Harris Pogust (born 1963)[1] is an American attorney, who is currently the Chairman of the international law firm Pogust Goodhead.[2][3]
Early life and education
editPogust was born in New Jersey. He attended the Widener University School of Law at Rutgers University.[4]
Career
editPogust worked at New Jersey law firm, Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & Podolsky.[5][6] Here, he played a role in New Jersey’s first-class action lawsuit related to Y2K[5][7] and a class-action lawsuit involving several companies including Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.[6]
In 2005, Pogust left Sherman to establish the plaintiff law firm, Pogust, Braslow & Millrood, later known as Pogust Millrood.[8][9]
In 2009, Pogust also represented the plaintiffs in a case in which US Airways and Prime Flight Aviation Services was accused of cheating skycaps out of wages.[9] In 2015, Pogust represented professional wrestlers Vito LoGrasso and Evan Singleton, who sought to hold World Wrestling Entertainment legally responsible for the brain damage that they suffered.[10][11]
In 2018, Pogust became a founding partner in SPG Law,[12][13] later to become PGMBM,[14] and subsequently Pogust Goodhead.[15][16] As part of PGMBM, Pogust oversaw the settlement of a group action claim against British Airways for a 2018 data breach that affected 420,000 individuals.[17][18][19] Pogust also represented UK women who received Essure contraceptive implants from Bayer AG in an injury lawsuit against Bayer in 2020.[20]
As part of Pogust Goodhead, Pogust also oversaw the UK’s largest opt-in class action lawsuit against BHP and Vale, the two mining companies involved in the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam at the Samarco Mariana mine complex in 2015.[21]
References
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- ^ "London law firm Pogust Goodhead scores £450m in debt finance from a US investor to take on corporates accused of wrongdoing". LegalTechTalk. October 10, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "London law firm scores £450m from investment manager to tackle corporate wrongdoing". www.businessgreen.com. October 3, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "Harris Pogust". lawyers.justia.com. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ a b "New Jersey's First Y2K Class-Action Lawsuit". NJBIZ. August 9, 2005. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ a b "Judge certifies class in suit over N.J. dump | Business Insurance". businessinsurance.com. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "Popular software maker settles Y2K lawsuit | 1999-03-01 | AHC Media:…". Relias Media. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "Leading US firm Pogust Millrood merges into global firm PGMBM". Legal Funding Journal. December 1, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ a b "US Airways Cheats On Wages, Skycaps Say". courthousenews.com.
- ^ "Health: Wrestling With Danger?". www.cbsnews.com. January 28, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "Two former wrestlers file brain injury case against WWE". WHYY. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "Claimant law firm SPG Law sets up shop in Liverpool – The Legal 500 Future Lawyers". legal500.com. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "Class action specialists secure biggest ever law firm financing deal". Legal Futures. October 1, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "UK firm SPG Law rebrands with Brazilian name partners". latinlawyer.com. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "Plaintiffs Firm PGMBM, Rebranded as Pogust Goodhead, Opens Office in Brazil as Mining Disaster Litigation Grinds On". Law.com International. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "The Man Making The Record-Breaking Investment In A Law Firm". October 3, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "British Airways settles lawsuit over data breach which hit 420,000 people". The Independent. July 6, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "British Airways data-breach compensation claim settled". 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ "British Airways data breach lawsuit settled: Airline coughs up potentially millions to make sueball bounce away". theregister.com. July 6, 2021.
- ^ "Bayer to Pay $1.6 Billion to End U.S. Suits Over Contraceptive". Claims Journal. 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ "US hedge fund provides record loan for environmental lawsuits". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-07-29.