Meet the Team
Oren S. Giskan
PARTNER
Oren Giskan is admitted to practice in the states of New York (1993) and Illinois (1990). He received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990 and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago in 1986.
For the past 28 years, Oren has been primarily engaged in class action litigation. He founded GSA in 2002. He has served as lead or co-lead class counsel in Cleary et al v. American Airlines, Inc., N.D.Tex. 4:21-cv-00184-O (settlement recovering 100% of improperly collected baggage fees); Cymbalista v. JPMorgan Chase, N.A., E.D.N.Y., 20-cv-00456 (settlement of claims related to interest paid to mortgagors on money held by banks in escrow accounts); Grottano v. City of New York, et al., S.D.N.Y., 15-cv-09242 (settlement of civil rights claims for visitors at New York City jails); NYTDA, Inc. v. The City Of New York et al., 1:11-cv-01836-NGG-MDG (settlement on behalf of commercial delivery vehicles for improper traffic violation tickets); In re Check Loan Litigation, N.D. Cal. 09-md-02032 ($100 million settlement of claims related to increase of minimum monthly credit card payments); Cohen v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. and JP Morgan Chase Bank, E.D.N.Y. 04-cv-4098 (settlement of deceptive claims related to charging of mortgage fee resulting in a recovery of 100% of damages for class members); In re: LG Front Load Washing Machine Class Action Litig., 2:08-cv-00051 (MCA) (LDW) (D.N.J.) (nationwide settlement for washing machine defect claims); Bond v. Cricket Communications, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-923-GLR (D. Md.) (settlement for more than one million consumers alleging that cellular phones were defective); Sebrow v. Allstate Insurance Company, E.D.N.Y., CV-07-3929 (settlement of deceptive practice claims regarding non-renewal of homeowners insurance policies), Education Station v. Yellow Book USA, Superior Court of New Jersey ($70 million settlement of false advertising claims); Krobath v. South Nassau Communities Hospital, Supreme Court of New York, Nassau County (settlement of claims related to emergency room billing of self-pay patients).
From 1990-92, Mr. Giskan was an associate with Jenner & Block in Chicago, Illinois where he focused on securities and general commercial litigation.