After defeating certification, defeated the same plaintiffs' counsel's attempts to bring several lawsuits as mass actions with hundreds of thousands of individual plaintiffs.

After taking over a case alleging racial and gender discrimination, retaliation, and First Amendment violations, defeated the plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction based on full briefing and a one-day hearing.

In a racial discrimination, retaliation, and First Amendment case, in a compressed time period, obtained a full win on critical issues for the client. Also obtained a sanctions award after hundreds of pages of briefing and exhibits, and a lengthy hearing.

Went 10-for-10 defeating class and collective actions throughout the nation for a Fortune 500 company. The streak included obtaining decertification of one of the largest FLSA collectives in the history of the U.S.

Defeated attempted nationwide conditional certification in an FLSA case alleging independent contractor misclassification and failure to pay overtime in federal court in Colorado.

Obtained decertification of an FLSA conditional collective that had been certified before we took over the case. After the decertification decision was issued, lawyers for the plaintiffs conceded that another pending nationwide case—which we also were defending—should be decertified as well.

Defeated Rule 23 class certification of state law overtime claims in federal court in New Mexico for an international shipping company.

Defeated conditional certification of an FLSA and state law putative collective action in federal court in Ohio for an international shipping company.

Defeated conditional certification of an FLSA and state law putative collective action in federal court in Virginia for an international shipping company.

Defeated certification of two putative classes of almost 30,000 California claimants alleging that our client was a joint employer and liable for a number of California wage and hour law violations.

Won case-ending summary judgment for an international shipping company in a multi-plaintiff, putative joint employment case in state court in California. The plaintiffs sought overtime, meal and rest breaks, minimum wage, and other damages.

Won a motion to strike a California Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act ("PAGA") representative claim in federal court for alleged meal break violations where our client was a purported joint employer.

Successfully negotiated a nuisance value settlement in a putative class action for overtime wages in federal court in Illinois, before our client had to incur any substantial fees or costs in discovery or for significant briefing.

Won summary judgment for an international shipping company in a putative joint employment class action in federal court in Colorado.

Won a Montana Supreme Court victory for a health system in a putative consumer class action that challenged its policy of issuing refunds in the form of pre-paid debit cards. The victory affirmed our prior summary judgment win and defeated the plaintiff's new claims on appeal.

Defeated class certification for Whirlpool in a bellwether case alleging false advertising of innovative self-cleaning ovens.

Won dismissal with prejudice in a putative wage-and-hour class action in Kentucky. After defeating the plaintiff's attempt to obtain nationwide discovery against our client, we then filed a summary judgment motion on the plaintiff's claims. Rather than opposing the motion, the plaintiff agreed to dismiss his claims with prejudice.

Serve as national coordinating counsel to a major transportation company in FLSA collective action and individual and class wage and hour claims.

Won summary judgment for a multinational corporation in a putative class action dealing with independent contractor misclassification issues in New Mexico, thereby ending over two y ears of litigation. The court denied the plaintiff’s motion for class certification as moot.

Successfully opposed conditional certification of an FLSA collective action and won summary judgment against the named plaintiff.

Won a unanimous jury defense verdict in a three-week trial in Denver District Court for USAA. Defeated breach of contract and bad faith claims in connection with USAA's refusal to provide coverage for a roof on the plaintiffs' property. The jury returned a complete defense verdict in less than one hour.

Obtained dismissal of a plaintiff's class action complaint alleging false advertising filed against Whirlpool.

Defended an appeal to the Colorado Court of Appeals that affirmed the trial court's finding that our client, Encompass Insurance, was not liable for the claims brought against it in an insurance case. Subsequently defended the award of costs to our client.

Obtained a highly favorable non-class settlement in a putative, multistate class action involving Whirlpool-made wall ovens.

Won an 88% reduction in the appeal of a punitive damages award in a case tried by another firm.

Defeated certification of a multistate class action in Arkansas federal court involving claims that certain Whirlpool-made refrigerators were defective.