Sabrina Merold is an associate in the Antitrust practice, where she represents a broad range of individuals and businesses in civil litigation, with a focus on multi-district class actions and antitrust litigation.
Prior to joining the firm, Sabrina was a law clerk to the Honorable Mary M. Schroeder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Before that, she was a Federal Policy & Advocacy Legal Fellow at the Center for Reproductive Rights, where she managed the Center’s FOIA lawsuit, filed by Cohen Milstein, against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Sabrina co-authored, Religious Liberty and Access to Reproductive Health Care, 47 A.B.A SEC. OF C.R. AND SOC. JUST., HUM. RTS. MAG.: INTERSECTION OF LGBTQ RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (July 5, 2022).
During law school, Sabrina was an executive editor for the Journal of Law and Social Change.
- District of Columbia
- University of Pennsylvania School of Law, J.D.
- Swarthmore College, B.A. in Sociology & Anthropology and Psychology with High Honors
Current Cases
Brown v. JBS USA Food Company, et al.
Brown v. JBS USA Food Company, et al. (D. Col.): Cohen Milstein serves as Interim Co-Lead Counsel in this wage suppression antitrust class action against eleven of country’s largest beef and pork producers and several of their subsidiaries, including JBS USA Food, Tyson Foods, Cargill, Hormel Foods, American Foods, Perdue Farms, Smithfield Foods, and National Beef Packing. On March 8, 2024, Plaintiffs filed motions for preliminary approval of a total $127.2 million in settlements against Tyson Foods and JBS USA Food. Pending final approval, settlements thus far total $200 million.
Jien, et al. v. Perdue Farms, Inc., et al.
Jien, et al. v. Perdue Farms, Inc., et al. (D. Md.): Cohen Milstein serves as Co-Lead Counsel in this putative wage and hour suppression class action against the nation’s largest chicken and turkey producers for conspiring to suppress the compensation of poultry workers. On June 5, 2025, the court granted final approval of settlements against the poultry defendants, totaling $398.05 million. Litigation against Agri Stats continues.
Moehrl v. National Association of Realtors, et al.
Moehrl v. National Association of Realtors (N.D. Ill.): Cohen Milstein is co-lead counsel in this and three other parallel, certified class actions, in which home sellers allege that National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the nation's largest real estate brokers conspired to require home sellers to pay the broker fees of home buyers. Since October 2023, Cohen Milstein and co-counsel have helped home sellers achieve more than $997.1 million in approved settlements, including a $418 million settlement against NAR, which included sweeping, industry-wide reforms and injunctive relief for home sellers.
Amicus Briefs
LabCorp. v. Davis
Labcorp v. Luke Davis, et al. (U.S.): Cohen Milstein filed an amicus brief on behalf of distinguished federal jurisdiction scholars in support of respondents in this case before the Supreme Court. Respondents, individuals who are legally blind, brought a class action against Labcorp in 2020. Allegedly, Labcorp’s Express Self Check-In kiosks violate federal and California disability laws because they are not accessible to the blind. Labcorp challenged the Ninth Circuit’s affirmance of the district court’s decision to certify the class, contending that both Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 and Article III of the Constitution prohibit class certification if the proposed class includes uninjured class members. The amicus brief examines the tangle of jurisdictional, prudential, and factual issues in the case that stem from Labcorp’s appeal of the wrong class certification order. Amici offered this brief to assist the Court in evaluating the scope of its certiorari jurisdiction and recommended dismissing the case as improvidently granted. On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court did just that. In a 8 – 1 decision, the Court determined that the case had been improvidently granted given the procedural issues.
Moyle v. U.S.A. and Idaho v. U.S.A.
On March 28, 2024, the National Women’s Law Center filed an amicus brief, co-authored by Cohen Milstein, with the Supreme Court of the United States, addressing Moyle v. U.S.A. (No. 23-726) and Idaho v. U.S.A. (23-727) and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). This brief is also submitted on behalf of In Our […]
April 17, 2025
Scholars Say Justices Should Dump Case That Could Curb Class Actions
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider a case that business groups are hoping will stem the tide of class actions they say are swamping corporate defendants in recent years. But a group of scholars have identified a messy procedural flaw in the case that could derail any ruling by the justices.
In the News | The National Law Journal
June 5, 2025
Poultry Workers Get Final OK On $398M Wage-Fixing Deals
A Maryland federal judge granted final approval Thursday to settlements worth nearly $400 million for poultry processing workers who claimed that the nation's biggest chicken producers conspired to suppress their wages.
In the News | Law360
May 9, 2025
Split 4th Circ. Revives Naval Engineers’ No-Poach Case
A split Fourth Circuit panel Friday revived a putative class action accusing major shipbuilders and naval engineering consultants of an illegal "no-poach" conspiracy, with the majority holding that just because the alleged conspirators never formalized their purported agreements in writing, it doesn't mean the conspiracy can't be unlawful.
In the News | Law360
July 31, 2024
Antitrust Group Backs Naval Engineers’ No-Poach Case
An advocacy group that supports robust enforcement of antitrust laws has urged the Fourth Circuit to revive a case from former naval engineers accusing military shipbuilders of using secret “no-poach” agreements to avoid competing for workers. The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws filed an amicus brief on Tuesday arguing that a federal court in […]
In the News | Law360
April 26, 2024
Home Sellers Reach $250M Settlement with HomeServices of America
Home sellers have reached a $250 million settlement with HomeServices of America and certain of its subsidiaries, including Long & Foster Companies, Inc., BHH Affiliates, LLC, and HSF Affiliates, LLC, resolving antitrust class action claims against one of the nation’s largest residential real estate services companies.
Press Releases | Cohen Milstein
March 29, 2024
Experts in Law, Medicine, Business, Reproductive Rights, and Gender Justice Call on the Supreme Court to Protect the Right to Emergency Abortion Care
On March 29, 2024, the National Women’s Law Center issued the following press release: WASHINGTON D.C. – On Thursday, March 28, 2024, a broad coalition of major medical organizations, physicians, people who have been denied critical health- and life-saving emergency abortion care, former HHS officials, Members of Congress, states, cities, counties, prosecutors, public health experts, […]
In the News | National Women's Law Center
March 22, 2024
Litigators of the Week: Plaintiffs Reach a $418M Market-Shifting Settlement With Realtor Group
The National Association of Realtors agreed to changes that could trim the commissions paid to agents as part of the deal reached with co-lead counsel at Ketchmark and McCreight, Boulware Law, Williams Dirks Dameron, Hagens Berman, Cohen Milstein, and Susman Godfrey. Journalists refer to it as “above the fold.” The top half of the front […]
In the News | American Lawyer
March 15, 2024
Home Sellers Reach Landmark $418M Settlement with the National Association of Realtors
Joint settlement provides industry changing framework for NAR, MLS, and other real estate entities. WASHINGTON, DC– A nationwide class of home sellers has reached a landmark $418 million joint settlement with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) that will resolve claims in four antitrust class actions against NAR. Those class actions allege that NAR and […]
Press Releases | Cohen Milstein