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DiCello Levitt Gutzler LLC’s Experience and Representative Cases

Representing institutional investors, individuals, businesses, and public clients, the firm’s attorneys have

successfully prosecuted and settled numerous complex cases and class actions, resulting in billions of dollars in

recoveries for their clients and other class members.  Partners Mark DiCello, Adam Levitt, and Greg Gutzler lead a top‐

notch team of recognized leaders who share a collective depth of experience and steadfast commitment to justice.  

Theirtireless advocacy on behalf of their clientsiswell‐known,recently leading Mike Bowers, Georgia’sformer Attorney

General, to characterize a settlement obtained by Adam Levitt and Amy Keller on behalf of small business owners

against a major credit card processor as a “work of art,” and “one of the best pieces of legal work I have ever observed.”  

Champs Sports Bar & Grill v. Mercury Payment Systems, LLC, No. 16‐cv‐00012 (N.D. Ga.).

Based in Chicago, Cleveland, and New York, with a nationwide practice, the firm’s attorneys have

successfully led—and are presently leading—many large class and multidistrict actions, including against industry titans

such as Apple, Intel, General Motors, and Equifax, and representing businesses and investors in arbitrations and

litigation in multiple courts.

REPRESENTATIVE MULTIDISTRICT AND CLASS ACTION CASES

In re Fairlife Milk Products Marketing and Sales

Practices Litigation, No. 19‐cv‐3924 (N.D. Ill.)

Nationwide multidistrict class action

involving sales practices of milk

products.

Co‐Lead Counsel

In re American Medical Collection Agency, Inc.,

Customer Data Security Breach Litig., No. 19‐

md‐2904 (D.N.J.)

Data breach affecting millions of

patients whose personal information in

laboratory records was exposed by a

collections company.

Co‐Lead Counsel

In Re: Marriott International, Inc., Customer

Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 19‐md‐

02879 (D. Md.)

Data breach affecting nearly 400 million

people.

Co‐Lead Counsel

T.S. Kao, Inc., et al. v. North American Bancard,

LLC, et al., No. 16‐cv‐4219 (N.D. Ga.)

Nationwide settlement for $15 million

pending approval for merchants who

were overcharged for credit card

processing services.

Co‐Lead Counsel

In re Intel Corp. CPU Marketing, Sales Practices

and Products Liability Litigation, No. 18‐md‐

02828 (D. Or.)

Nationwide class action related to

security flaws in Intel‐manufactured

CPUs.

Plaintiffs’ Steering

Committee

In re Apple Inc. Device Performance Litigation,

No. 18‐md‐02827 (N.D. Cal.)

International class action concerning

device performance throttling.

Plaintiffs’ Executive

Committee

In re Polaris Marketing, Sales Practices, and

Products Liability Litigation, No. 18‐cv‐0939 (D.

Minn.)

Nationwide class action against off‐road

vehicle manufacturer related to design

defects impacting driver safety.

Co‐Lead Counsel

In re Equifax, Inc. Customer Data Security

Breach Litigation, No. 17‐MD‐02800 (N.D. Ga.)

Data breach affecting nearly 150 million

people.

Co‐Lead Counsel
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State of New Mexico, ex rel. Hector H. Balderas

v. Takata Corporation, No. D‐101‐CV‐2017‐

00176 (Santa Fe 1st Jud. Dist., N.M.)

Consumer protection lawsuit brought by

state attorney general involving

defective and dangerous airbags.

Counsel by Special

Commission

Champs Sports Bar & Grill v. Mercury Payment

Systems, LLC, No. 16‐cv‐00012 (N.D. Ga.)

Card processing fee class action

resulting in nationwide settlement of

$52 million for small businesses.

Co‐Lead Counsel

Sloan v. General Motors LLC, No. 16‐cv‐07244

(N.D. Cal.)

Excessive oil consumption defect class

action.

Co‐Lead Counsel

State of New Mexico, ex rel. Hector H. Balderas

v. Volkswagen Group of America, No. D‐101‐CV‐

2016‐00131 (Santa Fe 1st Jud. Dist., N.M.)

Consumer protection lawsuit related to

corporation’s use of defeat device to

circumvent state consumer and

environmental laws.

Counsel by Special

Commission

In re Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing,

Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation,

No. 15‐md‐2672 (N.D. Cal.)

Vehicle emissions/defeat device class

action litigation resulting in over $16

billion in total settlements for

consumers.

Plaintiffs’ Steering

Committee

In re General Motors LLC Ignition Switch

Litigation, No. 14‐md‐2543 (S.D.N.Y.)

Ignition switch defect class action. Executive Committee

In re Navistar MaxxForce Litigation, No. 14‐cv‐

10318 (N.D. Ill.)

Nationwide truck emissions control

system defect class action.

Co‐Lead Counsel

NCUA v. RBS Securities, Inc., No. 13‐cv‐6726

(S.D.N.Y.)

Securities litigation related to residential

mortgage‐backed securities; accepted

offer of judgment for $129.6 million,

plus fees

Represented

Government Agency

In re Adobe Systems, Inc. Privacy Litigation,

No. 13‐cv‐05226 (N.D. Cal.)

Data breach affecting 38 million

customer accounts.

