Elizabeth J. Cabraser
Under Elizabeth Cabraser’s leadership, Lieff Cabraser has become one of the country’s largest law firms serving clients seeking redress for financial and consumer fraud, anti-competitive practices, harmful drugs and products, and illegal employment practices. For four decades, Elizabeth has made sure that our firm remains dedicated to its clients and its core values.
Possessing unparalleled expertise in complex civil litigation, Elizabeth has served as court-appointed lead, co-lead, or class counsel in scores of federal multi-district and state coordinated proceedings. These cases include multi-state tobacco, the Exxon Valdez disaster, Breast Implants, Fen-Phen (Diet Drugs), Vioxx, Toyota sudden acceleration, numerous securities/investment fraud cases, and Holocaust litigation. Today, Elizabeth serves in court-appointed leadership positions in several of the nation’s highest profile civil cases, including serving as Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel in the GM ignition switch defect litigation, as Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel in the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” and Fiat Chrysler Ecodiesel Emissions MDLs. She is currently immersed in nationwide Opioids litigation. In January 2018, she was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee and Settlement Negotiating Committee in the National Prescription Opiates MDL, and earlier this year was appointed Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel in the McKinsey & Co. National Prescription Opiate MDL.
A Pillar of the Plaintiffs’ Bar
Elizabeth has been repeatedly recognized as one of the foremost litigators in our nation, including being selected an unprecedented four times as one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America by the National Law Journal, which has called her “a pillar of the plaintiffs’ bar.”
A Daily Journal “Top California Woman Lawyer” since 2007, in 2018 Law360 named her a “Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar,” the National Trial Lawyers Association selected her for its National Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame, and California Lawyer named her “California Lawyer of the Year” for her work on the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Emissions Fraud case. In 2017, Elizabeth received the National Law Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Also in 2017, she was named “Plaintiff Attorney of the Year” by Benchmark Litigation, which noted that she “is known nationwide for having handled some of the largest class actions in US history, as well as being one the firm’s — and the country’s — foremost trial lawyers.” The publication also named her to its lists for “Top 10 Women in Litigation,” “Top 250 Women in Litigation,” and “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America.” The National Law Journal selected Elizabeth as a 2017 “Energy and Environmental Law Trailblazer,” and Chambers and Partners USA named her a “Leader in the Field” for General Litigation (California) and Product Liability (Nationwide).
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2019-2023
Selected for inclusion by peers in The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Plaintiffs,” “Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs,” “Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs,” and “Consumer Protection Law,” 2005-2023
“Lawyer of the Year,” Best Lawyers, recognized in the category of Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Plaintiffs, Litigation-Securities, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs for San Francisco, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020
“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2019-2023
“Top 100 Lawyers in California,” Daily Journal, 2002-2007, 2010-2016, 2019-2022
“Top Plaintiff Lawyers,” California Daily Journal, 2016-2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
“Top Women Lawyers in California,” Daily Journal, 2007-2020, 2022
“Product Liability MVP of the Year,” Law360, 2022
“Lifetime Achievement Award,” National Law Journal, 2022
“Top 10 Northern California Super Lawyer,” Super Lawyers, 2011-2022
“Top 50 Women Northern California Super Lawyer,” Super Lawyers, 2005-2022
“Super Lawyer for Northern California,” Super Lawyers, 2004-2022
“Excellence in Ethics in Complex Litigation,” UC College of the Law, San Francisco, Center for Litigation and Courts, 2022
“Top Lawyers of the Decade,” Daily Journal, 2021
“Ramey Gender Justice Award,” Equal Rights Advocates, 2021
“Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame,” Lawdragon, 2021
“Top 250 Women in Litigation,” Benchmark Litigation, 2016-2020
“Top 20 Trial Lawyers in America,” Benchmark Litigation, 2020
“Vern Countryman Consumer Law Award,” National Consumer Law Center, 2019
“Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2006-2020
“Trial Lawyer Excellence Award,” Law Bulletin, 2019
“Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar,” National Law Journal, 2018
“Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America,” Benchmark Litigation, 2015, 2017, 2018
“Champion of Justice,” Public Justice, 2018
2018 “National Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame,” National Trial Lawyers Association
“Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar,” Law360, 2018
“California Lawyer of the Year,” California Lawyer, 2018
“Plaintiff Lawyer of the Year,” Benchmark Litigation, 2017
“Lifetime Achievement Award,” National Law Journal, 2017
“Consumer Attorney of the Year Finalist,” Consumer Attorneys of California, 2017
“Top 10 Women in Litigation,” Benchmark Litigation, 2016, 2017
“Energy and Environmental Law Trailblazer,” National Law Journal, 2017
“Leader in the Field” for General Commercial Litigation (California); Product Liability – Plaintiffs (Nationwide), Chambers USA, 2017
“MVP for Class Action Law,” Law360, 2016
“Litigator of the Week,” American Lawyer Litigation Daily, October 28, 2016
“Judge Learned Hand Award,” American Jewish Committee, 2016
“25 Most Influential Women in Securities Law,” Law360, 2016
“California Litigation Star,” Benchmark Litigation, 2012-2017
“Women Trailblazers in the Law,” Senior Lawyers Division, American Bar Association, 2015
“Legends of the 500,” Lawdragon, 2015
“Outstanding Women Lawyer,” National Law Journal, 2015
“Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers,” Super Lawyers, 2005-2016
“Recommended Lawyer,” The Legal 500 (U.S. edition, 2000-2014)
“100 Most Influential Lawyers in America,” The National Law Journal, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2013
“Lifetime Achievement Award,” American Association for Justice, 2012
“Outstanding Achievement Award,” Chambers USA, 2012
“Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award,” American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, 2010
“Edward Pollock Award,” Consumer Attorneys of California, 2008
“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyers,” Lawdragon, Winter 2007
“50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America,” The National Law Journal, 1998, 2007
“Award For Public Interest Excellence,” University of San Francisco School of Law Public Interest Law Foundation, 2007
“Top 75 Women Litigators,” Daily Journal, 2005-2006
“Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America,” Lawdragon, 2006
“Distinguished Leadership Award,” Legal Community Against Violence, 2006
“Women of Achievement Award,” Legal Momentum (formerly the NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund), 2006
“Top 30 Securities Litigator,” Daily Journal, 2005
“Top 50 Women Litigators,” Daily Journal, 2004
“Citation Award,” University of California, Berkeley Law, 2003
“Distinguished Jurisprudence Award,” Anti-Defamation League, 2002
“Top 30 Women Litigators,” California Daily Journal, 2002
“Top Ten Women Litigators,” The National Law Journal, 2001
“Matthew O. Tobriner Public Service Award,” Legal Aid Society, 2000
“California Law Business Top 100 Lawyers,” California Daily Journal, 2000
“California Lawyer of the Year (CLAY),” California Lawyer, 1998
“Presidential Award of Merit,” Consumer Attorneys of California, 1998
“Public Justice Achievement Award,” Public Justice, 1997
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