigation – Patent in 2021. #BestLawyers shb.com/news/2021/11/best-la…
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Last year a book of previously unpublished texts by Luiz Gama was released and sold out; his complete works, compiled into ten volumes, are now being published. A biographical film was released in August econ.st/3BfN7r7
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Shook has again ranked in @BenchLitigation's national Tier 1 category for Product Liability and Recall. The directory bases its rankings on extensive interviews with litigators, priority case analysis and firm developments: shb.com/news/2021/10/benchma… #BenchmarkLitigation
Shook Partners Cary Silverman and Tom Sullivan examine the potential impact a D.C. Court of Appeals case determining that advocacy groups need not prove Article III standing in order to sue: shb.com/-/media/files/profes… #ConsumerLaw #DCCourtOfAppeals @WLF
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