Executive Committee

CMFG Life Ins. Co. v. RBS Sec. Inc., No. 12‐cv‐037

(W.D. Wis.)

Securities litigation related to residential

mortgage‐backed securities; recovery

amounts confidential.

Counsel for Large

Wisconsin

Corporation  

Roberts v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc., No.

12‐cv‐1644 (C.D. Cal.)

Defective dryer class action resulting in

$35.5 million nationwide settlement.

Co‐Lead Counsel

In re Imprelis Herbicide Marketing, Sales

Practices and Products Liability Litigation, MDL

No. 2284 (E.D. Pa.)

Tree and shrub damage from defective

herbicide class action resulting in $550

million settlement.

Co‐Lead Counsel

In re Sony Gaming Networks and Customer Data

Security Breach Litigation, No. 11‐md‐02258

(S.D. Cal.)

Data breach case affecting 77 million

accounts.  

Co‐Lead Counsel
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In re Michaels Stores Pin Pad Litigation, No. 11‐

cv‐3350 (N.D. Ill.)

Data breach lawsuit concerning

compromised payment information.

Co‐Lead Counsel

In re StarLink Corn Products Liability Litigation,

No. 01‐md‐1403 (N.D. Ill.)

Biotechnology class action concerning

contamination of U.S. corn supply with

unapproved genetically modified trait

resulting in $110 million settlement.

Co‐Lead Counsel

In re Genetically Modified Rice Litigation, No.

06‐md‐1811 (E.D. Mo.)

Biotechnology mass tort concerning

contamination of U.S. rice supply

resulting in aggregate settlements

exceeding $1.1 billion.

Co‐Lead Counsel

In re Porsche Cars Plastic Coolant Tubes

Litigation, No. 11‐md‐2233 (S.D. Ohio)

Nationwide class action involving

defective engine coolant tubes resulting

in $45 million settlement.

Co‐Lead Counsel

In re: Reebok Easytone Litigation, No. 10‐CV‐

11977 (D. Mass.)

False advertising class action resulting in

$25 million, non‐reversionary

settlement fund.

Class Counsel

In re Pharmatrak, Inc. Privacy Litigation,

No. 00‐cv‐11672 (D. Mass.)

Internet privacy lawsuit related to

collection of personal information

without consent.   

Co‐Lead Counsel

NCUA v. Barclays Capital, Inc., No. 13‐cv‐6727

(S.D.N.Y.) & No. 12‐cv‐1631 (D. Kan.)

Securities litigation related to residential

mortgage‐backed securities; settled for

$325 million combined.

Represented

Government Agency  

NCUA v. Wachovia Capital Markets LLC,  

No. 13‐cv‐6719 (S.D.N.Y.) & No. 11‐2649 (D.

Kan.)

Securities litigation related to residential

mortgage‐backed securities; settled for

$53 million combined.

Represented

Government Agency  

NCUA v. Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., No. 13‐cv‐

6705 (S.D.N.Y.) & No. 13‐cv‐2418 (D. Kan.)

Securities litigation related to residential

mortgage‐backed securities; settled for

$225 million combined.

Represented

Government Agency  

NCUA v. RBS Securities, Inc., et al., No. 11‐cv‐

2340 (D. Kan.) & No. 11‐cv‐5887 (C.D. Cal.)  

Securities litigation related to residential

mortgage‐backed securities; settled for

$1.1 billion.

Represented

Government Agency

Monsanto Co. v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc., No. 07‐cv‐

543 (E.D. Mo)

Breach of licensing agreement related

to access to Monsanto’s newest

patented soybean technology; resulted

in favorable settlement agreement.

Represented Large

Biotechnology

Corporation

Gulf Power v. Peabody, No. 06‐cv‐270 (N.D. Fla.) Defending breach of coal supply

agreement; tried to successful verdict.

Represented Large

Energy Company
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Monsanto Co. v. Delta & Pine Land Company Confidential arbitration re licensing fees

and obligations related Monsanto’s

patented cotton technology.

Represented Large

Biotechnology

Corporation

Monsanto Co. v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc., No.

2107CC‐01361 (Missouri State Court, St. Louis

County)  

Licensing dispute related to Monsanto’s

patented soybean technology; tried to

successful verdict; received all remedies

sought, including declaratory judgment

and injunctive relief.

Represented Large

Biotechnology

Corporation

Monsanto Co. v. Garst Seed Co., No. 2104CC‐

04999 (Missouri State Court – St. Louis County)  

Breach of contract case.  Won summary

judgment.

Represented Large

Biotechnology

Corporation

In re DoubleClick, Inc. Privacy Litigation,

No. 00‐cv‐0641 (S.D.N.Y.)

Internet privacy class action.   Co‐Lead Counsel

Supnick v. Amazon.com, Inc., 

No. C00‐0221P (W.D. Wash.)

Internet privacy lawsuit related to

installation of tracking software.  

Co‐Lead Counsel

Monsanto Co. v. E.I. du Pont De Nemours & Co.

Inc., No. 00‐cv‐00952 (E.D. Mo.)

