May 25, 2026
This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs’ firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360’s Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026.
This year’s list features attorneys who have handled a variety of class actions, multidistrict litigation, derivative suits and more.
- Mike Arias, Arias Sanguinetti
- Matthew L. Schwartz, Boies Schiller
- Deepak Gupta, Gupta Wessler
- Gretchen Freeman Cappio, Keller Rohrback
- Michael P. Canty, Labaton Keller
- Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser
- John Yanchunis, Morgan & Morgan
- David Knotts, Robbins Geller
- Brent W. Johnson, Cohen Milstein
- Linda M. Dardarian, Dardarian Ho
This year’s recipients’ expertise ranged from intellectual property to derivative class actions, to antitrust law, with Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC’s Brent W. Johnson securing compensation under antitrust laws specifically for lower-wage workers. Last year, Johnson succeeded in winning settlements against Tyson, Cargill, JBS Foods and others for their role in an alleged wage suppression conspiracy in the poultry, beef, and pork meat processing industries.