Legal Advocates Oppose H.R. 985
February 14, 2017
The Honorable Bob Goodlatte, Chairman
Committee on the Judiciary
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member
Committee on the Judiciary
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Re:
Legal Advocates Oppose H.R. 985
Dear Chairman Goodlatte and Congressman Conyers,
The 87 undersigned legal advocates and law firms have grave concerns about the
sweeping changes to class action law proposed in H.R. 985. We endorse the comments of the
civil rights non-profit organizations, submitted to the Committee on February 14, 2017, in
opposition to H.R. 985.
Signatories:
1. Alterman & Boop LLP
2. Baltodano Baltodano
3. Berger & Montague, P.C.
4. Broach & Stulberg, LLP
5. Campins Benham-Baker
6. Cashdan & Kane, PLLC
7. Chavez & Gertler LLP
8. Cohen Milstein
9. Conover Law Offices
10. Creitz & Serebin LLP
11. Crumiller P.C.
12. Feinberg Jackson Worthman & Wasow LLP
13. Fortune Law Offices, P.A.
14. Friedman & Houlding LLP
15. Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti, PC
16. Getman, Sweeney & Dunn
17. Gibbs Law Group LLP
18. Gilbert & Sackman
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Legal Advocates Oppose H.R. 985
19. Girard Gibbs
20. Goddard Law PLLC
21. Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho
22. Hadsell Stormer & Renick, LLP
23. Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP
24. Halunen Law
25. Harrison, Harrison & Associates, Ltd.
26. Hernstadt Atlas PLLC
27. Highlands Law Firm LLC
28. Highman & Highman
29. Hoyer & Hicks
30. Joan C. Lenihan, Attorney at Law
31. Jo Anne Simon, P.C.
32. Kaupp & Feinberg, LLP
33. Keller Grover LLP
34. Keller Rohrback, LLP
35. Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP
36. Law Office of Daniela Nanau, P.C.
37. Law Office of David B. Sacks
38. Law Office of Ellen Saideman
39. Law Office of Janice Bellucci
40. Law Office of Locksley O. Wade
41. Law Office of Mark E. Merin
42. Law Office of Mark R. Walling
43. Law Office of Michelle Uzeta
44. Law Office of Nina Mironenko
45. Law Office of Ronald Dean
46. Law Offices of Alison Greenberg, LLC
47. Law Offices of Cindi Fox
48. Law Offices of Jeffrey E. Goldman
49. Law Offices of John E. Hill
50. Law Offices of Joshua F. Nessen
51. Law Offices of Lunsford Dole Phillips
52. Law Offices of Richard N. Koss
53. Law Offices of Thomas M. Ryan, P.C.
54. Levy Davis & Maher, LLP
55. Levy Ratner, P.C.
56. Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
57. Lisa Lipman, Esq.
58. Lloyd Patel LLP
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59. Margaret McIntyre, Attorney at Law
60. Martin Defenders
61. McCracken, Stemerman & Holsberry, LLP
62. Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C.
63. Nesenoff & Miltenberg, LLP
64. Newkirk Zwagerman
65. Nichols Kaster PLLP
66. Nicotra Law, PLLC
67. Outten & Golden LLP
68. Pedowitz & Meister LLP
69. Renaker Hasselman Scott LLP
70. Risman & Risman, P.C.
71. Ritz Clark & Ben-Asher LLP
72. Robert B. Davis, Attorney at Law
73. Robbins, Salomon and Patt, Ltd.
74. Safe Harbor Law, LLC
75. Sanford Heisler, LLP
76. Schonbrun Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP
77. Scott A. Korenbaum, Esq.
78. The Spivak Law Firm
79. Strauss & Strauss
80. Sussman & Associates
81. Teller & Associates, PLLC
82. Terrell Marshall Law Group
83. Thomas M. Lancia PLLC
84. Thomas R. Healy, Esq.
85. The Tidrick Law Firm
86. Traub & Traub, P.C.
87. Willig Williams & Davidson
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