Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein

Practice areas

Lieff Cabraser represents plaintiffs in individual, class and group cases in the fields of law of antitrust and intellectual property, aviation, business, civil rights, consumer protection, defective products, employment discrimination and unfair employment practices, environmental and toxic exposure, False Claims Act and whistleblower claims, personal injury and mass torts, and securities and investor fraud. The firm is one of the largest in the United States that represents only plaintiffs.

Reputation and recognition

Rated as an AV law firm, Lieff Cabraser has been described by The American Lawyer as "one of the nation's premier plaintiffs firms." In 2004, The American Lawyer recognized Lieff Cabraser as one of "the most successful plaintiffs firms in the land."

In the 2012 edition of its annual list of the top plaintiffs' law firms in the U.S., The National Law Journal selected Lieff Cabraser. In compiling the list, The National Law Journal examined recent verdicts and settlements and looked for firms "representing the best qualities of the plaintiffs' bar and that demonstrated unusual dedication and creativity." This is the tenth consecutive year since 2003 that Lieff Cabraser has received this honor.

Community activity

Lieff Cabraser sponsors the Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship Program conducted by the Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF). The firm also supports the National Association for Public Interest Law fellowship program. Fellowships made possible by Lieff Cabraser’s sponsorship have included work at the East Bay Community Law Center in Oakland, California, the Employment Law Center in San Francisco, California, and the NOW Legal Defense in New York, New York.

In 2007, Lieff Cabraser attorneys assisted in the launching of the Carver HEARTS Project. The project is a partnership between interested community members, San Francisco's George Washington Carver Elementary School, and UCSF's Department of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to provide a therapist skilled in treating trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on-site at Carver Elementary School.

From 1991 through the end of 2011, Lieff Cabraser underwrote the radio series, "Perspectives," airing on the public broadcasting station KQED-FM in the San Francisco Bay Area. The series offers listeners social and political opinions on a broad spectrum of contemporary issues. The firm continues to provide financial support for programs on KQED-FM.

Notable alumni

Christopher Coleman, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School

Joshua Davis, Professor of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law

Chimène Keitner, Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law

David W. Marcus, Professor of Law, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

Sharmila Murthy, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School

Alistair E. Newbern, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School

Morris Ratner, Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law

Nirej Sekhon, Professor of Law, Georgia State