Civil Rights
Jun. 28, 2008
Class Action Fraud Takes the 'Class' Out of the Legal Profession
Firms like Milberg that have so profited from the justice system need to be leaders of the bar in the area of professionalism.
Timothy D. Reuben
Founder and CEO
Reuben, Raucher & Blum
Phone: (310) 777-1990
Email: treuben@rrbattorneys.com
Reuben is the founder and CEO at Reuben Raucher & Blum. Alongside his extensive career as a civil litigator specializing in complex matters at both the trial and appellate level, he serves pro bono as a temporary judge and settlement officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court, as well as a fee arbitrator for the LA County Bar.
Class actions were designed as procedural vehicles of social justice - they protect the rights of the little guy or gal from being taken advantage of by what Bill Lerach called "the dishonorable and despicable greed" of corporate America. Of course, Lerach is in jail now, serving two years on a massive conspiracy violation involving kickbacks to plaintiffs in class actions. Sadly, large corporations are not the only ones that suffer from dishonorable and despicable greed. Lerach said at ...
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