David Sugerman is an Oregon trial lawyer with noteworthy experience in class actions and complex litigation. His notable results include serving as lead counsel in Scharfstein v. BP West Coast Products, LLC, an nine-figure consumer protection trial win against BP for illegal debit card surcharges at the pump. The case settled on appeal for the face-amount of the judgment, plus interest. In addition to the Scharfstein case, David has led a team that has achieved eight-figure settlements in several consumer class action cases. In the last three settlements, David’s team has achieved claim rates of between 55 and 99 percent.

Scott D. Owens is the founder of Scott D. Owens, P.A. which since 2011 has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of consumers throughout the United States. Scott has devoted his legal practice to defending consumers against intrusive and often fraudulent methods employed by telemarketers, text message spammers, and debt collectors. His deep commitment to pro-consumer litigation was spurred by his previous career at a debt collection law firm, where he witnessed how deceptive and aggressive business practices burden the lives of average citizens.  Scott has been litigating TCPA lawsuits in federal court for more than ten years. Scott argued the matter of Breslow v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A, 755 F.3d 1265 (11th Cir. June 9, 2014) before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Since that time, Scott has successfully litigated dozens of TCPA cases and served as counsel on a multitude of TCPA class actions.

Michael R. Reese has been representing consumers for more than 15 years in class actions, and has recouped hundreds of millions of dollars on their behalf as class counsel.  Mr. Reese specializes in food law, and is a frequent lecturer – both to practitioners and academics – on food law.  He is also frequently published on food law, with his most recent publication appearing in the April, 2016 edition of the American Bar Association Health Lawyer.  Mr. Reese is an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School where he currently teaches on class actions.  Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Reese was a prosecutor at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office where he prosecuted violent and white-collar felonies.

Brian Herrington is the founding partner of Herrington Law, PA. Mr. Herrington has successfully litigated class action cases involving consumer protection, antitrust, and unfair and deceptive practices in courts across the country from New York to Illinois to Washington. For the past four years, Mr. Herrington has litigated food misbranding cases primarily in California, but other states as well.

Carol McLean Brewer is a Partner at Anderson, Ogilvie & Brewer LLP. She concentrates her practice on class actions and consumer litigation. From 1979 to 2000, Ms. Brewer’s practice was based in Florida, where she handled numerous cases at trial and on appeal. She has focused on class action litigation since 1992. Among other cases, she obtained certification of an unusual nationwide class action that was affirmed on appeal, Renaissance Cruises, Inc. v. Glassman, 738 So.2d 436 (Fla. 4^th DCA 1999). In 2000, Ms. Brewer relocated to San Francisco. She and her partner Andrew Ogilvie have developed much of the law in the area of creditors’ post-repossession obligations to consumers pursuant to California’s Rees-Levering Automobile Sales Finance Act, Cal. Civil Code § 2981 et seq. She currently is handling Fair Credit Reporting Act class actions as well.

Natalie Finkelman Bennett is a partner at Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller and Shah. She joined SFMS in 2000. Natalie concentrates her practice on antitrust, consumer and insurance litigation, as well as complex commercial matters. Natalie earned her undergraduate degree magna cum laude from the Pennsylvania State University and her law degree magna cum laude from the Temple University School of Law.

Robert W. Murphy is in private practice in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, focusing on consumer class action litigation. Mr. Murphy has been lead counsel in over 200 consumer class actions. Recently, he was recognized by TopVerdict.com for having two of the largest class settlements in the United States for a nationwide truck warranty action against Mitsubishi in 2017 and a $19.7 million class settlement involving automobile deficiencies.

Neil Fineman is a member of Fineman à Poliner LLP, in Orange County, California. Mr. Fineman leads the consumer class action section of the firm. He concentrates in new and novel consumer class actions of first impression, including the seminal privacy rights caseFlorez v. Linens ‘N Things, Inc. (2003) 108 Cal.App.4th 447. Over the past 18 years of practice, he has served as lead counsel or co-lead counsel in approximately 100 class actions in state and federal courts.

Ilene Ringel Heller has more than twenty-five years of experience as a food and drug attorney. For the past five years, she has served as a regulatory consultant on food labeling issues, with an emphasis on consumer protection litigation involving deceptive food claims. During her fourteen years at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) as a Senior Staff Attorney and ultimately Associate Director of Legal Affairs, Ms. Heller filed numerous complaints and petitions with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), drafted legal briefs, and co-authored several in-depth reports, including Food Labeling Chaos:  The Case for Reform. Following the release of that report, the FDA issued a record number of enforcement actions against food companies. The report also influenced proposed revisions to the Nutrition Facts Panel. Prior to joining CSPI, Ms. Heller practiced food and drug law at Keller and Heckman and Arnold & Porter. She has been a speaker at various food law conferences, including those sponsored by the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), and served for four years on the Editorial Board of the Food and Drug Law Journal. Ms. Heller graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center and is a member of the District of Columbia bar.

Tracy Rezvani is a Shareholder of Rezvani Volin P.C. in Washington D.C. She is the District of Columbia co-chair for NACA. Over the last twenty years, she has represented consumers in food-based class actions and representational litigation focused on false “all natural” claims, false “No GMO” claims, and misleading sodium or whole grain claims.