Hagens Berman Opens New Office in Colorado Springs, Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, a Seattle-based class-action and complex litigation firm, today announced the opening of a Colorado office, led by class-action attorney Rob Carey.

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Hagens Berman Managing Partner Steve Berman sees Colorado as the next step in expanding the firm's growing national presence.

"Colorado represents a major opportunity for the firm to better support our clients," Berman said. "Our strategy is to place offices wherever we think we can best serve our clients' needs."

Hagens Berman currently has offices in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco, and recently opened a Washington, D.C. office.

A former pro tem judge and chief deputy attorney general for the state of Arizona, Carey focuses his practice on class-action consumer, employment, financial, and insurance litigation in western states, including Colorado.

Carey has strong roots in the region, having attended high school in Colorado Springs, and receiving his law and graduate business school degrees at the University of Denver.  He also served as adjunct professor for several years at the University of Colorado.

"Rob has been instrumental in our success in representing consumers and investors and in helping us to ensure that big business puts consumers and employees before profits," Berman said.

Carey is currently litigating a class action against EA Sports and the NCAA for illegally using collegiate athletes' images in its videogames, the Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration class action and other auto-defect class actions.

"I'm excited by the opportunity to lead the firm's newest office," Carey said. "I look forward to helping the firm's clients in Colorado and growing our presence here."

The Colorado office is located at 2301 E. Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, but it will also have an attorney based in Denver.

Hagens Berman has tackled numerous class-action cases over the years. Some of the firm's current cases include: the Toyota Refund Litigation, which alleges the world's largest automaker knew many of its models had throttle control system problems that lead to sudden, unintended acceleration; Aaron Wagner v. Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi and other consumer electronics companies, a class-action suit that alleges several consumer-electronics companies manipulated the prices of optical disk drives; and Allen Hale v. Guitar Center, a class-action suit that alleges Guitar Center conspired to fix pricing on fretted instruments.

About Hagens Berman

Seattle-based Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is a consumer-rights class-action law firm with offices in Boston, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Founded in 1993, HBSS continues to successfully fight for consumer rights in large, complex litigation. More about the law firm and its successes can be found at www.hbsslaw.com.

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