TOP CLASS ACTION ATTORNEY PRESENTS PLAINTIFF’S PERSPECTIVE ON INITIATING CLASS ACTION SUITS


LOS ANGELES, CA, January 10, 2007—Drew Pomerance, co-managing partner of Roxborough, Pomerance & Nye, LLP, is speaking at CLE International’s 3rd Annual Conference on Class Actions to be held on January 25-26, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, California. As one of the few attorneys nationwide who has tried a class action to verdict, Pomerance is providing his unique perspective on the challenges of trying and winning class action cases.

Among other things, Pomerance will discuss innovative strategies when litigating class action claims on behalf of consumers who fall victim to credit card and other scams.

The two-day conference convenes experts including corporate counsel, outside defense attorneys and plaintiff’s lawyers, judges, insurers, mediators, arbitrators, and risk management advisors to discuss best practices in class action litigation as well as strategies on anticipating and preventing class action cases. Other topics include:

• Communicating ethically and effectively with the media
• What you need to know about discovery and e-discovery
• Implications of the Class Action Fairness Act
• Practical considerations and emerging issues of securities class actions
• Consumer class actions
• Claims administration: structuring a litigation settlement
• Practical considerations and emerging issues of wage & hour class actions

Pomerance has litigated and tried cases for a number of different classes of employers against insurance carriers for bad faith practices impacting hundreds of millions of dollars in premiums. He has also represented different classes of consumers against their automobile carriers for violations of law in the manner of assessing premiums.

CLE International, a leading provider of continuing professional education, has been presenting high-quality programs nationwide since 1983. CLE International is a recognized sponsor by the State of California Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education, and in every state with mandatory CLE requirements.

Roxborough, Pomerance & Nye, LLP (RPN) is a Los Angeles-based law firm providing expert legal counsel and representation to the business community. Established in 1996, the firm offers a broad range of legal services in all facets of civil litigation with its primary focus on business, insurance, employment, and wage and hour litigation. It is the first law firm in the country to specialize in and make new law when representing employers in workers’ compensation premium and dividend disputes with insurance carriers.

Contact: Linda O'Hanlon, Straightline Communications, (818) 386-1916

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