Patent infringement lawsuit; tried to

successful $1 billion verdict, the fourth‐

largest patent‐infringement jury verdict

in U.S. history

Represented Large

Biotechnology

Corporation

	 	
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DiCello Levitt Gutzler LLC’s Experienced Roster of Attorneys

Acknowledged as Super Lawyers and Leading Lawyers by Law Dragon, and AV‐Rated by Martindale‐

Hubbell, the attorneys of DiCello Levitt are recognized as best in their field by prominent legal publications. In

addition, the firm’s attorneys have been included in the Law Bulletin’s 40 Under 40 award, National Trial Lawyers 40

Under 40 list, and the Best Lawyers in America publication.   

Beyond recognition from legal publications, the firm’s attorneys have contributed to the legal community

through scholarship and speaking engagements, including as a panelist for the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois,

testifying before the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee on class action practice, and chairing an annual class

action litigation conference in Chicago.

Biographies for the firm’s attorneys proposed to lead this litigation appear below.

   
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Adam J. Levitt

Partner	

EMAIL:

alevitt@dicellolevitt.com  

EDUCATION

Northwestern University Pritzker

School of Law, J.D.

Columbia College, Columbia

University, A.B., magna cum laude 

Adam operates one of the nation’s leading commercial litigation

practices, having achieved billions in recoveries for his clients.

A founding partner of DiCello Levitt, Adam Levitt is one of the nation’s leading

advocates for plaintiffs in commercial litigation, class actions, mass torts, and

public client cases.  He has extensive experience leading multidistrict and other

nationwide complex litigation lawsuits, with a substantial focus on deceptive

trade practices, financial fraud, sophisticated technology issues, and new

approaches to compound legal issues.

A leader in the field of developing novel approaches to damages methodologies,

Mr. Levitt has recovered billions of dollars for clients and class members.  As co‐

lead counsel in three of the largest biotechnology class actions in history, he

recovered more than $1.7 billion for class members: In re Genetically Modified 

Rice Litig. (E.D. Mo.) (securing settlements exceeding $1.1 billion); In re Imprelis 

Herbicide,  Sales  Practice  and  Products  Liability  Litig. (E.D. Pa.) ($550 million

settlement); and In re StarLink Corn Products Liability Litig. (N.D. Ill.) ($110 million

settlement).  In those cases, Mr. Levitt devised the market loss damages model

used in every similar case since StarLink.  His legal writing related to these novel

theories and damages modeling earned Mr. Levitt the Burton Award for Finest

Law Firm Writer (2017) and the American Agricultural Law Association’s

Professional Scholarship Award (2017).

Recognized as a “pioneer” in litigation involving complex technology issues by

Judge James Ware, former Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the

Northern District of California, Mr. Levitt hasserved in leadership rolesin a variety

of multidistrict class action cases related to sophisticated frauds committed

through the use of technology.  For example, Mr. Levitt was recently appointed

to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the nationwide class action against Intel

Corp. related to security vulnerabilities in the company’s ubiquitous CPUs.  In re: 

Intel Corp. CPU Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation (D. Or.).   

Mr. Levitt’s victories extend to other areas of practice, including in automotive

cases, where he served as a member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in In re 

Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litig.

(N.D. Cal.), a case resulting in over $16 billion in total settlements for consumers.  

Mr. Levitt has also served in leadership positions in a number of other cases,

including In re Polaris Mktg., Sales Practices, and Prods. Liab. Litig. (D. Minn.) (Co‐

Lead Counsel); In  re Navistar Maxxforce  Engines,  Sales  Practices  and  Products 

Liability Litig. (N.D. Ill.) (Co‐Lead Counsel); and In re General Motors LLC Ignition 

Switch Litig. (S.D.N.Y.) (Executive Committee).

Nationally recognized as an authority on class action litigation, Mr. Levitt is the

President of Class Action Trial Lawyers, an elected member of the American Law

Institute and the Economic Club of Chicago and serves on advisory boards for the

Duke Law Center for Judicial Studies, the American Constitution Society, and the

Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies. He has testified before the Illinois

Supreme Court Rules Committee on class action practice and chairs an annual

class action litigation conference in Chicago.  Mr. Levitt has an “AV” rating from

Martindale‐Hubbell and has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer every yearsince

2012.

 
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Adam J. Levitt,		

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PRACTICE AREAS 

• Antitrust Litigation

• Appellate Litigation

• Commercial Litigation

• Class Action Litigation

• Product Liability Litigation

• Public Client Litigation

• Securities Litigation

 

HONORS 

• Burton Award, Finest Law Firm Writer (2017)

• “AV” rating, Martindale‐Hubbell

• Super Lawyer: Class Actions & Mass Torts, Illinois (2012‐present)

• 500 Leading Lawyers in the U.S., Lawdragon (2011)

• Litigator of the Week, American Lawyer (2011)

 

SELECTED WRITINGS AND PRESENTATIONS 

Law review articles 

• The Gift That Keeps on Giving:  Price Overhang Damages in Commodity Crop 

Cases, 51 VAL. U. L. REV.  375 (2017) (co‐authored with Russell L. Lamb)

• Agricultural “Market Touching”: Modernizing Trespass to Chattels in Crop 

Contamination Cases, 38 U. HAW. L. REV. 409 (2016) (co‐authored with

Nicole Negowetti)

• CAFA and Federalized Ambiguity: The Case for Discretion in the 

Unpredictable Class Action, 120 YALE L.J.  ONLINE 231 (2011)

