Current Role
  • Partner, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
  • Managing Partner of Hagens Berman’s Berkeley office
  • Practice is devoted entirely to representing plaintiffs in complex litigation, and primarily in the areas of antitrust and unfair competition
Recent Success

Ms. Scarlett has played a leading role in obtaining sizable settlements for antitrust plaintiffs in the following cases: 

  • In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litig., No. 16-CV-08637 (N.D. Ill.), co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class; recovery to date of $181 million
  • In re Animation Workers Antitrust Litig., No. 14-cv-4062 (N.D. Cal.), team at Hagens Berman acting as co-lead counsel for class of workers; recovery of nearly $169 million
  • In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litig., No. 13-md-02420 (N.D. Cal.), team at Hagens Berman acting as co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class; recovery of $113.45 million
  • In re EBooks Antitrust Litig., No. 11-md-02293 (S.D.N.Y.), team at Hagens Berman acting as co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class; recovery of $568 million
  • In re Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litig., No. 10-md-02143 (N.D. Cal.), team at Hagens Berman acting as lead counsel for indirect purchaser class; recovery of $205 million
  • In re Railway Industry Employee No-Poach Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2850 (W.D. Pa.), team at Hagens Berman on executive committee; recovery of $48.95 million
Experience
  • Associate, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, 2004-2007
  • Associate, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, 2002-2004
  • Associate, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, 2001-2002
Recognition
  • 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2020-2024
  • 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2022-2024
  • Chambers and Partners, Band 1 Ranking, Antitrust, 2022-2024
  • Top 100, National Trial Lawyers, 2023-2024
  • Thought Leaders, Global Elite, Who’s Who Legal, 2022, 2024
  • Northern California Super Lawyer, 2013-2024
  • Benchmark Litigation Future Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2024
  • Thought Leaders, Competition, Who’s Who Legal, 2024
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Plaintiffs Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions, Best Lawyers, 2024
  • Top Antitrust Attorney, The Daily Journal of California, 2021-2022
  • Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in California, The National Trial Lawyers, 2021-2022
  • Top Women Attorneys in Northern California, San Francisco Magazine, 2022
  • Top Plaintiff Lawyers, The Daily Journal of California, 2022
  • Top 50 Women, Northern California Super Lawyers, 2020-2021
  • Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2009-2011
Notable Cases

Ms. Scarlett is also serving as lead or co-lead class counsel in the following cases currently being litigated:

Presentations
  • Panelist, “Comparisons to the U.S. Class Action Experience,” Canadian Bar Association, Oct. 2024
  • Panelist and Co-Author of working Group 7, “Concentration in California,” California Law Revision Commission’s proposed changes to California’s antitrust laws, May 2024
Personal Insight

Shana is Canadian and the daughter of the noted Canadian jurist, the Hon. Edward D. Scarlett. When not in the Berkeley office of Hagens Berman, Shana usually can be found in Canada with her four sisters, nine nieces and nephews.