Drinker Biddle Announces New Leadership for Class Actions Team

Paul Cauley is an experienced trial lawyer and class action attorney, who regularly serves as national lead counsel in coordinated and multidistrict litigation throughout the country. For the last several years he has led the defense of an automaker in all litigation arising out of the Takata airbag recall, which is the largest in U.S. history. He has also served on the Board of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) and as a faculty member for the IADC Trial Academy held at Stanford University, and is a sustaining member of the Product Liability Advisory Council.

Mike Daly is an authority on class action and consumer protection litigation who regularly writes and comments on recent decisions and developments in the class action arena. He defends putative class actions involving issues such as advertising, labeling, privacy, telemarketing, billing, credit reporting, and debt collecting. He also counsels clients on best practices for maximizing the defensibility of their marketing and the enforceability of their consumer contracts and dispute-resolution programs. He is the senior editor of the firm’s TCPA Blog and a senior member of the firm’s TCPA, Retail Industry, and Consumer Contracts Teams.

Matt Fedor defends clients in consumer class actions and consumer disputes involving sales and marketing practices, product defects, and federal and state consumer protection laws, such as the TCPA, the New Jersey Truth-in-Consumer Contract Warranty and Notice Act, the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, the New York deceptive practices and false advertising laws, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. He also conducts internal investigations, and counsels clients on sales and marketing practices and compliance with consumer protection laws. He is a senior member of the firm’s TCPA, Retail Industry, and Consumer Contracts Teams and writes frequently on developments in class actions and consumer protection laws.

Justin Kay defends complex civil matters in federal and state courts and before federal agencies. His consumer class action defense practice focuses on counseling and defending corporations in cases involving federal and state consumer protection laws. He also writes, speaks and serves as a resource for journalists reporting on such laws. His experience includes defending claims involving the TCPA, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act, and various other state and federal consumer protection statutes. He also serves as chair of the firm’s National Hiring Committee, which oversees the recruiting and hiring of associates, and was recognized by the Chicago Law Bulletin as one of 2018’s “40 under 40” and noted among Benchmark Litigation’s 2018 “40 & Under Hot List” for the second year in a row.