Lieff Cabraser partner Robert J. Nelson will be speaking at the 2016 Consumer Attorneys of California 55th annual convention on the panel, “Complex Litigation: Understanding and Flourishing in the Alphabet Soup of JCCPs, MDLs, etc.” Robert will be talking specifically on “What are the rules? CMOs and trial plans” during the Saturday 11/12 session from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m.
About the Consumer Attorneys of California
The Consumer Attorneys of California is a professional organization representing the interests of 39 million Californians. CAOC’s member-attorneys stand for plaintiffs seeking accountability from those who do wrong. Among the consumers CAOC represents are:
- Those injured or killed by defective products or drugs
- People who suffer discrimination because of age, gender, disability or race
- Individuals injured or killed because of the negligent acts of another, and
- Citizens whose civil rights have been violated.
Learn more about the CAOC online.
About Robert Nelson
A partner in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco office and the Chair of the firm’s False Claims Act practice group, Robert Nelson served as lead trial counsel in a false claims case against the University of Phoenix that settled for $78.5 million, among the largest FCA settlements without government intervention. He previously negotiated a $46 million settlement, a record amount under the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act, in a suit against Sutter Health. Nelson is a two-time recipient of the California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) award.
