Under Elizabeth Cabraser’s leadership, Lieff Cabraser has become one of the country’s largest law firms serving clients seeking redress for financial and consumer fraud, anti-competitive practices, harmful drugs and products, environmental disasters, and illegal employment practices. For four decades, Elizabeth has made sure that our firm remains dedicated to its clients and its core values.
Possessing unparalleled expertise in complex civil litigation, Cabraser has served as court-appointed lead, co-lead, or class counsel in scores of federal multi-district and state coordinated proceedings. These cases include multi-state tobacco, the Exxon Valdez disaster, Breast Implants, Fen-Phen (Diet Drugs), Vioxx, Toyota sudden acceleration, numerous securities/investment fraud cases, and Holocaust litigation.
Cabraser has served in court-appointed leadership positions in several of the nation’s highest profile civil cases, including serving as a settlement class counsel in the Deepwater Horizon MDL, as Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel in the GM ignition switch defect litigation, and as Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel in the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” and Fiat Chrysler Ecodiesel Emissions MDLs.
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Cabraser is also immersed in nationwide Opioids litigation. In January 2018, she was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee and Settlement Negotiating Committee in the National Prescription Opiates MDL, and in 2022 was appointed Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel in the McKinsey & Co. National Prescription Opiate MDL. In addition, Cabraser serves as a Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel in the Camp Lejeune Water Litigation.