 Richard L. Kellner is a nationally respected litigator, with more than 25 trials to verdict and nearly 100 appeals in state and federal courts. His areas of expertise include class action litigation, complex business litigation, appellate law, plaintiffs' employment and labor law, civil rights, arbitration award disputes, and law firm partnership disputes .
Richard has been recognized by Los Angeles magazine as a “Super Lawyer” in 2006 and 2007 in the field of class actions and mass torts .
In the area of consumer class actions, Richard has successfully obtained hundred of millions of dollars for his clients. He is co-lead counsel in a number of pending high-profile class actions, including:
- Epson Inkjet Cartridge Cases (Los Angeles Superior Court)
- Checkmate Strategic Group, Inc. v. Yahoo! (U.S. District Court, Central District California)
- Rich v. Hewlett-Packard Co . (U.S. District Court, Northern District California)
- Kasper v. Pacific Bell (Los Angeles Superior Court)
- Grair v. GlaxoSmithKline Inc. (Los Angeles Superior Court)
- Ballandran v. Labor Ready (Los Angeles Superior Court)
- Hermosilla v. TEG/LVI (Los Angeles Superior Court)
- Tachjian v. Deutsche Bank AG (U.S. District Court, Central District California)
- Ray v. Microsoft (U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington)
- Guerrara v. The Hertz Corporation (U.S District Court, Nevada)
Accomplishments
In recent years, Richard has achieved an impressive string of appellate victories, including reversals in the following cases:
- Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Spectrum Community Association (2006; 141 Cal.App.4th 1117)
- Parkview Villas Association, Inc. v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. (2005; 133 Cal.App.4th 1197)
- Cordova v. 21st Century Ins. Co. (2005; 129 Cal.App.4th 89)
- O'Flaherty v. Belgum (2004; 115 Cal.App.4th 1044)
In O'Flaherty v. Belgum, Richard successfully convinced the Second District Court of Appeal to reverse a $7.2-million arbitration award in a law firm partnership dispute. The case is often cited for the limits now imposed on an arbitrator's contractual power to indiscriminately award damages.
Richard is often called upon to seek the reversal of improvidently issued arbitration awards. One of his most notable achievements in this area includes the $2-million arbitration award vacated on behalf of E! Entertainment, in an action arising from the construction of its corporate headquarters.
Education, Professional, Court Admission
- J.D., Albany Law School of Union University, 1986
- B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1983
- Former Assistant District Attorney with the Bronx District Attorneys' Office; prosecuted homicide cases and high-profile appeals
- Licensed to practice in California, Nevada, and New York
- Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the Southern District of California, the Northern District of California, the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, the District of Nevada, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit of Appeals
Professional, Business, Civil Affiliations
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Financial Lawyers Conference
- Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum
- Bureau of Jewish Education—Director
- State Bar of California
- American Bar Association
Publications
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