Other recent writings 

• March of the Machines – Robotic Vehicles and the Changing Landscape of 

Motor Vehicle Liability, TRIAL, Vol. 53, No. 2 (2017)

• The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal: What’s Next?, TRIAL, Vol. 52, No. 2

(2016)

Recent notable presentations 

• The Current Role of Class Actions in Complex Litigation, Contemporary 

Issues in Complex Litigation, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (2018)

• Analysis and Application of the Ninth Circuit’s Briseño v. ConAgra Opinion,

Rapid Response: Analysis of the Ninth Circuit Rejection of Ascertainability

Webinar (2017)

• Criteria for Approving Class Action Settlements, The Duke Law Center for

Judicial Studies – Class Action Settlement Conference (2016)

• Proving Class‐Wide Damages After Comcast in Consumer Products Class 

Actions, AAJ Summer Conference (2016)

 

ADMISSIONS 

• United States Supreme Court

• United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fourth,

Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits
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Adam J. Levitt,		

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ADMISSIONS, 

continued

• United States District Courts for the District of Colorado; Northern, Central,

and Southern Districts of Illinois; Northern District of Indiana; Eastern

District of Michigan; District of Nebraska; Eastern and Northern Districts of

Texas; and the Western District of Wisconsin

• State Courts of Illinois and New York

 
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Mark Hamill 

Senior Counsel 

EMAIL:

mhamill@dicellolevitt.com

EDUCATION

Northwestern University Law

School, J.D., cum laude

Washington & Jefferson College,

B.A.

Mark represents plaintiffs in all aspects of direct and class 

actions in commercial, antitrust, securities and consumer cases. 

Mr. Hamill concentrates on commercial, antitrust, securities, and consumer

cases, often taking a lead role with expert witnesses in finance, accounting, and

economics topics.  He also serves as eDiscovery counsel in many of his cases,

leveraging his depth of experience in this area as an attorney, and as an

eDiscovery project manager serving Fortune 500 and major accounting firm

clients in large‐scale, high intensity projects.   

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Hamill represented Direct Action Purchaser

plaintiffs in antitrust cases, advancing their interests and coordinating with

counsel in parallel actions.  He also represented shareholders in securities class

actions at a securities boutique firm in New York, including a Chinese reverse

merger case where his deposition and class certification work were

instrumental to achieving a favorable settlement for the class.    

Before taking on eDiscovery projects and plaintiff representations, Mr. Hamill

practiced law with some of Chicago’s most prominent firms, where he served

on trial and arbitration hearing teams in antitrust and accounting cases.   Mr.

Hamill also represented clients in litigations and investigations involving

commercial, securities, FCPA, and white‐collar matters, including an insurance

dispute arising from the Enron fraud and an internal investigation stemming

from the Parmalat fraud.  Prior to attending law school, Mr. Hamill worked as a

CPA and consultant with KPMG and Deloitte, and as a senior internal auditor at

Whirlpool Corporation.

Mr. Hamill’s volunteerwork includestax preparation for low‐income individuals.

PRACTICE AREAS 

• Antitrust Litigation

• Appellate Litigation

• Class Action Litigation

• Commercial Litigation

• Securities Litigation

ADMISSIONS   

• United States Courts of Appeals for the First and Sixth Circuits

• United States District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois 

• State Courts of Illinois and New York
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Brittany Hartwig

Associate	

EMAIL:

bhartwig@dicellolevitt.com

EDUCATION

Loyola University Chicago School of

Law, J.D., Certificate in Advocacy 

University of Arizona, B.A.

Brittany has a broad range of experience litigating matter that

concern public entities and complex commercial structures.

Brittany Hartwig is an associate in DiCello Levitt’s Chicago office with experience

litigating complex commercial cases and actions involving serious injuries. She

represents individuals, businesses, and public entities in a wide range of

disputes, protecting their interests in state and federal courts across the

country.

Prior to joining the firm, Brittany represented individuals, corporations,

municipalities, and nonprofit organizations through all stages of litigation,

including pretrial, trial, and post‐trial motions. After successfully representing

the defendant in a federal antitrust bench trial, she led the litigation strategy

related to the appeal and authored the subsequent appellee brief.    She has

acted as lead attorney in jury trials involving federal civil rights claims and state

personal injury claims, obtaining favorable verdicts for her clients in each case.

Outside of the office, Brittany focuses on giving back to the Chicago community

and serves on the Executive Board of the Children’s Research Fund Junior Board

in their philanthropic efforts to support the Anne & Robert H. Lurie Children’s

Hospital of Chicago and the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute.

PRACTICE AREAS 

• Commercial Litigation

• Products Liability

• Public Client

• Whistleblower, Qui Tam, False Claims Act

• Serious Injury

MEMBERSHIPS

• Executive Board Member of Children’s Research Fund Junior Board

• Women’s Bar Association of Illinois

• Chicago Bar Association

• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association

ADMISSIONS

• State Courts of Illinois

• United States District Court Northern Division of Illinois

• United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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Additional Members of the Firm

Our attorneys have the ability to successfully try cases across the spectrum of complex commercial litigation,

financial fraud and securities litigation, public litigation, class actions, defective drug and device cases, catastrophic

injuries, and other areas of law.  The firm boasts an impressive roster of additional attorneys.

