Overview
Ben Barokh is a litigator in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson who represents clients in complex litigation and appeals, primarily involving class actions.
Ben has represented clients facing high-stakes, multidistrict litigation, mass torts and class actions across a range of industries. Ben has also argued appeals in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and D.C. circuits, and briefed cases in numerous other federal and state appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and the California Supreme Court.
At Georgetown University Law Center, he served as executive editor of The Tax Lawyer and participated in the Appellate Litigation Clinic, where he argued a precedent-setting case in the D.C. Circuit.
Capabilities
Experience
Appellate
Representative Matters*
Lyft, Inc. in multiple cases in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Second and Ninth circuits, as well as the California Supreme Court and California Court of Appeal. Successfully argued and briefed a matter of first impression in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit concerning the waiver of rights under the Freedom of Information Act.
An asylum petitioner before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
*Includes representations prior to Benjamin’s affiliation with Munger, Tolles & Olson.
Mass Torts, Class Actions and Product Liability
Representative Matters*
Shimano in a nationwide class action regarding allegedly improperly designed bicycle parts.
Juul Labs Inc. in multidistrict litigation involving novel class action and product liability claims regarding its marketing practices.
Angi, Inc. in the defense of a preliminary injunction sought by California district attorneys seeking to force the reclassification of independent service professionals as employees.
Lyft, Inc. as part of the team that successfully defended multiple preliminary injunction motions seeking immediate classification of drivers as employees in federal district courts in California and Massachusetts.
Bank of America and Merrill Lynch in litigation related to its residential mortgage-backed securities.
More
- Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2024
Publications
- “The Meaning of ‘Incomes’ in the Sixteenth Amendment,” 15 Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy 409 (2017)