Law360 has announced the winners of its 2025 Practice Group of the Year awards, selecting Lieff Cabraser as a Practice Group of the Year in the categories of Class Action Law and Product Liability Law. These awards seek to recognize “the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry
Benchmark Litigation has announced its short list for the 2026 Benchmark Litigation US Awards, and we are pleased to share that the firm is a finalist for Labor & Employment Firm of the Year. In addition, Lieff Cabraser San Francisco Office Managing Partner Kelly Dermody is a finalist for Labor & Employment Litigator of the
Eleven 2026 selectees with Hall of Fame members Elizabeth Cabraser and Richard Heimann bring the firm’s total awardees for 2026 to thirteen
Cornell Law School’s Forum Magazine has published a profile of Cornell Law alum and Lieff Cabraser partner Eric B. Fastiff, focusing on Eric’s extraordinary work on behalf of Tribal Clients in opioid injury litigation.
Our thoughts are with our clients and the Altadena and Pasadena residents as they continue rebuilding their lives and homes one year after the devastating Eaton Fire. We are honored to work alongside our courageous clients in seeking accountability for the damage to their homes, health, community, and environment.
Veteran public-sector and complex litigation leader brings four decades of experience to the nationally-renowned plaintiffs’ law firm San Francisco, CA, January 7, 2026—(BUSINESSWIRE) — Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein is delighted to announce that Matthew G. Jacobs, former General Counsel of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (“CalPERS”), has joined the firm’s San Francisco office
We are pleased to announce that Caitlin Woods has been promoted to partner.
A recent article in The Cut highlights how the Trump administration’s mass federal layoffs have disproportionately affected women — upending the lives of pregnant workers and those on maternity leave, with some losing jobs, benefits, and financial stability at critical times. The piece notes that many of the agencies hit hardest by reductions are majority-women
As reported by Courthouse News, a federal judge in San Francisco signaled she may extend an injunction blocking the Trump administration from terminating University of California research grants from the U.S. Department of Energy, finding the DOE’s actions closely mirrored earlier grant cancellations she had already halted. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin said the DOE
Class action complaint alleges unlawful targeting of employees associated with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 3, 2025 CONTACT: ACLU-D.C. media @ acludc.org Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: media @ LCHB.com Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch: liz @ rep-ink.com