JOHNSON v. NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Docket No. 14-454.

780 F.3d 128 (2015)

Michael S. JOHNSON, individually and on behalf of the class, Patricia Long Correa, individually and on behalf of the class, Donna Dymkowski, individually and on behalf of the class, Antonio Samuel, individually and on behalf of the class, Angelette Waters, individually and on behalf of the class, Vincent Hall, individually and on behalf of the class, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Cross Claimant-Cross Defendant-Appellant, Leeds, Morelli & Brown PC, Lenard Leeds, Steven A. Morelli, Jeffrey K. Brown, James Vagnini, Federic David Ostrove, Bryan Mazolla, John Doe, 1-10, a fictitious designation for presently unknown Defendants, Susan Fitzgerald, Jane Doe, 1-10, a fictitious designation for presently unknown Defendants, Defendants-Cross Claimants-Cross Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 4, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer F. Connolly ( Steve W. Berman and Kenneth S. Thyne on the brief), Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Mark D. Harris ( Lawrence R. Sandack and John E. Roberts on the brief), Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, for Nextel Communications, Inc.

Before: WESLEY, HALL, and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


This case arises from a novel approach to aggregate litigation that continues to provoke debate among experts in legal ethics.1 The law firm of Leeds, Morelli & Brown PC ("LMB" or "the firm"), representing 587 employees with discrimination claims against their employer, Nextel Communications...

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