Meet the Team
Catherine E. Anderson
PARTNER
Catherine Anderson represents consumers and employees in a wide variety of disputes, both individual and class based. Her consumer practice focuses on deceptive practices prevalent in the financial, mortgage lending and servicing, and insurance industries, including deceptive fees and billing practices, and defective products and services. She has represented employees and independent contractors in a wide variety of matters, including wage and hour violations, misclassification, discrimination and retaliation based on race, sex, age, disability and national origin, whistle blower claims, medical and family leave, and severance and employment contract negotiations. She also has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Lubin School of Business at Pace University teaching Employment Law.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
- Merino v. Wells Fargo & Co., 2:16-cv-07840 (ES)(MAH)(D.N.J. 2020) ($35 million wage and hour settlement);
- Gray, et al., v. CIT Bank, et al., 1:18-cv-01520 (D.N.J. 2020) (RMB)(AMD)( $8.5 million nationwide class settlement on behalf of reverse mortgage holders);
- Cohen v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. and JP Morgan Chase Bank, 04-cv-4098 (ILG)(E.D.N.Y.)( $20 million nationwide class settlement for deceptive fees);
- Santos v. Carrington, et al., 2:16-cv-03679 (WHW)(D.N.J.) ($8 million nationwide class settlement on behalf of homeowners);
- Kent v. Hewlett-Packard Co., C-09-05341 (JF)(N.D. CA)( nationwide class settlement valued at over $2 million for defective product claims);
- Patel, et al. v. Baluchis, et al 08-cv-9985 (RJS)(S.D.N.Y.) ($880,000 wage and hour settlement on behalf of restaurant workers);
- Sebrow, et al. v. Allstate Insurance Co., et al. 07 CV 3929 (FB)(RLM) (E.D.N.Y.) (class settlement providing 100% relief to over 54,000 homeowners for claims for non-renewal of insurance);
- Russo v. WholeArts Foundation, Inc., et al, Index No. 603037/03 (KM) (New York Supreme Court) (settlement providing 100% payment of outstanding bills on behalf of class members enrolled in defunct health plan);
- Castro v. City of New York, 05 Civ. 593 (LAK)(MHD) (S.D.N.Y.) ($400,000 jury verdict on Title VII retaliation claims).