Name: Allan Steyer
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Allan Steyer is an experienced trial attorney, having tried plaintiff and defense cases in federal and state courts. He has tried cases for the National Football League, Equity Office Properties, USS-POSCO Industries, the founders/creators of Ms. Pac Man, ACC Lincoln bondholders (the infamous case against Charles Keating and others), and Technical Equities, a famous Bay Area fraud case involving more than 1,000 investors, including professional athletes and prominent professionals.

In addition, he has represented prominent entrepreneurs including Eduardo Saverin, the cofounder of Facebook, and Kirk Perron, Founder & Chairman Emeritus of Juice Club, Inc. and Jamba Juice Company.

Mr. Steyer has been co-lead counsel or played a prominent role in various class and representative cases including Lipuma v. American Express (SD Fla) – settled for $75 million – arising from foreign currency conversion charges to cardholders) Schwartz v. Visa International Corp, et al. (achieved with several co-counsel firms a $780 million judgment after a six month trial in California state court, which later settled for $336 million as part of a nationwide settlement of a companion antitrust case, in re Visa/MasterCard Currency Conversion Litigation (SD NY 2006); and in re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel/Antitrust Litigation) (N.D. Cal) which settled for $1.1 billion in 2012 on the eve of the trial, the largest ever indirect purchaser case settlement. He and other firm lawyers worked closely with the lead counsel on behalf of college athletes in Edward C. O ‘Bannon, Jr. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), et al., from the outset through trial and appeal, a landmark antitrust case in the sports industry.

He successfully defended USS-POSCO Industries in an alleged market allocation antitrust case. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed. He has litigated more than 50 complex litigation matters including state and federal class actions.

Mr. Steyer has been chosen by his peers as a Super Lawyer in Northern California annually since 2004.

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