Areas of Practice
Class Actions
Overview
Starnes & Atchison is regularly called upon to defend clients in various industries in class actions around the country. In the last several years, the firm has defended over 70 national and state-wide class actions, often in cases involving novel or ground-breaking theories, with potential industry-wide impact.
The firm has particular class action experience in the areas of consumer finance, securities, products liability, and insurance. Starnes & Atchison has served as coordinating counsel when clients have been confronted with multiple class actions in multiple jurisdictions.
Specific recent experience includes:
- Matthews v. Brookstone Stores, Inc., 431 F.Supp.2d 1219 (S.D. Ala. 2006): obtained dismissal in class action alleging fraudulent design and distribution of a product
- Bickley v. Caremark RX Inc., 461 F.3d 1325 (11th Cir. 2006): obtained dismissal of class action filed against PBM involving allegations of ERISA violations
- Brown v. Protective Life Ins. Co., 353 F.3d 405 (5th Cir. 2003): twice obtained dismissal of putative class actions alleging violations of RICO and Louisiana Motor Vehicle Sales Act in sale of credit life insurance
- Exhaust Unlimited, Inc. v. Cintas Corp., 223 F.R.D. 506 (S.D. Ill. 2004): defeated class certification in nationwide antitrust case in which firm served as national coordinating counsel for a Georgia-based linen service provider
Practicing Attorneys
- W. Michael Atchison
- James Wilson Axon Jr.
- Bryan O. Balogh
- W. Drake Blackmon
- M. Warren Butler
- Todd H. Cox
- Jay Michael Ezelle
- Bryan G. Hale
- Anthony C. Harlow
- Robin Houston Jones
- Nicole McClain Liechty
- Patrick Lee Lowther
- J. Bentley Owens III
- Alfred H. Perkins Jr.
- John P. Scott Jr.
- Rik S. Tozzi
- Ashley E. Watkins
The recoveries, verdicts, favorable outcomes, and testimonials described on this site are not an indication of future results. Every case is different, and regardless of what friends, family, or other individuals may say about what a case is worth, each case must be evaluated on its own facts and circumstances as they apply to the law. The valuation of a case depends on the facts, the injuries, the jurisdiction, the venue, the witnesses, the parties, and the testimony, among other factors. Furthermore, no representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.
