Drew Hansen is an experienced trial lawyer, recognized on Lawdragon’s list of the 500 Leading Litigators in America [2022, 2023, 2024] and on its list of Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers (2023, 2024, 2025), who has tried complex, high-stakes cases in state and federal courts across the country.
Lawdragon Honors
Significant trials include:
- American Association of Justice v. Wachovia Bank, N.A. (D.D.C.) Represented the nation’s trial lawyers’ trade association in the highest-stakes commercial litigation in its history. Hansen and Steve Susman split the closing argument after a two-week trial. The case has settled on confidential terms.
- Jacobs v. National Drug Intelligence Center (S.D. Tex.) Represented a bank president in a suit alleging harm from a false publication. After a bench trial, the defendant agreed to pay attorney fees but reserved appeal on a separate issue, which Hansen argued and won before the Fifth Circuit.
Hansen has represented clients in some of the highest-profile litigation matters of the past decade, with a particular focus on small businesses, nonprofits, and consumers injured by financial fraud. These include:
- In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation (S.D.N.Y.) Hansen and other Susman Godfrey attorneys are currently co-lead counsel to the pension funds, cities, and others claiming that some of the largest banks in the world colluded during the financial crisis to fix LIBOR, sometimes called the “world’s most important number” because of its key role in financial transactions. The court has certified the class, the only class certified in this massive MDL. Substantial settlements have been reached.
- Enron Corp. v. Citigroup et al. (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.) Hansen and other Susman Godfrey attorneys brought claims against banks and investment banks for aiding and abetting the breaches of fiduciary duty and fraud of Enron’s top officers. Witnesses for a large international bank started pleading the Fifth Amendment after Hansen’s first few depositions. A substantial settlement was reached.
- Holber v. GBS (FINRA) Obtained a settlement of 90% of the estimated damages in a compensation dispute between a financial adviser and his former broker-dealer.
Hansen has a long record of public and community service in addition to his law practice. The Washington State Bar Association has awarded Hansen several commendations for his pro bono work; and his peers have recognized him as a “Super Lawyer” from 2013 to the present (Thomson Reuters). In 2022, Lawdragon named Hansen among their 500 Leading Litigators.
Hansen graduated from Yale Law School and Harvard University. He studied Theology at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He began practicing at Susman Godfrey after serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Pierre N. Leval, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He lives with his family on Bainbridge Island, Washington.