Personal Injury Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation - Talent Profile
The Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro Personal Injury Group lawyers stand among the best in the business. Our attorneys continually strive to provide each client the best possible legal representation. Read the talent profiles of attorneys below.
Tony ShapiroMr. Shapiro is a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro where he concentrates on antitrust matters, environmental and general commercial disputes, and leads the firm's Personal Injury Group. His personal injury practice includes cases of wrongful death, brain injury, and catastrophic personal injury matters resulting from construction site, workplace and automobile accidents, as well as product liability.
Mr. Shapiro's work prosecuting plaintiffs' claims against the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company resulting from the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill ultimately resulted in a $98 million settlement for plaintiffs. Other notable antitrust class actions include Brand Name Prescription Drug Antitrust Litigation, Carbon Dioxide Antitrust Litigation, Carpet Antitrust Litigation, Infant Formula Antitrust Litigation, Baby Food Antitrust Litigation, Scouring Pads Antitrust Litigation, Medical X-Ray Film Antitrust Litigation, High Fructose Corn Syrup Antitrust Litigation, Visa/MasterCard Antitrust Litigation, Commercial Tissue Products Antitrust Litigation, Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation, Lease Oil Antitrust Litigation, and Bromine Antitrust Litigation.
Prior to leading the Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro personal injury litigation practice, Mr. Shapiro honed his courtroom skills in the Washington state prosecuting attorney's office, where he represented the state in more than 50 serious felony jury trials, including some of the state's most difficult and high-profile cases. Following his position at the prosecuting attorney's office, he joined Schweppe Krug & Tausend, then Seattle's oldest law firm, where he used his extensive courtroom experience to serve personal injury clients. He subsequently founded Rohan Goldfarb & Shapiro, a firm focusing on personal injury cases as well as commercial litigation and antitrust work.
Very involved in issues concerning juvenile diabetes, Mr. Shapiro has served as a board member of the Western Washington chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation for four years.
Mr. Shapiro was given an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating a lawyer can obtain, indicating a very high to preeminent legal ability and exceptional ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.
Mr. Shapiro graduated from Colgate University with honors and earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1982.
Jeniphr Breckenridge
Ms. Breckenridge is a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro where her focus is on consumer and securities litigation. She is also an instrumental member of the firm's Personal Injury Group and remains heavily involved with the firm's Enron case. Other notable cases include the Boeing Securities Litigation, Raytheon Securities Litigation, Abbott Drug Litigation and Tobacco Litigation.
In the Tobacco Litigation, Ms. Breckenridge spearheaded Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro's effort to develop facts surrounding defendant British American Tobacco Industries and its subsidiaries, including Brown & Williamson and BATCo. Reviewing BAT documents held in a repository in Guildford, England, she explored issues of American court jurisdiction over BAT entities; BAT's participation in the worldwide industry conspiracy; and BAT and Brown & Williamson lawyer involvement in the conspiracy, as well as other issues related to liability.
Pursing other discovery issues related to Brown & Williamson and BAT, Ms. Breckenridge successfully and strongly opposed motions to compel the depositions of two top BAT executives, Martin Broughton and Urlich Herter, halting the development of the story of BAT's acquisition of Farmers. Later, she helped identify state exhibits in Arizona and Washington. Coordinating with defendants and the court, Ms. Breckenridge also managed the firm's efforts in Washington to admit state exhibits and respond to and oppose the admission of certain defense exhibits, including addressing certain evidentiary issues with the court.
Ms. Breckenridge earned her bachelor's degree from Mt. Holyoke College and she graduated from Georgetown University with a master's degree in political theory and economics. Notes and Comments editor of the Maryland Law Review, she graduated from the University of Maryland Law School in 1988.
Rob Carey
Mr. Carey has been managing partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro's Phoenix office since 2002. His practice includes handling numerous class-action lawsuits against a variety of organizations and companies - including the Swift Truckers Litigation, the State Lottery Litigation - and the Average Wholesale Price Litigation. He recently acted as co-lead counsel for the Hyundai Litigation, which settled for approximately $100 million.
Mr. Carey's previous experience focused on personal injury, medical malpractice and various class-action cases. In addition to arguing several high-profile cases in state Supreme Courts and Courts of Appeals, he litigated multi-billion dollar claims by counties for damages stemming from tobacco-related illnesses and dozens of consumer and insurance class actions in various states. Mr. Carey also served as judge pro tempore in Maricopa County Superior Court and as special counsel for Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro suits to recover Medicaid and statutory damages in the landmark public health litigation.
From 1990 to 1996, as Arizona's Chief Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Carey oversaw all major legal, policy, legislative, and political issues for the Arizona attorney general's office. He also obtained a $4 billion divestiture, a landmark $165 million antitrust settlement, and won numerous consumer and tort cases. Mr. Carey drafted and spearheaded passage of Arizona's law requiring the DNA testing of all sex offenders and instituted a penalty requiring that criminals pay the cost of victims' rights. He was also a principal draftsman of the first major overhaul of Arizona's criminal code, and drafted the bulk of the federal Prisoner Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for Senators Bob Dole and Jon Kyl, and authored the counterpart Arizona act that served as a model for other states and the federal act. His legislative experience began when he served as a former campaign staffer, intern, and staff member for U.S. Senator John McCain, during and after Senator McCain's first run for public office.
Recognized by the judges of the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County for outstanding contributions to the justice system, Mr. Carey frequently presents at national conferences and teaches tort, contract and public policy courses, most recently at the University of Colorado's graduate business school.
Mr. Carey earned his bachelor's at Arizona State University, and received his MBA and law degree from the University of Denver. He also attended Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he studied in the state and local government program.
