CHICAGO, Aug. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- National plaintiffs'
law firm Keller Lenkner LLC has been named the 2021 Trial Strategy
Innovation Law Firm of the Year by The National Law Journal and
American Lawyer Media at the 2021 Elite Trial Lawyers Awards. The
firm also was honored for its contributions in the Employment
Rights category.
Keller Lenkner earned this prestigious recognition as a result
of the firm's groundbreaking arbitration practice, where it has
pioneered the strategy of pursuing individual arbitrations for
clients whose claims are subject to arbitration clauses with
class-action waivers.
"Innovation is one of our firm's founding principles and core
values, so it is a great honor to be recognized for something that
is so ingrained in our team," Partner Warren Postman said. "We will
continue to pursue cutting-edge legal strategies in the arbitration
space and in all of our work on behalf of our clients."
In representing tens of thousands of individual employees and
consumers—such as underpaid Postmates couriers or victims of
Intuit's consumer fraud—Keller Lenkner has won precedent-setting
trial and appellate victories requiring defendants to comply with
their obligation to arbitrate disputes individually. In just two
years, Keller Lenkner has secured more than $375 million in settlements for more than 100,000
individuals in arbitration matters.
As a result of Keller Lenkner's groundbreaking work, the
pro-defendant arbitration landscape is beginning to shift. As
reported by The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, Amazon no longer requires
customers to resolve their legal complaints through arbitration—a
significant retreat that came after Keller Lenkner filed
approximately 75,000 arbitration demands alleging that Amazon was
recording users of its Alexa devices without consent.
"The goal of our strategy in arbitration has always been to
reset the power dynamic when defendants try to use arbitration
clauses as a shield from liability," Managing Partner Travis Lenkner said. "These successes have
generated real benefits for our clients. That fuels our work, and
we will continue to advocate tirelessly for their interests."
The awards were announced at an Elite Trial Lawyers event on
July 29. At the same event, Keller
Lenkner Associates Sean Duddy and
Marquel Reddish Longtin were honored
as 2021 Rising Stars of the Plaintiffs' Bar for their critical
contributions to the firm's work in arbitrations.
Presented by American Law Media and The National Law Journal,
the Elite Trial Lawyers award program honors law firms that have
demonstrated repeated success in cutting-edge work on behalf of
plaintiffs, with a solid track record of client wins. Editors and
reporters from ALM and The National Law Journal reviewed hundreds
of submissions across more than 25 categories to determine the
honorees.
ABOUT KELLER LENKNER: Keller Lenkner LLC represents
plaintiffs in complex litigation matters in federal and state
courts throughout the nation. The firm acts for clients in many
types of cases, including class and mass actions, arbitrations, and
multi-district litigation matters. Its team includes four former
law clerks at the Supreme Court of the
United States and former partners and associates from the
country's leading law firms. Since its founding in 2018, the firm
has secured results for more than 100,000 clients.
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