Brian T. Ruocco

Biography

Cases

• Defeated certification of two putative classes of almost 30,000 California claimants alleging that WTO's client was a joint employer and liable for a number of California wage and hour law violations as well as for benefits.
• Won summary judgment for an international shipping company in a putative joint employment class action in federal court in Colorado.
• Won a motion to dismiss for a medical device company facing products liability and negligence claims.
• Representing a major telecommunications company in an MDL involving 18 underlying consumer, securities, and derivative class actions that challenge the company's marketing and sales practices.
• Serve as national coordinating counsel to a major transportation company in FLSA collective action and individual and class wage and hour claims.
• Represent an attorney facing breach of contract claims regarding a previous litigation.
• Represent a real estate developer defending breach-of-contract and fraud claims from another developer.
• Testified on behalf of the Colorado LGBT Bar Association against proposed legislation before the Colorado House of Representatives' Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs. The legislation was defeated in committee.
• Represented an indigent client before the Third Circuit in a case regarding his removal order.
• Represented a transgender woman seeking asylum in the U.S on a pro bono basis.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

Articles

• Our Antitotalitarian Constitution and the Right to Identity, 165 U. Pa. L. Rev. 193, (October 2016).

Other Articles/Presentations

• "COVID-19 Litigation Risks and Best Practices," presented at FedEx Ground's Outside Service Provider Summit, (October 9, 2020).

Other Experience

Legal Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Personal Interests