LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK – Dec. 8, 2014 – The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP will serve as an Associate Sponsor of the American Conference Institute’s (ACI) upcoming Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation Conference to be held Jan. 29-30, 2015, at the New York Marriott Downtown, New York.
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Jennifer Gray will be speaking on the panel, “Recent Class Action Developments and Emerging Trends in Class Action Claim Theories,” to be held at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 29. The program will cover timely topics in this area including: strategies for defeating class certification; strategies for dealing with competing class actions; class notice issues; and developments in removal under the Class Action Fairness Act.
According to the conference website, ACI has assembled an unparalleled faculty of federal and state regulatory and enforcement officials, senior in-house counsel, renowned federal and state judges, and leading outside counsel who will provide expert advice, critical insights and comprehensive updates regarding an area where consumer financial services companies are facing unprecedented enforcement scrutiny and mounting litigation, and where there is no sign of change coming anytime soon.
Gray, who is based in the firm’s Los Angeles and New York offices, focuses her practice on financial services litigation, with a primary focus on consumer financial services class actions. She represents banks, mortgage companies, and other financial services institutions in complex civil litigation including class actions, as well as regulatory enforcement actions. Her prior experience includes serving as Head of Litigation at OneWest Bank and Assistant General Counsel at JPMorgan Chase. Regarding Greenberg Traurig’s participation in the Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation Conference, Gray noted, “We are delighted to be able to address and provide insight on issues of critical importance to class action practice at this annual event held in one of the seminal markets for the financial services industry, and we look forward to this opportunity to interact with peers, clients and the judiciary in this arena.”
Greenberg Traurig’s class action attorneys are at the forefront of class litigation in federal and state courts throughout the United States, at both the trial and appellate levels. The group’s experience includes serving as national coordinating counsel for some of the world’s largest companies in defending class actions in approximately 15 jurisdictions. The firm’s Class Action Litigation Practice brings together more than 70 trial lawyers from across the country with class action experience spanning a wide variety of substantive areas and industries.
Greenberg Traurig’s Financial Services Litigation Practice has wide-ranging experience assisting national clients and local businesses in a variety of matters affecting the financial services industry. From handling individual claims to managing nationwide class actions, the national team of experienced litigators regularly advises and defends banks, mortgage lenders and brokers, credit card companies, debt collectors, payday lenders, consumer finance companies and other financial institutions in a variety of disputes in state and federal courts and in arbitration, as well as before governmental agencies.