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The boutique law firm of Meyer & Associates is believed to be the only law firm in Ohio devoted solely to investor claims and class actions. The firm’s founding principal, attorney David P. Meyer, has the honor of winning the largest jury verdict in Ohio’s history, a jury verdict in excess of $260 Million on behalf of 250 investors against Prudential Securities.

Since its inception, the firm has built what it believes to be the largest niche law practice in Ohio devoted solely to the representation of investors with claims against the securities industry and the prosecution of class actions. The firm prosecutes individual cases and class actions nationwide on behalf of its clients in both securities arbitration and class action litigation. Meyer & Associates has achieved jury awards, arbitration awards and settlements with combined value of hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of its clients. The five attorneys at the firm spend all of their time and expertise doing what they do best – pursuing investor claims and consumer class actions.

The firm is honored to have received recognition from its peers in the legal community for its achievements and dedication to its investor and consumer clients. The firm holds Martindale-Hubbell's highest peer rating (AV), and Mr. Meyer was recently selected for the third year in a row as an Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Star by Law and Politics magazine. In addition, the firm’s investor representation practice was featured as the cover story in the Columbus C.E.O. Magazine.

Meyer & Associates has prosecuted many nationwide consumer class actions as court-appointed Lead, Co-Lead and Class Counsel in federal and state courts throughout the country, including what was reported as one of the country’s largest securities class action jury verdict in history. In that Ohio class action referenced above, Mr. Meyer was appointed as one of the Lead Class Counsel in an action against Prudential Securities. The firm represented more than 250 investors from Marion, Ohio. The case caption was Burns, et al. v. Prudential Securities, Inc., Case No. 99CV0438, in the Court of Common Pleas of Marion County, Ohio. The case was pending for more than seven years. Following an extensive appeal of the jury verdict by Prudential, Class Members received in excess of 100% recovery of their actual losses, even after payment of attorneys’ fees and expenses. The final amended judgment was paid by Prudential in late 2006.

Meyer & Associates has been appointed class counsel in numerous other consumer class actions across the country that resulted in significant recovery for consumers. A few examples of recent successes in which Meyer & Associates served as Lead or Co-lead class counsel include:

Martino, et al. v. Motorola, Inc. Case No. 03-CIV-1562 (Court of Common Pleas of Medina, Ohio 2004) (Nationwide settlement that provided relief valued in the millions of dollars and included cash reimbursement to Class Members for out of pocket losses).

Opperman, et al. v. Cellco Partnership, et al., Case No. BC326764 (Superior Court of the State of California, Los Angeles County 2006) (Nationwide settlement that provided, inter alia, for the option to return improperly marketed cellular telephone for a full refund of the purchase price and cancellation of Class Member’s contracst without early termination penalties).

Heitbrink, et al. v. eMachines, Case No. G-4801-CI-200501229 (Court of Common Pleas of Lucas County, Ohio 2006) (Nationwide settlement that provided relief, including cash relief for qualified Class Members, valued in the millions for purchasers of defective notebook computers).

Bowen, et al. v. Whirlpool Corp., et al., Case No. CV05-8067 (C.D. Cal.) (Class Counsel in settlement of nationwide class action alleging defective water heaters. The nationwide settlement provided cash reimbursements to qualified class members).

Miller v. Holland America Corp. (Case No. CV 06-1363 RSL) (W.D. Washington) (Served as Co-Lead Class Counsel with the law firm of Hagens Berman in a class action lawsuit claiming that the cruise line wrongly collected funds from persons who traveled on an Alaskan cruise. The nationwide settlement provided class members 100% reimbursement of all improperly collected funds).

Donna Wiatrowski et al v. Sears, Roebuck & Co, et al., Case No. 1:06-CV-00637 (N.D. Ohio) (Lead Class Counsel in nationwide class action settlement providing cash reimbursement for qualifying class members asserting claims of defective clothes dryers).

Health Science Products LLC. v. Sage Software SB, Inc., Case No. 1:05-CV-03329-RWS (N.D. Ga.) (Co-Lead Class Counsel in nationwide class action settlement providing cash relief to qualifying class members for claims asserting defective software).

Meyer & Associates currently serves as putative Class Counsel in numerous pending consumer class actions throughout the country, including the following:

In Re Apple iPod Nano Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. M: 06-cv-01754-RMW (N.D. Cal.) (The firm is Co-Lead Counsel in the Multi-District Litigation proceeding in which nationwide class actions allege that screens on Ipod Nanos were susceptible to excessive scratching under normal use and were therefore defective).

Vukson v. TigerDirect, Inc., et. al., Case No.: 2:07-cv-04353 (E.D. New York) (The Meyer firm filed a nationwide class action against TigerDirect, Systemax, Inc. and OnRebate, Inc. for failing to honor its advertised rebates).

Fulford v. Logitech, Inc., Case No.: 08-cv-2041 (N.D. California) (The firm is serving as co-lead counsel along with the law firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP alleging that Logitech misrepresented the functions of one of its products).

Jason Asp v. Toshiba Amer. Consumer Products, Case No.: 2:08-cv-0427 (S.D. Ohio) (The firm is serving as lead counsel in the nationwide class action alleging Toshiba sold defective products to its customers).

Stout v. Jeld-Wen, Inc., Case No.: 1:08-cv-652 (N.D. Ohio) (The firm is serving as lead counsel in the nationwide class action alleging that Jeld-Wen is failing to honor its 25 year warranty on defective windows).

Jones v. Sears, Case No. 08 C 2951 (N.D. Illinois) (The firm is serving as co-lead class counsel with the law firm of Coughlin Stoi Geller Rudman & Robbins alleging that the retailer failed to properly install its customers’ dryer vents in the manner required by the dryer manufacturers). The Meyer firm is pursuing similar cases against Lowe’s, Home Depot and HHGregg.

In Re Inphonic, Inc., Wireless Phone Rebate Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1792 (D. D.C.) (The Meyer firm filed the first of several class actions against Inphonic, Inc. on behalf of consumers who failed to receive rebates promised by the company).

In re Imagitas, Inc., Drivers’ Privacy Protection Act Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1828 (M.D. Fla.) (Serving as Co-Lead Class Counsel in Multi-District Litigation of several nationwide and statewide class actions alleging illegal disclosure and use of drivers’ personal information).

Oestreicher v. Alienware Corporation, Case No. 3:07-CV-00512 (N.D. Cal.) (Lead Class Counsel in purported California statewide class action alleging defectively designed/manufactured computers).

Davis, et al. v. Dell, Inc., Case No. 1:07-CV-00630 (D. N.J.) (Co-Lead Class Counsel in purported New Jersey statewide class action alleging defectively designed/manufactured televisions).

Schweinfurth, et al. v. Motorola, Inc., Case No. 1:05-CV-0024 (N.D. Ohio) (Co-Lead Class Counsel in nationwide class action alleging defective cellular phones).

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