The Daily Journal has named Lieff Cabraser partner Nimish R. Desai a “Top 40 Under 40” attorney for 2019. Nimish is one of 40 outstanding lawyers in California under the age of 40 to be recognized with this prestigious award.

The publication highlights Nimish’s achievements in an in-depth profile, focusing on his active involvement in Whistleblower and False Claims Act litigation.

Congratulations, Nimish!

About Nimish Desai

A partner in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco office, Nimish R. Desai specializes in False Claims Act, class action, and environmental torts cases. In his False Claims Act practice, he has represented whistleblower clients in the healthcare, military contracting, mortgage, and securities industries. In addition to managing numerous under seal matters, Nimish has litigated and won notable cases, including obtaining a $46 million false billing case settlement from one of California’s largest hospital systems. Nimish also worked alongside the U.S. Department of Justice to recover $37 million from a military contractor accused of selling defective equipment.

In his class action practice, Nimish is one of the firm’s lead attorneys in the Takata air bag litigation, which has resulted in approved and proposed settlements totaling over $1 billion to date. He helped lead the litigation against BP over its allegedly defective solar panels, which resulted in a nationwide settlement valued at $67 million. Prior to that, he worked on litigation against Toyota for sudden acceleration problems in its vehicles, and against Pfizer for its allegedly defective prescription drugs Bextra and Celebrex. With his chemical engineering background, Nimish also works on the firm’s environmental cases and investigations, including the 2015 Santa Barbara oil spill, currently being litigated in federal court in Los Angeles, and the TVA coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee, which settled in 2014 for nearly $28 million.

A Super Lawyer for five consecutive years after being selected as a Rising Star in 2012, Nimish has previously served on the Board of the East Bay Community Law Center, and the Board of the South Asian Bar Association of Northern California. He is also a member of the State Bar of California, American Bar Association, Bar Association of San Francisco, and Consumer Attorneys of California.

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