Credentials
Education
Clerkships
Judicial Law Clerk to The Honorable Edward E. Carnes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Recognition
The Best Lawyers in America
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, 2022-2027
Legal Memberships
American Bar Association, Member
Product Liability Advisory Council, Member
Bar and Admissions
California
Colorado
District of Columbia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
U.S. District Court, C.D. California
U.S. District Court, D. Colorado
U.S. District Court, E.D. California
U.S. District Court, E.D. Michigan
U.S. District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, N.D. California
U.S. District Court, N.D. Illinois
U.S. District Court, N.D. Ohio
U.S. District Court, S.D. California
U.S. District Court, S.D. Indiana
U.S. District Court, W.D. Michigan
Articles and Presentations
Presenter, "The Evolving Impact of Comcast on Proposed Class Damages Models, Opposing Class Certification," Strafford Publications.
"Third Circuit Confirms Comcast Still Has Teeth," Law360.
Presenter, "Using Comcast and Daubert to Attack Plaintiffs' Expert's Damage Models at Class Certification, Defeating Class Certification, Strafford Publications.
Presenter, "Primer on Comcast Corp. v. Behrend," FDLI Food Advertising & Litigation Conference.
Presenter, "Resolving a Case: Damages Models, Comcast Implications," FDLI Food Advertising & Litigation Conference.
"A Look at The Latest Damages Model in Food Litigation," Law360 Expert Analysis.
Presenter, "Green Building in Colorado: Know the Risks!," Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell.
Galen Bellamy represents major, sophisticated manufacturers in consumer class action and product liability litigation and appeals. His appellate experience includes successful petitions and amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and petitions and briefs in over half a dozen U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Galen has represented both international and domestic clients in state and federal courts across the U.S. He excels in developing creative strategies and building strong legal foundations to resolve complex commercial disputes and consumer class actions. He has also represented corporate clients in connection with investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and has helped conduct internal compliance investigations.
Galen’s civil litigation clients have included institutions from consumer goods, energy, healthcare, and manufacturing industries.
Before joining WTO, Galen was an associate with Skadden in the firm's Washington D.C. and San Francisco offices. Galen also clerked for The Honorable Edward E. Carnes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Cases
Class Actions
Represents healthcare providers in numerous patient class actions.
Won final approval of class settlement and vacatur of a $15 million attorneys' fee award from the Ninth Circuit in a consumer class action for Whirlpool.
Represent a major automotive supplier in consumer class actions involving alleged failure to adhere to safety requirements.
Class Actions
Represents healthcare providers in numerous patient class actions.
Won final approval of class settlement and vacatur of a $15 million attorneys' fee award from the Ninth Circuit in a consumer class action for Whirlpool.
Represent a major automotive supplier in consumer class actions involving alleged failure to adhere to safety requirements.
Won summary judgment against a certified, seven-state class action alleging false labeling and breach of warranty.
Defeated class certification for Whirlpool in a bellwether case alleging false advertising of innovative self-cleaning ovens.
Won denial of certification of a putative nationwide class action complaint alleging that certain Whirlpool washing machines contained defective electronic control boards that caused the machines to malfunction and could potentially cause them to "explode."
Obtained dismissal of putative state consumer protection claims alleging that Sears failed to disclose that certain Whirlpool-manufactured washing machines contained defective electronic control boards and a design defect that caused them to develop moldy odors.
Appeals
Authored an amicus brief on a question certified from the Second Circuit urging New York's highest court not to adopt cross-jurisdictional class action tolling.
Authored an amicus brief for the Product Liability Advisory Council urging affirmance of holding that state law consumer fraud claims against drug manufacturer were preempted under the Supreme Court's impossibility preemption principles.
Authored a Rule 23(f) petition for interlocutory review from an order partially granting class certification.
Authored an amicus brief for interested parties including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers to highlight issues involving the dangers of certifying classes of predominantly uninjured consumers.
Authored petitions for writs of certiorari in the high-profile appeals of class certification in Glazer v. Whirlpool and Butler v. Sears, which the Supreme Court granted, vacated, and remanded to the Sixth and Seventh Circuits for reconsideration in light of the Court's decision in Comcast v. Behrend.
Commercial Litigation
Represented large multinational document services company and large accounting firm in connection with investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding alleged accounting irregularities.
