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Class Actions
Overview
Class action lawsuits seek to exponentially aggregate claims and potential damages, magnifying the stakes of litigation. No matter the industry, subject, or venue, Faegre Drinker’s deep bench of class action attorneys has been battle-tested and trusted in the toughest disputes, including the largest product recall in US history and consumer fraud claims involving tens of millions of potential class members. Because of our track record, many of the world’s leading companies across a range of industries have trusted us as their national class action defense counsel.
For each client and case, our team crafts strategies specific to your goals. With that strategy in place, combined with our knowledge of each leading plaintiff firm’s strengths and tactics, we efficiently steer your case to your preferred objective, whether that is to achieve an early resolution on favorable terms or to vigorously defend your business.
Class actions can present exceptional challenges, especially if the right strategic calls are not made in the earliest stages, but some threatened class actions can be resolved quickly through motion practice. We have won pleading-stage dismissals in countless class actions. If a case reaches discovery, we develop plans with our clients to effectively manage discovery to avoid unfair costs and burdens. At all stages, we work with our clients to best position the case to defeat certification or win summary judgment, where we have been successful in actions claiming breach of contract, product defects, consumer fraud, and other statutory violations.
Our class action teams have also handled interlocutory class action appeals before every US court of appeals. We involve our appellate team early to make sure cases are positioned as strongly as possible if appeals are necessary.
While class action trials are rare, our trial teams have uncommon and valuable class action trial experience.
Class actions can be prevented, too. We advise on risk-reducing consumer communications and regulatory compliance, and we help clients draft and defend state-of-the-art consumer arbitration agreements. It is never too early or too late to adopt creative strategies to reduce class action exposure.
We also have represented numerous companies facing challenges to the enforcement of arbitration agreements and mass arbitration demands in circumstances where clients did not have or could not enforce provisions restricting mass filings and challenges to the enforcement of arbitration agreements. We have employed a variety of specially tailored strategies to manage each client’s mass arbitration problem.
Insights & Events
Latest
Faegre Drinker Named a Litigation Powerhouse by BTI Consulting in its 2027 Litigation Outlook Report
The Daubert Exclusion Just Got Reversed: Defending Causation Experts Under Amended Rule 702
Jessica Benson Cox Named a 2026 "Woman of Influence" by Indianapolis Business Journal
Transposing the EU's New Product Liability Directive: A Member State Progress Report — September 2026 Updates
Norman Pentelovitch Discusses Strategic Client Counseling in Corporate Counsel Q&A Feature
Aaron Van Oort Discusses Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals With Short Circuit Podcast
Norman Pentelovitch Profiled in Minnesota Lawyer’s ‘Breaking the Ice’ Feature
England & Wales Litigation Brief — 2026 Mid-Year Update
John Ursu Profiled in University of Michigan Law School Alumni Magazine
The Evolving Food Litigation Landscape
Insights
Transposing the EU's New Product Liability Directive: A Member State Progress Report — September 2026 Updates
Norman Pentelovitch Discusses Strategic Client Counseling in Corporate Counsel Q&A Feature
Aaron Van Oort Discusses Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals With Short Circuit Podcast
Norman Pentelovitch Profiled in Minnesota Lawyer’s ‘Breaking the Ice’ Feature
England & Wales Litigation Brief — 2026 Mid-Year Update
John Ursu Profiled in University of Michigan Law School Alumni Magazine
Seventh Circuit Finds that Private Right of Action for Do Not Call Violations Does Not Apply to Text Messages
Southern District of Ohio Finds No Private Right of Action for Caller ID Violations
Data Centers in the Crosshairs: How to Avoid Becoming a Target of Nuisance Lawsuits
Employment: North America 2026
Events
Past Events
The Daubert Exclusion Just Got Reversed: Defending Causation Experts Under Amended Rule 702
The Evolving Food Litigation Landscape
The Business Judgment Rule: A Corporate Safe Harbor and How to Stay Within
Premium Finance Risks and Litigation: Assessing Risks, Defense of Claims, What Does the Future Hold? - New York, NY
Intro to Governor Braun's Legal Team
News
Faegre Drinker Named a Litigation Powerhouse by BTI Consulting in its 2027 Litigation Outlook Report
Jessica Benson Cox Named a 2026 "Woman of Influence" by Indianapolis Business Journal
Faegre Drinker Secures Major Class Certification Victory in Long-Running Antitrust Litigation Involving the Mission Health System
Jennifer Chawla and Andy Norin Earn Recognition in 2026 New Jersey Legal Awards
Faegre Drinker Welcomes Veteran Trial Lawyer Chad Hummel in Los Angeles
Former 3M Assistant General Counsel Norman Pentelovitch Joins Faegre Drinker Litigation Group
NJBIZ Names Susan Sharko to 2026 Law Power List
Daily Journal Names Cheryl Orr a 2026 ‘Top Labor & Employment Lawyer’
Cheryl Orr Named One of California's Top Women Lawyers by the Daily Journal
Wayne Mason Inducted as Fellow to the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Experience
Our Experience
Banner Life Insurance Company Defeats Putative Nationwide Class Action
Select Milk Producers, Inc. Defends Class Action Alleging Aiding and Abetting False Advertising of “fairlife” Milk Products
Dole Packaged Foods Defeats False Advertising Class Action
Home Improvement Retailer Secures Significant Seventh Circuit Victory in Contract-Formation Dispute
Sports Wagering App Successfully Enforces Contractual Ban on Class Action Claims
Enservco Wins Motion to Dismiss in Securities Fraud Class Action
Meet The Team
Meet The Full Class Actions Team
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Andrew B. Joseph
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Maria L. H. Lewis
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Alfred W. Putnam, Jr.
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