San Francisco Class Actions Defense Lawyer

Trial lawyers at Dillingham & Murphy provide timely and sound legal advice and guidance, helping their clients avoid, defend, and resolve federal and California class action lawsuits in the federal and state courts in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. Dillingham & Murphy’s seasoned lawyers have defended and resolved successfully a wide variety of class action lawsuits, including:

• Federal wage-hour actions (minimum wage/overtime claims)
• California State Court wage-hour actions (minimum wage/overtime claims)
• California Labor Code claims (rest breaks; meal breaks; unreimbursed employee expenses and costs; paystub information compliance)
• Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) and Unfair Debt Collection Practice claims
• Various state and federal actions seeking damages for exposure to toxic substances
• Federal RICO and California Unfair Business Practices Claims
• Lender-placed property insurance class claims

Efficient, Effective Class Action Defense

The class action defense lawyers at Dillingham & Murphy assess claims and potential claims from the outset. Dillingham & Murphy lawyers apply informed guidance and business judgment to every class action matter. We assert procedural and substantive defenses to minimize the costs of defense, reduce client exposure, and set the table for resolution by motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, opposition to class certification, in limine motions, by settlement, and by trial. For example, where possible and beneficial, Dillingham & Murphy class action defense counsel persuade the court to stay or hold off on costly class certification discovery and motion practice, in favor or targeted discovery addressing the merits (or lack of merit) of the class representatives’ substantive legal claims.