Other Practice Areas
Class Action & Consumer Protection
Smith & Lowney has represented millions of consumers in challenging corporate misconduct. We bring class actions in situations where individual litigation is impossible, such as where corporate defendants have stolen small sums from large groups of their customers or have committed nationwide consumer fraud.
The following are representative cases:
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) litigation on behalf of military servicemembers. Smith & Lowney is on the cutting edge of representing members of the military seeking to enforce their rights under the SCRA. In 2018, we obtained a $42 million settlement for servicemembers from Bank of America. In 2019, our case against Chase Bank was the first SCRA case in the nation to be certified as a class action for the purpose of litigation, and we successfully defended that decision before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. The case ultimately settled for $63.6 million.
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Campbell. v. Airtouch Cellular.
Occasionally we represent consumers in opposing inadequate class action settlements. In this case, we successfully opposed a nationwide settlement with Verizon Wireless. After the original settlement was rejected by the court, our firm helped to significantly strengthen the settlement, more than doubling its value.
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False Claims and Fraud Against the Government
Smith & Lowney represented whistleblowers in exposing fraud against the government, recovering millions for taxpayers and “relators’ shares” for our clients. We bring cases against large government contractors and have extensive experience at the Hanford Nuclear Site, a nuclear cleanup site receiving billions of dollars in federal funding annually, located in Eastern Washington. Our case against Hanford contractors settled for over $57 million, which was the largest procurement fraud recovery in 2020.
