David P. Meyer opened his own law firm in 2000 after spending several years conducting jury and non jury trials in both State and Federal courts. At that time, his goal was to build a niche law firm where everyone shared the same vision: to aggressively and proactively represent individual investors and consumers on a contingency fee basis against corporate misconduct.
Over the last seven years, the firm has built what it believes to be the largest niche law practice in Ohio devoted solely to the prosecution of consumer class actions and the representation of investors with claims against the securities industry. The firm prosecutes individual cases and class actions nationwide on behalf of individuals in both arbitration and litigation. Since its inception, Meyer & Associates has achieved jury awards, arbitration awards and settlements with combined value of hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of its clients.
In addition to its consumer class action practice, the Meyer firm has what it believes to be the largest practice in Ohio devoted to the representation of investors with claims against the securities industry. The firm has represented hundreds of investors. These matters include actions in state and federal court as well as NASD and NYSE arbitration.
The firm is honored to have received recognition for its hard work and dedication to its investor and consumer clients. The firm holds
Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating (AV), and Mr. Meyer was recently selected for the third year in a row as Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Star by Law and Politics magazine. In addition, the firm’s investor representation practice was
featured as the cover story in the Columbus C.E.O. Magazine.
Meyer & Associates has prosecuted several nationwide consumer class actions as court-appointed Lead, Co-Lead and Class Counsel in federal and state courts throughout the country, including one class action that resulted in what is believed to be the largest jury verdict in Ohio’s history and also reported to be the country’s largest securities class action jury verdict in history. In that Ohio class action, Mr. Meyer was appointed Lead Class Counsel action against Prudential Securities. The firm represented more than 250 investors from Marion, Ohio. The jury trial lasted several weeks and the jury returned a Plaintiffs’ verdict in excess of $261 million. The case caption was
Burns, et al. v. Prudential Securities, Inc., Case No. 99CV0438, in the Court of Common Pleas of Marion County, Ohio. The case was pending for more than seven years. Following an extensive appeal of the jury verdict by Prudential Securities, Class Members received in excess of 100% recovery of their actual losses, even after payment of attorneys’ fees and expenses. The final amended judgment was paid by Prudential in late 2006.
Meyer & Associates has been appointed class counsel in numerous other consumer class actions that resulted in significant recovery for consumers. A few examples of recent successes in which Meyer & Associates served as Lead or Co-lead counsel include:
- Martino, et al. v. Motorola, Inc. Case No. 03-CIV-1562 (Court of Common Pleas of Medina, Ohio 2004) (Nationwide settlement that provided relief valued in the millions of dollars and included cash reimbursement of Class Members for out of pocket losses).
- Opperman, et al. v. Cellco Partnership, et al., Case No. BC326764 (Superior Court of the State of California, Los Angeles County 2006) (Nationwide settlement that provided, inter alia, for the option to return improperly marketed cellular telephone for a full refund of the purchase price and cancellation of a Class Member’s contract without early termination penalties).
- Heitbrink, et al. v. eMachines, Case No. G-4801-CI-200501229 (Court of Common Pleas of Lucas County, Ohio 2006) (Nationwide settlement that provides relief, including cash relief for qualified Class Members, valued at millions for purchasers of defective notebook computers).
Meyer & Associates currently serves as putative Class Counsel in numerous pending consumer class actions throughout the country, including the following:
- In Re Apple iPod Nano Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. M: 06-cv-01754-RMW (N.D. Cal.) (The firm is Co-Lead Counsel in the Multi-District Litigation proceeding in which nationwide class actions allege that screens on Ipod Nanos were susceptible to excessive scratching under normal use and were therefore defective).
- In Re Inphonic, Inc., Wireless Phone Rebate Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1792 (D. D.C.) (The Meyer firm filed the first of several class actions against Inphonic, Inc. on behalf of consumers who failed to receive rebates promised by the company).
- Bowen, et al. v. Whirlpool Corp., et al., Case No. CV05-8067 (C.D. Cal.) (Class Counsel in nationwide class action alleging defective water heaters. Proposed nationwide class settlement pending).
- Health Science Products LLC. v. Sage Software SB, Inc., Case No. 1:05-CV-03329-RWS (N.D. Ga.) (Co-Lead class Counsel in purported nationwide class action alleging defective software).
- In re Imagitas, Inc., Drivers’ Privacy Protection Act Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1828 (M.D. Fla.) (Nominated as Co-Lead Class Counsel in Multi-District Litigation of several nationwide and statewide class actions alleging illegal disclosure and use of drivers’ personal information).
- Donna Wiatrowski et al v. Sears, Roebuck & Co at al, Case No. 1:06-CV-00637 (N.D. Ohio) (Lead Class Counsel in purported nationwide class alleging defective appliances sold to consumers).
- Oestreicher v. Alienware Corporation, Case No. 3:07-CV-00512 (N.D. Cal.) (Lead Class Counsel in purported California statewide class action alleging defectively designed/manufactured computers).
- Davis, et al. v. Dell, Inc. Case No. 1:07-CV-00630 (D. N.J.) (Co-Lead Class Counsel in purported New Jersey statewide class action alleging defectively designed/manufactured televisions).
- Schweinfurth, et al. v. Motorola, Inc. Case No. 1:05-CV-0024 (N.D. Ohio) (Co-Lead Class Counsel in purported nationwide class action alleging defective cellular phones).
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