Warren Haskel | Class Action Lawyer | McDermott

Overview


Warren Haskel is a commercial litigator who represents clients in class actions and other complex litigation throughout the country, including in federal and state trial courts, arbitration proceedings, and appeals. His matters have spanned a variety of industries, with a focus in healthcare, consumer products, and private equity.

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Results


  • Represented healthcare insurance company in a putative class action alleging ERISA, state contract, and RICO violations regarding how the company calculated member cost-share and plan benefit payments for specialty care services arranged through third-party vendors. Successfully defeated class certification, after which named plaintiffs stipulated to dismissal
  • Represented healthcare insurance company in putative class actions brought by substance abuse treatment facilities and their patients, challenging the company’s reimbursement of out-of-network claims based on pricing supplied by a third-party vendor, including under ERISA, antitrust and RICO theories. Successfully moved to dismiss the facilities’ complaint in its entirety, including the antitrust claims with prejudice. Instead of amending their complaint, the facilities voluntarily dismissed. Successfully defeated patients’ motion for class certification, after which individual named plaintiffs stipulated to dismissal
  • Represented clean energy services company (ESCO) in defense of putative class action brought by individual customers, municipalities, and state regulator alleging that the ESCO improperly dropped customers and withdrew from the market. Negotiated court-approved class settlement and resolved all state regulatory action.

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Recognitions


  • Thomson Reuters, Stand-out Lawyer – independently rated lawyers, 2024-2025
  • The Legal 500 US, 2021-2022
  • Chambers USA, Commercial Disputes, 2021
  • Super Lawyer, 2023-2025
  • Super Lawyer, Rising Star, 2015-2019
  • The Legal Aid Society, Pro Bono Publico Award, 2010

Credentials


Education
Tulane University Law School, JD, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2008
New York University, BA, cum laude, 2004

Courts/Agencies
US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
US District Court for the Southern District of New York

Admissions
New York