Hagens Berman

Hagens Berman is a national plaintiffs' class-action and complex litigation firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1993, it represents consumers, whistleblowers, employees, investors and other individuals against large corporations, and works on a contingency fee basis, with clients paying nothing unless the firm wins.

The firm's practice spans class-action litigation, complex litigation, whistleblower and qui tam matters, employment law, and securities and investor litigation. It has recovered more than $345 billion in settlements for clients. Representative matters include a $206 billion tobacco litigation settlement, a $23 billion settlement in the Visa/MasterCard antitrust case, a $1.67 billion Volkswagen emissions settlement and a $1.6 billion Toyota sudden acceleration settlement.

Hagens Berman has been named to the National Law Journal's Elite Trial Lawyers list and is recognised among the leading plaintiffs' firms in the United States. The firm operates from nine U.S. cities - Seattle (headquarters), Berkeley, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix and San Diego - together with international offices in Amsterdam, London and Paris.