Bernstein Leibhard Named to NLJ’s Plaintiff’s Hot List

Bernstein Liebhard LLP was named to the National Law Journal’s Plaintiffs’ Hot List for the eighth consecutive year, the firm said in a press release.

The ‘Hot List’ features firms that obtained either substantial jury verdicts or settlements in the last year. To be considered, firms needed at least one significant win and a proven track record within the previous three to five years. Of the twelve plaintiffs’ firms named to the list this year, Bernstein Liebhard is one of only two named for eight straight years.

The National Law Journal featured three of the firm’s recent successes, including a $14.7 million verdict obtained after a four-week trial in Artie’s Auto Body, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co., No. X08-CV-03-0196141S (CLD) (Conn. Super. Ct.).

The action was commenced in 2003 on behalf of approximately 550 licensed auto body repair shops in the state of Connecticut to recover for the harm caused by the Hartford Fire Insurance Co.’s (“The Hartford”) illegal practice of artificially suppressing labor rates.

Bernstein Liebhard LLP , established in 1993, represents institutional investors in shareholder, class and derivative litigation and plaintiffs in various types of complex litigation.