Mark A. DiCello

Partner	

EDUCATION

Cleveland‐Marshall College of Law,

J.D.

University of Dayton, B.A.

One of the nation’s leading plaintiffs’ attorneys, Mark regularly

acts as lead and co‐lead counsel in major personal injury and

mass tort actions, with substantial recoveries for victims of

injustice.

Mark DiCello has established a national practice representing victims ranging

from individuals suffering catastrophic personal injuries to classes of plaintiffs

affected by harmful medical devices, pharmaceutical products, chemicals, and

automobiles.    In recent years, he has been appointed co‐lead counsel in

massive multidistrict litigation involving defective pelvic mesh devices and was

appointed to a plaintiffs’ committee in a products liability litigation over metal

hip implants, which ultimately led to over $12 billion in settlements. Always

seeking to improve his craft, he has completed the curriculum of the Trial

Lawyers College.

Mr. DiCello holds leadership positions in the Association of Plaintiffs’ Interstate

Trucking Lawyers of America, as well as The National Trial Lawyers.  Mark is

frequently asked to speak to gatherings of trial lawyers, and has addressed

national organizations on topics ranging from defective medical devices,

medical malpractice, environmental catastrophes, and advanced trial skills.

Greg Gutzler

Partner	

EDUCATION

University of Michigan Law School,

J.D.

University of California, Berkeley,

B.A.

Greg is a well‐respected litigator, having represented both

corporate clients and consumers in the largest cases in the

country.

Mr. Gutzler is an experienced trial lawyer with a track record of results in high‐

stakes cases, handling all aspects of complex commercial litigation, including

securities fraud, antitrust, Lanham Act, whistleblower, ERISA, RICO, patent

infringement, breach of contract, unfair competition, and appraisal

litigation.  Greg has litigated extensively on both the plaintiff and defense side,

working at his own boutique firm, as well as one of the nation’s most

prestigious plaintiffs’ firms, and before that, as a partner of an Am Law 100

defense firm.  Greg is a trusted advocate, chosen by clients when they need

candid, creative, and aggressive approaches to create business solutions and

decisive litigation successes.

Greg represents hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capitalists,

individuals, companies, and governmental entities in complex lawsuits in

federal and state court, and arbitration, across the United States and

internationally.  Greg currently represents a series of hedge funds and private

equity investors in multiple commercial arbitrations in the finance sectors,

involving damages in the billions.
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Kenneth P. Abbarno

Partner	

EDUCATION

Cleveland‐Marshall College of Law,

J.D.

Canisius College, B.A.

Kenneth has led multiple million‐dollar trials involving medical

malpractice, products liability, and transportation claims.

Mr. Abbarno’s practice includes a wide range of civil litigation including, but not

limited to, catastrophic injury cases, transportation industry litigation, toxic

torts, products liability, professional liability, employer intentional tort, and

other complex litigation. He has tried well over 50 civil lawsuits, and has

handled cases in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana

and New York.

Selected as an Ohio Super Lawyer every year since 2010, Mr. Abbarno is also

an Inside Business Leading Lawyer, rated by The Best Lawyers in America, and

named Transportation Lawyer of the Year in Cleveland. He has a Superb Avvo

rating of 10 out of 10.

Frank Amanat

Partner	

EDUCATION

Harvard Law School, J.D. cum laude 

University of Pennsylvania, B.A.

summa cum laude 

Editor, The Harvard Law Review,

Volumes 103‐04

Frank Amanat has almost three decades of litigation expertise,

shepherding the largest single recovery the Department of

Justice has ever obtained in a civil penalty action filed under

FIRREA.		

Frank Amanat is a veteran litigator with over 29 years of experience in a broad

range of complex legal matters, with particular expertise in areas of

constitutional and administrative law, as well as class action litigation, complex

and mass torts, financial fraud, regulatory fraud, health care fraud,

pharmaceutical litigation, False Claims Act litigation, asset forfeiture, civil rights,

environmental, labor and employment, bankruptcy, and immigration. He

regularly addresses legal issues of considerable complexity and importance,

and litigate, or provide legal advice on, significant questions of constitutional,

statutory, and common law. At DiCello Levitt Gutzler, he specializes in

representing victims of fraudulent and illegal conduct, as well as

whistleblowers, governmental entities, and other plaintiffs, in a wide range of

complex litigation, including class actions and multidistrict litigation, focusing

on financial and securities fraud, health care fraud, civil rights, mass torts, and

other commercial litigation.

Prior to joining DiCello Levitt Gutzler, Frank spent 24 years at the Department

of Justice, including more than two decades as an Assistant United States

Attorney and then Senior Counsel at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern

District of New York (Brooklyn), plus stints at the Office of Legal Policy and the

Office of Immigration Litigation. From 2013 to 2018, Frank served as lead

counsel for the Government in the successful investigation and prosecution of

Barclays Bank and two of its former executives for fraud in connection with the

sale of residential mortgage‐backed securities (RMBS); the $2 billion

settlement,reached in early 2018, isthe largestsingle recovery the Department

of Justice has ever obtained in a civil penalty action filed under FIRREA.
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Robert F. DiCello

Partner	

EDUCATION

Cleveland‐Marshall College of Law,

J.D.

