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Class Actions

"An enviable reputation for defending high-profile
class actions and product liability cases."

—The Legal 500 US

Seven Certified Class Action Trials. Scores of Happy Clients. Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell's class action defense group has handled hundreds of class actions in state and federal courts in at least 33 states. WTO lawyers have defeated certification more than 175 times and won motions to dismiss or for summary judgment in dozens more cases. We have also successfully decertified classes after being brought in to rehabilitate class actions gone astray.  

In 2022, Chambers USA ranked WTO among the Top 14 firms in the U.S. for class action defense. Representative clients include Aimco, BP, CenturyLink, Electrolux, Ford, GE, Michelin, Toyota, Volvo, Whirlpool, and Yahoo! 

As the diversity of our clients suggests, we have extensive experience handling complex class actions involving a wide variety of substantive areas of law, including consumer fraud, product liability, antitrust, insurance, traumatic brain injury, employment, energy and natural resources, securities, and telecommunications.

Client Wins

Defeated an attempt by plaintiffs to convert an FLSA collective action into a hybrid collective/class action through the late addition of state-law class claims.
4.1.2021

Cases

Attorneys

Scott S. Barker
Senior Counsel
P. 303.244.1824
F. 303.244.1879
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Michele On-ja Choe
Partner, Diversity & Inclusion Chair
P. 303.244.1926
F. 303.244.1879
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Diane J. Duero
Staff Counsel
P. 303.244.1946
F. 303.244.1879
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Kaleb D. Gregory
Associate - Not Admitted in Colorado
P. 314.326.4136
F. 303.244.1879
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Peter W. Herzog III
Partner
P. 314.326.4129
F. 303.244.1879
P. 303.244.0117
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Zach Lange
Of Counsel
P. 303.244.1929
F. 303.244.1879
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Robert G. Mason
Trial Support Manager
P. 303.244.1816
F. 303.244.1879
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Thomas J. Palazzolo
Of Counsel
P. 303.244.0118
F. 303.244.1879
P. 314.326.4130
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Terri M. Schechter
Litigation Support Manager
P. 303.244.1834
F. 303.244.1879
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John R. (Jack) Trigg
Counsel Emeritus
P. 303.244.1860
F. 303.244.1879
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