Class Action Countermeasures : Class Action Lawyers & Attorneys : McGuireWoods Law Firm : Complex Litigation, Mass Torts

Andrew Trask has defended more than 100 class actions, involving all stages of the litigation process. While his work has concentrated on products-liability and consumer-fraud cases, he has also defended class actions involving securities, ERISA, the US antitrust laws, and environmental claims, among others.

Andrew writes and speaks frequently about class actions and related issues (see below for a complete list).  He is the co-author (with Brian Anderson) of The Class Action Playbook (Oxford University Press, 2010). He also tweets about class-action strategy as @ClassStrategist.

Practice Areas

• Class Actions
• Commercial Litigation
• Products and Consumer Litigation
• Securities Litigation
• Antitrust Litigation

Education

• University of Chicago Law School (1998)
• University of Chicago, Political Science (1994)

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Virginia
• Eastern District of Virginia
• US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Publications and Guest Posts

• COMPLEX NEGOTIATION STRATEGY (with Andrew Deguire), forthcoming Oxford University Press 2012.
• THE CLASS ACTION PLAYBOOK, 2D EDITION (with Brian C. Anderson), forthcoming Oxford University Press 2012.
• Arbitration Strategy After AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, BNA CLASS ACTION LITIGATION REPORT (Dec. 23, 2011).
• Expert Analysis, When Plaintiffs Sell Out Absent Class Members, INSURANCE LAW360 (Dec. 8, 2011).
• Daubert & Class Cert: The Battle of the Experts Continues, ABA PRODUCTS LIABILITY COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER (Fall 2011).
• The class action is alive and kicking, SCOTUSBLOG (Sep. 2, 2011, 5:43 AM), 
• Wal-Mart v. Dukes: Class Actions and Legal Strategy, 2011 CATO S. CT. REV. 319.
• The non-fiction class action, OUPblog (Aug. 30, 2011).
• The pro-business court and class action security, OUPblog (Jun. 15, 2011).
• Brown v. RJ Reynolds: The Proper Scope of Common Questions, 12 ENGAGE 88 (2011).
• “Free”dom and Consumer Rights, OUPblog  (May 3,
• 2011).
• Wal-Mart v. Dukes: Procedure Matters, OUPblog (April 5, 2011).
• Wal-Mart v. Dukes: Rough Justice without Due Process, Washington Legal Foundation, Legal Opinion Letter Vol. 20 No. 4 (March 11, 2011).
• THE CLASS ACTION PLAYBOOK (with Brian C. Anderson), Oxford University Press 2010.
• Results-Oriented Class Certification: Schwab v. Phillip Morris (with Brian C. Anderson), Washington Legal Foundation, Critical Legal Issues Working Paper Series No. 142 (October 2006).
• Daubert and the EPA: An Evidentiary Approach to Reviewing Agency Determinations of Risk, 1997 U. CHI. LEGAL FORUM 567.

Speaking Engagements

• Featured Presenter, When to Challenge Class Certification, (CLE International, scheduled for May 18, 2012)
• Panelist, Class Action Rollback, DePaul Law Review Symposium (Feb. 24, 2012)
• Panelist, Developments in Class Action Litigation, 7th Annual meeting of the American College of Business Court Judges (Dec. 5, 2011).
• Panelist, Federalism, Civil Procedure, Business, and the Proper Judicial Role (Sep. 15, 2011) (Cato Institute).
• Panelist, The Future of Employment Discrimination Class Actions: A Briefing on Wal-Mart v. Dukes (March 24, 2011) (American Constitution Society, broadcast on C-Span).
• Panelist, Wal-Mart v. Dukes: The Supreme Court Examines How and When to Certify a Class Action (March 22, 2011) (Washington Legal Foundation Legal Briefing Series).
• Co-Presenter, Frying Pans & Fires: When Government Investigations Turn into Class Actions (March 8, 2011) (McGuireWoods LLP CLE videoconference).
• Co-Presenter, Legal PR, Trial Lawyers’ Style: How They Seek Advantage Outside of Court and Proactive Countermeasures for Defendants (September 17, 2010) (Washington Legal Foundation webcast).
• Co-Presenter, Altria Group Inc. v. Good: Implications for Consumer Class Actions (December 2008) (McGuirewoods LLP teleconference).
• Co-Presenter, Class Action Defense (March 7, 2005) (O’Melveny & Myers LLP CLE videoconference).