Northwestern University, M.A.

University of Dayton, B.A.

A powerful storyteller and trial lawyer, Robert has earned multi‐

million‐dollar recoveries for victims.

Mr. DiCello has extensive experience advocating for clients in mass tort and

class action litigation, in addition to maintaining a growing practice focused on

curbing police misconduct, government abuse, and catastrophic injury. He

represents victims of police abuse around the country, earning jury verdicts of

$22 million in 2016, $8.7 million in 2017, and $50 million in 2019 (recently

affirmed) for various cases involving police misconduct. A powerful storyteller

before juries, he also frequently represents clients before appellate courts.

Working in the largest prosecutor’s office in the country out of law school—the

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office—Mr. DiCello rose to manage as many as

eight prosecutors in four different courts.  During that time, he tried more than

40 jury trials, involving major felonies from financial crimes to violent crimes to

drug offenses.

He received a master’s degree in music from Northwestern University, and his

law degree from Cleveland‐Marshall College of Law, where he served as Editor‐

in‐Chief of The Cleveland  State  Law  Review.    In 2014, he attended and

completed the curriculum of the Trial Lawyer’s College.

Daniel R. Flynn

Partner	

EDUCATION

Indiana University Maurer School

of Law, J.D., cum laude

Illinois Wesleyan University, B.A.

Dan has dedicated his career to protecting the

environment and ensuring that people are afforded a safe

and healthful place to work. 

Dan’s work includes the representation of governmental entities, individual

consumers, and corporate clients—all with one primary goal in mind: ensuring

the protection of human health and the environment.  His stewardship

ensures not only that polluters be held responsible for contamination and

clean‐up, but that corporate entities understand their responsibilities under

state and federal environmental laws.  As a result of Dan’s advocacy in

counseling clients on compliance, his corporate clients lead their respective

industries in environmental stewardship efforts under a number of rules and

regulations including the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Clean Air Act (CAA), the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

(CERCLA), the Emergency Planning and Community Right‐to‐Know Act

(EPCRA), and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).  Most

recently, Dan joined a team of other DiCello Levitt attorneys and appointed

Special Assistant Attorneys General to file lawsuits against polluters in the

State of Michigan, seeking to hold them responsible for contaminating the

environment with poly‐ and perfluoroalkyl chemicals, sometimes referred to

as “forever chemicals.”  Cases involving these chemicals will have wide‐

reaching implications for state governments and their residents.  

In addition to his environmental work, Dan frequently counsels clients on

developing and maintaining state‐of‐the‐art safety and health programs that

ensure all employees enjoy safe and healthful workplaces, and works closely

with both his clients and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

(OSHA) to enhance employee safety and health well beyond OSHA’s minimum

requirements.
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Amy Keller

Partner	

EDUCATION

John Marshall Law School, J.D.

University of Michigan, B.A.

Administrative Editor, The John 

Marshall Law Review 

Amy Keller has built a national reputation as a zealous

advocate, directing litigation in nationwide class action cases.

Amy Keller has experience successfully litigating a variety of complex litigation

casesin leadership positions acrossthe United States.  Asthe Firm’s Technology

Practice Chair, Ms. Keller is the youngest woman ever appointed to serve as co‐

lead class counsel in a nationwide class action.  In the multidistrict litigation

pending against Equifax related to its 2017 data breach, Ms. Keller represents

nearly 150 million class members and helped to secure a $1.5‐billion

settlement.  In re Equifax, Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litig., No. 17‐md‐

02800 (N.D. Ga.).  She has been appointed to lead complex, multidistrict cases

in a number of other courts—both in pending matters and cases that resulted

in settlements against industry titans such as Apple, Marriott, Coca‐Cola,

Electrolux, and BMW.

Ms. Keller is an elected member of the American Law Institute, recognized by

Illinois Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star,” and is a board member and Executive

Committee member of Public Justice, a not‐for‐profit legal advocacy

organization.  She is a member of the Sedona Conference’s Working Group 11,

which focuses on litigation issues surrounding technology, privacy, artificial

intelligence, and data security, and serves on the Cybersecurity & Privacy

Editorial Advisory Board for Law360, where she brings plaintiffs’ counsel’s

perspective to the publication’s analysis of technology lawsuits.  Ms. Keller has

been recognized as a National Law Journal Plaintiff Trailblazer, Elite Woman of

the Trial Bar by ALM, and one of the “Top 40 Under 40” trial lawyers in Illinois

by National Trial Lawyers.  She is also on the production team, and is a writer

and dancer for the Chicago Bar Association’s annual Bar Show, now in its 98th

year, and is the President of the Chicago Art Deco Society, where she has been

recognized for her leadership in landmark preservation efforts.

Chris Stombaugh

Partner	

EDUCATION

Drake University School of Law, J.D.,

with honors 

University of Wisconsin, B.A.

Chris uses a multidisciplinary approach to trial advocacy

through the use of cognitive neuroscience.

Mr. Stombaugh concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury,

wrongful death, medical negligence and product liability. He has been a

consistent thought leader on applying cognitive neuroscience techniques to

trial advocacy as a trial lawyer and as a frequent instructor to other trial

lawyers trial lawyers for most of his 25‐year career.

