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Heavy Legal Hitters: Several Law Firms Specialize in Pursuing Major Bias Cases; Significant Resources Necessary
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
August 4, 2002
When it comes to representing workers against their employers in class-action race bias cases, several law firms stand out. Among the firms is Oakland, California-based Saperstein, Goldstein, Demchak & Baller. It, along with San Francisco-based Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann and Bernstein, sued Home Depot on behalf of female employees and job applicants. That case resulted in a 1998 settlement for $87.5 million and changes in the Atlanta-based retailer's hiring, promotion and compensation practices.
Many of the firms are engaged in other sorts of class-action litigation. Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein, for example, represented several states' attorneys general in winning a $206 billion settlement from the tobacco industry in 1998. Among its current cases, the firm is investigating, or suing, nearly five dozen funeral homes on behalf of bereaved families in the Tri-State Crematory case in Walker County.