Announcement
Announcement
Steve Berman named as one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in AmericaContinued excellence in precedent-setting cases keeps Steve Berman on top
June 20, 2006
New York/Seattle (June 20, 2006) - Seattle attorney Steve Berman was named yesterday as one of the nation's 100 most influential lawyers in America by The National Law Journal, and one of only two Washington state attorneys to make the prestigious list.
The NLJ list, compiled once every six years, is considered one of the most coveted awards in the legal community. This is Berman's second time to achieve the honor.
As managing partner of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, Berman has led some of the country's most important cases and helped enhance the lives of countless individuals.
The National Law Journal cited Berman's work as a lead attorney for a class of Hungarian holocaust survivors and their heirs, where Berman helped secure a $25.5 million dollar settlement fund with the United States government after it failed to return personal artifacts seized just prior to the end of WWII.
The publication also cited Berman's work to end price-gouging by hospitals of the uninsured in a case involving Tenet Healthcare. In that case, Berman reached an agreement with healthcare giant Tenet to refund money to patients nationwide, and to adopt an equitable billing model which is now the model plan for many healthcare providers across the country.
In addition to his legal work, Berman and his wife Kathy endowed the Steve and Kathy Berman Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Washington. The clinic prepares students to become knowledgeable legal advocates for the Pacific Northwest's unique environmental concerns.
According to the publication, attorneys included in the list have "clout to make big things happen." The description goes on to say the publication was "looking for lawyers who had a national impact in their fields and beyond, especially over the past five years-lawyers who have the power to shape public affairs, launch industries, shake things up and get things done."
About Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is a law firm with offices in Seattle, Cambridge, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. The firm has developed a nationally recognized practice in class-action litigation. The firm is co-lead counsel in litigation to recover losses from Enron employees' retirement funds, and represented Washington and 12 other states in lawsuits against the tobacco industry that resulted in the largest settlement in the history of litigation. The firm also served as counsel in several other high-profile cases including the Washington Public Power Supply litigation, which resulted in a settlement of more than $850 million, and the $92.5 million settlement of The Boeing Company litigation. Other notable cases include litigation involving the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Average Wholesale Price Drug litigation, United Airlines litigation, Exxon Mobile Securities litigation, Louisiana Pacific Siding litigation, TAP Pharmaceutical's Lupron litigation, and SmithKline Beecham's Paxil Litigation.