His expertise has led to several record setting jury verdicts, often seven and

eight figures. The Wisconsin native's professional passion is to empower

deserving people to have their stories heard and cared about by juries in

courtrooms across America.

A member of the Wisconsin Association for Justice since 1997, Mr.

Stombaugh served as the organization's President for the 2014 term. He is

also a member of the Iowa Association for Justice as well as the American

Association for Justice. He has been chosen as a Wisconsin Super Lawyer

every year since 2010 and has a 10/10 Avvo Rating. He speaks regularly to

state bar and trial lawyer associations nationwide on modern and effective

trial advocacy.
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John E. Tangren

Partner	

EDUCATION

University of Chicago Law School, J.D.

University of Chicago, B.A.

John has gained widespread recognition as an extraordinary

attorney with particular success in nationwide consumer and

antitrust class actions.

John Tangren maintains a national practice in consumer class action litigation,

with vast experience in the field of automotive defect litigation. Mr. Tangren—

who has spent the last decade advocating for plaintiffs—is presently leading

DiCello Levitt’s efforts in several nationwide class cases, including Sloan v. Gen. 

Motors LLC (N.D. Cal.) and In re Polaris Mktg., Sales Practices, and Prods. Liab. 

Litig. (D. Minn.).

Mr. Tangren has also successfully represented consumer plaintiffs on the

appellate level. He played a significant role in the briefing for two impactful

Seventh Circuit decisions in the class action field:   Messner  v.  Northshore 

University  HealthSystem, 669 F.3d 802 (7th Cir. 2012), which reversed the

district court’s denial of class certification and has been cited in over 400 cases

since then for its guidance regarding class certification; and In  re  Text 

Messaging Antitrust Litigation, 630 F.3d 622 (7th Cir. 2010), which was decided

on the briefs in an opinion written by Judge Posner. In both cases, Mr. Tangren

crafted successful narratives regarding highly technical facts (in the health care

and cellular services contexts) and applied them to complex areas of law (the

sufficiency of complaint allegations and class certification showings) in such a

way as to demonstrate to the appeals court why the consumer plaintiffsshould

carry the day.

Laura Reasons

Senior	Counsel	

EDUCATION

Chicago‐Kent College of Law, J.D.

Order of the Coif 

Washington University in St. Louis,

B.A.

Laura has over a decade of experience as a labor and

employment attorney in matters ranging from workplace

discrimination matters to counseling on compliance and best

practices.		

Previously representing companies in collective and class action lawsuits under

the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws, Ms. Reasons’

experience spans multiple industries, including healthcare and hospitality.  

Now, as a plaintiffs’ attorney, Ms. Reasons’ experience has given her a unique

perspective that translates well into pursuing justice for individual claimants.   

Before joining private practice, Ms. Reasons served as a judicial extern to the

Honorable George W. Lindberg of the Northern District of Illinois. She also has

a history of performing pro bono work and community service. Throughout her

career,she hasserved as a Public Interest LawInitiative (PILI) fellowat Domestic

Violence Legal Clinic, having previously served on the organization’s young

professionals board. She has also represented individuals in immigration cases

pro bono, including asylum seekers who were persecuted in their home

countries for their sexual orientation and political party affiliation, DACA

applicants, and incarcerated individuals.
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Mark M. Abramowitz

Associate

EDUCATION

The University of Toledo College of

Law, J.D.

University of Guelph, B.A.  

Mark is an emerging leader in national mass tort and

technology litigation.

Mark M. Abramowitz has established a national profile in class action and

mass tort litigation, having represented plaintiffs in actions involving

automotive and Internet technology issues.  He has been selected to serve on

national discovery review teams and participated in national mediations,

resolving hundreds of cases and distributing millions of dollars to clients

injured by corporations.    See  In  re  Imprelis  Herbicide,  Sales  Practice  and 

Products Liability Litig. (E.D. Pa.).   

Outside of his own cases, Mr. Abramowitz actively investigates ways to

integrate technology into the practice of law.  Regularly consulted on cloud‐

based systems, discovery technology, the Internet of Things, and litigation

concerning the storage and security of data, Mr. Abramowitz is developing a

reputation as an authority on computing issues.    See  Electronics  in  the 

Courtroom, 29th Annual accredited CLE (2016); How to manage a mass tort 

inventory, OAJ Annual Convention (2015); Professional Conduct – efiling, 27th

Annual CLE Update (2014); Marketing  &  Electronic  Communications, 26th

Annual Accredited CLE (2013).  

Daniel R. Ferri

Associate	

EDUCATION

University of Illinois College of Law,

J.D., magna cum laude 

New York University, B.A., cum laude

Daniel litigates consumer class actions, public client cases, and

other complex commercial lawsuits.

 

Mr. Ferri represents clients in a wide array of matters, litigating contract,

patent, trade secret, copyright and antitrust disputesin federal and state courts

throughout the country.  He currently serves as appointed counsel for the State

of New Mexico in a variety of matters, enforcing the State’s unfair practices act,

and also represents individuals in multi‐state class actions involving consumer

fraud, breach of warranty, and violations of ERISA and RICO.

