December 11, 2025
A Washington federal judge on Thursday appointed Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and DiCello Levitt LLP as interim co-lead counsel over consolidated claims that Zillow paid kickbacks to brokers for referrals to its own mortgage services, among other anticompetitive conduct using company agents.
U.S. District Judge James L. Robart in a Wednesday order consolidated cases brought by lead plaintiffs Alucard Taylor in September and Araba Armstrong in November. Judge Robart ordered the two law firms to serve as interim co-leads in a separate Thursday order.
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The Taylor plaintiffs are represented by Jerrod C. Patterson and Steve W. Berman of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and Douglas James McNamara of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC.
Read Zillow Cases Over Agent Steering, Kickbacks Merge In Wash. .