Robert J. Herrington

Robert J. Herrington, Co-Chair of the firm’s Class Action Litigation Group, focuses his practice on defending consumer products companies in complex, multi-party litigation, including class actions, government enforcement litigation, product defect litigation and mass torts. Rob represents companies in a variety of industries, including apparel and footwear, retail, emerging technologies, consumer electronics, video game, telecommunications, advertising and publicity, online retailing, food and beverage, nutritional supplements, personal care products, sports and fitness, outdoor equipment, home appliances, automotive, and insurance.

Rob is the author of the best-selling book, Verdict for the Defense (Sutton Hart Press 2011), and a co-author of the first and second editions of The Class Action Fairness Act: Law and Strategy (ABA Publishing 2013 and 2022) as well as Class Action Strategy and Practice Guide (ABA Publishing 2018). Rob was recognized as the 'Class Action Litigation Lawyer of the Year' (2017) by the Century City Bar Association. In 2013, 2014 and 2015, Rob was named in Law360's list of 'Top Attorneys Under 40' for Class Actions.

Concentrations

•Class actions
•Unfair competition and antitrust
•Consumer protection litigation
•Product defect litigation
•False advertising
•Unfair and deceptive trade practices
•California Business & Professions Code 17200
•Consumer Legal Remedies Act
•Products liability and mass torts
•Complex commercial litigation
•Trials

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Benchmark Litigation
•'Litigation Star,' 2026
•'California Litigation Star,' 2023-2025
•'Local Litigation Star,' 2022-2025
•Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2023-2025
•Litigation: General Commercial, 2023-2025
•Product Liability & Mass Torts, 2023-2025
•Listed, Lawdragon, '500 Leading Litigators in America,' 2022-2026
•Team Member, a Law360 'Products Liability Practice Group of the Year,' 2011 and 2021-2022
•Team Member, U.S. News - Best Lawyers’ 'Best Law Firms' Tier 1 Ranking, 'Mass Torts/ Class Actions - Defendants,' 2021
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Southern California Super Lawyers, 2014-2024
•'Rising Star,' 2009-2013
•Team Member, The American Lawyer’s 'Products Liability Litigation Department of the Year,' 2018
•Listed, Law360, 'Rising Star,' 2013-2015
•Class Action, 2013-2015
•Product Liability, 2013
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, 2013-2025
•Dispute Resolution - General Commercial Disputes, 2020-2025
•'Leading Lawyer,' 2022-2025
•Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products, 2013-2025
•Team Member, a Law360 'Food & Beverage Practice Group of the Year,' 2015
•Team Member, a Law360 'Appellate Practice Group of the Year,' 2010