An experienced litigator in technology issues, Mr. Ferri has represented

plaintiffs asserting class claims against Volkswagen arising from the carmaker’s

“defeat devices” to evade federal and statewide emissions standards.  He has

also represented inventors and companies in intellectual property disputes

throughout the country, acknowledging the importance of a trade secrets to

advancing a business’s interests and growing.  See, e.g., Research Frontiers Inc. 

v.  E  Ink  Corp., Case No. 13‐cv‐01231 (D. Del.) and Cascades  Computer 

Innovation LLC v. RPX Corp., No. 12‐cv‐01143 (N.D. Cal.).

A thoughtful contributor to the bar’s ongoing discussion of important legal

issues, Mr. Ferri frequently offers legal analysis to fellow practitioners seeking

clarity on complex subjects.  2019 Survey of Federal Class Action Law: A Circuit‐

by‐Circuit Analysis, American Bar Association (2019); Curing the Ascertainability 

Fallacy—the Ninth Circuit Strikes Back, American Association for Justice Class

Action Litigation Newsletter (Winter 2017).  Mr. Ferri is a volunteer with the

Chicago Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.
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Justin J. Hawal

Associate	

EDUCATION

Cleveland‐Marshall School of Law,

J.D., cum laude 

St. Louis University, B.A.

Justin fights for individuals who have suffered harm from

negligence, defective products, and civil rights abuses.

Mr. Hawal brings a passion for justice to his work on behalf of victims of

corporate and government wrongdoing. His work has spanned personal injury,

product liability, and civil rights litigation. He has particular experience in cases

involving defendants in the pharmaceutical and automotive industries.

During law school, Justin was selected to join The Cleveland State Law Review

and published a scholarly article on independent tort actions for spoliation of

evidence under Ohio law. He was also an active member of the civil litigation

clinic, through which he represented an asylum‐seeking immigrant from

Honduras, among other clients.

Mary McKenna

Associate

EDUCATION

University of Mississippi School of

Law, J.D., cum laude 

University of Illinois, B.A., cum laude

With experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants,

Mary’s trial skills rival those of senior litigators.		

Mary is an experienced litigator in mass tort and complex litigation, having

represented clients in a wide range of matters, including serious personal

injury, products liability, and environmental litigation. Prior to joining DiCello

Levitt, Mary began her legal career practicing insurance defense in Virginia,

thereafter litigating mass toxic tort claims pending in Chicago and the greater

Midwest.  

Mary’s passion for justice extends beyond the courtroom. She is a member of

the Shriver Center on Poverty Law’s Professionals’ Council, which assists the

Shriver Center’sfight for economic and racial justice through fundraising efforts

and advocacy. In law school, Mary was selected to participate in the Lott

Leadership Graduate Exchange Program with Nelson Mandela University in

South Africa, where she studied societal and racial reconciliation in Mississippi

and South Africa on local and national levels. She was also an elected student

senator and an executive board member of the Mississippi Law Journal.
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Adam Prom

Associate	

EDUCATION

The University of Texas Law School,

J.D.

Marquette University, B.A

Adam Prom employs his skills as a young trial attorney to

achieve favorable results for his clients.

Beyond hisfrequent trialwork in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division,

Adam Prom’s practice is focused on representing plaintiffs in complex litigation

in federal courts across the United States.  

He has been deeply involved in nationwide class actions regarding the use of

sophisticated damages modeling in consumer product and vehicle defect

lawsuits, where he played a key role in motion practice regarding plaintiffs’

expert witnesses, class certification, and summary judgment.  See, e.g., Elward, 

et  al.  v.  Electrolux  Home  Products,  Inc. (N.D. Ill.); Ryseweyk,  et  al.  v.  Sears 

Holdings Corp., et al. (N.D. Ill.); and Catalano, et al. v. BMW of North America, 

et  al. (S.D.N.Y.) (resulted in nationwide settlement). He also represented

plaintiffs in an ERISA class action concerning misclassification of insurance

agents.  Jammal, et al. v. American Family Ins. Group, et al. (N.D. Ohio).

Mr. Prom has demonstrated a commitment to serving underrepresented

communities, volunteering as a mentor for high school students at the Legal

Prep Charter Academy, a free, open‐enrollment public high school in the West

Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago.

Prior to joining DiCello Levitt, Mr. Prom served as a judicial extern to a federal

judge in the Northern District of Illinois and a federal magistrate judge in the

Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Robert J. DiCello

Of	Counsel	

EDUCATION

Cleveland‐Marshall College of Law,

J.D.

John Carroll University, B.A., cum 

laude 

Robert has been one of the leading personal injury and class

action attorneys in the state of Ohio for the last four decades.

 

A co‐founder of one of DiCello Levitt’s predecessor firms, Mr. DiCello has

amassed more than 45 years of professional experience and an extensive list of

seven‐  and eight‐figure recoveries for victims of injustice.    He has deep

experience in a wide range of class actions, personal injury cases, complex mass

torts, and probate matters. Over his long and successful career, he has won

multiple appeals before the Ohio Supreme Court.

Robert put himself through Cleveland‐Marshall College of Law while working as

a safety director at U.S. Steel Corp.  While in law school, he was selected to join

The Cleveland‐Marshall Law Review.  He began his legal career as an assistant

prosecutor in the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office and later become President

of the Lake County Bar Association.  He formed his own firm in 1978, managing

it with great success over nearly 40 years until its members founded DiCello

Levitt.