Galen Bellamy represents major, sophisticated manufacturers in consumer class action and product liability litigation and appeals. His appellate experience includes successful petitions and amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and petitions and briefs in over half a dozen U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Galen has represented both international and domestic clients in state and federal courts across the U.S. He excels in developing creative strategies and building strong legal foundations to resolve complex commercial disputes and consumer class actions. He has also represented corporate clients in connection with investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and has helped conduct internal compliance investigations.
Galen’s civil litigation clients have included institutions from consumer goods, energy, healthcare, and manufacturing industries.
Before joining WTO, Galen was an associate with Skadden in the firm's Washington D.C. and San Francisco offices. Galen also clerked for The Honorable Edward E. Carnes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Credentials
Education
Clerkships
Judicial Law Clerk to The Honorable Edward E. Carnes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Recognition
The Best Lawyers in America
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, 2022-2027
Legal Memberships
American Bar Association, Member
Product Liability Advisory Council, Member
Bar and Admissions
California
Colorado
District of Columbia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
U.S. District Court, C.D. California
U.S. District Court, D. Colorado
U.S. District Court, E.D. California
U.S. District Court, E.D. Michigan
U.S. District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, N.D. California
U.S. District Court, N.D. Illinois
U.S. District Court, N.D. Ohio
U.S. District Court, S.D. California
U.S. District Court, S.D. Indiana
U.S. District Court, W.D. Michigan
Articles and Presentations
Presenter, "The Evolving Impact of Comcast on Proposed Class Damages Models, Opposing Class Certification," Strafford Publications.
"Third Circuit Confirms Comcast Still Has Teeth," Law360.
Presenter, "Using Comcast and Daubert to Attack Plaintiffs' Expert's Damage Models at Class Certification, Defeating Class Certification, Strafford Publications.
Presenter, "Primer on Comcast Corp. v. Behrend," FDLI Food Advertising & Litigation Conference.
Presenter, "Resolving a Case: Damages Models, Comcast Implications," FDLI Food Advertising & Litigation Conference.
"A Look at The Latest Damages Model in Food Litigation," Law360 Expert Analysis.
Presenter, "Green Building in Colorado: Know the Risks!," Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell.
Cases
Class Actions
Represents healthcare providers in numerous patient class actions.
Won final approval of class settlement and vacatur of a $15 million attorneys' fee award from the Ninth Circuit in a consumer class action for Whirlpool.
Represent a major automotive supplier in consumer class actions involving alleged failure to adhere to safety requirements.
Class Actions
Represents healthcare providers in numerous patient class actions.
Won final approval of class settlement and vacatur of a $15 million attorneys' fee award from the Ninth Circuit in a consumer class action for Whirlpool.
Represent a major automotive supplier in consumer class actions involving alleged failure to adhere to safety requirements.
Won summary judgment against a certified, seven-state class action alleging false labeling and breach of warranty.
Defeated class certification for Whirlpool in a bellwether case alleging false advertising of innovative self-cleaning ovens.
Won denial of certification of a putative nationwide class action complaint alleging that certain Whirlpool washing machines contained defective electronic control boards that caused the machines to malfunction and could potentially cause them to "explode."
Obtained dismissal of putative state consumer protection claims alleging that Sears failed to disclose that certain Whirlpool-manufactured washing machines contained defective electronic control boards and a design defect that caused them to develop moldy odors.
Appeals
Authored an amicus brief on a question certified from the Second Circuit urging New York's highest court not to adopt cross-jurisdictional class action tolling.
Authored an amicus brief for the Product Liability Advisory Council urging affirmance of holding that state law consumer fraud claims against drug manufacturer were preempted under the Supreme Court's impossibility preemption principles.
Authored a Rule 23(f) petition for interlocutory review from an order partially granting class certification.
Authored an amicus brief for interested parties including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers to highlight issues involving the dangers of certifying classes of predominantly uninjured consumers.
Authored petitions for writs of certiorari in the high-profile appeals of class certification in Glazer v. Whirlpool and Butler v. Sears, which the Supreme Court granted, vacated, and remanded to the Sixth and Seventh Circuits for reconsideration in light of the Court's decision in Comcast v. Behrend.
Commercial Litigation
Represented large multinational document services company and large accounting firm in connection with investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding alleged accounting irregularities.