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We Work Hard for Hardworking People

We are dedicated class action attorneys who work hard to resolve issues, taking some of the nation’s largest retailers, banks, and insurance companies to court.

Helping consumers, retirees, borrowers, insureds—initiating changes and making a difference—is at the heart of everything that we do.

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We Are Problem Solvers

We are experienced class action attorneys who solve complex problems in innovative ways. We believe in righting wrongs. We advocate. We strategize. We are committed to helping.

Consumer Protection Class Actions

Consumer laws create fair standards of conduct that businesses, insurers, and lenders must follow. These laws often provide remedies to help recover money and to stop unlawful, unfair, or deceptive practices.

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Employee Benefits Class Actions

People choose jobs based not only on how much they will earn but also benefits they are promised. After years of loyal service some employees learn they will receive fewer benefits than promised, which causes economic and emotional harm.

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Privacy Rights
Class Actions

Banks, retailers, insurers, doctors, etc. access our most personal information. Our consumer privacy rights attorneys make sure that companies uphold their legal responsibilities when it comes to protecting your personal data.

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Individual
Actions

We fight for employees who have been denied or short-changed on short-term and long-term disability benefits. We also help people who are not paid for the hours, including overtime, they work based on state and federal laws.

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Take it from the Courts

Courts across the U.S. have recognized our class action attorneys for their expertise, professionalism, competence and advocacy.

Judge Ellison praised Joe Kravec, Wyatt Lison, and their co-counsel in the Order and Judgment Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Litigation Expenses, and Case Contribution Awards

Regmund v. Talisman Energy USA, Inc.,

Civil Action No. 4:16-cv-02960, ECF No. 221, p 5 (S.D. Tex. 2021); Cf. Regmund, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92346 (approving class settlement).

The Court praised Jim Pietz for “the quality of counsel’s briefing, their successful coordination of the class notice process, and their compliance with the Court’s scheduling orders […] Thus, counsel’s qualifications to represent the settlement classes are not in doubt”

Rossini v. PNC Fin. Servs. Grp., Inc.,

2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 113242, at *24-25 (W.D. Pa. June 26, 2020)

“The action required expertise in ERISA, the Labor Management Relations Act, and Rule 23, and class counsel’s performance evidences skill rarely demonstrated by the typical class-action litigator in this district,” the Court said of Joel Hurt, Pamina Ewing, and Ruairi McDonnell.

Comer v. Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc.,

2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 187069 *9 (M.D. Fla. 2017).

The Court of Appeals complimented Bill Payne, stating “Both classes would have been hard-pressed to find someone with greater ‘experience in handling class actions.’”

UAW v. General Motors Corp.,

497 F.3d 615, 626 (6th Cir. 2007).

U.S. Steel Class Action Certified

May 12, 2023.  Judge Philip A. Ignelzi of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, entered an Order certifying Hernandez v. U.S. Steel as a class action and issued an Opinion regarding class certification. This class action was…

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California Auto Insurance

California auto insurance policyholders may be unlawfully charged higher premiums California auto insurance policyholders may be charged hundreds of dollars a year in higher premiums than permitted by California law. Auto insurers must base the premiums they charge on insurance…

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William T. Payne

Bill Payne—one of the founding partners of FDPK—retired in June 2024, after more than 45 years of practicing law. Throughout his career, Bill served as counsel for retirees or employees in more than one hundred class action lawsuits throughout the United States. Many of his lawsuits challenged cuts in company-provided retiree health care benefits.
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Call us today.We are a class action law firm that works hard for consumers, borrowers, insureds, victims of data breaches, people with credit report or background check issues, people with long- or short-term disability claims, and collective actions for employees’ wage and hour issues.

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