Elizabeth Cabraser honored with the Daily Journal’s inaugural Distinguished Counsel award and Richard Heimann named for 7th time to “Top 100” Cal Lawyers List
The Daily Journal has published its annual listing of the “Top 100 Lawyers in California (subscription),” which includes a seventh-time selection for Lieff Cabraser partner Richard M. Heimann. The Journal also inaugurates a new tier of recognition, “Distinguished Counsel,” honoring attorneys who have been named to the Top 100 list 15 or more times. Lieff Cabraser partner Elizabeth J. Cabraser is one of only 17 lawyers in California to receive this new and prestigious award.
Congratulations to Elizabeth and Richard on outstanding recognition!
About Elizabeth J. Cabraser
Elizabeth J. Cabraser is one of the nation’s leading class action litigators, possessing unparalleled expertise in complex civil litigation. She has served as court-appointed lead, co-lead, or class counsel in scores of federal multi-district and state coordinated proceedings, and currently serves in leadership positions in several of the nation’s highest profile civil cases, including a solo leadership role in the VW “Clean Diesel” Emissions case, and co-lead positions in the GM ignition switch defect and Takata defective airbag cases, the Fiat Chrysler Jeep Dodge diesel emissions fraud litigation, the Generic Drugs Pricing antitrust litigation, and the National Prescription Opiates litigation.
About Richard Heimann
A “lawyer’s lawyer,” Richard M. Heimann is one of the nation’s foremost trial attorneys, with extensive experience in complex securities, investor fraud, injury, and antitrust cases, including the City of San Francisco’s recent bench trial win in opioids harm litigation against Walgreen’s and the historic settlements of the Wells Fargo and Boeing shareholder derivative suits, granted final approval in 2020 and 2022 respectively. Heimann has tried over 30 civil jury cases over more than four decades, and has served or serves as lead counsel in securities fraud actions including those against Petrobras, Navient, Wells Fargo, Merck, Bank of America, Schwab RMBS cases, LIBOR, Merrill Lynch, IndyMac, Broadcom, Tyco, Qwest, America Online, Peregrine, McKesson, Network Associates, Informix/Illustra, FPI/Agretech, California Micro Devices, and Scorpion I and II, representing both institutional and individual investors.
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