Class Actions Archives - The BTI Consulting Group

Michael J. Burns

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:02:30 +0000

Michael represents employers in all aspects of traditional labor and employment law.

Michael represents retail, hospitality clients (including retail chains, hotels, restaurants, golf courses, spas, and gyms), and financial services companies in single plaintiff cases, as well as wage and hour and complex discrimination class actions in federal and state court. He also focuses his practice on traditional labor law on behalf of management before the National Labor Relations Board. He has significant experience with collective bargaining, union elections, and strike related activities, and has conducted over one hundred administrative, labor arbitration, and unfair labor practice hearings.

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Matthew Iverson

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:02:02 +0000

Matthew focuses his practice on complex litigation matters and employment class actions. He represents clients in state and federal courts, as well as national and international arbitrations. Matthew concentrates on class action defense, and in particular class actions involving employment misclassification, unfair trade practice allegations, franchising, and disputes over arbitrability.

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Harry M. Rowland, III

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:02:01 +0000

Harry represents employers in a wide variety of litigation matters with a primary focus on class and collective actions and other complex litigation. He has extensive experience defending complex wage-and-hour cases, including those asserting off-the-clock, regular-rate, time-rounding, and misclassification claims, as well as Title VII pattern or practice claims and other representative actions. Harry also defends employers in single-plaintiff cases and arbitrations and before administrative agencies.

Earlier in his career, Harry clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. in Atlanta. Through this experience, he honed his legal skills and gained a unique perspective that is invaluable to clients involved in federal litigation.

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J.D. Tripoli

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:01:50 +0000

John D. Tripoli focuses his practice on class action, regulatory, and appellate litigation, and defends businesses in all stages of state and federal employment claims, including:

Wage and hour putative class action claims
Employee misclassification claims
Discrimination and harassment claims
Restrictive covenants
Employment terminations and disciplinary actions
EEOC, NLRB, DOL, and state civil rights agency investigations
California Private Attorneys’ General Act
Wisconsin wage payment and collection laws

J.D.’s work has secured victories before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, state and federal appellate courts, and federal district courts nationwide. J.D. also has significant experience counseling global corporations and government entities, including state legislatures and agencies, through complex crises, assertions of federal government authority, regulatory investigations, risk avoidance, and public-relations inquiries.

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Kathleen Carter

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:01:49 +0000

Kathy is a trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in complex litigation and case management. She has extensive civil litigation experience with a practice ranging from handling employment law and consumer actions to complex commercial disputes. With clients ranging from multinational corporations to landlords and insurance companies, Kathy counsels clients on early resolution options and effective case and cost management approaches for matters of all sizes and scope.

Her broad litigation background and understanding of her clients’ businesses and particular industry challenges allows Kathy to offer sophisticated counseling and risk management advice. She helps clients identify areas of exposure, create processes and compliance policies to reduce risk, and implement strategic best practices in their organizations.

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John R. Neeleman

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:01:36 +0000

John Neeleman focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, class actions, antitrust and trade litigation, and professional malpractice litigation. He regularly represents clients in federal and state courts and federal, state, and local administrative agencies, and provides advice and counsel to corporate clients and business owners in matters involving varied and complex factual and legal issues. As a commercial litigator focusing on complex matters, John has tried cases and won large plaintiff verdicts and defense verdicts for businesses in state and federal courts in Washington and Alaska.

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Conor J. Dale

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:01:21 +0000

Conor Dale is a principal in the San Francisco, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He has experience representing employers in state and federal employment litigation including single plaintiff discrimination, harassment, retaliation and breach of contract claims and wage and hour class action experience. He has particular expertise in contractual arbitration and representing employers in the technology industry, including defending companies and boards of directors from claims filed by current and former c suite executives.

Conor also has experience advising and counseling employers on all aspects of California and Federal employment law.

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Karin Cogbill

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:01:21 +0000

Karin Cogbill is a principal and office litigation manager in the Silicon Valley, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She represents and counsels employers in connection with all types of labor and employment matters arising under federal and state laws.

Karin devotes a significant portion of her practice to representing employers in wage and hour litigation, with an emphasis on class, collective and hybrid actions, in state and federal courts throughout the United States.

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John J. Haggerty

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:01:11 +0000

John is Co-Chair of the firm’s Class Actions group and has a national practice focused on insurance, complex commercial, class action, product liability and mass tort litigation for major corporations in state and federal courts throughout the country.

A seasoned trial lawyer, John leads a talented team of attorneys who are adept at tackling large-scale cases anywhere in the country. He has extensive experience in Multi-District Litigation, including the massive Opiate Litigation and the Auto Body Antitrust Litigation, and has served as national counsel in cases involving tobacco, welding fumes and lead paint litigation.

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Heather L. Richardson

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:01:10 +0000

Heather Richardson is a litigation partner in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office and is Co-Chair of the firm’s ERISA Litigation practice. She specializes in health care, ERISA, insurance, employee misclassification, and class actions. She has handled dozens of high-stakes matters from inception to a win. She regularly litigates against both private parties and government entities in trial courts around the country and a variety of different arbitration tribunals. In the healthcare space, Heather has represented health plans and plan sponsors on a wide range of issues including reimbursement policy, coverage determinations, quality of care, pharmacy benefits, and provider contracting. She has served as trial counsel in cases involving novel, complex issues ranging from provider compensation to gig economy worker classification.

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